This blog is part 3 in an ongoing series. If you missed it, jump back to part 2 here. I already had one song in mind that I thought would be best to proceed with this producer, but I wrote another 6 or 7 that week that were strong contenders, too. At this point, I’ll divulge that some of the other artists that this person has credited … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 3 – The Contract
This blog is part 2 in an ongoing series. If you missed it, jump back to part 1 here. Fast forward to March of this year when after releasing a few albums of my own that I self-produced in either my bedroom or my previous rentals depending on the record, I was invited to an interesting audition. My talent agency, (because I have one of … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 2 – The Audition
This blog is part 1 of 13 in a series. Jump to the next page below or use the table of contents to pick up where you left off. TOC:Part 1 – The Briefest of Histories (you are here!)Part 2 – The AuditionPart 3 – The ContractPart 4 – The First Official Project MeetingPart 5 – The First SessionPart 6 – The Second SessionPart 7 … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 1 – The Briefest of Histories
After an extended hiatus, Jaimee Eat World returns with the complete recreation of Jimmy Eat World’s 2004 album Futures arriving on September 19th 2024. The album includes two b-sides, “Shame” and “What I Want.” The band has been slowly trickling out the album all week on YouTube so you’re already able to snag a listen to most of it early. The final release arrives at … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Futures
Today on The Treehouse I’m pleased to feature the mighty 1Oak, an up and coming music producer based out of East Hammond, GA. If you’re looking for instrumentals in the hip-hip/rap/trap realm, you’ll want to give 1Oak’s tracks a spin. Check out their soundcloud for released work and read on for our interview below. When did you first become interested in learning how to produce … Continue reading Spotlight On: 1Oak
This week I unveiled track 20 in my recreation of the Jimmy Eat World catalogue which means I’ve completed two full-Jimmy-length albums now – not bad! It was one of the quicker tracking and mixing sessions – not intentionally, of course, but it can get a little tricky fitting in recording sessions after work on the weekdays, and on the weekend I was shuffling around … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: The Middle
Today we’re throwing the spotlight on The Talking Tears, a one-man indie rock band by Jack Zenith out of Madison Wisconsin who’s latest release Eargasm hit the Bandcamp shelves on May 27th, 2022 (streaming everywhere else on June 1st). We get into their musical influences, which producer they really want to work with, the inspiration behind the album and a key phrase they keep in … Continue reading Spotlight On: The Talking Tears
Honestly it hurts too much to thinkOf you with anyone but meAnd I’m not trying to be anything but happy I let go so long ago it seemsBut the extensions of these dreams still call and reach for meAnd I’m not trying to do anything but sleep When I think back to the dayBefore all of thisand youwashed over meThe relief I craveSeems as distant … Continue reading Happy
A few days late but, we made it. This weeks cover release was actually supposed to be Splat Out Of Luck but I couldn’t for the life of me decide how I wanted to tackle it, because I sort of want to reshape it a lot more than any of the covers I’ve done so far but I don’t want to completely pull it out … Continue reading Jaimee Eat World Release: Sure And Certain
If you’ve been hangin’ out a few minutes, you might already know that I have a project called Death Bus For Blondie where I’m recreating some Death Cab For Cutie songs. Recently I released the third track in this series, The Ghosts of Beverly Drive, and you can check it out on YouTube now. The version of the song that mine is built around is … Continue reading Death Bus For Blondie Release: The Ghosts of Beverly Drive
Crooked Forest 