Greg Kocis

New Beatles Licks Packs For Guitar World Lick of the Day iPad App

Posted on 28. Feb, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, iOS, Musicians, Tutorials

Guitar World Lick of the Day and Agile Partners today announced a new release of Guitar World Lick of the Day that introduces The Beatles Lick Packs to the popular app for learning guitar on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Arriving just in time to celebrate over one million downloads of Lick of the Day, the new version also introduces Lick Singles so users can select individual licks from the app’s extensive catalog of licks. All licks in Guitar World Lick of the Day include high quality videos of guitar instructors or celebrities demonstrating the lick, scrolling tab and standard music notation, and more. The app is powered by TabToolkit, an Apple Design Award winner developed by Agile Partners.

The new Lick Packs in Lick of the Day include two The Beatles Lick Packs with licks from Yesterday, Let it Be, Day Tripper, Ticket to Ride, Paperback Writer, Blackbird, Norwegian Wood, and The End. In addition to The Beatles Lick Packs, the new release also includes five genre specific Lick Packs to help guitar players master their chops in a wide range of styles: Blues, Acoustic Rock, Classic Metal, Jazz and Bluegrass. Each Lick Pack costs only US$4.99.

The new version of Lick of the Day also introduces Lick Singles, giving users the ability to choose individual licks from an extensive catalog of amazing licks. Lick Singles, including riffs demonstrated by guitar celebrities such as Joe Satriani, Doug Aldrich and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, can be purchased individually for US$0.99. Users can also buy a set of twenty Lick Credits for only US$4.99 and use each Lick Credit to get a Lick Single at a significant discount.

Guitar World Lick of the Day can be downloaded for free to evaluate the app’s features and content. The app comes preloaded with several sample licks. The new release is available now on the iTunes App Store.

Slate Digital RC-Tube Virtual Console Plugin Review

Posted on 23. Feb, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

Take a listen to how this little plugin can bring in some warmth, fatness, and vibe to your mixes with a flick of a switch.

This review is from Graham Cochrane at The Recording Revolution

50 Free Multi-Tracks to Improve Your Mixing Skills

Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Remixes, Tutorials

Improve your mixing skills with these 50 free multi track sessions. Just download and import to your DAW. Styles include Acoustic, Jazz, Country , Orchestral , Electronica, Dance, Experimental, Pop, Singer-Songwriter,Alt Rock , Blues , Country Rock, Indie, Funk, Reggae, Rock, Punk, Metal, Hip-Hop & R&B.

These are from the folks at Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Mix Versions [Video]

Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Mix Versions. Even though it’s possible to recall a mix at a moment’s notice these days, it’s a good idea to “print” a few versions of the mix at mixdown, just in case.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Power Of The Pad

Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix : Power Of The Pad After all your instruments are recorded and mixed, consider laying down a string patch or pad of some kind to breath life into your mix.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Percussion Layers [Video]

Posted on 29. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Percussion Layers You’d be surprised to find out how many popular songs over the years have percussion layered all over the place to give the mix more energy and drive. You can do the same thing.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: The Minimal Verse [Video]

Posted on 28. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix II: The Minimal Verse. There’s a reason why great mixes pop when they hit the chorus. It’s more interesting than the verse! And one way to make that happen, is to simply cut out all the fluff in the verse by muting tracks

5 Minutes To A Better Mix : The Wide Chorus [Video]

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: The Wide Chorus. As a mixer you want to do everything in your power to make a mix pop. One way to achieve this is to make the chorus sound wider than your verses.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Octave Guitar [Video]

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Octave Guitar Tricks. Another way to quickly beef up a guitar part and bring interest to your mix is to experiment with octave doubles. It’s fast, fun, and easy to do.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix : The Instant Double [Video]

Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix : The Instant Double Doubles are one of the most effective ways to fill out a mix. If you forgot to record some, here’s how to make a legit instant double, no phasing issues needed.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix :The Attack Principle [Video]

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix :The Attack Principle- Mixing is an illusion, and knowing that will help you get your tracks to sit perfectly together in the mix.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix : Reverb Glue [Video]

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix Reverb Glue – One way to quickly take your disjointed home recorded tracks and give them a sense of unity and cohesion is to run them all through a little reverb “glue”.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix: Switch Vocal Delays [Video]

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix II: Switch Vocal Delays – One easy way to create interest in a mix is to have your lead vocal running through different types of delays at different sections of the song and simply automating which one to come on at which time.

5 Minutes To A Better Mix II: Dynamic Delay [Video]

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Greg Kocis in Blog, Recording, Tutorials

5 Minutes To A Better Mix II: Dynamic Delay – In order to get that perfect lead vocal delay sound, you need a delay that rings out beautifully when the singer cuts of a note, but doesn’t overtake the vocal when he’s singing. You need a dynamic delay and this is how you do it.