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Already mid 2025 and things are hummin along at JOMUSIK. Just finished a 5th musical for Diane Beckstead in Pittsburgh called Tailspin. lots of fun.
The new Mac Pro Tower with an M2 chip is fantastic, and we have upgraded everything to be totally compatible-hundreds of new plug ins and virtual instruments. On another note, I found myself at #1 in all genres on Reverb Nation last week in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Glad people are listening.
Already mid 2025-JOMUSIK is hummin along-just finished another musical for Diane Beckstead in Pittsburgh called Tailspin-lots of fun. We have completely upgraded everything computer to be compatible with the Mac Pro Tower M2-hundreds of plug-ins and instruments with various bundles.
I found myself #1 in all genres in Dallas Ft Worth on Reverb Nation last week. Glad to know people are listening!
August 17, 2024
Man does time fly. Things are great here at JOMUSIK, and we have a few new things. We have upgraded to a Mac Pro M2 Tower and Protools 2024, and added at least a half a terabyte of new samples and more than 30 new virtual instruments. Just finished a musical for diane Beckstead in Pittsburg, and have completed more than 50 tunes this year. I have to remember to keep this site current!
Just had a new article in Voyage Dallas last month, and I will post the location.
There is nothing more fun than recording a song or performance at a studio. All the gear, people paying attention to what you need and how you sound, makes for a great experience.
Once upon a time, that was pretty much the only place to record. With the onslaught of cheaper smaller consumer oriented gear, more artists are choosing the home studio route because it’s cheaper, more convenient, and for certain genres, pretty much the same. And if you’re the only one recording-you only need 1 pair of headphones, maybe 1 mic, only stereo inputs and converters into your digital system-not so complicated.
A great way to enhance what you do at home is to add something you might not be able to do at home. Live strings, horns, drums, percussion, group vocals-all can really make a track pop! Other things like harmonica, a style of guitar or stringed instrument you do not own or play-all can take your production to the next level.
Many of my professional musician friends with home facilities choose to come to my place to mix, because its very hard to have the depth of knowledge, experience, and gear it takes to do a really killer mix, especially if there is a lot of things going on. That’s also true of mastering. And it does not have to cost a lot to take your tracks to your favorite studio and add some stuff or mix. If you are very familiar with the situation, just sending over a stereo mix and having someone add some guitar can very economical and easy.
We just did a string session on a high profile pop tune for producer Ishmael Moody. We used the “Dallas String Quartet”, and they did an excellent job, and everyone was comfortable and had fun.
Ishmael shot some video, and I edited down a snippet of the actual session-the 2 links are below. I’m told the artist (singer) has gone with just piano and strings after hearing it. Ishmael has a great setup at home, but not 4 music stands, 4 pairs of headphones, a big enough room with silent air conditioning, and a large mic collection to accommodate recording the quartet. He also was free to keep track of the charts and the musicians, without having to worry about what might come up in the recording process (and stuff does come up) Nothing worse than trying to track down a problem somewhere with 4 musicians sitting there on the clock!
So check out the video and the audio clip, and give some thought to expanding your horizons at JOMUSIK!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjEF1WAK5o0
https://soundcloud.com/jo-musik/string-session-at-jomusik
Already mid 2018. Things are cruisin at JOMUSIK, doing a variety of projects for a variety of people. I've been posting more videos of interview questions-check out my Youtube channel-
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY4zNkVm3fQbSnJb4JJ6HiQ
Had a nice article in Voyage Dallas Magazine, highlighting the studio and myself.
http://voyagedallas.com/interview/meet-joe-milton-jomusik-eastern/
We've been doing more mastering, and have added tools to that end. Open Heart Musicals has begun its second book for Choristers Guild, and the first one- "Praise takes Flight" is in its second printing. JOMUSIK also just completed re-recording and producing a musical for Dianne Beckstead called "No Crib For A Bed". She's out of Pittsburgh, and we appreciate her coming to Dallas to do her project. Not a lot of folks out there with a lot of experience producing musicals. A solid hour or more is way different than a collection of tunes, not to mention dialogue, sound effects, and a lot of ensemble singing. We are blessed to have a lot of talent in the dallas area.
We also just finished 15 tunes for Harry Hewlett-very fun stuff. Harry's a great story teller-look for his album "Garbageman" coming out soon on a cloud near you.
Hi Folks:
Its the dog days of summer, but JOMUSIK is hummin along. I've posted the 4th of about 40 videos answering questions about recording, production, and songwriting. This one is a little tour of our facility. View this vid at:
Hi Folks
I wanted to send out some good luck to Dalton Rapattoni, who is in the finals of American Idol.
Dalton is a great singer and a great guy-he sang in 1 of our musicals and recorded his Dallas Based band here. We've had some good luck-our former first call singer, Amber Carrington, made it to the top 4 of the voice, and the guy who played Zak in our first musical, Trevor Douglas, made it to the top 12 on American Idol last year. He's a great songwriter and a very creative guy all-around. Amber has moved to Nashville and is doing great things. She recorded over 50 songs for us, and has a magic voice. And who knows what is in store for Dalton!!
Hi Folks
I will be doing a radio spot-11/23 8:15 AM on 89.3 FM. I'll be talking about the studio, recording, writing-play a couple of tunes and a little about our new musical that was just published, "Judge Julie Truly And The Case Of The Holy Roof".
Feast your eyes!
And ears :)
Our new site is fast and responsive. We hope you enjoy it.
We are pleased to announce major upgrades to our core setup. Protools HDX DSP, 16/16 Analog converters, and lots of new softwear including Native 9, Waves Platinum and classic compressors, Omnisphere, and Trillian. We have just completed the audio portion of "Praise Takes Flight", a book with innovative ideas for youth choir, including 39 original songs and tracks, featuring our killer collection of very young singers, for Choristers Guild. Open heart Musicals most recent musical "Land Of The Lost And Found" has received J W Peppers editors choice award-Lots of great original songs and a great story. As always, we are recording and producing numerous songs for various writers and artists. Check out the music page.
We have also been doing a lot of music and melodies for lyric writers, and finishing songs for writers and artists who sometimes can't quite get over the hump with a song. If you come in here, your song will get finished to your liking, no matter what it might need. Song production tends to go hand in hand with writing consultation, which can keep cost down and have a working demo created through the writing process.
