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Recent Blog Posts

Studio Update

So it’s been nearly 3 months since the last post. Now, that’s not because I have nothing to post about, in fact, it’s because I’ve been so busy I don’t have any time to post! But I want to keep the updates coming so here are some of the things that have been going on [...]

Redesigning the website

We’re really excited about all the upgrades going on here at AtticBoy.com. We just moved from WordPress.com to our own server and are working on a total site redesign, so have a look around at some of the new stuff and check back soon for more!

Live Sound Tips

I’ve been doing a lot of live sound lately so I thought I’d talk about a few important comparisons between studio and live mixing. In many ways live is similar to studio mixing, but in some ways it is a lot different, particularly in smaller gigs where they don’t do a full sound check for [...]

Reaper is better than Pro-Tools

Yeah, I said it. And I sometimes get flack for it, but the truth is, imho, the only thing that Pro-Tools has going for it is that it’s the industry standard. Here are the main reasons I prefer Reaper: – Even my biggest projects load in seconds – Uses less computer resources – Never crashes, [...]

Photo shoot with Professor Squid

Had a good photo shoot yesterday with rapper Professor Squid, cohort of Dr. Octopus. These two cephalopods are in the beginning stages of Prof. Squid’s debut album, Kiss the Squid. We’ve recorded one track for fun, just to lay it down and it turned out pretty good, click here to listen. Professor Squid – She [...]

Happy New Year!

Happy new year everyone, we’re bringing in the new year with some new additions; a new header for the site and the Attic is spreading…. That’s right, not only is the word spreading about the attic, but the attic is spreading into the house. Sometime this month we will begin using the living room as [...]

RVA Studios voted best studio in Richmond

Attic Boy’s sister studio, RVA Studios, tied for best studio in Richmond in OneWayRichmond.com’s year end music awards! Aaand, Joe Threat, regular shredder of Octopus Drummer beats, was also on the list for best rapper. Congratulations guys, it’s great to be working with some of Richmond’s best. Check out the whole list here

What is Mastering?

Since I talked about mixing in the last post, and I’ve been getting a lot of mastering work lately, I thought I would talk a little about mastering. Even more often than with mixing, people don’t know what mastering is or what the process entails. Some think mastering is just a process of limiting songs [...]