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After Music: Listening in the Age of Saturation
I’m taking a break this weekend to visit some networking events, so let me hand you over to our very own Sam Reck for this week’s email. His wise words resonate strongly with myself and James, and I hope they do for you too! Links to Sam’s own excellent music at the bottom - please check it out!  I can’t remember the last time I was truly excited about new music. I don’t mean interested or impressed - I mean stopped in my tracks, eyes-widened, can’t-believe-what-I’m-hearing
James Nugent
2 days ago6 min read
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Stuck Like Sticky The Stick Insect, Stuck On A Sticky Bun? (thank you, Blackadder!)
🛑Stop Being Stuck: How to Creatively Break Free Firstly, this week I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who reached out over the passing of my father. You literally swamped my inbox and DMs , and I haven’t had a chance to individually thank you all—so please accept my gratitude here. We clearly have a very caring community, and it really means a lot, thank you, friends x I’ve been writing my little speech for the funeral, and hopefully, it will generate a few chuckl
James Nugent
Nov 24 min read
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Digital Rot and the Best Backup of All
This week, preparing for my father’s funeral led me down a rabbit hole of old photos and digital rot.  We thought we were never really a photo family, but it turns out there are hundreds of them. All the photos we've selected for the service are old 'proper' photos that had to be scanned in. You know, the ones you used to pick up from the local chemist or branch of Snappy Snaps that had helpful stickers placed on them with friendly advice such as “Hold the camera still you i
James Nugent
Oct 264 min read
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Creative Success is Born from Struggle (A note on connection, music, and loss)
Well, what a week…  First, a quick apology: We haven't had time to film or edit an accompanying video this week, so please accept our...
James Nugent
Oct 124 min read
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The Power of Stepping Outside Your DAW
Watch thie blog as a video! The Power of Stepping Outside Your DAW With only a few short days until our highly anticipated workshop with...
James Nugent
Oct 53 min read
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Have Apple F***ed Atmos?
Watch this blog as a video! If you’ve recently listened to music on an Apple ear-mounted device with Spatial Audio turned on, you’d be...
James Nugent
Sep 264 min read
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The One Thing I Wish I'd Done FAR Sooner...
Watch the video version of this email here. This week’s email is for anyone in the audio world—whether you’re a sound engineer, a...
James Nugent
Sep 217 min read
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Is AI Really The Death-Knell For Creatives?
Watch the video version here! There is a lot of concern over AI in the creative industries  - how it's going to steal our jobs, how it...
James Nugent
Sep 144 min read
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Is Your Music Production Stuck In The Cheese Aisle?
Watch the video version of this blog, if you'd prefer! Hello! Mark here, with the first of our new, regular Sunday emails designed to...
James Nugent
Sep 75 min read
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