Industry Engagement

I recently had the amazing oppertunity to meet the man behind so many iconic records, most notably The Beatles and David Bowie, Mr Ken Scott!

I always strive to be in the same room of like minded people because it creates networking oppertunites that alway prove helpful in the future.

Ken gave amazing advice for us young enginners and at seminars like these, you often get to meet and have one on one conversations with the speaker. So I had the chance to pick his brain on some more personally struggles I come across in this industry and he never failed to impress.

“I always ask people, do you have a plan B? If so, I tell them to leave because you need to put your all into this line of work, otherwise nothing will ever come of it” - Ken Scott 2026

In March of 2025 I attended a clinic featuring Zack Graybeal aka ‘Zack Grooves hosted by Drum Shop UK.

Zack is one of the leading Jazz fusion drummers in the modern world. In a band called ‘Everything Yes’, he treated us to an amazing display of musicianship, skill and mentored us of the realities of a working musician. I picked his brain on self image to his daily life and his work life balance.

This was an amazing oppertunity as I managed to connect with loads of local drummers and a videographer called Mathias Newberry, who helped me with filming content for my portfolio.

“Drummers are like atheletes, you need to do as much non-drummer training as you do drumming related exercise, you’ll be amazed how much general fitness impacts your performance” - Zack Greybeal 2025

Networking

Zack Graybeal

A.I in music

With the rise of Artifical Intelligence in the world, it is certainly going to effect how us creatives operate. Major streaming services are already getting bombarded with A.I. generated ‘artists’ with hundreds of thousands streams and dangerously realistic cover art and material, but you can still hear the inauthentic and forged sound (granted I have a trained ear) but even family members and friends notice the production difference.

With this in mind, this is why I strive to keep my own work and clients work as authentic as possible, searching for the parts in performance that you couldn’t perform again, which I think is what makes art, searching for the imperfections that seemingly fit perfectly with the material, a unique vocal run to an accidental pinch harmonic in a massive guitar solo.

Something that A.I cannot replicate! And I strongly encourage everyone to follow along with this!

Bedroom Recording vs Studio recording

With Audio Interfaces getting smaller and smaller, and with computers becoming extremely powerful. I am not at all suprised that many artists are taking to home studios for recording. I personally am all for it because everyone can relate to having an idea at 3am and not having anything better than beat boxing it into your phones voice notes that you’ll never look at again! (Guilty for this)

However there is something about the vibe of a real studio, surrounded by loads of outboard gear and more instruments than you can shake a stick at. Some real creative gems can be made in a room as spectacular as a real studio. It gives us engineers an oppertunity to meet and work with such amazing talent and perhaps shed a new light on your music you once never say possible! We are the next step into taking your music to the next level. They are understandably expensive, but you certainly will get your moneys worth hiring dedicated musicians and engineers like myself who are passionate in the process and fine details. It is amazing for networking as well. You never know who you will meet and a breakthrough for you could be a studio booking away.