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Struggling to be Heard: The Voiceless Artist - How can I Find my Voice, if I can not Sing?
“If an artist says something, but they don’t say it in their own voice, do they really say it at all?”
Tobi
Jul 10, 20244 min read


From Ditty to Declaration: The Story Behind 'Liz Truss is a Patsy
It wasn’t much more than a taunt, a ditty really. The sort of thing you’d imagine school children chanting in the school yard.
Tobi
Apr 16, 20244 min read


All Music Equal? Valuing Music in a One-Price-Fits-All World
The one-price-fits-all age of streaming has become instrumental in the shaping of our collective perception of the value of music.
Tobi
Apr 1, 20244 min read


Moved to Create: When Staying Silent is No Longer Possible
Introduction: Echoes of Silence I spent my last four years of schooling at a Quaker school. Every Sunday morning, we were required to...
Tobi
Mar 5, 20242 min read


Death Star Trash Compactor: Making Music in Streaming/Social Age
Introduction: Social/Streaming Compactor “How should I put it? It's like the trash compactor scene in the first Star Wars film. The...
Tobi
Feb 22, 20244 min read


Should You Quit Spotify?
Introduction: Mixed Every Friday for the past 6 or more years, I cobble together the week’s new independent releases into my New...
Tobi
Feb 12, 20245 min read


The Deafening Din of en Masse Upload : Making Music in the Age of Streaming
The individual voices of millions of artists are lost to the deafening din of en masse upload.
Tobi
Jan 28, 20246 min read


Rejection Normalized: The Reality of Grassroots Music-Making
Rejection is so much a part of grassroots music-making, paying for the privilege is now entirely normalized on the independent music scene.
Tobi
Jan 17, 20244 min read


Electronic Silent Night : A Very Merry Robot Christmas
In keeping with my "Electronic Silent Night”, the accompanying video is quirky and fun. In it we imagine a very merry Christmas for Robots.
Tobi
Dec 25, 20232 min read


The Inertia of Depression
I'd been there for hours, I think. Inexplicably, unable to move under some great weight of indescribable terror.
Tobi
Dec 14, 20234 min read


Creativity and Negative Criticism: Listen or Ignore?
Over the years, one way in which I have found it helpful to think about criticism, is as falling into two types.
Tobi
Dec 7, 20232 min read


Generation Silenced: Spotify's New Royalty Threshold
Consider the tracks that fall short of Spotify’s new royalty model, the number of artists that will be financially disenfranchised is huge,
Tobi
Nov 30, 20234 min read


Facing Up When Your Whole World is Black
Introduction: Paint it Black “I see a red door And I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black” There is, in my...
Tobi
Nov 21, 20233 min read


Hit or Miss. It's What I Wanted
For better or for worse, for hit or miss, “90 Seconds to Midnight” is exactly what I wanted it to be.
Tobi
Nov 15, 20232 min read


Charting My Own Course: Free Music Downloads in a Streaming-Dominated World
Introduction: My Music. My Terms. In our brave new digital world, content has been rendered all but worthless, and the evolution of...
Tobi
Nov 7, 20233 min read


Eventide SplitEQ A Genuine World Shaker?
Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? We're taking a look at the Eventide SplitEQ and asking, is it a genuine world shaker? And to test it,...
Tobi
Dec 3, 20211 min read


Cubase Users - Streamline Your Workflow with The Arranger Track
Good Tuesday My Friends! How is everyone doing? In this week's Tobisonics, we're taking a look at how to streamline your workflow in...
Tobi
Aug 10, 20211 min read


Auto-Pan Plugins Vs Automation: Does it Make a Difference?
Good Tuesday my friends! How is everyone doing today? In this week's Tobisonics episode, we're taking a look at auto-pan. Auto-Pan is a...
Tobi
Aug 3, 20211 min read


Simple & Easy Virtual Instrument Automation with Macro Controls
Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? I hope you're all having yourselves a good summer! In this week's episode of Tobisonics, we're taking...
Tobi
Jul 27, 20211 min read


Will the Fuse Audio Labs VPre-31A Bring a Little Dark of the Moon to Your Productions?
Hey Sonics, How is everyone doing today? I hope you all had a great weekend! In this week's Tobisonics Episode, we're taking a look at...
Tobi
Jul 20, 20211 min read
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