Songstuff: John Moxey

John Moxey's Blog

In addition to this blog, which will be more focused on my own writings and my experience in creating my own works, I have created a new blog which will focus on Songwriting and Music in general. It will cover music and lyrics writing, and the combined creative process of creating a song, music technology, music production and the business aspects...

A Producer's Blog

Interesting blog on production by Songstuff member AndyC

With A Little Help From My Friends...

Awaken has been out there for some time, I know, but it is new toanyone who hasn't heard it... which is more or less the entire world!For years I haven't pushed my own music at all (neglected almostcompletely) and as a result few people have heard any. There have been,and still are, reasons that I haven't produced much in the way...

I Have So Many Lyrics To Finish!

Wow, I have lots and lots of songs to complete lyrics for! At a rough count I would say 40... that's just sad... ok writing head on, time to get some serious writing time in.

I Am One And Other Songs

I finished mixing I Am One yesterday. Hopefully that's it completed at long last!

Articles By This Author

DrummerTracks DL Multibox - Sonic Reality
AmpliTube 3 from IK Multimedia
Make The Most Of Your Music On The Web
T-RackS 3 Deluxe Edition
Ocean Way Drums from Sonic Reality
T-RackS 3 Standard Edition
AmpliTube Fender Review
AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Review
Steve Mueske
Music Publishing Contracts
Midi Sync
Interview with Hari Ossa - Dec 2007
Finn Arild
Lyrics Critique for Songwriters
Improve Your Lyrics Writing
Hari Ossa - The Interview
Danny Arena and Sara Light
Interview with Jay Flanzbaum from Online Gigs
Guidelines For Writing A Press Release
Gin Wigmore, ISC 2004 Grand Prize Winner
Candace Avery, Founder and Director of ISC
Guitar Chord and Scale Translator
Music Note Fundamental Frequencies
Midi Message Format
Standard Filter Types
EQ Frequencies
Reverb
The Midi Interface
Home Recording
Noise Gates and Expanders
Equalization / Equalisation (EQ)
Compression
Commerciality, Familiarity and Originality
Lyrics - Function and Form
Songwriting Tips
Commercial Songwriting

Background

I'm a singer, songwriter, and producer with lots of playing experience. I started Songstuff in September 2000 with the hope of helping other musicians and helping them make more of their chances by improving understanding and encouraging community amongst musicians.

After playing in bands for years as the main singer songwriter, musically I've been more focused on writing and production for the last few years. The last time I played live was in 2000. It was broadcast on Radio Scotland as part of the 10th birthday celebration for the cathouse nightclub in Glasgow.

My main bands were "Beyond the Edge" in the 80s and then "Needful Things" in the 90s.

After years of playing other bands it's refreshing to finally be a solo artist. That said I've a great bunch of supportive musical friends who always help out with recordings, promotion etc.

Music Links

You can hear my music here:

Technical Background

Trained as a recording studio engineer after school, later attending Unversity and attaining a BEng (hons) in Electronics with Music.

Many years experience writing software including object oriented design (OOD), C++, C, php, perl, javascript, and assembly language.

Art

I love painting and pastels, and creating artwork using my computer. That said I don't get as much time as I would like.