You Don't Have to Make Music Alone

Are you a lifelong musician struggling with the loneliness of the whole music production process? Imagine finding your people online, people like you who are eager to talk music and share their latest project without hearing "crickets" from friends and family who just don't "get" music.

We all want to create great-sounding music, but the majority of us are working alone.

If you feel like your musical progress has stalled, you’re not alone. Many musicians just like you are feeling frustrated, and it’s likely affecting your enjoyment of music in ways you didn’t expect. The good news? You don't have to stay stuck.

At Home Studio Corner, I specialize in helping musicians overcome the overwhelming complexity of the music production process and achieve consistently great-sounding results. I’ve been doing this since 2009.

My VIP Membership was designed to be a place where you and your music can thrive.

Does This Sound Familiar?

If you’re like many of my students, you might be feeling:

• Frustrated at your slow progress
• Embarrassed to share your latest song with friends
• Tired of doing everything yourself, because you don't have anyone to collaborate with
• Regret at not making more music
• Insecure about the possibility of actually making great-sounding music

It’s exhausting, isn’t it? And yet, despite all your best efforts, the problem persists, holding you back from the life you truly want.

What if there was a way to achieve great-sounding music and have a whole lot of fun while doing it?

Let me tell you a little bit of my story. I wrote my first song in high school. When friend introduced me to a piece of software that allowed me to record and play back 8 tracks of audio, I was hooked. I had spent a lot of time recording myself on cassette tape recorders, but this was next-level. I grabbed a set of headphones and rummaged through a drawer to find this microphone:

I plugged them in and got lost in the world of multi-track recording. I recorded an 8-song album, printed a bunch of CDs, and sold them around town for $10 apiece.

 The problem was…it sounded terrible.

I was thrilled with the creative process, but I had no clue how to make my music sound professional.

All I wanted was to be able to create incredible-sounding music for the rest of my life.

I knew I couldn't figure it out on my own, so I made the decision to go to college to study music production. 

My college degree was a huge step for my musical journey, but it was only the beginning. Once I acquired the technical skills to become an audio engineer (how to run a recording session, how to use recording software), that's when I began the slow, painful, trial-and-error process of learning how to be a music producer.

Sadly, my college only taught me the technical skills. I had to learn the creative skills on my own. But slowly over time, song after song, album after album, I honed those skills to the point where today I can produce a great-sounding piece of music in just a few hours if I want to. It feels like having a super power!

The big ah-ha moment for me, the thing that changed everything, was when I discovered a core philosophy that guides everything I do in the studio. That guiding philosophy is this: 

Get it right at the source.

In a world filled with amazing tools that can do seemingly anything, there's still no way to make a bad recording sound good. There's no magic plugin that takes a boring production and makes it exciting. There's no amount of secret ninja mixing skills that will take crappy sounding tracks and make them sound amazing. 

Most people don't believe this. Sure, they might nod their heads in agreement, but then they'll go back to their studio and spend 20 hours on a mix that still sounds terrible. They assume that if they just mix it long enough, it'll sound amazing. But they're looking in the wrong place. If you go back and fix the source material, the rest of the process becomes a breeze.

Get it right at the source.

Suddenly people who thought they weren't good at mixing actually realize that they're GREAT mixers...once they work with well-produced tracks. This applies to more than just recording and mixing, by the way. Whatever problem you face in the studio, it can likely be solved by "swimming upstream" and fixing the source. A great song leads to a great performance, which leads to a great recording/production, which leads to a great mix, which leads to a great master. It all begins with source. 

When talking about "the source," part of that involves our environment. If we want to succeed and grow and thrive, that doesn't happen in isolation. It happens in community. While I went to college to learn, I found that I couldn't learn and grow outside of some sort of community. 

You don't need a $40,000 college degree to access a wonderful community. That's what I built the HSC VIP Membership for!

Imagine a future where you no longer have to worry about feeling embarrassed about your music or feeling stuck and not knowing what to do next. Instead, you’re able to create great-sounding music — living a life where releasing great-sounding music is your new normal.

That’s what we do every month inside the VIP Membership.

A Proven Community:
Home Studio Corner VIP Membership

Here's how it works:

Every month, VIP members get access to:

• Coaching - You'll get access to the full library of VIP Masterclasses from me, which include over-the-shoulder mixing walkthroughs as well as in-depth training on songwriting, recording, production, mixing, and mastering, with a new Masterclass added every month.
• Challenges - The monthly VIP Challenges are the heartbeat of this community. Every month we are actively working on either a mixing or recording challenge, complete with clear instructions and a deadline for completion. With built-in accountability, this is an easy excuse to make music every month.
• Connection - The VIP Community is hand-down the best community of musicians on the planet. It's a magical place where members encourage one another, give each other feedback on mixes, and even play on each other's projects!
• Celebration - Every month we celebrate members, both in the monthly VIPer Letter (exclusive members-only email newsletter) as well as the monthly livestreams where we listen to your challenge submissions!

This community has helped hundreds of musicians just like you go from embarrassed of their music to proud to share it with the world. And it can work for you, too.

What You'll Gain By Becoming a Member

When you join the VIP Membership, you’ll experience:

• CONFIDENCE in yourself
• EAGERNESS to share your latest song
• a growing BODY OF WORK
• the SATISFACTION of regularly creating music
• JOY at having found your people

These are the kinds of results that transform lives and turn dreams into reality.

Ready to Release Great-Sounding Music?

You don’t have to continue making music alone. The VIP Membership was designed with musicians like you in mind. It’s time to make a change. 

Imagine how it will feel when you finally release that great-sounding song and start enjoying the confidence and joy that come with it. Don’t wait any longer. Take the first step toward transforming your life today by joining VIP.

2 Ways to Join: Silver or Gold

There are two way to join VIP: Silver and Gold. Silver gets you in the door, but if you want to jump up to get more access to me, check out the Gold. 

Silver Membership

The entry-level tier for VIP is the Silver Membership. It includes:

• Monthly Masterclasses
• Monthly Challenges
• VIP Community App
• Monthly VIP Livestream
• Silver Bonuses (worth $188) - Silver Members will also get free access to the following courses I used to sell in the HSC store.
  • Intro to Recording ($47)
  • Understanding Microphones ($47)
  • Guitar/Vocal Production ($47)
  • Online Collaboration Blueprint ($47)

Gold Membership

Gold Members get everything from the Silver Membership PLUS the following:

• Mix Critiques Live - These exclusive livestreams happen twice per month. You can submit your latest song for a chance to receive feedback from me on one of the two MCL livestreams we do every month. This is hands-down the best part of the Gold Membership. Not only do you get a chance to get feedback from me on your song, but you also learn to hone your critical listening skills as you tune in for each session. (These are always recorded, so you can watch them back anytime.)
• Exclusive Gold Podcast - Gold Members get access to an exclusive podcast feed, just for them. In this monthly podcast, I dive DEEP into stuff I'm learning personally in my ongoing pursuit of music as well as exclusive "blind tutorials," where I help you develop your ears in an audio-only environment. You can't see what's happening on the screen. You can only use your ears. It's an incredibly valuable ear-training experience. 
• Gold Bonuses (worth $188) - Gold Members will also get free access to the following courses from the HSC Course library. These are no longer available anywhere else. 
  • 7-Day Recording Challenge ($47)
  • 21-Minute Mix Sprint ($47)
  • Music Theory 101 ($47)
  • Mixing & Mastering Fighter EP ($147)
  • Understanding Production ($147)

You Don't Have to Go It Alone

Your dream of a music-filled life is closer than you think. Let's get there together inside of the VIP Membership.

Choose one of the options below to enroll today.

Silver Membership

Gold Membership

What Members Are Saying

"Since joining HSC, I have realised, I am not alone, I now have a whole community to lean on. No judgment, just support. The friendliest bunch of musicians you will ever meet. Joe isn't too bad either!" - Stuart Doherty, UK

"Since I joined the HSC Community, I've seen drastic improvement in my mixes and in my knowledge of recording. My mixes have gotten 200% better just in the last few months of doing challenges and spending consistent, quality time in my studio." - Lukas Wigington, US

"Having a monthly challenge in VIP not only feeds my creative itch, but gives me ideas for my own projects. I feel like a chef eating at another restaurant - I didn't realize what I was missing because I was fixated on creating my own things." - Ryan Asker, US

"Since I joined, it has opened up new opportunities to collaborate and track with anyone in the world. No more feeling like I'm just stuck in my own little world!" - Michael Geiser, US

"Challenges each month that WILL improve every aspect of your home recording, and a global community to collaborate with that has given me genuine new friends. Being a VIP member is the best musical move I ever made." - Steve Rosbotham, UK

"Before becoming a VIP member of Home Studio Corner I was trying to write and record music on my own. This was frustrating, limiting and lead to songs I was not happy with...My music has never been better and I have made new friends from every continent on earth..... amazing." - Ben Holmes, UK

"It wasn't until I became a VIP member that I was able to unleash my full potential as a musician. The transformation has been so dramatic that I can barely listen to my music pre-VIP! The monthly challenges and the amazing community of collaborators are like nothing else you'll find anyway on the Internet. Joining VIP was the best decision of my musical career." - Hershey Bell, US

"The Home Studio Corner VIP membership has been invaluable to me as a fun and practical way to put into practice what Joe already teaches so well, resulting in the ability to finally get my music out of my hard drive and into the world, which has been a long time goal of mine." - Scott Parker, US

"The difference made to my life and music by being a VIP member is incalculable...I've been a member for a long time, and yet... I continue to learn something new, inspiring or just musically interesting each time I log-in! Made a lot of great friends too!" - Al Collins, UK

"Being a VIP member has helped me release more and better music and given an opportunity to collaborate with others from all over the globe!" - Jon Wymore, US

"HSC VIP Membership has plugged me into a talented, supportive community of like-minded, collaborative musicians who've helped me make more and better music." - Martin Borsanyi, US

"Education and community - worth waay more than the asking price!" - Ben Berman, US

"In the VIP community, you’ll be inspired. You’ll get advice, and you’ll get a nudge when you need it. You’ll make friends and find collaborators. You’ll make better music than ever before, and you’ll make more of it." - Mara Flint, UK

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I cancel anytime?

Yep.

Do I need to use any specific recording software?

Nope. I use Studio One from Presonus. We have members using every DAW out there. (Also, when you join, you’ll get access to the Online Collaboration Blueprint, which will show you exactly how to collaborate with anyone online, no matter what software they use.)