Category: Blog
The Shack (Film) Lionsgate
Recently I arranged some church choir pieces for the new Lionsgate release “The Shack”. I brought in groups of singers and recorded them all at my studio. I don’t have a large space so I…
John Paterno Audio Engineer/Producer/Mixer
A few weeks ago I was mixing a project…My friend John Paterno, an amazing Audio engineer/producer and mixer came by to lend his ears. He took me through several ideas for the mix utilizing some…
UAD Apollo Quad
Hello to all my music colleagues out in word-press land. So I’ve been using the Apollo Quad for a week or so now and I’m really beginning to understand what all the hub-ub is about…
New Site is Live!!
http://johndefaria.com Many thanks to Connie Nassios at webworks for designing my new site on wordpress! The functionality and DIY ease of use on the new wordpress open source is absolutely mind blowing! And.. what’s really…
Alternate Tunings
Yo fellow Guitar Players! I recently finished a slew of solo Acoustic Guitar tunes for Megatrax. It was hard work !! Not only playing but writing for the Acoustic Guitar. Trying to fill up the…
And Man Created Dog
Evergreen Films trusted me with their new release for the Nat Geo channel called “And Man Created Dog”. They were short on time and gave me 3 weeks to score 96 minutes of show !!…
Jon Secada Show
Last weekend I got to play a few shows with my old brother Jon Secada… We go way far back to working in Miami clubs together.. I can remember when Jon first began writing songs…