Rob Hoffman, Author at Down on Jane

Home Studio Mixing Feedback: Strangers Made My Mix Better, and That’s Awesome

Headphones on the Back Porch Last night I sat alone on my back porch, headphones on, and listened to “Fall Under and

A few months ago I was sitting in a parking deck at the Palms in Las Vegas, watching the Strip light up

When I took some time off over Christmas in 2023, I had a simple idea. I was traveling constantly for work and

I left the house first thing, alone. It was raining, the kind of low, gray, sticky rain that western Pennsylvania does better

A conversation with Greg Joseph and Kevin McDonald from The Clarks and Grapevine Let me be upfront about something before this blog

The Obsession I went to N Stuff Music to drop off my Ibanez RGEW521FM (easy name to remember, huh?) for a pickup swap. The stock pickups

Published by Rob Hoffman – Down on Jane Last Saturday night I stood in Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale with Tom, Scott,

Where It Started Before I ever plugged into a tube amp, there was a Fender Ultimate Chorus. It was made around 1991

I bought El Padre in 2020. A time when the world felt strange and quiet. COVID had everything shut down. Empty roads.

There’s a strange pocket of time I’ve found myself in. I’m home from Las Vegas. The noise, the lights, the reset button