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Voice is the New Synthesizer of Choice for Producers
You might not have noticed yet, but music production these days is becoming more and more reliant on digital technology and a Do It Yourself approach. There are several reasons for that: perhaps the...
View ArticleSampling Your Way to New Musical Sounds
We are all quite familiar with conventional methods of making music: live instruments, voice, synthesizers, computer generated sounds and so forth. The recent surge in technology has led to much...
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New Apps Can Give Your Recordings a Professional Sound
What an age we live in! Audio recording and mixing capabilities that only a decade or two ago were limited to multi-million dollar studios are now available as mobile apps. So why does that awesome...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
Whether you’re an avid listener or someone who’s just beginning to wonder what it is, EDM is a fascinating style of music. The catchy rhythms and complimenting sound additions make it both incredibly...
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Creating Background Music Masterpieces, with Mike Reed
When people think of the work opportunities that the music world offers, the first job descriptions that come to mind are typically gigs like musician, record producer, and radio DJ. But, as we’ll...
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Box Yourself into Creativity: 5 Tips for Recording and Songwriting
Though it’s fun to take your time creating music by tinkering with samples, jamming on a riff for long while, or layering track over track, sometimes, you need to tighten up and set yourself a...
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The Basics of Beatmaking
How can you create the perfect beat for a recording artist? The truth is, there’s no such thing as a perfect beat. It’s all in the ears of the listener. However, in order to achieve the best possible...
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The Beginner’s Guide To Creating Music On Your Computer
Learning to create music on my computer has been one of the most creatively fulfilling experiences of my life. I’m here today to convince you that it’s not as difficult as you may think. In fact, many...
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Creating, Composing, and Computers, with Richard McCready
In spite of technology advancing by leaps and bounds, much public school music curricula remains centered around traditional school band and orchestra programs, and most of the learning remains...
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Kollaborating with the Best
My first taste of home recording came way back in 2003 when I received a Tascam Portastudio for Christmas – a shiny silver 4-track cassette recorder. At the time, that was sufficient to record noisy...
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