Throughout many different genres and styles of music, the vocals are one of the most important components of a song. Many listeners will pay close attention to the words of a song and ultimately sing along if they enjoy the song or words. Because the vocals are such an essential piece of many songs, it …
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Whether you’re a budding recording engineer or a guitar player who wants to take even more control over your sound, you’ve probably wondered how to EQ an electric guitar. The EQ settings you choose for an electric guitar will be dictated by the song, the other instruments and personal taste. Broadly, you want to reduce …
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Releasing a single is an intricate process involving multiple stages and depending on the song’s complexity, it will require your devotion and time. Whether you are a professional, or an amateur and working alone or with other professionals, the human factor can also either speed up the process or slow you down. So, how long …
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If I may say so myself, I consider myself more qualified than most to write about MIDI. I’m a producer and songwriter, and I work in a lot of genres and styles these days. Indie, jazz, blues, rock, soundtracks and even some ambient… But music all goes back to MIDI for me. I developed my …
I’ve noticed something in my time as a music producer. I’ve realized that whenever I see bands play in any setting- including tiny local bands playing in alleys- they just sound overall better than they used to. My personal opinion is that we are in the era of music producers. A music producer is not …
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Being a musician these days is complicated. The most complicated part is that music technology has changed rapidly, and making music is suddenly a very different affair than it was in the past. Being a modern musician often means being a part-time producer and recording studio engineer at the same time. With all this new …
Do you remember being in class during a lecture, with the teacher just droning on? If you tuned out a little bit, the teacher’s words were no longer distinct. They seemed to run together. You looked around, and some classmates were doodling. Some were drifting off. And in the back, one student must have been …
Is there a type of music with more debate over genre labels than EDM? I’d estimate there are ten thousand EDM genres at this point. As soon as a track invents a new genre, somebody gets on Twitter to complain that the second track in that genre is not truly of that genre. Maybe there …
Glitch hop music is a relatively small niche genre, itself a subgenre of glitch music. But it is part of a larger movement that I personally find fascinating: turning mechanical distortion into beautiful art. All musicians should read this amazing Brian Eno quote (you know, the guy that pioneered ambient music) that really captures the …
I never could have predicted the secret slow-burning popularity of “lofi hip hop beats to chill and study to.” But in hindsight, how could I have missed it? We’ve been heading this way for a long time. We have always had music to dance to, sing to, cry to, mosh to. And I don’t know …
