Advice Blog

Improving Your Workflow to Prevent Decision Fatigue

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What makes on 30-minute block of music making painful versus…

Sound Design and Arrangements Series Pt.1: Contrast

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I've been wanting to do a series of posts about arrangements…

Stuck on a Song? Tips to Help You Overcome Negative Thought Patterns

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One of the best things I've ever done has been a challenge I…

Tips to Keep a Loop Interesting for an Entire Song

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To keep a song built mostly on a single loop interesting, we…

Bass Line and Low-End Mixing Tips

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Tips on mixing low-end is an often-requested topic in our community…

Artistic Integrity and Music Theory

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Last week, in one of our online coaching sessions, we discussed…

It’s Time for Musicians to be Inclusive

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Anyone making music regularly goes through numerous phases of…

FOBMO: The Fear Of Being Missed Out

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If you examine the history of an artist, often you will find…

Working with Loopcloud

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Making music in 1990 involved working with samplers, a very…

Tips for better clarity in your mixes

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Clarity in mixes is not something people understand or perceive…

Music Feedback: When to Take the Opinions of Others Seriously and When Not to Care

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If you make music, you'll get what I'm trying to explain here—the…

Changing Genres: Coming to Electronic Music from Other Genres

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Since interest in electronic music really blossomed in terms…

Does Your Mix Sound Too Clean? Unpolish It.

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If you think about it, it's pretty astonishing to consider the…

Make Music Faster: Self-Imposed Limitations for Expanding Creativity

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"I think we need to go backward now", is what I said to a friend…

When life is hard, make more music

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If you've been following the news since the beginning of 2020—what's…

My Music Production Tips and Tools for 2020

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As 2019 comes to an end, I'd like to discuss some of the most…

The acoustic-electronic combo

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In the last 5 years, I've been seeing more and more projects…

Making Digital Synths Sound Analog

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In exploring online electronic music production groups and forums,…

Inspiration and Risk: Returning to FL Studio and Reason

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As 2019 is comes to and end, I realized that it will be the…

Make Music Faster: Some Organizational Tips

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We are constantly bombarded by information and it can be difficult…