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- Step 1: How to get started in music production. Modern music production takes full advantage of digital tools, allowing you to build a powerful, custom recording studio inside your computer.
- Step 1: Set up for recording your (real or virtual) instruments and sounds. The recording stage is where you capture the essence of a project, laying down elements and ideas in track channels in your DAW.
- Step 3: Express yourself. Music making is not an exact science, and technical set-up is only half of the equation. The rest is about expression – telling your own story and building a production workflow that is personal to you.
- Step 4: Mixing and mastering. The mixing and mastering stages are, in a sense, where the work begins—cleaning up your project and pulling all the raw ideas into a complete composition.
- Train your ears. One of the most important abilities a producer must have is the capacity to recognize and distinguish different sounds and instruments.
- Learn an instrument. One of the most important tasks for music producers is to come up with great melodies. To do this, you should learn how to play an instrument.
- Practice writing music. To be a great music producer, it’s essential to understand songwriting. Songwriting is an integral part of being a producer because it provides an understanding of how various instruments interact with each other, how a song should be structured, and what makes a hit.
- Decide on music equipment. You can’t build anything solid without the right tools for the job. A professional music producer will acquire countless pieces of music equipment over the years, from MIDI keyboards to guitar pedals, to a setup of 15 different recording microphones for different purposes.
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Orchestration often defines genre – and vice versa. If nothing else, genre tells you what sounds your audience expects to hear. I find it useful as an obvious place to begin populating the world of my story. Here are the usual instruments (characters) in some top genres. 1. Rock:guitars, keys, drums, bass. 2. Country:guitars, keys, drums, bass – bu...
Just one specialty instrument will change a song from good to great in the mind of your audience. From the moment they hear it, their ears stand up and start searching for it again…and searching for other sounds. In short…. They listen more closely. When you use the usual instruments, they listen with a passive quality. They lean back and receive t...
There are five specialty instrument families that I turn to when I want to make my songs sound unexpected and unique. Take note: I don’t let the fact that I don’t play these instruments get in my way. I dream big and use virtual versions. They work perfectly well if I exploit their strengths and mix them wisely. 1. Strings:upright bass (plucked and...
When I think of “drums” I think of a standard drum kit: kick, snare, hats, cymbals, toms. When I think of “percussion,” I think of everything and anything else that makes a sound when you hit it. That’s why I’m giving it a special group of its own. There are two basic subgroups in the percussion family: Pitched and Unpitched. I’ll include some exam...
Unpitched percussion is a real blast because you can let your mind run wild. Grab whatever you got and bang away. I’ve used salt shakers of various sizes, a bag of coffee beans, tabletops, various books and magazines, scraps of wood, shoes smacked together, hubcaps, baseball bats, rocks…you get the idea. Paul McCartney tapped away on a book in his ...
When you focus your listening to the orchestration of this track, you’ll notice that I used a few specialty instruments beyond the typical rock orchestration of drums, bass, guitars (acoustic and electric), and keyboards. There are three kinds of saxophones (baritone, tenor, alto), a trumpet, and several sound FX (ice dropping into a glass, several...
Foley artists tell stories with sound FX. Shoes approaching in the distance, stopping with a shuffle, keys fumbling, one goes into a lock, turns the lock, a creaking door (pitch moving from low to high), more shoes walking (only louder now), stopping, the creaking door again (this time pitched from high to low), a latch closing, keys tossed and lan...
If you’re always using a specialty instrument…it’s not special anymore. Strangeness is powerful to an audience, and it comes in many forms. Sounds themselves can be strange (like the specialty instruments), how you use time (the distance in seconds between sounds), rhythmic changes, dynamics (differences in volume), lyrics, structure (two bridges n...
The accumulation of details, one linked to the next, combine to create a unique work of art. I put details in as soon as I think of them. If I think of using a trumpet, I load my trumpet VST and write those parts with those sounds playing. Working this way inspires me. It helps me hear how best to use the sounds and helps me hear what other sounds ...
In the next post, I focus on vocals. Lead and backing. I’m looking forward to writing it and putting it out here for you.
A template preloads specific instruments, effects, and settings tailored to your unique workflow. This way, every time you start a new project, your personalized setup is instantly ready, eliminating repetitive tasks and letting you dive straight into creativity. Essential Session Settings: Dial in Your BPM: Set your session's tempo. If you're ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Explore songwriting and music theory. Know your instruments. Learn how to use music production software. Play around with loops and samples. Produce and mix your music. Master and release your first song. Practice, make mistakes, and collaborate. Whether you want to make music as a hobby or a profession, it’s all just a matter of inspiration ...
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Jan 22, 2024 · Native Instruments Maschine: A powerful software and hardware hybrid that enables artists to create and manipulate beats and melodies using a combination of samples and live input. Ableton Live Sampling : Ableton Live’s sampling functionality allows artists to capture and manipulate audio samples in real-time, making it a popular choice for ...
May 18, 2021 · However, a good song in terms of craft can be identified more objectively, and will usually have all the elements listed above (i.e. melody, harmony, rhythm, beginning, middle, and end) and will be put together in a way that’s pleasantly recognizable while still being creative and true to the message of the music.
