Chord progressions exist in every single piece of music ever written. While the focus will generally be on a solo in one form or another whether that’s being delivered by the vocals/lyrics or by instruments, the chord progressions in the background are what give those solos a canvas to exist on and are what make …
A compressor is one of the most powerful processing plugins you can use on your recordings either by an analog hardware device or through a digital plugin. In this article we’ll answer what does a compressor do. Compression literally means to compress or to squeeze something together, and that’s essentially what this plugin does to …
Once the recording stage has fully wrapped and it’s time to roll up the sleeves and get to mixing, it can be a big time-saver if you know the best order of mixing, or more specifically the proper order to set your levels. In this article we’re going to talk about the order of mixing. …
You can use songwriting chords to find a nice progression which sounds good under whatever melody you’re writing specifically at the time, and this can be a great way to develop upon an idea or just find the best progression to play under that melody. Having a solid understanding of songwriting chords can take you …
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Before you do anything else to a mix, proper gain staging is the first aspect of mixing which should be addressed. This means before adding any processing to tracks, before even setting levels of different tracks in relation to each other. Gain staging occurs in both the recording and mixing stages of audio production. The …
I’ve talked at length in the past why getting your music mastered is so important. Forget the sequencing and the fact that it takes your collection of songs and makes it into a flowing full fledged record; mastering simply makes your music SOUND better. Thanks to the internet you can submit your digital recordings of …
Mastering services are the last step in completing a record. Mastering is also one of the more nebulous terms related to music production which not many people have a firm grasp on but it’s an essential final step which can significantly improve your recordings in a number of ways. Let’s talk about why mastering services …
Learning how to write a song is like a lot of other skills; there is a wrong way and a wrong way to learn how to do it. The right way will expedite the songwriting process and reduce the learning curve to get you on the road to writing better songs and hooks faster by …
No matter what anyone else tells you, songwriting is a talent which you develop over time. No one picks up a guitar and pens a top 40 hit on their first try. Everyone’s first attempts at songwriting are necessary but generally very bad, so you’ve got to keep at it. Of course it helps having …
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Learning how to write lyrics can be the most difficult or the easiest part of songwriting for different people. I myself am a more musical oriented person and consequently I preach writing music THEN lyrics. Most songwriters preach this order, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. In this article I’m going to identify how …
