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Everyone is making beats these days and it makes sense why. Smartphones and iPads are especially intuitive for beat making, they have that tactile element which especially lends itself to percussive creation. But how to make beats that stand out from the crowd? Randomly penciling something into a step sequencer isn’t likely to produce a […]

11 Ways to Find Immediate Inspiration for Your Next Composition In this tutorial we’ll discover eleven techniques that you can use to consistently generate new ideas from the inside out. Imagine someone you’ve never met walks up to you at a party and says, “Tell me a story.” Your first response will probably be, “Umm…” […]

3 Basic Practices to Stay Inspired Ever since I embarked on my career as a musician and producer, I set off to find the formula or science behind what makes some songs better than others. I studied jazz, music theory and music production. I learned to play multiple instruments and analyzed all of my favorite […]

What is the Difference Between Mixing and Mastering Mixing and mastering music are two separate but equally important parts in the audio production process that can often become blurred and hard to differentiate between.  Basically, mixing is the step before mastering that involves adjusting and combining individual tracks together to form a stereo audio file […]

Get a studio-quality sound in your bedroom Turning your house into a recording studio doesn’t have to be too difficult, but the same old problems always seem to pop up. Let’s go : Mic positioning Optimum mic placement will depend on the sound of the instrument and the sound of the space it’s in. As […]

LOGIC PRO X, FL STUDIO, CUBASE and More.. We know that it’s tough to decide which software is the best for making beats. That’s why we’ve pulled together a list of the best DAWs for producing. Let me make a disclaimer. This isn’t actually a list of the best DAWs for producing. I’ve compiled a list of what I […]

Learn How to Make Your Own Music, Beats, and Instrumentals This is one of the best times in history to be living if you’re a musician or someone that wants to make music. Why? Well, there are lots of resources that exist, both online and offline, to show and teach you how to make your […]