Jay is an Insider who has shown considerable improvement in his productions since he first started attending Feedback Friday as an Audio Issues Insider. However, he had follow-up up questions regarding some of my feedback from last week and I thought it would be a good opportunity to answer them in public so others may...
I think we all can agree that releasing a new track is a lot easier than getting it discovered. Many artists spend so much time composing, producing, mixing, and mastering their next big hit that they forget about one of the most important aspects of the music industry: Promotion. As a producer or musician, promotion...
I never thought I’d be watching a grown man in underwear and a robe making dope music live on YouTube. But that’s what you get with Marc Rebillet. Rebillet is a DJ and music producer who has exploded online, mainly through YouTube, Reddit, and Twitch. He uses a loop station, keyboard, and a mic to...
Mastering is the final step in making your song sound professional. It increases the loudness, widens the sonic properties of the track, and highlights the beautiful sounds in your mix. Basically, it’s a very important stage. So can you trust automated mastering? Will it give you pro-level results? In this post, I’m going to compare...
You know that melody you’re writing that’s stuck in your head? It’s catchy, and your audience will love it. They will get it stuck in their heads and hum it all day long. But you want to take it to the next level. How can you mix it up without losing your original idea? Most...
Got a question from Peter regarding my ultimate guide to starting your mix that’s adapted from my Step By Step Mixing book. “You start your mixing in mono and go stereo on step 8. In step 3 you do levels and panning. Do you change from mono to stereo so early in the mix? Or...
It was such a huge issue that I was scared to act on it for four years. I thought, “producing an audiobook seems like a huge task, and I don’t have time to figure all that stuff out now.” All these roadblocks popped up every time the task crossed my stressed-out mind: “I don’t know...
One of the most important skills we have as humans is the ability to imitate others. As newborn babies, we learn to copy facial expressions from those around us. Then we learn to talk by looking and hearing at how others do it. And as we grow up further, we look at how others behave...
I’m really excited to announce that the audio version of my best-selling mixing book is now available as an audiobook! And even better, I’m giving it away for FREE to anybody who purchases the Step By Step Mixing digital bundle this week. Here’s what you’ll get: Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only...
Have you ever heard the oxymoron: boundaries create freedom? Have you ever intentionally used arbitrary constraints as a sort of a creative game within a music production session? The modern music production environment offers a limitless universe of possibilities. Any sound can be made, manipulated, re-recorded, etc. While an infinite range of options might sound...