The How and What of Being a Successful Music Producer

Disclaimer 
First off as always I begin with a disclaimer. These are just my views and I share to try and help people. If you don’t resonate with the information here then leave it. I don’t claim to be all knowing or to have any authority but I have made music my world since a…

Ultimate Strategies – How To Finish a Track?!

DISCLAIMER I don’t want anyone to feel restricted as if there is only one way to do things. These are my own methods I have developed from more than a decade of utter dedication to the craft and they work for me and do the job for my students. How to Finish a track Being…

A Philosophy – The Structure of Electronic Music

  In pop and rock music the structure of a song are made up of simple elemental building blocks which are slightly varied from song to song. By understanding the foundation elements of song structure in popular music we can make more sense of the structure of electronic music.     The Foundation Elemental Building…

A Simple and Practical Guide to Gain Staging.

Gain Staging is a topic that can sound complicated and I’m sure many people have been left very confused trying to read about it when they have come across overly complicated articles online. However I am writing this article to explain gain staging in a simple way so all can understand and use the basic…

Production Talk with Sourone

Hello There Folks. This is the 2nd Edition of “Production Talk”. This time with Zenon Record’s Sourone. Hailing from Poland, Sourone is the project of Michal Kalinowski. You can hear all kinds of influences in Michal’s music as he fuses a wide variety of genres. If there was one word I could use to describe…

Production Talk with Hedflux

Production Talk is a series of interviews that will give my readers an insightful look into the production methods of some of my favourite big name wizards out there. This time we have some musical insight from the legendary Hedflux.   Hedflux is the project of Scottish born Steve Young. Steve has been immersed in…

33 Essential Ableton Keyboard Shortcuts

Below is the list I compiled of the 33 most useful and essential Ableton keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts are vital to use as a means of speeding up and streamlining your workflow. I have included a 4K desktop wallpaper that you can download and have there on your desktop to help your mission in remembering…

What is Zenonesque?

  The term “Zenonesque” was coined by the head of Ectoplasm.com when categorizing Psytrance subgenres for their well know free music website. If you visit the website, the category “Zenonesque” appears in the menu with different Psytrance genre categories and is described as follows, “ Zenon Records is widely known for their distinctive blend of…

Is Ableton Easy To Use

In other words…..What makes Ableton an easy to use program?? I wanted to write this blog as a way of helping others decide if Ableton may be the program for them. After making a transition myself many years ago from Cubase I would say that Ableton has been specifically designed to be easy to use…

Beginners Guide to Becoming an Electronic Music Producer

Here is a blog that is designed to help those individuals who are starting with zero experience and want to learn the foundation steps to becoming an electronic music artist. COMPUTER   The first thing you will need is a computer. It can be a laptop or desktop. The higher specifications the better as the…