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One of the biggest challenges facing musicians today is keeping listeners engaged in the music they're listening to. The world of social media and streaming has given us millions upon millions of hours of content and music, all of it vying for that couple of seconds it takes to win or lose our attention. Things can seem overwhelming amidst all of the often chaotic content that's saturating our social media feeds and our music streaming services.  And it's in this landscape that we, as music producers, are trying to get our music heard by people. Not only that, we're trying...

As a music producer, it can often be quite frustrating trying to find plugins or synths to help you create a perfect emulation of the sound you're hearing in your head. Let's face it, we'd all be hit producers if we could accurately make what we hear in our heads happen in our DAWs seamlessly! But I suppose that is the skill of a music producer. Now, sometimes you can fruitlessly search for plugins or VST synths, and not find one that works for you. But other times, you can find one that works perfectly. I've been on a bit...

If you've been producing music for any amount of time, chances are you've encountered ADSR envelopes. They're a common feature on all types of music production devices you'll find in your DAW. But they're responsible for a lot more than you'd think. Even I am always finding new and exciting ways to utilise them in my productions, and I've been making music for 15 years now. What's interesting about them is that the concept behind them can apply to all sound, no matter what sound source you're using, and they're most commonly found on synths and samplers, whether that's a...

I recently did a guide on budget microphones, and discovered that there's a really wide range of great and affordable microphones out there for any producer's needs. So I thought I'd follow that piece up with a guide on recording vocals, so if anyone has a new microphone and they're looking for the next steps, this will be a good a nd comprehensive guide on how to properly record vocals. So, we'll be covering the fundamentals of how recording vocals is so important, and there are tricks nad techniques to help you get it right. After all, the vocals will...

The Circle of Fifths is an extremely useful music theory device which can help you understand pretty much everything about harmony, key signatures, scales and chords.  It displays the major scales in ascending pitches of perfect fifths (which is where it gets its name from) and then shows how each key is related major to minor, as well as some other juicy music theory tidbits, which we will get into during this guide. The Circle of Fifths is super useful for creating chord sequences, harmonising melodies and will generally give you a huge boost in know-how when it comes to composing music....