Anyone who has ever tried to learn a musical instrument can attest to the fact that it takes years of practice to master. The same is true for music production. While it is possible to learn the basics of music production in a few weeks or months, it takes years of consistent practice to become…
Teaching yourself anything can be daunting, and music production is no exception. There are so many questions you need to answer. Where do you start? What tools do you need? What DAW should you get? People give up on music production before reaching their full potential because of how overwhelming it is, and I do…
Music producers get sounds from a variety of places, depending on their production style. There are two forms of sound a producer will use. They’ll either use pre-recorded sounds called samples, or they’ll use real and/or digital instruments, which can be played live. Samples For sample-based producers, Splice, Youtube, and various music forums (ex: reddit.com/r/drumkits)…
“Never mix with headphones.” This advice seems to pop up from time to time in the production world, and I’m not a big fan of it. It prevents people from actually getting started with music production because they think it would be impossible to have a good song if they don’t have speakers to mix…