Throughout my time producing I've seen the argument come up a few times that MIDI isn't real music. The argument usually stems from someone with a more traditional music upbringing where electronic or "computer" music was less prevalent and playing or creating music usually involved learning to...

A huge part of music creation is deciding how loud a song should be so that it sounds good and it competes with other music. Over time there have been different metering methods that we have used to measure loudness and some of those include peak signal, RMS, & LUFS just to name a few.

For a...

As producers and engineers, we are always on the hunt for new tools to help us get our jobs done. Although it can be argued that everything we need to make great music is already at our fingertips in the form of stock plugins, sometimes 3rd party plugins can make our jobs easier (or simply just...

The arrangement is the pinnacle of engagement during the production process. The arrangement is ultimately what tells the story so even if you have everything else right, the wrong arrangement can break a track.

So what exactly is arrangement? Arrangement refers to the flow and layout of your...

This is the last post in this Home Studio Basics series and if you missed the last two then I'll be linking the first post HERE and the second one HERE. I highly encourage you to check those out first because this post builds off of them.

To quickly recap, however, in the first part of this...

This is a continuation of last week’s post in the Home Studio Basics series so if you haven’t read that yet I HIGHLY recommend you do that first because this post builds off of that.

You can read the first post by clicking HERE.

To briefly recap, last week we built a...

One of the top questions that I get from subscribers whether it’s through email, comments or DM is what do I need to buy if I'm just starting to make beats.

Now I've been thinking about different ways that I could create content on this that can help but avoid being just another post...

If you have been following me for a while then you know that Studio One is my go-to DAW and I use it for everything audio.

Last week PreSonus released a new update to the program packed with features and today I want to go over some of my favorites.

Included in this list are:

The New...

How many times have you heard people tell you that if you want to be a real musician you have to learn music theory or learn an instrument?

I’m gonna take a wild guess here and say a lot, especially if you mostly produce electronic music.

Personally, I think we’re in one of the best...