Becoming a successful music producer
There is no concise definition of what a music producer does. Ask a dozen music producers what their role is in the creation of a song and you’ll get back a dozen answers. That...
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How do I make Euro Disco?
Taking its influence from Italian and French pop songs from the 50s and 60s, Euro Disco began making a mark in the 70s – the decade of disco. Initially, Euro Disco referred to music...
I Want to Learn How to Make Music
You love music. You’re crazy passionate about it. You have ideas for songs that run through your head but have zero ability to play, read, or write music. Nevertheless, you’re downright hungry to learn...
How to make electronic music with Ableton Live
As digital audio workstations (DAWs) have become more accessible over the last two decades, the creation of new electronic dance music has exploded. Needing a computer with enough power to run the software, anybody...
How to make trance music in Ableton Live
As a subset of electronic dance music, trance music is marked by its hypnotic melody that gradually builds until reaching a drop or a peak. The music then gives way to almost ethereal sound,...
Current Real World Success Stories of Audio Engineers.
Being an audio engineer sounds like a really fun and rewarding job but is it realistic to expect you can make a living at it? The answer to this question depends a lot on...
How to produce beats
Being able to “keep the beat” has been an age-old requirement in the music industry. Thanks to hip hop, rap, and electronic music, that background sound has been brought to the forefront. Today, beats...
How to make music like Getter.
Getter creates music in multiple genres. In high school he was a huge metalhead but turned to producing electronic music because he could do it all by himself. His journeys into music are a...
How to become an audio engineer
If you are looking to become an audio engineer with the hopes of starting a career as an audio engineer, you can easily become overwhelmed by all the options available to you. There’s the...
How Can I Make Music My Career?
You’re passionate about music. You spend hours listening to music and creating your own playlists. You know you’d love to work in the music industry but realistically you know that you suck at making music of...
What skills are needed to be a music producer?
The best music producers in the business understand what it takes to make a b-side into a single that gets played over and over again on the radio or downloaded hundreds of thousands of...
