How to be Successful in the Music Industry
If you want to be successful in the music industry, you’re going to have to have a very strong level of commitment and a work ethic that leaves most other people in the dust....
Changing the music and film business, one graduate at a time. Blog
How do I make Industrial Music
Industrial music comes by its name honestly. Like a manufacturing plant or an oil refinery, the sound is dirty, gritty, and loud. The perfect counterpart to the glimmery hope of disco in the ‘70s....
Where do Audio Engineers Work?
If you are seriously considering becoming an audio engineer you first need define what type of audio engineer you want to be. While many of the skill sets overlap, each of the various types...
How to Produce Pop Music
A Little about the History of Pop, the genre. The genre of music that we call pop music today has its roots in the early 1950s. Bill Haley and the Comets’ 1954 hit “Rock...
How do I make Electronic Dance Music?
Did it begin on the Southside of Chicago or in South London? Germany or Jamaica? Or was it first heard in 1940s Egypt? With the wide-ranging sub-genres found within Electronic Dance Music (EDM), it’s...
How do I make a breakbeat?
All it took was eight seconds to change the landscape of hip hop, dubstep, and many other forms of electronic dance music. The Amen Break is widely regarded as one of the most used...
I want to learn ProTools
Electronic Dance Music exploded like a Tesla coil onto the musical landscape some 30 years ago. From the earliest forms of hip hop and beat-making to the latest editions of techno, dubstep, and euro...
Spotlight On… Evan Groom, Product Manager at Audio-Technica.
What you do as Product Manager at Audio-Technica? “So my role is to work closely with our engineering team that are headquartered in Japan, and I regularly communicate with them about different customer and...
Marc Moreau on Wearing Different Hats & Capturing the Sounds in Your Head
Two time Grammy-award-winning audio engineer and music producer Marc Moreau (Ziggy Marley, Madonna, Roger Waters, Rage Against the Machine) of The Root Studio has decades of recording industry experience and insight to share with...
How do I make Dubstep?
Like many other forms of electronic dance music (EDM), dubstep originated in London in the late ‘90s as an evolution of UK garage, two-step, dub reggae, and a host of other styles. Because of...
Learn from an Audio Mentor
Gearheads often think they know all they need to know about audio. They’re passionate about their technology. They know every spec about every piece of gear they own and have opinions on what’s the...
