How do DJs Make Beats?
At the most basic level, a beat is what keeps the time of a song. Repeated over and over again, the rest of instruments, vocals, and harmonies follow its lead. When listening to a...
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What is a Record Label Responsible For?
It used to be that record labels were responsible for just about anything and everything to do with getting music to the consumer. From discovering the artist, to nurturing and developing the artist, to...
How to use Ableton Live in a Live Setting
Part of the thrill of being a live DJ is seeing how the crowd reacts to your music, whether you’re bringing them up or dropping them down. It could be a small underground club...
How to Succeed in Our Programs: Jake Johnson
It’s an overused, tired adage: Those who can’t do, teach. And it certainly couldn’t be further from the truth when you consider Recording Connection mentor Jake Johnson. As a co-founder of Paradyme Productions in...
Hip Hop Producers Who Use Logic
As the predominant music form of the last decade, hip hop has found its way into almost every form of music. Pop, Rock, even Western music has been tinged with hip hop in recent...
How to use Fruity Loops
Now referred to as FL Studio, Fruity Loops was one of the first widely used digital audio workstations (DAW). Originally, it was created as a simple – by today’s standards – four-channel drum machine...
How to Start Producing Beats
“It’s a trip it’s got a funky beat and I can bug out to it.” – “B-Boy Bouillabaisse” sample from the Beastie Boys’ album Paul’s Boutique. While harmonies, melodies, and structure are all important...
Where do Sound Engineers work?
Some of the places sound engineers work are fairly obvious: recording studios, film sets, TV stations, radio stations and the like. Others are a little bit more off the radar: convention halls, local clubs,...
What is a Recording Studio?
Traditionally recording studios have been thought of as a soundproofed complex with a live room (where instruments and vocals are performed), a vocal room (for lead vocal singing) and a control room (for recording,...
What is a Record Company?
The definition of a record company is as follows: A company in the business of making and selling musical recordings. That clear things up? We thought not. The words “record company” and “record label”...
