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Growing from dance club origins to worldwide embrace, electronic music has reached the apex of the music industry. With some artists reaching over one billion streams of their music, the genre’s popularity has never...
An industry standard in the electronic music world, Ableton Live is Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software used in music production. Compared to other DAWs on the market today, Ableton Live is particularly suited for...
Powerhouse mentors Parker Ament and Danny Ferrare of XLNT Studios (Hollywood, CA) are the quintessential example of music producers who are entrepreneurial in their approach. In this interview we discuss how XLNT and their...
The short answer is a lot of hard work, perseverance and talent—traits required to be successful in just about any career. The long answer is much more complicated. A great starting point is to...
Producer, DJ, singer, songwriter and musician, Skrillex is the overnight sensation who actually started grinding hard on his music back in 2004, only to make it six years later, in 2010 with the release...
From an early age growing up in Portland, Oregon, Spencer Breidenbach knew instinctively that music was going to be an integral part of his life. His earliest influences at a kid, remarkably, were his...
Working in music professionally requires getting into the right ecosystem, having the right attitude, and the right skillset. After a few turns in what Josh as described as a “ski bum lifestyle” Josh Denhart...
Recording Connection mentor Joey Paranoia is a DJ, artist, and producer who’s worked with artists like Randall M. Nexus, and David Christopher from the Rabbit in the Moon. A highly skilled Ableton Live artist...
Two years ago Recording Connection student Emily Stamer (Orlando, FL) was in attendance at the world-renowned EDC festival. Seeing Bassnectar’s performance did something to her. For some reason she instinctively knew she wanted to...
Sometimes you just need a bit of a guiding hand to help you see the way. As a creative, sometimes you have limitations or ineptitudes that you don’t see and can’t fix yourself. You...
