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,...
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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...
Jamila Nicolas Finds her Passion (Unexpectedly), Gets Hired Doing What she Loves!
Recent Recording Connection for Live Sound Engineering Program graduate Jamila Nicolas (Buffalo, NY) came to us for mentored externship with a very practical goal in mind. As it turns out, training with Jim Somner...
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...
Recording Connection mentor Lionel Pedro on Recording Bands, Mentorship & Star Students
Lionel Pedro, Recording Connection mentor and co-owner of Trench Recordings in Toronto (Ontario, Canada), is a firm believer in direct, hands-on learning in audio engineering and music production. Boasting more than 3000 square feet...
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...
How Do I Make a Living in Music?
When you are passionate about something and figure out a way to make a living from it, life can be a beautiful thing. Years ago, up and comers dreamed of being the next big...
