How to Get Your Music on Television
You’ve been making music for a few years now and you have a sound that would blend in perfectly with a tween drama on streaming TV, or just the right pulsating hook for your...
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Recording Connection grad London Elixir Paves Her Own Path to Success
London Elixir started Recording Connection for Hip Hop Production in 2016, when she was nearing the end of her last semester at Ohio State where she majored in Computer Science Engineering. Not one to...
Recording Connection mentor Mack Woodward: How I Hired 18 Engineers During COVID-19.
Grammy-certified Recording Connection mentor Mack Woodward is a music producer and mixing engineer (Beyoncé, Maroon 5, Fergie, Outkast, Jamie Foxx) who’s dedicated to teaching tomorrow’s engineers and producers the skillset and mindset it takes...
Why File Management Matters for Music Producers and Audio Engineers
Before digital audio workstations, before computers, and before storage came in the form of a disk, audio engineers and music producers worked in analog. Tape, reels, and cabinets designed to handle finished projects and...
For Engineers & Producers: Time Sucks and How to Avoid Them
Salary.com once released a study that found nearly every worker in every industry wastes at least 30 minutes a day while on the job. Sometimes up to three hours! Reading social media, daydreaming, or...
Recording Connection graduate Joe Dancsak Does TDE Lockout!
L.A-based guitarist, producer, and composer Joe Dancsak (Los Angeles, CA) is a graduate of both the beginner’s and the Advanced Audio Engineering & Music Production programs. In the decade since Joe first enrolled in...
Home Recording Studio Design
Nominated for Academy Awards, including an Oscar win for the best original song, Hustle and Flow is about DJay, a pimp, as he tries to make a name for himself in the local rap...
Authentic Branding Ideas for Artists and Producers
Bands of the 70s and 80s knew how to use their brand. The distinctive lettering of KISS, Judas Priest, and Def Leppard or the logos of Van Halen, Night Ranger, and ACDC, their fans...
Tips for Staying Organized as a Music Producer
FIND what you’re looking for The ability to diversify, fracture, and splinter sound can transform any single note into a symphony unto itself. Multiply that by a hundred instruments, and it can be migraine-inducing...
Recording Connection mentor G.W. Childs on Passion-fueled Songwriting, Ableton Production, and more.
Recording Connection mentor G.W. Childs has a multifaceted career spanning decades. A songwriter, artist, and keyboardist with Soil & Eclipse, he’s also published books on Ableton, Propellerhead’s Reason and served as the sound designer...
