I find that songwriting is a muscle like any other in the body, the more you work at it, the more easily it comes to you. That said, even with practice it can be difficult to flip the songwriting switch in your brain just like that. With that in mind, I’m going to share some […]
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Audio mastering is the final step in audio production, but it’s still a nebulous term which isn’t especially obvious in terms of what it is or why it’s needed. While I’ve always mixed my own music, I started out as an audio mastering engineer professionally before I began mixing professionally shortly after. Let’s demystify and
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Vocals are the focal point moreso with rap than arguably any other genre. The entire song revolves around that vocal and, as such, rap vocals are meant to be at the forefront of the mix. We can keep that vocal on top of the beat and instrumental through compression, so let’s talk how to compress
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The most stripped down you can get is acoustic guitar and vocals. Something about the intimate nature of the combination of a voice accompanied by a single instrument has resonated with people for centuries even to this day. Even though the pairing of acoustic guitar and vocals is much simpler to mix than a full
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When we’re talking audio masters, metadata is information about the music which is written as part of the audio file itself. While relevant information like artist name, album name, and song titles all get written to your music in the case of a CD release via a DDP, you can actually add this information to
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