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Free Warp Academy Symposium
This month I am proud to be apart of the Warp Academy Launch. Here is what Warpacademy.com had to say: Over 4 weekends in April we have an amazing set of free live webinars for you – that's right, free! Join us - no need for a Credit Card or payment of any sort other than karmic high-fives! Over 7 sessions, our instructors will tackle many topics from getting the most out of your Ableton instruments through to live performance, creative inspiration, and beyond. Attend one, attend em all, learn heavy production techniques from nimble Ableton ninjas in this Warp Academy grand opening! And as a bonus, during the webinars, we will be giving away over $1000 of free Courses! You only need to attend to be eligible to win! Sign up for this awesome free interactive class at www.warpacademy.com. I will be teaching how to move you're studio tracks to your live performance set on April 19th. I haven't had the chance to ever talk to people visiting my site, and would love to meet some of you all, and share some awesome information.
Questioning Your Tracks?
There is a point in making music where you can start questioning everything you are doing. You wonder if your bass line works, or if that synth is crunchy enough. It can become maddening. In these moments you might also wonder if anyone will like the track. This quote puts it best: Always be true to what you think and feel as an artist. If you start double guessing everything you do then you will be caught in a loop and never feel like you have accomplished something. I think the key to success isn’t making something perfect, it’s knowing what “perfect enough” is for you. Another thing that happens a lot when you got a track fairly done is wanting to share it with a bunch of friends and get their opinion. This can be really helpful, but it can also hurt your confidence. There is one thing I have seen over the years and that is people will always want more. If you give them an unfinished track they will say… I loved it, but I want more womp. I loved
The Subaqueous Mix Contest
3 years ago the project Subaqueous was born. Along the way I have shared the techniques I have learned, the lessons, and the sounds. That is why for my anniversary I am excited to bring another Subaqueous Contest. The Subaqueous Mix Contest This contest is for aspiring and established musicians. The winner of the Contest will get hundreds of dollars in free gear / software. The two running up producers will also win a lot of swag. Big thanks to all the amazing companies that are helping support this community and sponsoring the event. Icon Controllers, Plugin Boutique, Warp Academy, Ableton, Wave DNA, Loopmasters. Audiofile, Sknote, and AfroDjMac. Get in the Contest!
The Creatives Scheduled Their Days
Yesterday I saw a really inspiring post by Info We Trust, that lays out how famous creators have spent their day. They took old correspondences and information about the person and made an easy to understand info graphic. When we are creating and deep in our process sometimes we wonder if we are spending our day correctly. That is why I really appreciated these images. It very succinctly conveys how ingenious people throughout history has spent their time.
Many Paths to Creating Music
I have been in the studio for a few days and wanted to share my process of actually starting and finishing an album. In short, never get obsessed with one thing. Keep things moving and keep the ideas coming. Over the past three years I have taught a private course on music production that takes you from the start of a track to completion. I’ve used the image below to help explain my process. If you want, you can right click and save the image. It is much bigger than shown on the blog.
Frustration and Letting Go
After my last article I was really excited to start producing music. I sat down, thought about the story in which I wanted to create and was ready to go. Then something unexpected happened. Life! To make a long story short, I got in a fight with my partner. The thing that sucked is I felt as if all my creative energy was sucked out of me. I was pissed because I lost all the inspiration I just had. Instead of running home and still producing I went on a walk. During that time I let my mind move on to another idea. I contemplated why I got mad, processed life, and so on. Later I still had some angst so I did what only any sane person would do. I made deep dark Dubstep. Like shit in your brain robot sex on a psychedelic spaceship type of Dubstep. Man it felt good... and it is total rubbish. I will of course not share the track with you. It's not worth polishing up. It was just to let things go. So here is my point. When life
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