Mastering the Art of the Perfect Radio Edit: Insights from Spotify Curators
In today’s digital age, making your music stand out from the crowd can be a daunting task. Spotify, one of the world’s leading music streaming platforms, plays a pivotal role in the journey of emerging artists seeking recognition and success. But how does Spotify curate its playlists, and what can artists do to ensure their […]
Eurodance and its importance in 2020’s electronic dance music
Reading the title probably makes you wonder (in case you were born after 2000 of course) what Euro Dance is, why are you putting this article on an edm course’s page? I promise you, it will all make sense by the end of this article. It is 1992, I am only 6 years old standing […]
Top 5 Best Free Compressor Plugins for Music Production
Compressors play a huge role in refining and polishing mixes. While there are plenty of awesome paid plugins to choose from, there are also some free ones that easily rival their paid counterparts. In this article, we’ll talk about my top 5 best free compressor plugins that are an absolute steal. OTT, developed by Xfer Records, […]
Understanding Compression: A Guide to Using Compression For Music Producers
Most beginner producers think of compression as a tool to make things loud. While you can increase the perceived loudness of your tracks, compressors have a much more vital purpose when it comes to mixing and mastering. Compression is a fundamental tool meant to control the dynamic range of sounds, ensuring your mix remains balanced, […]
Top 5 AI Tools For Working With Vocals
“AI is here! Everybody be aware! It’s coming for your job, it’s coming for your livelihood and it will translate what your dog is really thinking!” This article is not really about that even though it might be partially true. AI is still a computer program that does what we tell it to do and […]
TOP 5 BEST Paid Plugins For Music Production
We live in a time where you no longer need expensive analog gear to produce quality tracks. In fact, there are digital emulations of just about every legendary analog gear that ever existed. there’s a paid plugin for just about every synthesizer, eq module, compressor, reverb, or mixing console that ever existed. Oftentimes, there are […]
TOP 5 BEST Free VST Plugins For Music Production
When it comes to free VST plugins people are usually really suspicious about the quality of these plugins and rightfully so. In fact, there are a lot of free plugins that sound really bad and are completely useless. Regardless, you shouldn’t let this stop you from trying free plugins because you never know when you’ll stumble […]
Bedroom Producers: What is a bedroom producer?
Crappy and barely working PC, set of DJ headphones with the cheapest of cheap midi keyboard snugly laying on the IKEA dining desk in the corner of a room with my 2 siblings sharing the space size of an office cubicle. If that is or was you then you are a definition of a “bedroom […]
Why Music Producers Should Never Give Up…
I was just finishing primary school and started attending high school. I remember all I wanted to do when coming home from school was to watch Stargate, play video games, and make music! I wanted to make music like I heard on the radio so I worked my ass off to make it happen. So […]