Exploring the Songwriting Techniques of Tom Petty
"Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success." —Tom Petty There's little doubt about it: Tom...
Music production
Music production is an artform that evolves with new technology, workflows, and techniques. Browse through our music production tips below to help you adapt and stay innovative.
How to EQ Vocals: 9 Steps for EQing Lead Vox
EQing vocals: it’s necessary, folks. The act comprises a large swath of what we do, or want to do, and learning how to EQ vocals...
Vocal Production Tips: 6 Ways to Create Magic Vocal Moments
We often talk and think about vocal production in terms of the entire musical arc of a song. What about those brief, unexpected moments that surprise us...
How to Keep Repetition in Music Interesting
Electronic music production is defined by the use of repeating loops. They’re built into the machines we use to make beats—drum machines,...
Arranging Music for Better Mixdowns
Why do some songs grab our attention and make us listen to them over and over again, while others sound stale after just a few seconds? There are...
10 Home Recording Studio Hacks to Improve Listening
When talking about the most important tools for music production and mixing, we’re likely to think of DAWs, plug-ins, speakers, and MIDI...
5 Music Production Tips to Create Contrast Between Verse and Chorus
The story told in a song is moved along in part by the individual song sections and how they relate to each other. When the same thing is repeated over...
What is Timbre in Music? Why is it Important?
Whether we’re at a concert or listening over headphones, we rely on a series of musical factors to distinguish the instruments we’re hearing and...
Double Tracking: 2 Basic Vocal Doubling Techniques
Download the FREE Vocal Doubler It is not unusual for a lead vocal to be supported by two, three, or more vocal...
Using RX 7 for Music
Using RX 7, it’s quicker and easier than ever to fix the problems that plague your musical performances. Learn how to use RX 7 for music, and...
How to Use Music Rebalance in RX
Music Rebalance is a new game-changing source separation tool in RX which allows you to shift and isolate mix elements like vocals, bass and percussion...
6 Music Production Techniques to Hook Listeners in 30 Seconds or Less
At a 2015 tech conference, song identification app Shazam revealed the data they use to accurately predict within a month whether a song will become a...
