by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jun 12, 2021 | creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
Your fear of sucking is probably why you are sucking at making music. I know that sounds harsh but hear me out. Over the last 20 years, I have coached 1000’s of people on their music making. Having coached people from a wide variety of sill, background &...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Mar 9, 2021 | creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
Music is possible for everyone. A lot of you think that because you struggle with making music in the beginning or you struggle for a good amount of time, that it just means that you’re not cut out for making music. I don’t really think that anyone’s...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Mar 3, 2021 | Blog, productivity, songwriting
In this post, I’m going to share how you can get organized for music production, because the worst thing that can happen with your music making is that you aren’t properly organized in all the important categories. Without organization, your ideas are not...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog, productivity, songwriting
10 Reasons Why Finishing Songs Should Be Your Number One Priority Today I’m going to give you 10 reasons why finishing songs should be your number one priority when it comes to music production. It’s really easy to get lost in all the details of music...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Feb 25, 2017 | creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
“This article is a guest post from Scott Shpak of MIDI Lifestyle.” How to Overcome Songwriter’s Block 4 Game Changing Tips Finally, the work for the week is done, you’ve got time of your own, favorite...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | May 12, 2016 | Blog, productivity, songwriting
Writer’s Block & Breakdowns Songwriting and music production is going to be hard, especially for anyone who is just starting their music journey. Anyone who says differently is not doing you any favors. This is not to say that you can’t simplify the...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 16, 2016 | Blog, creative mindset, Promotion, songwriting
Deconstruction Time Deconstruction Time – track by track I’m going to do my best to give you a bit of background on each of the songs. Most of these were written between...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
Making & Finishing an Album The process of making an album is like standing on the bottom of a mountain and trying to conceive a way of reaching the top. From this perspective it seems a near impossibility. It’s hard enough to finish 1 song you are...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
“Sometimes I feel my sound will never get noticed so why not just do pop remixes?” If this sounds familiar to you, you aren’t alone. As I see it, here is where you are at. And it’s brutal, so be prepared…. You...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Dec 12, 2015 | Blog, productivity, songwriting
How to Finish songs faster. An easy to follow outline Of all the challenges I hear from music producers, perhaps the biggest challenge is finishing songs. In most cases, starting songs & getting to a cool 8 bar loop is easy, but then the brain starts to...
