by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Sep 13, 2017 | creative mindset, productivity
What I am about to talk about I probably something that 95% of music producers don’t even want to think about but that they really NEED to hear. The fact is that where you are investing your time & money for your music might be the exact opposite of what you...
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 | 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 8, 2015 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
How “stealing” can make you more creative, not less Borrowing, repurposing, stealing. Whatever you call it, overall it’s the same thing. Taking something you heard elsewhere and incorporating it into your own work. Many people consider this cheating...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Sep 1, 2015 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
Turning your Loser Songs into Winners We all have them Maybe they were 8 bar loops that you took to the arrangement stage. Or maybe you didn’t even get that far. Either way, something about your idea just isn’t sitting right with you so you send it to...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
How I wrote 49 Songs in 1 Year & How You Can do the Same (tl:dr – skip to the “my advice” section to get straight to the tips) 2014 has been a tremendous year for me so far. It’s a testament to taking on goals that seem bigger than you can...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Nov 26, 2014 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, Uncategorized
80/20 Your Music Production For those not familiar with 80/20 principles, welcome to the principles that will give you your life back. I mean that quite literally. The principle was suggested by management thinker Joseph M. Juran. It was named after the Italian...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design, Video/video tutorials
Music Lessons from a Viral Blog Post Many of you may now be aware of my recent post that went viral called 10 Things they Don’t Tell Music Producer’s ‘Til it’s Too Late As of this writing, it has received over 11,000 likes & tons of shares....
