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 | Jan 30, 2021 | creative mindset, productivity
Why you should strip down all your equipment to the bare minimum The Power Of Less I have a lot of students that have loads of hardware and software equipment, and they’re still not finishing songs. The fact of the matter is most of the equipment they have, they...
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 lessBorrowing, 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 themMaybe 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...
