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...
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 | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog, productivity, songwriting
Why does yesterday’s banging track sound like crap today? So you’ve got this track of yours that you were jamming out to yesterday. Building, adding, eqing & tweaking all night. You wake up today & go back to your masterpiece and….. someone...
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...
