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 | Oct 24, 2015 | Blog, Free Stuff, Promotion, sound design
Samples from Mars Vintage Samples with Real Tape Saturation These are some of the best sounding synth & Drum samples I have heard. Period! All of the sounds are...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
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....
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jul 13, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, sound design
Steal This Ableton Tip: How to Crossfade in the Arrange Window This is a very quick & simple tip but can really com in handy when wanted to crossfade several audio files on the same track. This option has been around since Ableton 8, but there are still a lot of...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jul 1, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
Find your creative strengths, borrow the rest As a veteran producer, I am not great at everything & you shouldn’t have to be either. In another life, I was a guitarist in a Goth/New Wave band. I wasn’t a great guitarist, but I knew what I was good at...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | May 7, 2014 | Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
How to create “Head Candy” sounds in Ableton So you’ve put together a basic song arrangement in Ableton or your DAW of choice, stretching out your 16 bar loop to something more songlike but you’ve run into a snag. Your song sounds repetitive,...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Apr 30, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, sound design
Simple Stereo Widening Trick in Ableton Here is a simple Ableton trick that I use in nearly every song I make. It’s often easy to overlook the simple when you expect that it’s extremely complicated to get a professional sound. In truth, a professional...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Feb 18, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
Attack Of The 8 Bar Loop So there you are, staring at your computer screen. 12 tracks of brilliance, or at least 15 seconds of it. You sit there listening to the loop on repeat over and over again, trying to convince yourself that you are being creative, instead of...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 2, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
Best of 2013 – Ableton & Music Production Tips Denver Wow, this has been quite a year for myself as well as Ableton Users. I moved from Iowa City to Denver and quickly met up with some of the most forward thinking DJ’s & producer’s. I notice...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Dec 17, 2013 | Audio engineering, Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
Evolution Music Production Haven’t heard of Evolution Production? Either had I. But from the last couple weeks of very productive work since starting the 1 Hour a Day Ableton Group I’ve come to make several new discoveries when it comes to music making....
