by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Mar 10, 2012 | creative mindset, productivity
Boosting musical confidence by tweaking the familiar So you sit down in your studio with a blank slate. You open your DAW software and consider the task ahead. You want to make something incredible, but you’d be happy just to make something that’s not...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 7, 2012 | Audio engineering, creative mindset, Free Stuff, productivity, sound design
Song Made From Sampling a Porno Clip With all this rambling on I do about finishing songs & avoiding distractions, I take on this doozie of a challenge. Can I actually create a song completely made from only manipulated sounds from a porn? No synths, no drum...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Oct 2, 2011 | creative mindset, productivity, sound design, Uncategorized
The Suck FactorI was talking to an artist I met the other day & was intrigued that he was not only getting by with his art, but that he was living a pretty good life from it. Most of what he makes sells out pretty fast, and it’s not like he lives in a big...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Jan 24, 2011 | productivity
How to create a Drum kit Selector in Ableton’s Drum Racks The title of this blog might seem a bit confusing for some of you. Don’t worry, all will soon be explained. In the past, when I used to make drum beats on a drum machine, it was pretty easy to...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Dec 8, 2010 | Audio engineering, productivity, sound design
How I Write Songs I wanted to share my process for writing a song from scratch. I’ve gone pretty deep into this with my 30 day Ableton Production Journal but those of you who haven’t purchased it are still left in the dark. Plus I figure if I could give a...