by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Oct 29, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, productivity, songwriting
Producing is mostly problem solving Many new and old producers have a really difficult time looking at their own work and saying “This is done”. There is a huge paranoia that there is a gaping hole in our work that is immediately going to be spotted by...
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 | 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....
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Feb 25, 2013 | creative mindset, productivity, songwriting
Why Quantity > QualityYou’ve heard it over and over how the quality of your creative work is so much more important than quantity, but I think it’s time we turn this belief system on it’s head. Not only is it wrong when making music, it can end up...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Sep 17, 2012 | creative mindset, productivity, sound design
The beauty of not getting the sound you wantHow long have you spent in the past agonizing over trying to get “that” sound?Trying to get the exact sound in your head & succeeding can be very satisfying, but it’s largely a waste of time.Let me...