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 our...
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 | Apr 27, 2013 | creative mindset, productivity, sound design
Write a song in 24 hours – Ableton Walkthrough If you didn’t read my last post, I challenged myself to create a song from scratch & finish it within 24 hours. You can read my last post for all the guidelines but generally speaking, I built the song...
by Music Software Training & Ableton Live Tutorials | Apr 22, 2013 | creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design, Uncategorized
Write a song in 24 hours How long does it take you on average to make a song start to finish? Do you have more unfinished loops and ideas than finished songs? I certainly do. But I’m improving. Often times, once we get into a habit of working a certain way, we...