Music Production

We honored to have Paul Grundman from the legendary BG Mastering studios in Hollywood, CA (www.berniegrundmanmastering.com), as guest judge for our latest beat competition.  And, as most of you know, Paul has generously donated a free master of a single to the winning producer. As we gear up towards announcing the winning producer this Friday, [...]

Read the full article →

 Treating your Home studio or Recording Studio with Acoustic Treatment This is a guest post by mastering engineer Barry Gardner who operates  SafeandSound online mastering, based in London.   In simple terms acoustic treatment can mean the difference between a good mix and a bad mix. Acoustic treatment is often confused with sound isolation, the 2 [...]

Read the full article →

Professional Sounding Song Techniques: Achieving a professional and industry sound to your recorded songs is very important. Also knowing what type of mixes and techniques to use it key in having your tracks at billboard hit standards.

Read the full article →

For those of you Music Producers who are getting into Dubstep music production you know that the heart of any Dubstep  track is the Wobbly Bass. Here are some tutorials and articles for those of you looking to make some bass wobbles! Making a Wobble Bass in Fruity Loops:  Good tutorial!  I watched the whole thing and [...]

Read the full article →

Whether you are a professional composer making money with your music, or someone who creates music as a night time passion for fun, streamlining your production process is vital if you ever want to complete a project in a timely manner.  Using royalty free music loops can dramatically help with this process both creatively and [...]

Read the full article →

Using Sampling legally is a very tricky business, but there are Royalty Free samples out there.   Check out the different licenses avaliable for using samples legally, and also for finding legal sources for samples to use in your music.

Read the full article →

Last Sunday co-founder of P5Audio.com David Whiteside participated in a panel dissucsion on sound manipulation techniques, music business strategies and mixing techniques at the Dynamic Producer conference in Los Angeles.   Dynamic Producer  is an organization devoted to giving instruction and opportunities  to up and coming music producers.

Read the full article →

What up music producers. If you’ve been stuck in the lab for days on end like me, you may be looking for something that will spark your creativity and inspire you to create your own new sample sounds. In this post I have rounded up a few tutorial videos that will hopefully get you going [...]

Read the full article →

When I first moved to L.A to produce music  I  worked at a Guitar Center in the Pro Audio Department.  That is where I developed my love for gear and home studio recording.  I love me a big studio, but nothing beats working from your home studio at all hours of the night!  As you [...]

Read the full article →

Where can I learn how to record music? Technology moves fast, so does the music production world and especially the digital audio world. What was cool last year, maybe cliche this year…vocoders for instance were cool at first, but now everyone and their brother is overusing autotune.

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries