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Day 12: Structure – sticking to song goals 

“Good artists copy; great artists steal.” (Pablo Picasso, according to Steve Jobs…based on no evidence)  One of the best tricks I’ve found for making sure you get stuff done is having a structure. As we talked about in the Last Post having limitations gives you framework to work within, but having structure can be very …

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Day 11: Creativity – limitations and challenges

“The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.” Orson Wells Creative challenges and limitations are a fun and interesting way to improve your skills. The point of these challenges is to create limitations for yourself to work within to help boost your creativity. In fact it’s more difficult to create anything at all then …

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Day 10 : Building your own sound / ideas library

Over the years as you build your skills you should also be building your own library presets, audio effect, shortcuts and more. An often overlooked feature is the abelton user library. The Ableton user library can be used to store clips, ideas, presets, sound effects and more. Uses for the ableton user library: Of course …

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Day 9 : Online Collaboration

Questions about online collaboration get posted every week on forums like Reddit, facebook etc. Let’s try and go through some of the best ways to collaborate with online partners. If you haven’t read through it already please check out “Day 8 – Backing Up” because the last thing you want to have happen is your …

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Day3: Mobile Music – creating music out and about

Sometimes it’s great to have hours to sit down in the studio and get the work done, but sometimes we don’t have a few hours. Being a musician involves wearing many hats and this means we travel and do lots of other things not directly production related. one way to make the most of your …

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