Elevate Your Craft: Integrating Ongoing Education into Your Weekly Routine In the ever-evolving landscape of music production continuous learning and skill development are vital for musicians and producers looking to push boundaries and unlock their full creative potential. In this article, we’ll explore practical strategies for incorporating ongoing education into your weekly tasks, covering areas […]
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In the world of music, creativity reigns supreme, but behind every harmonious melody lies the need for financial stability. Whether you’re a budding artist or an established musician, mastering the basics of accounting is crucial for navigating the often unpredictable waters of the music industry. In this article, we’ll explore practical tips and tools to
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“Failing to plan is planning to fail” (Benjamin Franklin?) The Soundtrack to Success: Goal Setting for Music Producers In the world of music production, talent and passion are essential, but they alone won’t guarantee success. Just like composing a masterpiece, achieving your dreams as a music producer requires careful planning, dedication, and a clear roadmap.
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“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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“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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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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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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The most cited backup strategy for data is the 3-2-1 backup strategy. This essentially means having two copies have all data locally and one copy in another location or online. For more explanation on this check backblaze.com article on backup strategy LOCAL BACKUPS The practical way I backup everything on my Mac as I have
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THE BEST PIECE OF GEAR ISN’T YOUR SYNTHS The first thing you have to determine is your goals. Are you a hobby musician, are you trying to be a DJ, are you trying to put a band together, are you just trying to record your own music? Where you allocate your budget and time will
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In Day 2 we talked about tracking your time with things like screentime (iOS) or rescuetime. Now that you have analysed how you use your time you want to make a schedule to prioritise what you really want to do. 1. Limiting time wasteThe rise of the smartphone means we have a portable computer/TV/book etc
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