YouTube is a great place to start! There are a number of really good music production creators. There’s always something I hear that makes me sit-up and take notice, whether it’s a particular sound, how the song is mixed or the arrangement, there is no shortage of inspiration.Īre there any books, blogs or videos that you would recommend to someone that produces music? Hearing what other producers and artists are doing is always inspirational. I’m always listening to music whether new or old. I used to use Cubase in the studio and Live when performing, but that got to be really cumbersome and so I eventually made the switch to utilizing Ableton Live both in the studio and live. The big reason I use it is it allows me to go from studio to stage in a more efficient way. My UA plugins include the 1176LN and SE, the Neve 1073 EQ and channel strip, the Pultec EQ Collection, the Studer A800 Multichannel Tape Recorder and the LA 3A and 2A plugins. No matter how good the sound of all those VSTs, they get exponentially better when I record them via my UA Apollo Twin. My favorite plugins are all the UA plugins I can access from my UA audio interface. I use Arturia Analog Lab 5, Air Hybrid 3, Native Instruments Maschine 3 and Battery 4, Valhalla VintageVerb, Newfangled Audio Generate, Devious Machines Texture, Serato Sample, Lunacy Audio CUBE, Minimal Audio Rift, Cableguys ShaperBox, Waves HDelay and Output Movement. At this point I’ll take a day or two away from the track, so I can listen with fresh ears and if I can’t “hear” anything more to add, then it’s done.ĭo you use any particular plugins? Which ones are your favorites? There comes a point were adding more and more to the track does nothing for it, that is when I start to think a track is done. When I know a track is ready, is when I continue to add to the track and then remove what I just added. Plenty of producers start with the drums first and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that approach. It’s very subjective about what is the best way to start a track. That can be a chord progression or a lead line or a sample that has a melodic or a musically pitched element to it. I myself tend to start with some sort of melodic component.
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Which part of a track do you think it’s the best one to start with?
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That goes from sounds to use, to arrangement to final mixdown. Keep yourself open to that direction and try not to force it to go somewhere it really isn’t going. As you begin to build the track it will by its nature begin to dictate a direction. What’s a thing to keep in mind when producing music?