by Tyler Gutherman | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog, Music Production
INTRODUCTION So you have a verse or a chorus and some introduction to it. Now you need another section. There’s not much time so you can’t start from scratch, but you don’t want it to sound repetitive. Luckily, making variations and arranging musical phrases in... 
by Milojko Jaric | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog, Music Synthesis
The word “Pad” can refer to many things in the studio. From pads on your midi controller to drum machine buttons. It is a fact that the synthesizer Pad Sound has been a compulsory element of various music genres since the birth of synthesizers 4+ decades ago.... 
by Milojko Jaric | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog, Tips and Tricks
Let us say that you have finished your recording and pre-mixing processes and you are quite satisfied with the results. Now it is the right time to dive in deeper into the mixing part which is the core of a good sounding track. You can record your instruments with the... 
by Tyler Gutherman | Jan 3, 2018 | Blog, Music Composition
Borrowing Weird Chords It is a fact that the majority of popular western music is diatonic. Therefore, it was composed using a fixed bank of available pitches that belong to one major or minor key signature. This system, however, is limiting. In fact,... 
by Tyler Gutherman | Jan 1, 2018 | Blog, Music Composition
Firstly, the majority of popular music is diatonic. This means it was composed within a major or minor key signature and does not modulate. Furthermore, a key signature determines the set of pitches that “agree” with each other harmonically. There are usually 7... 
