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The Light & Dark: London The Light & Dark: London is a concept album inspired by a near-death experience. Kristen Agee, founder and CEO of 411 Music Group, was flying to Los Angeles after a trip to Toronto when the plane experienced a near-crash, only narrowly pulling off an emergency landing. The album’s concept arose […]
When talking to Yann Tiersen, what quickly becomes clear is that at the heart of his approach to music-making is the tension of juxtaposition. Whether setting ‘light’ against ‘dark’, industrial music against acoustic instruments, or making electronic music on a remote island as far away from an urban centre as possible, he’s drawn to both […]
One of the numerous things that has really impressed us about Studio One as it has grown is how PreSonus has been careful to really listen to its end users and add functions that are important to that growing base. Since Studio One is so good at recording, mixing and mastering, it made sense to […]
Loopmasters’ extensive cloud-based sample library, Loopcloud, has recently seen another upgrade. The software has a brand new, more compact look and lets you use powerful editing tools and effects such as filters, reverbs and compression before you even download a sample. All the while, everything also stays in sync with your project. Loopcloud 5 also […]
In the modern world of music, it’s almost seen as a badge of honour to have an eclectic taste in myriad genres; from dance to rock to dubstep to ambient, the old days of aligning oneself to a tribe in thrall to genre are, in the main, long gone. Despite the technical differences between each […]
Have you ever had the best idea for a bassline? Or created the most melodic lead line ever? Or even come up with the most amazing drum loop of all time? How about that guitar riff that was going to change the world? Yes, we’ve all been there, had an inspired idea for a song part, […]
Clean in, dirty out Any toy that can make a sound is beat fodder. I have a Duplo (little kid’s version of LEGO) plastic head that records up to eight seconds of audio and plays it back through its pretty crappy onboard speaker – it’s great for capturing individual sounds, before you mic it up […]
Established in the UK, Point Blank is an award-winning music school with campuses located in London, Los Angeles, Ibiza and Mumbai. With alumni including Claude VonStroke, Goldie and Aluna Francis, the global institution offers tutorials and masterclasses that range from mixing and mastering to composition and sound design. Point Blank also boasts a list of […]
There’s no one way to make beats – there are so many different techniques, depending on the music, the gear and, most importantly, the people involved. It’s often difficult to avoid the clichés of beat-making, and quite often we end up at one of two extremes: defaulting to deliberately machine-like beats, or quirky off-kilter rhythms […]
Price £80 Contact Intuitive Audio Why do we need a plug-in such as Chord Composer? Is there really a lot of demand for a tool that can create chords and chord progressions, when most DAWs include tools that can give an extra boost to your compositional activity? Well, it’s a bit like how we view […]