Hey everyone,
If you took my second IO Academy course, you're familiar with sequencers. For those that haven't (and as a reminder for those who did) there are a number of Max4Live sequencers that you can download (free and paid) to help spark inspiration in a blank project. Pretty much everyone is familiar with arpeggiators, but for those who haven't used hardware, sequencers can be a little less understood and utilized. For certain genr...
2022-01-17 21:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the recording from January's Protege Feedback Livestream.
2022-01-15 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, back with the fourth session of Track #1. This hour I focused mostly on arrangement and polishing the mix a little. I just wanted to get the track to a solid point where I could bounce and share with some friends to get their thoughts. Not the most exciting hour by any means but should be useful for anyone curious about my arrangement process. There's some random bits of adding ear candy, using a bandpass filter to give variation...
2022-01-10 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday yall,
I hope everyone had a good holiday. I had the flu towards the end of the month so apologies for not being super active here. Consider this next live set my present to you! Extra special because it's 4.5 hours; I was closing out the rooftop on my home turf at Flash in Washington DC. It was a 36+ hour party, starting 10pm NYE and I came on at 12:30am on the 2nd. There were definitely a few zombies from the beginnin...
2022-01-08 01:28:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the recording from December's Protege Feedback Livestream.
2021-12-29 13:23:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, back with the third session of Track #1. In this one I was still trying to get a better groove, messing with more loops, the tom pattern, and other stuff before just ending up turning the track to breakbeat. I think it's headed in a cool direction now--the breakbeat matches the 80's cold-wave vibe and makes it a bit more fun. Some more notes below:
-I start the session by bringing more clarity to the bass by taking chorus a...
2021-12-22 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Producers, here is a short clip from the 'Bending the Light' walkthrough where I go in depth on the string section, including the thoughts around its composition, arrangement, and processing plus how I made it sound more realistic and human using the mod wheel and expression control. I used the Spitfire BBC Library which is only $50 (or free with a survey I think) and was able to achieve awesome results, so great strings are not out of you...
2021-12-18 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone,
This month I'm going over my latest single, "Bending the Light" on TRYBESof. In this walkthrough I was able to pull up the initial project file I started on a plane and discuss how it all came together. Then I open the current version and show how the 8 bar loop in Clip view turned into the full track. I also cover the sound design, processing, and automation behind each element and show some tips on transitions and arrange...
2021-12-17 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, back with the next hour of Track #1. This session wasn't as productive, but that's okay...sometimes you don't feel like you've accomplished much in the time you worked, but the changes you made could actually be super important on the whole. I've included a few notes below so you can skim if you want.
The first 20 minutes are me messing with a Kontakt 808 drum machine trying to get a nice little groove going.
From 20-...
2021-12-14 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone,
Here is my set from Bijou in Boston this past weekend. I played in between Lauren Mia and Dosem. It was a short set but a lot of fun; the crowd had great energy. Enjoy!
2021-12-13 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone,
So I've got my new laptop up and running and finally CPU is no longer an issue! I can screen record while I produce without too much latency...I did run into some random issues and had to pause and fix a couple times BUT I was able to record a raw, from-scratch studio session. I know a few of you expressed interest in watching what my process is like so let's see if this delivers on that haha. There's no voiceover, though t...
2021-12-08 01:08:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the recording from November's second Protege Feedback Livestream.
2021-11-22 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, I've been asked this a bunch and I think I've shared this link around on Discord but I wanted to give you guys a list of my favorite books for art, creativity, music production, etc. These all have been super helpful for me in my journey and I hope they can help you too!
It was easiest to create an Amazon list but I'm not positive Amazon's prices are the cheapest for some of these books so it's worth a quick Google search i...
2021-11-21 17:35:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is a clip with some automation tips from my IO Course "Inspiration Workflow". The other day I was working on a track using my Minilogue and a TON of clip modulation on the MIDI going into it. I was using clip modulation to essentially have 8 "hands" on the knobs at once. I thought maybe some of you might not be super familiar with clip modulation vs automation, and this video goes in depth about a lot of the bene...
2021-11-19 18:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, my "Forget Your Name" EP is getting the remix treatment! I made a mini-mix of all three remixes as an exclusive preview for Patrons. The record is out on Dec 10 and includes mixes of the A-side by Mihai Popoviciu and Tantum, plus a remix of Behind the Mirage from Esteble. Enjoy!
2021-11-16 19:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Producers, here is a short clip from the 'Epiphany Engineering' walkthrough where I go in depth on the main lead melody, including the thoughts around its composition, the automation/modulation, the use of aux channels for creative ear candy, and all the layering that was used. Enjoy!
2021-11-15 16:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the walkthrough for "Epiphany Engineering" off my latest EP on Einmusika. This one is a bit longer as I tried to thoroughly explain the though process behind a lot of the musical composition and arrangement. But of course I also cover the sound design behind the various elements, how I built the groove, cool automation tricks, ear candy, and much more. Feel free to drop any questions in the comments and I'll do my best to...
2021-11-14 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the recording from November's first Protege Feedback Livestream.
2021-11-11 19:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Producers, here is a short clip from the 'Photon' walkthrough where I show all of the various layers that make up the chord group. I also show how I used resampling, layering, tremolo, reverb, delay and more to create a lush, full bodied chord group that has character and stays interesting throughout the whole arrangement.
2021-11-08 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey Everyone, here is the walkthrough for Photon. Both this and my other collaboration with Rinzen on the EP were started primarily in his studio, so a lot of the musical elements were recorded on hardware. Despite this, there's still a lot to learn here, including the importance of layering, serial processing, and aux channels. Feel free to drop any questions in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them.
Hey Everyone!
Sorry for the radio silence recently, been traveling for most of October, but I'm back and will be around for most of the month ahead. I wanted to share my recent set at Audio the other week. This was from the awesome double header, supporting Mathame and Artbat at SVN Rooftop and then the Audio afterparty. This is from the afterparty, before Mathame's set. There's a bunch of IDs in here, some of which I don't think have ev...
2021-11-04 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone,
Here is my set from the Factory 93 show in Downtown Los Angeles from last month. I played right after DAVI, before TEED and then Camelphat. People were still filing in as I got on but I had a good time building the vibe as the place filled up! Enjoy!
2021-10-11 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the recording from April's Protege Feedback Livestream
2021-10-08 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the recording from July's Protege Feedback Livestream
2021-10-06 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, due to popular demand I am posting the prior recordings from the Protege live feedback sessions. It can be super useful to hear my feedback for others' tracks since we often run into the same issues while producing. Hopefully you find these helpful!
2021-10-04 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, here is the recording from last night's Protege Feedback Livestream. Will be posting prior months streams next week!
2021-09-30 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, here is the next exclusive, unreleased track for Patrons only. You may recognize it from a number of mixes and live sets I've done. It's a real groover and is a favorite of mine for daytime sets. You can stream or download it here or via Soundcloud, but please keep the file to yourselves.
2021-09-14 20:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone,
I've got my next pack of samples for you here. This one includes a bunch of real shaker loops, modular percs sounds, noise and glitch sequences, and full drum loops with their component parts. Enjoy!
2021-09-06 16:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone,
Posting up my latest set recording, this time from my set in Seattle a couple weeks ago. I started off with a lot of deep prog before heading into some current favorites and eventually testing out a new techno track that went over really well; can you guess which one it was? Also got a "one more set" chant at the end, contrary to the usual "one more song" 😂 Enjoy!
2021-09-02 15:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Producers, here is a short clip from the 'Forget Your Name' walkthrough where I go into the lead melody and how I thought about building it over time and keeping it interesting with automation and changes to the composition. I also show several techniques for subtle modulation as well as enhancing it in the breakdown.
2021-08-27 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post