Inspiring music creators to work smarter and sound better
It’s a fantastic time to be making music. You have so many possibilities. That doesn’t mean it’s easy to succeed and thrive. We’re facing new kinds of challenges. Our lives are busy. It’s difficult to focus. We feel more confused than ever. I know all about it. I’ve grinded to a halt several times. But I never gave up.
I’m here to share what I’m learning through my own experience. I have 20+ years behind me in music production, DJing, mixing, mastering and expert work, but I’m still trying new things and learning every day. Below you’ll find some of the record labels and companies I’ve worked with closely.
Since discovering this book for the first time in 2014, I’ve listened to the audio version 3 times and also bought a hard copy. I constantly return to it for reference and inspiration. I think that’s good enough for an introduction!
Out of my 20+ years of making music, I’ve done mastering work for about 10 now. I still don’t like to master my own music, but there are times I do it anyway. If and when you do decide to do your own mastering, this blog post should help you understand what potential pitfalls to look out for. [Read more…] about Mastering: 5 Reasons Why You Should Not Master Your Own Music (And Why I Sometimes Do It Anyway)
Here’s a review of what I have found to be the best bus compressor plugins. I use these guys all the time on my mix bus – or the master bus – however you wanna call it. [Read more…] about The Best Bus Compressor Plugins
Last year marked my 20th year releasing electronic music as an artist.
I started dabbling with electronic music and made my first tracks already back in 1996. But I started releasing music to the public in the following year. Back then I was using tracker software to make music and I ran a tracker scene label called Rebound. We released more than 100 tracks as free downloads within a timespan of about 4 years.
[Read more…] about 20 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Being an Artist
This post is a response to a request I’ve had multiple times in the past year alone: What do I think are the best Waves plugins?
[Read more…] about The Best Waves Plugins – What Should You Buy?
There’s a request I keep getting regularly. It comes in different shapes and forms but the gist is always the same. Here’s an example of an email I received:
“I began with the program Logic pro X. But i have a problem: I want to get some plug ins for this program, i’d like to get it for free, because buying it is too expensive for me at the moment,
so i like to download it, but it’s so hard to find it…
I need the following plug ins:
[followed by a list of paid plugins]”
Now, ethics aside, there is something quite big at play here that I want to address. Something that is especially difficult to understand when you’re first starting out in music. [Read more…] about Piracy – Why Shouldn’t You?