Category: Workflow
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Mastering Your Own Music: 5 Reasons Why You Should Not (And Why I Sometimes Do It Anyway)
Out of my 20+ years of making music, I’ve done mastering work for about 10 now. I still don’t prefer to master my own music, but there are times I do it anyway. It’s likely you are doing it, too. This post helps you spot potential pitfalls when mastering your own music.
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20 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Being an Artist
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…
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Piracy – Why Shouldn’t You?
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…
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6 Lessons From Mozart to a Modern Creator
I recently listened to an excellent audio biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (grab it free with Audible trial here). It was extremely inspiring and thought provoking to say the least. Besides teaching me a lot about history, it got me thinking about the parallels between Mozart’s days and ours. Of course, musical styles and the tools of making music…
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How The Levels Changed My Approach to Writing Vocal Music
In the past couple of years I’ve been working on a lot of vocal tracks as part of our new project, The Levels.
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How to Clean Up and Speed Up Mac OS
Welcome! This article has recently been updated and moved to here. Just click through to continue reading: Mac Running Slow? How to Clean Up a Mac in 2022. Thank you.