Soundation will use the funds to expand its browser-based producer platform — potentially democratizing music creation. With a fresh $500,000, Soundation is now stepping up their mission to further democratize music creation. The company provides user…
Category archives: music production
Friday Forum Live – Watch a Deconstruction of Sister Sledge ‘Thinking of You’
After a long hiatus, having bidden farewell to our former Content Executive Carly Horden, we are back with another edition of Friday Forum Live. It’s another of Lead Course Developer Ski Oakenfull’s famous deconstruction videos but, this time he is joined by Creative Content Developer, Graham Silbiger, who assists in mapping out the arrangement and […]
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Watch the First Video in Our New Series: Ableton Live 10 In Depth – Using Capture
In a new series, we take a look at Ableton Live 10 in depth with Thomas Glendenning, our resident Ableton whizz in London and certified Ableton trainer. For the first video, the focus is on perhaps the most simple new feature of Live 10, and almost certainly the most revolutionary: Capture. It allows you to […]
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Tool Absolutely, Positively Confirms Their Upcoming Album
Tool is releasing a new album after 12 years. Now, we know more details. Its been awhile — 12 years to be exact — since Tool released their last album. But a new album is definitely coming soon, a development that was reaff…
Learn seven ways to get better bass
The bassline is often the most important part of a track although it rarely gets the recognition it deserves. A great bassline either holds the music together, combines with a kick to provide the backbone of the track, or even comes screaming out of your speakers to take the lead. But with such varied uses, […]
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Making a Track with Big Kick and Carbon Electra – New Instruments from Plugin Boutique
As part of our partnership with Loopmasters and Plugin Boutique, we have a new tutorial for you featuring two fantastic plugins from Plugin Boutique. Carbon Electra is a synth plugin with a streamlined interface and loads of variation potential, while big kick does exactly what it says on the tin – making designing a weighty kick […]
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Point Blank Launches the New BA (Hons) in Music Production & DJ Practice
As the technology in music production and DJing gets more advanced, the possibilities for innovative music-making and performances are becoming greater each day. Not only that, but it’s easier than ever before to merge elements of both production and DJing, and it’s possible to use one to inform the other in ways unheard of just […]
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Contstant Evolution: Grime Pioneer Flowdan Interviewed
Much like the harshly angular yet brutally beautiful architecture of the Barbican itself, there is an element of strange and compelling juxtaposition about chatting with Flowdan, one of grime’s fiercest MCs and true veteran of hard-hitting UK music, in the arts centre’s eerily tropical conservatory. But here we are, tucked in a corner beside the […]
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Constant Evolution: We Interview Grime Pioneer Flowdan at Native Sessions: Bars
Much like the harshly angular yet brutally beautiful architecture of the Barbican itself, there is an element of compelling juxtaposition about chatting with Flowdan, one of grime’s fiercest MCs and true veteran of hard-hitting UK music, in the arts centre’s eerily tropical conservatory. But here we are, tucked in a corner beside the kitchen, away […]
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Making a Bassline Banger with DJ Q: ‘Time to Shine’ Breakdown in Ableton
For our latest track breakdown video, we were blessed by the presence of a true UK legend in DJ Q, who along with the likes of T2 and Paleface, was the face of bassline when it blew up from the north of England in the mid-2000s. To this day, he is consistently releasing UK Bass bangers spanning grime, […]
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