Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
If you’re in the process of setting up your home studio, it’s likely you’ve got an audio interface on your kit list of essential studio tech to buy. Or, alternatively, you may be looking to upgrade your current interface to a new option that’s equally affordable. If you’ve not used an interface in your set-up before and are […]
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As Halloween steadily approaches, it’s time to embrace all things unsettling and celebrate the darker sounding side of music production. Whether your sound design is for an eerie club track, a horror movie short or you’re just in the mood to mess around with some spooky sounds, you can’t go wrong with these free packs. From haunting ambience and […]
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We’re back with another PBLA Open House event at our gorgeous location in the Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles. Our LA school will be open to the public from 7:30pm onwards on Wednesday, November 6, giving anyone curious about the school or our classes the chance to get the answers they need, right from the mouths […]
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Whether you’re an experienced user or just getting familiar with Ableton, years of experience teaching students has shown us that learning your keyboard shortcuts can really make a difference to your workflow and free up time to experiment and create. So, with this in mind, we’ve put together a list of the 27 most useful Ableton […]
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My friend texted me the New York Times’ 6-minute ‘Watch How a Pop Hit Is Made’ doc about Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle.” This is an excerpt from Ari Herstand’s new book How to Make It in the New Music Business (Second Edit…
We’re back again with another video tutorial from Danny Linton aka Funk Ethics. This time Danny demonstrates exactly how to make a blistering techno kick which is sure to make the club shake uncontrollably. If you’d like to boost your drum game even more, be sure to check out our previous video with Danny which focusses on transforming your […]
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Iceland has unveiled a subsidy program that’s designed to entice foreign-born music professionals to record their work in the country. Per the program’s official website, “producers can apply for reimbursement from the State Treasury of 25%” of the tot…
From subtle analog warmth to total digital destruction, using distortion plugins in your music is a sure way to thicken up your tracks and give your sounds some extra bite. There are hundreds of plugins to choose from on the market, varying from the high-end and expensive to the more simplistic, affordable and, at times, […]
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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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In May 2019 we were invited to IMS Ibiza to check out the annual summit’s festivities and explore the variety of panels, events and parties on offer. Whilst there we sat down with the one and only UK club-king, Jax Jones, to discuss exactly how he writes and produces hit tracks from start to finish. If you’re […]
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