Rather than posting every single video, here is the entire playist! Tips and Ideas for music producers. I want to encourage exploration and have fun learning. I make music for TV. Also check out my live streams here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0OG9FXEf9FrOcttLIiM_5eVt1d4FGA_S

Rather than posting every single video, here is the entire playist! These videos are walkthroughs and reviews, experiments and comparisons of various sample software and synth libraries for music producers. I write music for TV. Also check out my live streams here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0OG9FXEf9FrOcttLIiM_5eVt1d4FGA_S

Why buy processed samples if you have a guitar? Try making your own cinematic guitar sounds! Requires a guitar (although the same principles can be applied to keys and synths) and basic production knowledge. Too often we run to samples to “solve” our production challenges when it might save time to spend a little effort Read more about Cinematic Guitars – DIY (Guitar Rig)[…]

Bass Untamed from Westwood Instruments is not your typical contrabass sample library for Kontakt.

As with most of my blog posts, this is an excerpt from a Facebook Group discussion. I responded to a “how much is too much distortion” question like this: Creative distortion is essential in modern music, and the key I think is twofold, as long as the volume is reasonable: (a) the more distorted, the shorter we want Read more about When Is Distortion Too Much?[…]

Someone posed a question on a Facebook group about getting out of a rut, regarding harmonic progressions. I wrote this in response … sharing it here just in case someone finds it helpful. Traditionally I think a composer really showed their chops in the development section(s) … what can you do to *develop* a particular Read more about Creativity Is Easy – How to Avoid Writer’s Block[…]