There are few things more exciting for a musician than sharing new work with the world for the first time. After months or even years spent working on something like a full-length album, musicians distribute their new work to the masses with the hope that their music will become something special and known to new audiences. Sadly, this hope is being realized less and less in 2019.
We have all had those unproductive studio sessions where nothing gets accomplished. The lead you tried to put into your track didn’t work, a plugin needed updating, or you couldn’t find the sample you were looking for. While it is inevitable for you to have unproductive studio sessions every so often, many producers will often encounter more of these unproductive sessions than they should. By doing a little bit of preparation before the actual studio session, you will be able to avoid these unproductive sessions more often. Here is a list of four ways you can become more productive in the studio.
Completing a track from start to finish is one of the most difficult tasks in music production. There are countless roadblocks that producers experience on the way to finishing a song and many of these tracks never get completed. To help you finish these unfinished tracks, I have compiled a list of the five best tips for how to complete your music.
Feeling creatively stuck, lost, or lacking, is an uncomfortable reality that all musicians inevitably face at some point during their careers. Whether it’s the nauseating sense that you’re writing the same song over and over again, or the inability to finish ideas, lacking creative potency can be frustrating. This especially goes for musicians who appear to be bursting with original ideas one day and none the next.
An unconventional way for musicians to address this problem is by thinking about their own unique musical taste. What you like isn’t exactly what you’ll make as a musician, but it’s connected in a big way. Challenging your music taste can get you thinking about music in a new way, and in turn, help to boost your own creativity.
We have all opened up our DAWs, ready to write the next big hit, and we end up creating nothing. Starting a new track can be one of the toughest parts of the production process. That initial spark that begins your musical idea is tough to generate and the absence of it can quickly get you into a creative rut. Below I have listed five ways that you can generate this spark and get to writing your best music.
Without a compelling song arrangement, your track stands very little chance of keeping the attention of your listener. The song arrangement must draw in your listener with its dynamics, change in sounds, transitions, and sequencing of elements. But how do we create these compelling arrangements and make sure we are giving the listener a memorable listening experience?
Making music is something the world has a romantic perception of, which means that giving up is typically looked at as a sign of weakness. But make music long enough, and you’ll soon see that scaling back, changing course, or quitting in music is essential at times. Here are three times when taking a break from music makes sense.
Ah, 2019. After another year filled with trials and tribulations, learning experiences, and the moments that made us, we’re graced with the opportunity to truly take stock of what the year meant and how we can improve on all that was (and was not) in 2018, and apply it to making 2019 our best year yet.
As exciting as a New Year is, it’s only as good as the promises you keep. Meaning, now that we’re a couple weeks in, it can be easy to slip into old habits, leaving your New Year’s resolutions in the dust.
Want to make sure that doesn’t happen? We’ve created a checklist to make sure you’re continuing to make the most of those resolutions now and throughout the year.
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