Whether you sing backup in a grunge band or are the lead vocal in a pristinely-produced pop outfit, your voice won’t sound its best on recordings without a little prep and care. Stuff like getting plenty of sleep, drinking copious amounts of water, and limiting alcohol and caffeine the week someone records are things proven to help a singer perform well, and vocal warm-ups are just as important. Here’s four vocal exercises to get your voice ready to record:

New songwriters to seasoned and creatively successful ones alike often find themselves getting stuck when it comes to not knowing what to write about in their music from time to time. If you’re a songwriter at a complete loss of what to make your next song about, here are a couple of creative topics to inspire you:

As music producers who continually work on song after song, we can easily fall into habits. We may find a certain sample that we always use in our productions, use the same synth for our basslines, or create songs in the same key. These habits can end up hurting your music in the long run if you do not evolve as a producer. To help you break out of your comfort zone as a producer, I have listed five ways for you to add creativity to your music below.

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.

Remixing another artist’s track can be a difficult process. While creating a remix can be similar to producing an original, there are still distinct differences that can cause one to second guess their work. Below, I have listed five tips that will help you work through these differences and help you create the best possible remix.

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.