Half diminished chords and shell voicings
Learn essential chord progressions: A minor, E7, and B half diminished. Master the flat nine color tone and efficient chord transitions using minimal …
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mixing
You want to get better at mixing?
Voice leading
In music, voice leading is the judo in which we can achieve meaningful harmonic twists and powerful turns while exerting the absolute least amount of …
Three Chord Inversions
Playing a chord, it’s easy.
McGurk: Seeing Is Believing
Baba beans. Perceptions of bear. It’s known as the McGurk effect. And if you play it back, you’ll hear what I actually said was Baba with a B. Part …
Tips and Trick: limited use
Hey, I totally get it and this page isn’t for everybody.
E P
Creating an EP is a fabulous goal, but it’s not necessarily a great goal for a class.
Diversity
Achieve professional studio sound through recording diversity, not expensive gear. Learn why varying microphones, instruments, and recording positions …
Flutter Echo
The flutter echo is created when you have two parallel surfaces.
BKS: accelerator
In the beginning, you didn’t know what a DAW was.
Tetrachord combinations and scales
Survivorship Bias
Learn why focusing only on success stories can be misleading. Discover how survivorship bias affects creative learning and why failure teaches more …
