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Microphone Care and Feeding

I am so stoked to talk to you about microphones, but before I do, we need to have a serious chat.

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Level Volume

Level and volume are used interchangeably but measure different things. The technical distinction every producer should know.

Bread and Butter

This is a really useful chord progression to put on your fingers.

gate keepers

Producer, professional, beatmaker.

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it doesn't make you a better producer

I actually reject this idea that anybody’s becoming a better producer because of posts that they’re reading, because everybody’s really teaching from the same pool of facts.

Your First Studio Upgrade

What’s your first upgrade or purchase once you’ve set up the bare bones minimum for your studio?

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Stupid Logic Tricks: accellerando

Welcome to today’s first and possibly only episode of Stupid Logic Tricks, where I share things I almost never need to do, but I’m glad I know how to.

naming chords step one

Three steps to identifying a chord.

No Music Theory Without Music

Music always comes first, but music theory exists whether you believe in it or not.

Find the Break

I arrived in New York in the late 90s.

Phase in Sixty Seconds

Phase in 60 seconds, let’s go.

Run Tape

Always run tape. That was a piece of advice I got as a young musician, and I still think it’s really good. I don’t just mean you should record your…

Practice Success

I think it’s important to set benchmarks for yourself.

Your Ears Are Lying To You

Your ears will tell you whatever you want to hear. Until you learn to set loudness landmarks, you're mixing with luck.

louder quieter

You know how compressors make stuff quieter?

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rescue archive backup

Make yourself a bootable backup drive with all your installations on it while everything still works and stick it in a drawer for when you really need …