Modal Interchange: flat side sharp side chords
Take a song in a minor key and end unexpectedly on a major chord.
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Secondary Dominant Gospel Chords: Nina Simone
We talked about secondary dominance in theory class, and in this song most of the chords are functioning like five chords.
Chord of Interest
Apparently, I have a lot to say about this chord progression.
Natural Phase: danger
Somewhere out there, somebody’s telling you that it’s dangerous to use natural phase EQ because it imparts a phase shift on your recordings.
Beat Kitchen Ear Training Solution
These two passages are indeed different and then stumped my ear training group in gym.
Noise: white pink green
Are you using green noise in your recordings because they’ll sell you anything?
If You Like Your Reverb: eq before reverb
Your reverb has a job to do.
Arrange Like a Mix Engineer
When you’re arranging you have to think a lot like a mix engineer because every instrument is going to speak differently in every register So the …
Interview: Lindy Day
You should maybe look towards a really, really quiet mic and a really clean, quiet preamp because you know that like a lot of this, you know, all of …
Compression: Good Talk
Let’s talk about why you’re having a hard time hearing compression.
You Can Do This
This may be one of the most useful chord progressions you can learn, and it’s deceptively easy, because if you can do this, then you can do this, and …
Your Mic Comes With Reverb
This is your friendly reminder that your microphone comes with reverb.
