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Upper Extension Friction
If you want to put some friction in your chord, let’s have an easy chat about chord extensions.
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The Four Chord Progression
When we think of Key Center, we’re often thinking of harmonies that revolve around a single chord, or a note that feels like home.
Who Needs Mastering
It’s a radical idea. But I teach mastering before I teach mixing, and I don’t spend a lot of time on it. Two reasons. Mastering is pretty …
Fallout
If you’ve played Fallout, you recognize this immediately.
Don't Look for a Job in Audio
Don’t look for a job in audio if you don’t understand this.
Barker Bark
How many notes do you hear?
Harmonic minor & N6
Here are two variations on one chord progression.
ADSR
When musicians talk about the sustain of an instrument, The sustain, listen to it.
Level Volume
Level and volume are used interchangeably but measure different things. The technical distinction every producer should know.
Humidity
Your instruments and really anything organic, in other words wood, cloth, leather, they like the same conditions you do.
Chord Structure/ Chord Function
As your understanding of music deepens, one of the things that’s going to come into focus is the distinction between structure and function.
Beats
Believe it or not, I’m not trying to impress you with my pitch.
