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Welcome to our comprehensive library of music production articles. From music theory foundations and advanced production methodologies to audio engineering concepts, creative tips, and industry insights—discover the wide range of knowledge that fuels great music production.

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Inverted Sawtooth

You’re gonna want headphones for this one.

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MPG: Music Production Gym

What makes music tick?

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Stop Singing

Stop singing. There’s nothing in your vocal chain that will substitute for a good performance. I can fix your pitch, I can fix your timing, but if the …

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MBE: all levels

Let me share with you the steps I take to teach harmony to our students.

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Divided

Our community is deeply divided.

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Patches Aren't Presets

I don’t give a rat’s ass if you use presets or not.

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Home Run! 2-5-1 edition

What’s a 2-5-1 progression got to do with baseball?

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Keyboard Skills Elective

This is the simplest of riffs, but if you put it under your fingers on a little teeny tiny keyboard, it will be more useful than you can possibly …

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Color Tones

The color tones in a chord tend to be the ones that create a little friction.

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Ten Things That Are More Important Than Your Signal Chain

Here are 10 things that are more important than your vocal chain.

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Speaker Burn-In: getting it wrong

Speakers are kind of like a pair of new shoes.

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Save A Song

Every day, thousands of potentially great songs are abandoned and left to wither away, unappreciated and unloved.

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Workhorse: suspended chord shape

You’ll get unexpected mileage out of this suspended chord shape.

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