Art Inspiration

Don’t forget, your superpower in music isn’t something you’re learning or something you’re gonna learn.

There’s an order of operations I prefer when announcing a new take.

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(piano notes) You don’t need to know anything to get better at ear draining, and you can know a lot.

Being really good at something is exhausting and the only thing that’s different between you and someone who quit is that you didn’t.

If you’ve already trained your ear to identify the sonic footprint of a room, a sharp clap can be a great way to do a quick evaluation.

There’s one thing that separates veteran producers and engineers from newcomers, and that thing is understanding signal flow.

Music exists for the sole purpose of bringing joy into the world. So the next time you hear something and it’s not your …

I’d like to remove my name from the list of self-appointed experts around here.

You’re in the wrong place if you’re here to learn cutting-edge tips, tricks, and techniques.

If you told me a year ago that I’d have a video about cables that had a million views, I would have laughed.

You all know that everyone on here is basically teaching the same stuff, right?

So what the heck is this?

Thoughts on playing wide intervals on piano, plus a couple exercises from physical therapy for extending your reach.

Go. Oh, guys. It’s not coming off. What do you mean it’s not-

It’s all too easy to fall into a trap of thinking your favorite engineers hear everything in brilliant color while you hear everything in black and white.

Right ring, red. How do we get signal from here to here? These are both TRS cables. This one is carrying a stereo signal. Tip, ring, sleeve. And if it…

Stop feeling bad about what you don’t know.

So it’s Groundhog Day, and that’s the day in the movie where you do things over and over again.

Music exists for the sole purpose of bringing joy into the world.

This is a simple progression that opens up some doors to some more complex places.

If you need to soundproof, do one of three things.

If you find yourself running off lots of mp3 files and wishing you had a better way to do it in macOS, here’s my workflow and maybe you’ll like it.

Set aside five minutes today to do something that you love.

The best argument for doing music as a profession?

I bought this Fender Rhodes in 1991 for $265.

Make something today and throw it away.

Accountability. It might be the single most influential factor that defines people that meet their musical goals. This morning, I set up a buddy system at Beat Kitchen, but it…

What do I need to tune my own piano?

Hey everybody, a lot of you are new and if you are, I want to let you know what we’re doing here.

Hey, I totally get it and this page isn’t for everybody.

Not every question needs an answer, and understanding how sound works or how music functions should never undercut the magic of the mystery or the sheer wonder of the fact that it works at all.

Music. It has the profound ability to create a kind of structured order out of chaos. It connects seemingly distant places, shifts them to create tension and resolves them, sometimes…

The Beat Kitchen curriculum is a living document.

I’ve been stomping around all morning and calling myself a moron because I made a big mistake.

A healthy amount of self-doubt isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

There comes a point when everybody feels stuck and it doesn’t matter if it’s writer’s block or maybe you just can’t solve a problem.

I launched Beat Kitchen eight months ago and I’m trying to do two things and I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive.

I launched Beat Kitchen eight months ago and I’m trying to do two things and I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive.

When you rely on the same tired presets, when you reuse the same gear over and over, when you don’t diversify your workflow, the game just isn’t that interesting.

I want you to imagine that someone gives you a gift.

It’s okay to fall down.

Music is unique in that it only exists in the time domain.

Today is a solemn day for Beat Kitchen.

Some people come here looking for tips and tricks, but I think a lot of you are scrolling looking for motivation.

Some lessons are more important than others.

Once you start to hear the impact of unison and there are implications for things like layering, you’re gonna start hearing them everywhere.

We’ve been here a few months now and I’m delighted with all the new follows.

Good morning. Let’s make today take yourself to work day. At least let’s strive to make every day a day where you do what you love and where you love…

So producers were always talking about sine waves, but what are they?

Try not to get discouraged when you’re learning something new. Remember, your job isn’t to get good at it. Your job is …