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What skill do you want to develop?

There are 5 fields of knowledge and skills that go into making and releasing a song successfully. Taking the time to learn more about these topics, will help you become more sucessful. 

Songwriting

Create a Song With Emotional Impact

Production

Master the Music Making Process

Recording

Capture the Magic

Mixing and Mastering

Bring Your Productions To Life

Music Business & Promotion

Your Music Is a Brand

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Screw Buying Auratones, Mix With a Boombox

Screw Buying Auratones, Mix With a Boombox

In the world of mixing, your monitors can make or break how well your tracks translate across different sound systems. After years of relying on my Kali LP6 monitors and trusty Sennheiser HD650 headphones, I felt like something was still missing. Despite my setup, I...

My 6-Month Experience with Pickup Music

My 6-Month Experience with Pickup Music

I used to think playing the guitar was just something other people could do. You know the type: flawless rhythm, effortless solos, like the music flowed out of them. Meanwhile, I was stuck in the same loop—missing notes, losing tempo, and wondering if I’d ever get it....

11 Essential Home Studio Equipment You Need

11 Essential Home Studio Equipment You Need

Whether you're just starting out building your home studio, or you're a seasoned pro, there are some essential pieces of equipment that you need to have on hand. In this blog post, we'll take a look at 11 essential items you need for your home studio. Whether you're...

What is the difference Between Mixing and Mastering

What is the difference Between Mixing and Mastering

Mixing and mastering are two crucial steps in the music production process. If you plan on selling your music, getting your music professionally mixed and mastered is a necessity. A question that I often hear asked is “What is the difference between mixing and...

How To Copyright Your Music

How To Copyright Your Music

Do you want to know how to copyright your music or beats? Welcome to the ever so interesting topic of copyright…I bet you can’t wait to get started reading long paragraphs of legalize and legal procedure.Don’t worry, I am not going to bore you with that. I dealt with...

What is an ISRC Code? Tracking Music in The Digital Age

What is an ISRC Code? Tracking Music in The Digital Age

Are you an independent or unsigned artist that is looking to get your music your music distributed online and in a physical format? Then, you have probably ran across the term ISRC Code. The record labels used to manage the ISRC Codes for their artists, but with...

HookPad Review: Supercharge your Songwriting with this App

HookPad Review: Supercharge your Songwriting with this App

Do you want to instantly understand how a song works harmonically... ...and apply that knowledge to your own songwriting? In my journey to understand music theory and make better music, I found the website Hooktheory. I have always struggled to create music with my...

The 5 Best Music Theory Books For Beginners & Advanced Learners

The 5 Best Music Theory Books For Beginners & Advanced Learners

Diving into a new area of study can be daunting because you don't know where to start, or you have too much material to cover. That is the case with learning the basics of music theory. Don't worry though, understanding the basics of music theory is pretty...

7 Steps To Build The Ultimate Musician Website

7 Steps To Build The Ultimate Musician Website

Whether you are a band, musician, or producer, one of the first steps you probably took was to create a social media presence for yourself. But have you created a website, yet? Many music artists put creating a website on the back burner when in actuality it should be...