In this Synth Secrets, we’re going to make a bassline in the style of ANNA’s ‘Forever Ravers’, a standout tune from last year released on Kompact Extra. For many of us, the main feature of ANNA’s searing production Forever Ravers will easily be the memorable lyrics: ‘We’re fucking ravers, we’re fucking ravers, fucking ravers, we’re…
With the second part of his collaborative project with Phantasy Sound’s James Welsh dropping in mid-April, UK producer Alexander Church introduces himself. Who are you? My name is Alexander Church. Where are you from? I am from Bradford, West Yorkshire. What do you sound like? I sound quite varied to be honest. Why should we…
Soundcloud today launched a set of measures to aid artists during the Covid-19 crisis, including their new distribution platform Repost. In a blog post today (April 2nd) SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor announced that his company were launching Repost, “a full-service marketing and distribution engine”. Repost is a music platform that will allow artists to distribute their…
We got producer Tim Green to talk us through his latest EP, ‘Vacation To Life’, released on Lee Burridge’s All Day I Dream label. DJ and producer Tim Green has released music on Cocoon, Get Physical, and Mobilee, he’s remixed Paul McCartney, had two BBC1 Essential Mixes and played at fabric, Burning Man and Panorama…
House producer and DJ Nachtbraker dropped his excellent Fatoe Morgana EP in February, so we thought we’d get him to talk us through how he put the tracks together. Nachtbraker is a Dutch house producer and DJ who has released his own idiosyncratic brand of house music on labels like Heist, Dirt Crew, Hudd Traxx…
Here’s our weekly Friday Five roundup of stuff from around the web that’s caught our interest this last seven days. Hopefully there’s something there that can keep you absorbed over the weekend. Logic Pro X to get GarageBand iOS’s Ableton-style clip/loop launcher? – A Reddit user spotted an image showing a forthcoming version of Logic…
With streaming now the “new gigging”, DJs the world over are wondering how to livestream DJ sets – scrambling to get in front of a camera and broadcast their DJ sets to their fans online. It can be great fun playing a “gig” and seeing people from all over the world tuned in and commenting….
Fear is one of the biggest hurdles to making music, like “what if I produce something and it doesn’t sound good?”, or “what if no one likes it?”. So in the spirit of helping you get past the fear and started in music production, let’s debunks some of the biggest myths right now… The post…