Since people like variety and playlists, and artists favor releasing singles instead of albums, could an album of various types of music but of a similar nature, be a good strategy for an artist to pursue? For example, an album of ambient and electro...

I’ve written a number of AI agents for assisting in my music production, and here is one that helps a music producer define an album concept and lay out the tracks for an album. I use You.com for my AI needs as they are low-cost for pro subscribers a...

I like the idea of console emulation plugins so that I can have the sound of a console in my DAW. It gives my tracks a more polished sound and implies I am using a hardware console which is more of a high-end mixing situation. Here are what I found c...

I have a massive vault of tracks that are in various stages of unfinished-ness. I’d like to make them into tracks and albums with common themes, but how to sort them? The Vault Everything I make goes into a “vault” which is just a pile of files all i...

Softube Modular is a fantastic synth but I’ve had trouble getting some sizing that I could actually see while using it in FL Studio. Here’s what you need to do to resize it to a workable level. I have a 4k display resolution on my monitor while using...

Adopting the concept of “Structured Music Creation” allows an artist to work on new material from both creative and technical aspects, depending on the artist’s mood and mindset at any given time. It can also move the artist toward creating more insp...

Ever heard a song and liked the drum track in it? Ever wanted to use that beat in your own tracks but without outright copying it? You can convert it to MIDI and insert it with your own drums. Here’s how… You’ll definitely need some plugins for your...

Ever heard those albums where one track melds into the next, and the next, and the next, seamlessly transitioning from song to song for the whole album? It’s like the old style mix tape. It’s not hard to make one in your DAW. Here’s how… I use FL Stu...

Like most people, my hearing lacks in some frequency bands. But now I can hear what I’m mixing thanks to a plugin, and it’s changed my music production – for the better! The plugin is called “Hears.” It’s not an expensive plugin, and it really helps...

Here’s a free (yes free) way to adjust your headphones when mixing and mastering so they are sonically neutral and you are getting unbiased results out of them. Headphones are imperfect, and improperly adjusted headphones can lead to poor mixing resu...