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How To Create Beats Fast And Easy With Expert Audio Production Advice
By Bruce B Parker
To create beats the fast and easy way takes having the right tools and applications to get the job done with maximum workflow and with minimal fuss. Starting with programs that are dedicated to creative beat making and music production can help in launching you into an atmosphere of inspiration and prolific writing in little to no time at all. Applications that get you up and running quickly and efficiently instill an immediate sense of motivation that makes you never want to leave your computer. Having the right software for creative audio production brings to you a world of unlimited possibilities when working on your tracks. To create beats that stand out and set you above the rest takes nothing but shear talent matched with top audio production skills and know-how. Nothing will make any difference if there is no talent to begin with. With true beat making talent, a producer knows how to put together the right sounds with the right mix that moves people to stand up and take notice of their music. The cost and size of the program makes no difference at all. Having an expensive program loaded with amazing sounds and production tools will not automatically make a hit selling, club slammin' beat. But, to create beats and compete in today's highly competitive world of the music business, it is a necessity to posses the tools of the trade and to know how to work with them effectively. Basic audio production tools include processors such as compressors, limiters, EQ and effects just to name a few. In order to successfully produce
Center Stage with Aloud - Part 2
In part two of my interview with Aloud, Jen and Henry talk about the recording studio, videos and online promotion, and balancing the business end of their music with creative stuff.Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
Center Stage with Aloud - Part 1
Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain have been writing, singing, and playing guitar together since they were young. Today they are the core of Boston-based Aloud. The songs on their sophomore album Fan the Fury are an engaging collection of observations, each expressed with urgency and true emotion. Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
What Makes A Song Sound Bad - Part 2
In part 2 of exploring what makes a badly written song, we?ll look a bit deeper into some of the most common faults of a novice songwriter. Forgive the references to mostly old songs but I wanted to be sure that everyone has heard them before.Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
The Freedom of Limitation
For artists the battle has always raged between the desire for complete artistic freedom and the need to work within a limiting set of rules. Some people insist that creativity and limits are mutually exclusive. I would argue the opposite: people are never more creative than when forced to work within limitations. Limits generate their own kind of creative freedom. Don't believe me?Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
The despair of infinity. Or how technology can affect your songwriting. (And what to do about it.)
I first heard this phrase ? the despair of infinity ? when I was staring a wall of detergents in a grocery store and my wife, Catherine, said it to me with a bemused look on her face. The phrase has stuck with me ever since, and whenever I am faced with a seeming bounty of choice, I think of it.Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
Production Workshop: What Makes A Song Bad?
We all know it when we hear a great song because we can't get enough of it. It makes us move, it makes us listen and it draws us in. But it's a lot harder to write a great, or even good, song than it seems, as anyone who's ever tried to write one knows. We can analyze great songs all day long to see what makes them tick, but sometimes can learn just as much by analyzing the ones that aren't that great as well.Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
Developing Creativity
It?s shocking but true: at its genesis creativity is simply copying something you like. Artists usually express it with words like ?inspiration? and ?influence?, but it means the same thing. True artistry, however, is taking those germs of borrowed ?inspiration? and turning them into something only you could have created. Inside you there are thoughts and ideas garnered from your life experiences that are completely unique and interesting. Learning to recall those things and express them in ways that are both understandable and widely relatable is what developing your creativity is all about.Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
Practicing Your Songwriting
Like anything, songwriting improves as one practices one?s craft. Practicing songwriting can often be a daunting task not only because it seems odd as a concept, but also because it requires admitting that your own songwriting needs improvement. Here are some tips on deconstructing songs to improve your own writing.Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
More Songwriting Tools
Now that we?ve covered a songwriter?s most important tool - the notebook - let?s talk about some others: the rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, dictionary, computer, and more. First up: the rhyming dictionary. Writing lyrics is hard work. Why waste time looking for rhymes when someone else has already done it for you? Remember, however, that rhyming dictionaries are not fool-proof. Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
Advice From The Road: Sometimes It Is About Who You Know
After touring for years in cafeterias, prisons (Ok only one...Riker's Island), parties, dive bars etc., we finally got a shot at opening up for our first national act...a LEGENDARY 80's band...Follow us on Twitter: @servethesong
music fast and efficiently that stands up to industry standards of production, you must possess or gain knowledge on how to use these and other tools in depth. Without the use of these audio processors we would not be able to achieve the level and quality of music production we here today. If you are serious about your music and want to create beats that work well on all audio playback devices and platforms then you must adopt the mentality of a professional producer. Professionally mixed tracks depend heavily on tools such as those I have outlined above to deliver the quality of punch, clarity and overall fidelity of the music we here today in all types of audio applications including radio broadcasts, club mixes, movie soundtracks and consumer goods like video games and so on. There is no way to produce quality professional music in today's industry of modern production without understanding in detail the function and application of these tools. You can create beats on any number of software or hardware devices. There are countless choices ranging in price and features. In choosing an application you should first consider your budget. After that you will need to define what your requirements are in terms of features, functionality, upgradability and ease of use. Take time to write down your ideas of how you would like to work and make a list. This will help in getting you to outline what you might need in a sequencer or workstation. From there you can narrow down your choices based on what application best suits your needs.
Bruce Parker is a professional recording artist and audio production engineer who specializes in music producing and audio recording techniques.
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