Making Great Music TUTORiAL

P2P | 05 February 2016 | 495 MB

The music business is built around great songs by great artists. The music business exists to bring those songs to life. Managers, producers, engineers, record labels, promoters, publishers, and concert venues: They’re all there to help connect music with audiences. But the songs don’t write themselves. This installment of An Insider’s Guide to Today’s Music Biz is designed for songwriters who want to make great music, and for industry professionals who want to understand the process behind it. Music insider Steve Rennie provides tips on what makes a great song, what a successful writing process looks like, the costs involved in recording, and the role of a producer. Steve’s experience, and his honest take on the industry, will help anyone interested in getting their music into the hands of music biz movers and shakers.

Insider Guide to Today Music Biz TUTORiAL

P2P | Jan 30 2016 | 1.20 GB

If you are looking to do something big in the music business, something great, getting your head around the big picture is one of the most important elements of success. It’s not about marketing and promotion, how to make records, how to book a tour, or how to manage your social media. Those are all important pieces of the puzzle if you want to be successful. But it’s been Steve Rennie’s experience—from working in the music biz over 36 years—that if you can understand how the music business works, what’s really important, then the rest of the pieces will fall in line.

The Ultimate Guide To Producing

A Hip-Hop Beat For The Club TUTORiAL

P2P | Sept 05 2015 | 555 MB

Learn to make music like the top producers in today’s music industry. This course is the ultimate guide to create a hip-hop beat for the club. We start from scratch and move through every detail of every step needed to make a professionally sounding record. We begin by going over recommended music gear to be used in the studio when producing modern music. We will cover both hardware and software and what to look for in each to adapt to your needs. We move on to learning what qualities to look for in the sounds for each instrument, including the synth, bass, kick, clap, and hi-hat. This section is really important because knowing what types of sounds to use can either make or break you as a producer.

Ultimate Guide to Ableton Live

English | 2015 | 148 pages | True PDF | 40 MB

The Ultimate Guide to Ableton Live is packed with walk-throughs, tips and technical advice, all put together to make your Live sessions more creative, productive and fun. If you’re totally new to the world of Live, our 39-page Beginner’s Guide is the place to start, taking you through all the software’s basic operations and functions, and priming you for the more advanced stuff to follow. The Live veteran can plough straight into the masterclasses, most of which also come complete with videos, bringing them to life on screen.

Beginner’s Guide to Pro Tools TUTORiAL

P2P | August 06 2015 | 505 MB

In this tutorial, we’ll look at the steps required to navigate seamlessly between the editor tools and mixing environment. We’ll start with the basics of organization, file management and dive deep into bus routing for mixing with plugins. By the end of this Pro Tools training, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to use Pro Tools for your own projects. Software required: Pro Tools HD 11.3.1, OSX 10.9.5.

Learn Compression: The Beginners Guide to Mixing! TUTORiAL

P2P | July 17 2015 | 534 MB

Learn the fundamentals of mixing with compression, which can take an OK recording/mix & make it a great recording/mix. Compressors are the most mysterious of all studio processors, and yet they are one of the most important in today’s music production. Whether you’re into recording, mixing, mastering, live sound, broadcast, or podcasts you need to know how to use compressors. In this class you’ll learn the fundamentals of mixing with compression. Learning these differences and knowing where to apply them can take an OK recording/mix and make it a great recording/mix. We’ll teach you a fool proof system to set up any compressor on any instrument – it’s all about setting up the controls in the correct order, knowing what’s possible and using your ears. We’ll also show you tried and true compressor/instrument combinations to get genre specific sounds. Because compressors are the most complex and abundant studio dynamics processors, that’s where we’ll spend most of our time.

Mixing and Mastering in the Box TUTORiAL

English | 2014 | 318 pages | PDF | 5.59 MB

The Guide to Making Great Mixes and Final Masters on Your Computer

Mixing and mastering are the final challenges in creating great recordings. Great mixes require both creativity and a practical understanding of process, while final masters require both a clear sense for purpose and specialized ears for achieving artistic goals. Mixing and Mastering in the Box gives readers the practical tools for accomplishing both of these tasks while highlighting the artistry of the creative process. While much of the information presented in Mixing and Mastering in the Box is applicable to those using analog mixing gear, or a hybrid of digital and analog tools, the book focuses directly on working completely within the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Author Steve Savage lets readers in on such topics as the secrets of collaboration and using EQ, compression, delay, reverb, and brickwall limiting to improve the sound of records, each topic illustrated with a myriad of concrete examples.