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It's always nice when a developer gives away a synth for free, and the New Year is a perfect time to scour the internet for these kinds of offers. This month, there's a really nice synth from Native Instruments called Hypha, which is free until the 16th January.  I've had a lot of fun messing around with it, but you'll have to act fast if you want to grab hold of it!  In this guide we'll explore what it is and some of its best features, so you can make your mind up on whether Hypha is for you!   HYPHA I'm a...

The definition of Music Producer has changed over the years. In the early days of recording studios the producer was the person who was responsible for, well....recording the music. It might have been a completley separate musician or musicians who had written it. But there is now a growing need for music producers to understand music theory and composition. Because as a music producer in 2022, writing music is as much a part of being a music producer as recording and mixing is.  So, in this guide we are going to focus on some of the core concepts and tips and...

The Circle of Fifths is an extremely useful music theory device which can help you understand pretty much everything about harmony, key signatures, scales and chords.  It displays the major scales in ascending pitches of perfect fifths (which is where it gets its name from) and then shows how each key is related major to minor, as well as some other juicy music theory tidbits, which we will get into during this guide. The Circle of Fifths is super useful for creating chord sequences, harmonising melodies and will generally give you a huge boost in know-how when it comes to composing...

I've recently done a bit of an overview on mobile music making, and in particular covered some of the best apps out there right now for making music on your mobile devices.  Well, I'm sure you can imagine how excited I was to find out that none other than Ableton are launching their own iOS music device called Ableton Note. It's pitched as 'an app for musical sketching' and it looks really cool from what I've seen of it, so let's take a dive into it and see what features it's packing. Your musical Notebook   Note looks great. It takes...

Work has changed dramatically all over the world in the past few years. The pandemic had us sitting in our homes and working, and this had a huge impact on people's lives. Many people have still not returned to an office based working schedule, preferring instead to continue working from home. This has given rise to so many new remote positions, and ways to make money from home, that I thought it was a good idea to revisit the concept of making money as a music producer in 2022, and see how the landscape has changed. Right off the bat...