Lets talk about singles vs albums and which one is better on sites like Spotify and Apple Music in 2020. In general most people should be releasing regular singles instead of full albums, especially for a first release, but do you know why? And how should you release an album or EP? When should you?
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Should a musician or music producer start a YouTube channel? In this video i'll tell you why music producers should be on YouTube in 2020.
As a music producer, musician, or general creative person you are missing out on a lot of exposure and personal growth if you're not on YouTube. YouTube allows you to take advantage of something called inbound marketing (or inbound music marketing), where people find you just by searching for things other than you. Every video you make is a net cast out into the internet, and there are millions of people searching for these nets.
Music producers can create production tutorials, musicians can make instrument lessons, and anyone can make a vlog. Find something that interests you that ties to your music in ANY way, even if YOU are the thing that ties to your music, and turn it into a YouTube channel.
You don't need great gear to start a YouTube channel. Even if you only have a smartphone, you can probably still shoot 1080 or even 4K videos with reasonable quality. If your content is engaging, people will watch it. Without spending any cash you can rig up decent lighting and framing, which in general is more important than the actual camera quality. Content is king at the end of the day.
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This music theory lesson focuses on the chords that highlight each mode, and the scale formulas that relate the modes to the major key. Originally this was a 25 minute long mode lesson, but I decided to edit it to two videos to separate the ideas and prevent people from getting bored. If you have any questions about anything in this video, or have an idea for a future related lesson, leave me a comment or send me a message.
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Music Theory Modes Guitar Lesson by Andrew Southworth
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This is a vocal cover of the song Happy? by the band Mudvayne.I've been singing this song in the car for a while now, so I thought i'd finally record a vocal cover of it! Personally, I feel like my voice fits this song, and this band, quite well. Let me know what you think.
At the time of recording this I was having some audio issues with my recording setup, so at the end my vocal track starting getting crackly. I hope its not too noticeable and doesn't subtract from the 'viewing experience'. I actually recorded this the other day but forgot to upload it, haha. Mudvayne songs are quite easy vocally, and quite fun, so i'll probably be doing covers of my other favorite songs by them in the future.
Song by Mudvayne.
Vocal cover by Andrew Southworth.
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The Eric Whitacre Choir by Spitfire Audio is a new sample library crafted in collaboration with Eric Whitacre. It features a massive 279 GB of samples of 22 singers, 170 techniques, with a second Evo instrument of 111 evolutions to sculpt some massive choral soundscapes. Its completely stand-alone so you don't need Kontakt at all to play it. In this video I explore the sounds of the EVO version of the library.
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Lush Forest is a Kontakt sample instrument designed to provide lush muted string sounds. The original goal was to have a Kontakt Instrument of clean reverbey guitar notes to make it easier to sketch ambient sections, instead of having to get the guitar and set up the recording chain. Once loaded into Kontakt the samples took a life of their own, and with some basic volume modulation and filtering a new instrument was born.
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Sample's Signal path:
Ibanez RGA8 with EMG808X pickups
AXE-FX II XL+ with a clean amp tone
ValhallaDSP Shimmer Reverb
Recorded at 48kHz sample rate and 24 bits per sample
Included in Lush Forest:
7 Patches
46 Samples
Simple custom GUI for further tweaking
**This instrument requires a full license of Kontakt 5 or newer, Kontakt's Free Player won't cut it**
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In this short song I use Spitfire Studio Strings Professional and Softube Modular (and Heartbeat) to make an interesting electronic track.
Spitfire Studio Strings Professional is Spitfire Audio's first release of a new Spitfire orchestral range of Kontakt libraries. Studio Strings is a massive release with 210GB of samples, 148 articulations across Violins, Violas, Celli, and Basses of a 30 piece string section. There is also a core version that features less microphones and articulations, but the price difference is pretty small so I would recommend purchasing the professional edition if you have the cash.
Softube Modular is a software simulation of Eurorack. It includes enough modules to get you going, but if you want more you can purchase modules from Mutable Instruments and 4MS (and more I believe). Its about the closest you can get to having a real Eurorack setup (and I do indeed have one). You can also use Modular as an effects plugin, which I used in this track to heavily process both the Heartbeat HH / SD, along with the plucked violin strings.
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In this video Ashley K. Stoyanov from #WomenCrush Music gives music promotion tips and advice for how artists can build a community around their music. She's worked at PR agencies, record labels, helps businesses with community building, and founded #WomenCrush Music. Her approach to music promotion is entirely organic, without advertisements, focusing on making connections, engaging fans organically on social media, and PR.
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Adobe Premiere Pro, Full Creator Cloud Suite
Music Gear I Use:
Computer: iMac 2019, MacBook 2018
DAW: Logic Pro X & Ableton Live 10 Suite
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/2WvoO8A
Monitors: Mackie MR8 MK2 (I think)
Ableton Push 2: https://amzn.to/2WoyEc2
Maschine mk3: https://amzn.to/2M4GfZj
Komplete Kontrol S61: https://amzn.to/2EwoKev
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I'm experimenting with writing music for movie trailers. This one is Sci-Fi themed, blending orchestral percussion into an electronic industrial vibe. Hard hits and intense risers.
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