Producer Dustin Burnett has done a rare thing - penned an awesome essay with a very logical take on what matters with recording equipment. He gives a very logical take on the hyperbole and debate that goes on throughout the Internet. Check out a great blog post here.
In the past we have told you about online music creation tool Roc. This browser based music creation tool has been one of the coolest ways we have found to make music on the web and it is about to get a whole lot cooler. In what Aviary (who also have many other cool browser based tools) has dubbed "30 days of Roc" they will be releasing 50 new instruments for the platform that will make it all the more enjoyable to create music using their amazing tool. To learn more about it, keep up with their blog which will be announcing the new additions and showing the ropes of this cool new tool.
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The Secrets of Songwriting blog has up a fantastic article that can really up your game as a songwriter. Choosing the key to your song is a make or break choice and Gary Ewer has really dispensed some great knowledge on the subject.
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Dropbox is probably one of the best tools available to musicians, producers or music business types. They have left beta and gone to 1.0 with their amazing software and we couldn't be more excited. Their new selective syncing of files makes life nice and easy. We couldn't be happy to see some of our favorite software growing up!
Cracked is known for its out there humor, but this week they have a great article that list some cool hidden features of some popular records. These cool tricks can give you inspiration to hide some cool things in your next release as well.
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Producing punk and hardcore vocals is much different than producing many other genres of vocals. It is also what I have been doing for much of the last decade. After the prompting of a good friend, I decided to write up some tips that aren't common Internet knowledge. Follow me to the jump and learn how you can most effectively get across your message of how painful it was to be stabbed in the back.
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