Mixing hip-hop can be much more difficult than creating it. When inspiration strikes during your music production process, you can have a...

Soul and funk is the music that gets the people dancing. That’s why so much of it is sampled in hip-hop, pop and electronic—it makes...

The 808 is one of the most iconic sounds in modern music. It’s incredible that a drum sound that was created in the 80s is still so...

There’s no instrument that’s more associated with pop music than the guitar. It’s been a staple in almost genre of modern music since the...

Free recording software has empowered countless musicians to start their creative journey. It’s possible because tools that would once...

Who doesn’t love a little piano sample? It’s such a great instrument to sample because you can do so much with it. Whether it’s chord...

Until the inception of the DAW, music-making was always a very hands-on experience. As Francesca Lombardo recounts, even the early days...

Sampling revolutionized music production. It’s a powerful technique that helped create modern music’s most vital genres. But today,...

Writing a good melody is really hard, even for the best of the best songwriters. It’s not cheating to get inspired with a royalty-free...

The road to success as professional musician can take some unexpected turns. Finding your way into the right gigs and developing the...

Toplining is a popular songwriting technique. It’s common practice especially in the world of pop, hip hop and electronic dance music....

Welcome to Sample and Hold, the series on the LANDR Blog where we highlight one unique crate-digging session and the digger’s gold we...

Beats rarely sound complete without a solid vocal sample or rap part. It’s all part of the arrangement process that every beatmaker goes...

Welcome to Sample and Hold, the series on the LANDR Blog where we highlight one unique crate-digging session and the digger’s gold we...

Welcome to Sample and Hold, the series on the LANDR Blog where we highlight one unique crate-digging session and the digger’s gold we...

Creativity is often compared to a water well, sometimes it overflows but sometimes it dries up. The same is true in beat making. When...

There’s nothing more fun than piecing together a drum part over top of some cool samples you chopped up and put together. But there’s so...

Inspiration isn’t always there when you need it. Sometimes you sit in front of a piano and stare at a blank piece of paper for hours. ...

Lo-fi is the hottest trend in music production right now—for good reason. The warm, lived-in tones of retro gear will give your mixes a...

Adding tasty guitar samples to a beat you’ve worked hard on is always an exciting moment. But getting good guitar recordings is often a...