If you’re committed to being a serious songwriter or composer, you’ve got your work cut out for you… The competition is fierce: Tons of...

Predictability is a plague in music. It’s not uncommon to listen to 50 songs these days and each one just blends into the next. You can’t...

Reverb is vital. Songs with reverb tend to stand out when it’s used effectively. Reverb is such a useful audio effect because it’s...

Our mission at LANDR has always been to help musicians create and get heard. The best part of doing that? Seeing how creators all over...

Henny Tha Bizness has produced a ton of tracks that you’ll recognize. He’s worked with 50 Cent, R. Kelly, Jeezy and Trey Songz out of...

Childish Major turned 25 years old on July 4th, 2016. For his birthday, he got something most of us only dream of—features from both...

Y’know those tracks that makes you feel like you just popped 10 NoDoz Alert Aids? Ones with a beat so frantic, so intense, so urgent,...

Music is hard to miss. It’s made to catch your attention, immerse you, entertain. But traditional ‘music’ doesn’t account for all the...

LA-based songwriter and producer EmmoLei doesn’t wait for inspiration. Emily Jackson, a.k.a. EmmoLei Sankofa is never not creating. After...

In conversation with the forces behind Montreal’s most dedicated music and technology festival Y2K was the turbulent turn of the...

One of the hardest parts of composing music is writing an effective bassline. Basslines are successions of notes (of the same or...

“I used to start doubting myself when I did things instinctively in music production. I thought: maybe I’m not doing it the ‘right’ way....

Playlists are the most important way we listen to music today. Industry estimates show that 1 in every 5 plays happens in a playlist...

“I don’t really follow production trends. I want to sound like myself.” UNIIQU3 talks about inspiration. UNIIQU3 a.k.a Cherise Gary is a...

Chart-topping bedroom producer shallou shares his tips for building pads, reverbs and his favourite plugins. Joe Boston a.k.a shallou...

Going platinum means selling a million records. It’s a pretty classic milestone in mainstream music. Today the LANDR community went...

Keeping your music projects organized is all about color coding your DAW session, naming your samples properly and keeping your VSTs in...

Colin Benders is a conductor. But not the kind you’re thinking of… There’s no maestro jacket, no conductor’s baton, no red bottom...

Machinedrum talks producing in the box, the plugin universe and 156 BPM guitar arpeggios. Travis Stewart has been putting out tracks as...

Learning how to make music is just as much about seeing as it is about hearing. For example: You use ADSR envelopes all the time, it’s...