There was a time when bands made as many manifestos as they made records. A manifesto is a statement of your artistic vision. It spells...

Lots of people get on their high horse when talking about artificial intelligence in the arts… It’s the end of creativity! It’s killing...

Do What Yourself? How to be successful in a music career is totally different. Parts of the old music industry have become obsolete. And...

Your creativity shouldn’t stop at sound. We started an artist residency program.For the first edition Jesse Boykins III finished his...

Giving artists the space they need to create. All artists need space to create. Ideas are simple. But without the right resources to turn...

The truth about using samples.When I go online and read about sampling, I get pissed off. Samples have always been about creativity and...

Sometimes you play the gear. And sometimes the gear plays you. Live gear setups rule. It’s the first thing I check when I get to a show....

Expand your beat-making horizons. We’ve all felt it before: four-on-the-four fatigue. That feeling when you’ve listened to too much music...

Just say no to boring mixes. No one likes a dull track. It’s a fact. Mixing and producing flat music is pretty crappy too. Effects are...

Piper is the animated short screening in theaters before Finding Dory—the long awaited Finding Nemo sequel. Finding Dory reached a lot of...

Let me guess: you use MIDI controllers regularly as a music producer. Or maybe ‘MIDI’ makes you think of elevator music, cheesy computer...

We need to talk about sampling. Writing songs using the art of sampling is nothing new. In fact, it’s become one of the only frontiers in...

Turn scared into shared. Let’s face it, putting music out there for the first time isn’t always easy. Especially if you’re new to music...

Seeing will always be part of hearing. I remember hanging records on my wall when I was a kid. The art on the covers created a magic...

Welcome to Pensado’s Lair How do the pros do it? It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves while trying to get better at mixing music....

Bigger and more present sound is just a few layers away. Mixing music is about the big picture. But sometimes it’s the small stuff that...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I used to dive into my mixes way too fast. I’d have all my raw audio tracks sounding...

Jesse Tolbert has a tattoo on his arm. Its message is simple: Made in Detroit. Born and raised in Motown, the words describe Tolbert’s...

Introducing the latest member of the LANDR family. Hey guys, My name is Andrew, and I’m the newest member of the LANDR team. I’m super...

Our favorite R&B crooner and LANDR family member Govales goes “ALL IN” with his newest track, as covered by The FADER. The sensual...