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Music loops are incredibly useful for arranging ideas—with loops you can make drums, synths and melodies snap together in a DAW. Loops...

Spooky season is upon us and it’s the perfect time to hunker down and make boo-eats and “trick or tracks.” To make your Halloween-themed...

In music, vocals are almost always the hardest thing to get right. The delivery, tone, emotion and rawness of a vocal part will make or...

The LinnDrum is probably the most famous drum machine you’ve never heard of. Despite its use in so many classic pop, hip hop and indie...

If you love listening to house and EDM, you’ve probably encountered a Slap House track. Lately, the genre has taken the music industry by...

If you don’t know Joe Clegg, you definitely know his drumming. The professional producer, session drummer has served as music director...

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Rap hooks are so important in modern hip-hop and trap music. It’s the part of the song that everyone wants to sing along to—it’s what...

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As a drummer, I can tell you that the most fun part of writing a new track is that moment when you get to work programming the drumbeat....

Beat making is the best way to pass time, it’s better than any video game and it’s way more rewarding. Today, beat-making apps make it...

Lo-fi has taken on a lot of different meanings in recent years. The term low-fidelity once referred only to the quality of a sound...