Canadian producer Marc Houle has seen dance music progress through more than a decade of changes. Along the way, Houle has built an...

Terry Weerasinghe has a unique vantage point on the music distribution industry and its relationship to DJs. Originally from the UK,...

Cadence Weapon—AKA Rollie Pemberton—has been at the forefront of experimental hip-hop for over a decade. Whether he’s publishing poetry...

Basic music theory is important for all musicians! But the truth is, many fail to put the right amount of time and effort into the basics...

OddKidOut stands out. 16 bars into any of the Philadelphia born producer’s beats and you’ll understand why. At just 22 years old,...

David Byrne once said “Well, how did I get here?”  Good question Dave. As the reverb tails of 2017 decay into silence, it’s time to look...

Markus Reuter greeted me warmly at his studio in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood. Entering the space, two things caught my eye. On one...

The legal aspects of music can give any musician a headache. But understanding that side of the industry is crucial if you’re working as...

Samples are good for everything. They’re one of the most flexible and useful tools for any stage of music production. But mixing with...

Independent used to mean “can’t get signed” or “not good enough” or “no one will listen to me,” But with the enormous growth of streaming...

Good songwriting needs a certain sense of tension and drama, and the diminished chord is a great and easy way to get it. Nothing is worse...

You’re a music creator and you want to put your best work forward. Naturally! You’re thinking about distributing your music and you want...

Making money from your music gigs isn’t easy. Few creators are able to make a living solely off their music. In fact, Incredible and...

Let’s face it, most mixes don’t jump out of the speaker. They need stereo widening. Without a strong stereo image, your mix will struggle...

A demo is an incredibly powerful musical tool—it’s the seed of a song. A good demo means there’s a good idea to begin with—which will...

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...

So what is reverb? Well, reverberation is all around us all the time. It’s the natural result of sound waves interacting with every...

Physical formats have only been around since the 1870s— But in that relatively short amount of time, we’ve managed to come up with some...