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Serato & Tidal Streaming…Thoughts After One Month Of Use
Remember when Pulselocker just got up one day and shut down its service. That was back in November of 2017. Serato, RekordBox and Virtual DJ users were FUCKED! Beatport later purchased Pulselocker and will inevitably launch a similar service, let’s call it “Beatport LINK” LOL. I did use the Pulselocker [...]
In The Studio Tips – How To Properly Use Pink Noise
I’m really excited about this In The Studio Tip. It’s all about Pink Noise. How to properly use pink noise when setting up monitors, mixing and mastering. Everyone should know what is Pink Noise and how to use it in your studio environment. Check out the video below.
In The Studio Tips – The Do’s and Don’ts of Mastering Music
In our last In The Studio Tips, we explored The Do’s and Don’ts of Mixing Music. Today we will dive into the Do’s and Don’ts of Mastering Music. Mastering is an art form. Everyone probably has the tools to master music, but not everyone understands the technicality of mastering music. [...]
In The Studio Tips – The Do’s and Don’ts of Mixing Music
Which part of music production do you consider fun...Production, Mixing, Mastering? It’s all fun but mixing has a special place for me. It’s the beginning process of giving your track character. However, sometimes we get this wrong by not understanding how to mix. In this video, we go over some [...]
Crossfadr is now on YouTube
Crossfadr is excited to announce our new YouTube Channel. We will post really cool DJ sets with Motion Graphics, product reviews, tutorials, and the occasional VLOG. We're also excited about our new playlist titled Construct. The first episode is below. So head over to YouTube, check us out, subscribe and [...]
9 Tips for Mastering Your Own Mixes
One of the first rules of music production has been to never to master your own mixes. But some rules are meant to be broken: Learn how to polish off your finished mixes without losing your perspective. The common wisdom of the pro audio world has always been that you [...]
SoundCloud, Will It Survive?
The faults of the modern music business are coming full circle. In short: no one, outside of a few top-level artists, business men, and promoters, are making any money, and it’s coming back around to bite the industry and the fans in the ass. Nowhere is this more visible right [...]
The Vinyl Resurrection
You’ve probably heard talk of the rise of vinyl. Everyone is doing it. Hell, if you’re reading this, you’re probably a part of it yourself. Vinyl is dominating sales in the music industry, and many artists are having a hard time stocking enough records at their merch table. At first, [...]
Smart technology and the modern music business: Finding a 360-degree approach to success
It happens all the time. That song that played at the 9th grade dance when you finally nerved up and kissed your date remains forever etched in your memory. You’ve probably still got the CD. We all long for simpler times. Even more, we long for situations that we already [...]
Who in the fuck are Andreas Romdhane and Josef Svedlund – aka Quiz & Larossi
Early in July, Music Business Worldwide published an article in which Spotify denied having any activity behind alleged “fake artists” on its platform. The article followed their report from August 31, 2016, which listed 50 of these supposed artists, bringing the story back into the spotlight. Spotify maintains that they [...]