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 [...]
Pioneer Rekordbox DJ Software
If you’re an experienced DJ, Pioneer's Rekordbox design will surely ring a bell. Its interface is incredibly similar to what you’d see while using Native Instruments’ Traktor, Virtual DJ or Serato. The approach that the developers had taken appears to be the safest and the surest one possible in their [...]
Album Review – Dusk Till Dawn EP by Muskidd
The 43rd release from Just Move Records is a modest little EP containing three smooth house tracks produced by Muskidd. Overall, it has a nice cumulative effect, just under twenty minutes of crisp production and a tasteful sense of restraint. It carries just enough melody to satisfy the listener, but [...]
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 [...]
Resolume Arena 6. Is it worth the upgrade?
I've been in the industry for a few years. I'm no famous producer, DJ or VJ. Just your average Motion Graphics designer, Projection Screen Visualist and Music Producer/DJ. So I am no expert, but do know my way around the scene. I remember reading about a topic on Resolume’s forum [...]
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 [...]
Where Denver’s underground dance scene stands (and who’s running it) in 2017
The Denver music scene, the dance scene in particular, is like Shrek. It has layers. There’s big guys, little guys, and everyone in between. That’s not so different from many other cities, in and of itself. But we have a special situation here. To keep going with the corny movie [...]
PreSonus FaderPort 8 Mix Production Controller
First and foremost, this is not a review. Johnny Geib with Home Studio Trainer did an awesome 12 series video review and walk-through of the PreSonus FaderPort 8. He went through all the aspects of this totally awesome piece of equipment which has made my workflow even better. So take [...]