Ah, summer. Beautiful weather, beach trips, bike trips, trips to who-cares-where… let’s just get on our bikes and GO! There’s nothing quite like that feeling of playing an outdoor gig in your…
Making Sense of a Song by Richard Strauss Through Botany
Yes, you read that correctly. In the course of this one blog post, I am going to attempt to use a brief study in botany to unravel an issue I am having…
Mexico’s New Wave: 10 Artists Poised to Break Out this Year
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Critiquing Creative Work with a Growth Mindset
This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. I’m in the process of doing some large-scale writing about the way I teach music technology. To that end, I thought I would talk some about…
What Is a Leading Tone?
In the above video, courtesy of our very popular Mainstage course, Unlocking the Emotional Power of Chords, NYU and Montclair State University adjunct professor of music technology, Ethan Hein, explains the concept of…
Breaking Down Beach House’s Stressed Out and Shoegazey New Single, “Dark Spring”
With their newly released album, 7, Baltimore dream pop outfit Beach House have reached new emotionally intoxicating heights, but with a sound that feels denser and sludgier than the clean, arpeggiated synths for which they’ve…
8 Music Crowdfunding Campaigns We’ve Got Our Eyes on and Why
It’s all about the story. Fundraising experts will say this time and time again: “People fund people, not ideas.” In other words, when asking for money, what tends to get through to your…
Ten Essential Pieces of Advice for Composers
By Tim Hansen It seems like there’s no shortage of tips for emerging songwriters out there, but what do you do if you’re a budding composer wanting to write for string quartets…
The String Section – A Brief Context
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How to Choose the Perfect Compressor Settings Every Time
Compression is one of your most powerful mixing tools. It’s the essential element behind every good mix. But to make your compressors work, you need to understand compression first. It’s intimidating to…