Hold Up, Can You Sidechain Reverb?
When we hear the term sidechaining, we think of pumping drones against an EDM kick, but it can be so much more! Try this trick out yourself!
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How to Play With Meaning in Your Songwriting
Moving your listener through a broken narrative is an art, and you can master it with just a few simple tricks. Read on, dear songwriters…
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Metronome Games: How to Improve Your Time While Having Fun
Most musicians associate the metronome with boring practice exercises, but here are 3 ways you can improve your timing that are actually fun!
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The Surprising Origins of the Bagel Bites Theme Music
An exhaustive history of the catchiest ad jingle of all time. It goes so much deeper than we could’ve ever imagined and we break it ALL down.
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Ryan Lott: 8 Tips for Creating and Using Custom Digital Instruments
Here are 8 of the most resonant pieces of advice collected from throughout Ryan Lott’s Soundfly course “Designing Sample-Based Instruments.”
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5 Lessons On: The Art of Arranging
Soundfly’s new monthly newsletter, “5 Lessons On…” comes to Flypaper. Check out these thematically curated lessons to direct your learning.
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Why Is THIS the Most Influential Music Cue in Hollywood?
From 20th century minimalism to early Gregorian chant structures, this film cue has it all…and it’s probably not the one you’re thinking of.
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10 Free and Affordable Music Production “Must-Haves”
Gear Acquisition Syndrome is a thing — music production too often comes with a hefty price tag — but it doesn’t have to! Here are 10 examples.
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What Is a Cantus Firmus? (and How to Write One)
This compositional form and tool was used emblematically throughout the Middle Ages, here’s how it works and how to write one.
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The Altered Scale: The One That Breaks All the Rules.
This is the A1 barbecue sauce of all musical scale modes… (As in, it doesn’t go on everything but when it works, it REALLY adds some tang!)
