Category: Produce

  • Using Ableton Live to Mess with the Rhythm of “Clair de Lune”

    Using Ableton Live to Mess with the Rhythm of “Clair de Lune”

    + Master the tools and techniques of producing pro-level electronic music and audio in Ableton Live with Soundfly’s course, Intro to Music Production in Ableton Live. This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. This video recently made the rounds on Facebook. I was thinking about “Clair de Lune” and how strange and complicated the rhythm is. I…

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  • How I Made a Trap Song About the Food Chain for 2 Chainz

    How I Made a Trap Song About the Food Chain for 2 Chainz

    It had been two hours of staring at a screen, writer’s block was setting in. And then it hit us… A trap song about marine biology. The rest is history.

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  • The Cradle’s Paco Cathcart on Making ‘Momentous Music’

    The Cradle’s Paco Cathcart on Making ‘Momentous Music’

    Welcome back to our interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Join our weekly email newsletter to get notified whenever we publish our latest interviews and articles! Brooklyn’s Paco…

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  • Billie Eilish’s “You Should See Me in a Crown” Is Microtonality Gone Pop

    Billie Eilish’s “You Should See Me in a Crown” Is Microtonality Gone Pop

    + Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. The dark is afraid of Billie Eilish. The 16-year-old electro-pop phenom recently dropped her newest track, “You Should See Me in a Crown,” and it is some…

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  • Why Ariana Grande’s “no tears left to cry” Is So Uplifting, Even in a Minor Key

    Why Ariana Grande’s “no tears left to cry” Is So Uplifting, Even in a Minor Key

    + Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. Last week I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with super-knowledgeable music theory super-nerds Dean Olivet and K Marie Kim, and picking their brains about a…

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  • How Adam Yauch Became Rap’s Fun-Loving Social Change Advocate

    Anyway you slice it, Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys was as “cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce,” even when his conversation changed from silly lyrics and dropping beats to deep social commentary and dropping thought bombs. The hip-hop pioneer, who would’ve turned 54 yesterday had life not been cut short…

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  • Mix Automation 101: How to Automate Your Sound for a Better Mix

    Mix Automation 101: How to Automate Your Sound for a Better Mix

    + Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. Things can get a little baffling when you’re nearing the end of a long mix. But mix automation can help… Maybe your EQ, compression, and send effects are all dialed in to…

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  • Aisha Chaouche on Overcoming Her Competition with Crippling Self-Doubt

    Aisha Chaouche on Overcoming Her Competition with Crippling Self-Doubt

    Welcome back to our interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Bristol’s Aisha Chaouche (known professionally as Chaouche) has this dynamic-yet-slow vibrato that works in unusual contrast against her…

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  • 7 Essential Tips for Home Producing Your Vocals

    7 Essential Tips for Home Producing Your Vocals

    Home produce vocals that are mix-ready earlier in the process. Here are 7 pieces of advice plus a bonus tip for how you can get there in no time.

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  • Why Keeping Mistakes on Your Album Can Work in Your Favor

    Why Keeping Mistakes on Your Album Can Work in Your Favor

    Musicians fear the mistake. Whether it’s on stage or in studio, we’re afraid of being defined by them, but they can also turn a good song into a great one!

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Ryan Lott: Designing Sample-Based Instruments