The Top 5 Flypaper Articles From August 2022

If you’re new here, Flypaper is Soundfly’s daily blog for music learning, motivation, and inspiration, with articles, interviews, and lessons on all kinds of topics from music production to mixing, composing, songwriting, music business and history, and everything in between.

If you’re a regular here, well you already know all that; and we probably owe you a heartfelt “Thank You” for stopping in to read a post every now and then.

Either way, it’s hard to keep up with everything being published on the internet from day-to-day, so here’s a quick feature of the Top 5 most read new blog posts this past month right here on Flypaper. As always on our website, you should encounter a little bit of just about everything. Enjoy!

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5. Com Truise: Remixing Small Black’s “Duplex” (Video)

By Com Truise on Soundfly

In this video from Com Truise’s new course on Soundfly, Seth Haley breaks down his approach to remixing Small Black’s hit song “Duplex.” Read the article here.

4. 5 Awesome Ways to Find Musical Inspiration

man playing the piano closeup

By Gideon Waxman

Writer’s Block happens to everyone, artists and non-artists, pros and amateurs alike, so here are 5 ways to combat a lack of creative ideas! Read the article here.

3. 6 Tips for Optimizing Your Vocal Health

closeup photo of vocalist singing

By Christine Elise Hubbard

A drummer with allergies can still perform, a guitarist with the flu can record from home, but singers need optimal health to work at all… Read the article here.

2. 5 Small Plugin Companies You Should Try This Year

By Aaron Trumm

These 5 plugin companies are building the most beautiful, wacky, exciting, and unpredictable audio tools we’ve ever seen. Check these out now. Read the article here.

1. Quality and Quantity — in Songwriting, They’re Intertwined…

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By Charlotte Yates

An OpEd on how to balance learning to write songs from both a quantity- and a quality-forward mindset, and why they should be intertwined. Read the article here.

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