Watch 10 of Our Favorite Free Videos on Our YouTube Channel Right Now

With so much happening on Soundfly, the Flypaper blog, and our community Discord every week, we often forget that there are currently 200 free videos posted to our YouTube channel — many of them being educational deep dives, quirky histories, personal motivation boosters, and new creative approaches to music making. 

It’s a hearty reminder that there really is no one right way to learn music.

Go ahead and enjoy this list of 10 of our all-time favorite free videos below, featured on our YouTube channel. Make sure to subscribe here to take all of these lessons in full! 

A Quick Guide to Microphones

CAPTURING & WARPING SAMPLES IN ABLETON LIVE

Cracking the Code of the Major Scale

MUSIC THEORY FOR BEGINNER PIANISTS

Trust Your Creativity

INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPOSER’S CRAFT

How to Compose for Strings Using Polyphony

ORCHESTRATION FOR STRINGS

The Basics of Equalization: How the Professionals Use It

FADERS UP: MODERN MIX TECHNIQUES

How to Attract an Audience in a New City

TOURING ON A SHOESTRING

A Brief History of Synthesizers

ADVANCED SYNTHS & PATCH DESIGN FOR PRODUCERS

How to Use Theme & Variation in Your Hip-Hop Beat Making

THE ART OF HIP-HOP PRODUCTION

What Is Leitmotif? (And How to Use It)

INTRO TO SCORING FOR FILM & TV

A Brief History of Boy Band Music

THE MUSIC OF BOY BANDS


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