Brian Eno is a producer, writer, and multi-instrumental musician, legendary both in his own right as a pioneer of ambient music, and in the work he’s done across his vast career with others, like Bryan Ferry’s band Roxy Music. He is perhaps best known in mainstream circles for his incomparable synthesizer and soundscapes work on…
+ 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 idea of the remix has been around since electronic music started becoming prominent decades ago. Because so many producers work with samples of pre-existing music, it…
Make your digital MIDI productions sound more organic with these helpful tips for layering pianos from electronic music producer Hyperbits!
Hip-hop is officially pop music. With Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar’s sweep of the Grammy Awards earlier this year, it’s evident that hip-hop has officially shed its status as “that controversial music genre” that prompted the Grammys’ organizers to refuse to air any rap categories back in 1989, which subsequently prompted some to boycott the event.…
+ Bridge the worlds of theory, improvisation, and jazzy hip-hop, and improve your piano chops with Grammy-winner Kiefer in his course, Kiefer: Keys, Chords, & Beats. When it comes to music, balancing invention and convention is like baking the perfect cake. Artists that deviate too far from an already established sound run the risk of becoming…
Last week, during Soundfly’s Office Hours #4, I sat down with Grammy-nominated audio engineer and instructor of our acclaimed online course, Faders Up: Advanced Mix Techniques, Kenta Yonesaka, and producer/songwriter Josh Conway out of Los Angeles to discuss the most crucial steps to take to properly prepare a track for a mix engineer, and common missteps to…
Welcome back to our new series on Flypaper, Album Histories Monthly, which brings you the story of a single album each month, in the month that it was originally released. Last month, we covered the Replacements’ 1984 goofball-punk classic, Let It Be. This month: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I Love Rock ‘n Roll Release Date: November 18, 1981 “Looking…
Looking to enhance your knowledge and mixing skills, practice your chops, and build your portfolio of work? We definitely have an online course for you.
Hip-hop is considered by many to be a “non-musical” genre due to its emphasis on spoken vocals and sampled beats, but that’s why melody is even more key…
This Soundfly alumni student breaks down why he prefers producing music with the non-linear workflow of FL Studio over Ableton and other DAWs.
Introducing Soundfly’s Expert Ableton Live Mentor Pack: Our five strongest production mentors who are ready to take your Ableton skills to the next level!
If you feel like you’ve been making the same beat over and over again, or you’re suffering from a severe case of “beat block,” this one’s for you!
You might be an expert at programming drum beats, but if you think back on your favorite songs, they all probably have much stronger melodies and chords.
Soundfly student producer Samuel Shih reflects on how his latest mentorship session helped him get back to his identity basics to create better songs.
This autumn, we’re launching a brand new online course teaching you how to get your home-recorded vocals sounding like the pros, check it out!
In Soundfly’s new course, Modern Pop Vocal Production, you’ll how to produce vocals at home that sound modern, polished, and professional.
There’s more than one way to create an energy-lifting drop. Beef up your choruses with a CIA no matter what genre of music you’re producing!
Practicing your skills as a hip-hop producer? Here’s my best advice for how to start writing trap beats to shop around with vocalists and rappers.
There are many ways musicians can get paid for their work, both before and after publishing has occurred. But you’ll need to do a bit of math.
For this special Episode 25 of “Themes and Variation,” we chat with RJD2 about sampling, song idea fodder, and his new course on Soundfly!
Whether you’re in need of a dash of inspiration or just some new methods to try out, we compiled our top songwriting blogs to help you out!
We’re excited to announce Soundfly’s new course with Grammy Award winner, Kimbra, on vocal creativity, arranging, and production. Learn more.
Improve your production, songwriting, composing, mixing, and pretty much anything you dream of doing, with a Soundfly Mentor by your side.
I’ve studied Kimbra’s vocal techniques for years, here are some of the things she does that all singers can learn from and improve with.
In Soundfly’s new course, The Music of Boy Bands, we revisit all our favorite teenage hits and learn how they work musically as well!
