The Origins of Hip-Hop Production (Video)
Courtesy of his course on Soundfly, drummer and producer Charles Burchell expounds on the origins and legacy of hip-hop music production.
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Son Lux’s “Live Another Life” — Breaking Down the Design of a Unique Sound (Video)
In this new video from Ryan’s course, we watch along as he breaks down the unique custom instrument design behind one of Son Lux’s hit songs.
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Logic Pro’s Apple Loops: The Gift That Keeps on Giving…
If Apple Loops can be good enough samples for Rihanna, Usher, and Linkin Park, they can be good enough for us too! Here’s how to use them.
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“Descended From Myth” — RJD2 on Playing With Loopy Math (Video)
In this lesson from RJD2’s From Samples to Songs course, we learn how RJ approached one of his most beloved tracks with a conceptual mindset.
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5 Great Free Software Options for Making Music at Home
Making music at home has never been cheaper. And if you’re savvy enough, you can do almost anything for free!
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How Rap Ushered the Piano Into Its Next Developmental Phase
+ 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. 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 […]
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Sax in the Box – How I Coaxed a Galaxy of Sound out of Splice’s New Sample Pack
Here at Soundfly, we love it when our favorite artists go out and create tools that are universally useful to producers of all kinds. That’s why I was ecstatic to find out that one of our own, Flypaper author and jazz composer, Mike Casey, was producing a one-of-a-kind saxophone sample pack with our friends at Splice, called “Sounds […]
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Kenneka Cook on Taking Music Out of the Loop Pedal and into a Live Band
Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly 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. Richmond, Virginia’s Kenneka Cook credits her early explorations in arranging to the loop pedal, which she started experimenting […]
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4 Drummers Using Digital Electronics to Redefine the Boundaries of Their Kits
Whether you’re sitting down to a jazz concert, flipping out at a death metal concert, or standing around to watch a group of indie darlings, towards the back of the stage you’re almost always guaranteed to see a drum kit. Rhythm is one of the great unifiers in music and there’s nothing quite like watching […]
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Philip Tagg’s Everyday Tonality
This article originally appeared on The Ethan Hein Blog. I complain a lot on my blog about the traditional teaching of music theory. Fortunately, a better alternative exists: Everyday Tonality by Philip Tagg. Don’t be put off by the DIY look of the website; the book is the single best explanation I know of for how harmony works across […]
