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How to Create Unique Electronic Soundscapes with Vocals

15 minutes in your home studio with a few free plugins and a DAW, and you can be making compelling electronic vocal pastiches! Here’s how.

Don’t Let the DAW Zap Your Creativity: 5 Tips for a Smooth Songwriting Process

Mastered the art of songwriting but struggling to find your creative voice when working in a DAW? Here are some tips for managing your process.

Producers Are the New Songwriters

Producers today make as many compositional decisions as entire songwriting teams of yore. How does this affect publishing? Hint: it could use a rethink.

Checking Your Mix as an Artist: How to Decide if It Sounds “Right”

Your mix will sound different depending on the speakers, location, time of day, and even your mood. How do you know when it really does need to change?

A Brief History of Songwriting Stars You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

We profile the great songwriting minds behind some of the greatest pop hits of the modern era. You might not know their names, but you know their work!

How the Circle of Fifths Can Help Your Songwriting

The circle of fifths sometimes gets a bad rap. But it can be one of the single most important tools in the songwriter’s toolbox.

Recording Vocals at Home: 9 Big Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Learn how to get the best vocal performance takes in your home studio, on whatever your budget and with whatever equipment you have, with these handy tips.