Kenny Beats shares some of his favorite music, movies, activities, and more that spark his creativity and motivate him to get back in the studio.
Tips & Tutorials
We explore how to recreate the iconic vocal sounds of Daft Punk, Kanye West, and more using iZotope’s VocalSynth 2.
Join us as we take an in-depth look at the origin, structure, function, and more of five instruments from South India.
We explore the different elements that go into an effective synth lead sound by recreating the instrument in Bag Raiders’ “Shooting Stars.”
Learn about five influential rhythms that have shaped a wide array of genres and styles across the globe.
Producers / educators Bad Snacks and J3PO give us an inside look into how they use RC-20 in their own creative processes.
From budgeting to building a team, learn about the process of self-releasing your own music, with insights from musicians who’ve done it themselves.
Learn about why developing a brand can be helpful for your career as a musician, what elements and assets you should consider assembling, and more.
Get a firsthand look into the basics of arranging lo-fi house rhythms, chord progressions, and basslines in Ableton Live.
In order to put its versatility to the test, we challenged ourselves to try making a full track using nothing but Xfer Record’s Serum.
Learn about what inter-sample peaks / true peaks are, why and where they occur, and to what extent you should pay attention to them when creating music.
These five ideas around overcoming beat block will help you get outside your head and generate new musical ideas again.