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How video games inspire popular music
We take a look at a few ways video games can and have inspired popular music, examining tracks from Drake, BTS, Skrillex, and more.
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Terrace Martin (Kendrick Lamar, Stevie Wonder) on how he stays inspired
Legendary producer Terrace Martin sat down with us to discuss his perspective on creativity and how he stays inspired, regardless of whether or not he's in the studio.
9 music production elements common in horror themes
Discover nine songwriting and music production techniques that embody the horror genre, and then check out our collection of 50 Halloween samples on Splice.
Leading producers celebrate their Hispanic and Latin roots through music
Hear Eydrey, Luny Tunes, Ali Stone, and many other leading producers share their stories and sounds that celebrate their Hispanic and Latin roots.
Dave James, Noxz, Gwen Bunn, and Don Cannon pay homage to 50 years of hip hop
Leading producers and beatmakers Dave James, Noxz, Gwen Bunn, and Don Cannon crafted beats and shared insights around their favorite eras of hip hop.
Watch Papoose pick a beat from the Splice community to rap over
Watch legendary freestyle king Papoose listen to and critique beats from the Splice community.
Oliver on 3 key practices for making your best music yet
Oliver took a moment with us to share some of the key learnings around making music that he's gathered across the span of his career.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop
From MPCs and vinyl shopping to FL grids and sample chopping, today we celebrate the sounds, styles, and creators of hip hop.
The king of the TR-808: Egyptian Lover on the iconic drum machine
Egyptian Lover sat down with us to discuss his relationship with the TR-808, bringing two hardware units and a vocoder to lay down some samples and vocals.
DECAP (DaBaby, Eminem) makes a beat from scratch
Multi-platinum producer DECAP sat down with us to showcase how he makes a beat from scratch in Ableton Live.
Mike Shinoda on crafting Meteora, songwriting, and the art of vocal production
We sat down with Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park, Fort Minor) to discuss the creative process behind Meteora, how it informs his trajectory for the music he's releasing today, his advice for budding music creators, and more.
Producing a beat with the world’s most unexpected sounds
In this production tutorial, we try to guess the sources of some of the world's most innovative and unexpected samples, and then flip them into a beat.