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    Music Production: The Advanced Guide On How to Produce for Music Producers
    Music Production: The Advanced Guide On How to Produce for Music Producers
    Music Production: The Advanced Guide On How to Produce for Music Producers
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    Music Production: The Advanced Guide On How to Produce for Music Producers

    By Tommy Swindali

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    Learn to Produce Music Like a Pro and Take Your Music To a Whole New Level

    Do you love producing music? 
    Do you know what it takes to go from being a bedroom producer to a successful hit maker? 

    If you believe you have what it takes then keep reading and let's create a masterpiece!

    With all the music production advice out there, it can be very easy to get overwhelmed. You may get a vague idea of the general topic, but you're more likely to be confused and you definitely won't have any workable knowledge.

    Well, the good news is this book changes that. Designed to take the complex world of music production, and explain it in simple terms. If you are a home based musician then this is a must have for making your music sound professional. For the pros and semi-pros out there, this is a great book for understanding what good music production entails. 

    You can apply this knowledge to any genre of music and your music will sound balanced, clean, professionally mixed. The barrier to entry for making music is practically non-existent these days. That's why success can only come from you and not the equipment you use. While knowing how to use your tools is important, it's about the drive within that will take you to the next level. 

    In this book you will discover

    • Produce a Track from Scratch 
    • Professional Singer Songwriter Secrets Revealed
    • Learn about EQ, Compressor, Reverb, Delay, Sidechain and More 
    • Create Chord Progressions and Catchy Melodies 
    • How to Finish Your Ideas 
    • The Single Best Piece of Mixing Advice Ever 
    • Production Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 
    • Mastering and Finalizing Explained 
    • Sound Design Like a Boss 
    • The Mindset to Making More Music 
    • Learn a Proven Step By Step Mixing Process 
    • The Fundamentals You Need to Succeed
    • And Much, Much More…
    • So if you've ever wanted a single book that gives you all the knowledge to being a successful Music Producer, then click add to cart 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas William
    Release dateMar 20, 2019
    ISBN9781386468943

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    Music Production - Tommy Swindali

    Tommy Swindali 2018

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    In This Book You Will Discover

    With all the music production advice out there, it can be very easy to get overwhelmed. You may get a vague idea of the general topic, but you're more likely to be confused and you definitely won't have any workable knowledge.

    Well, the good news is this book changes that. Designed to take the complex world of music production, and explain it in simple terms. If you are a DIY musician, this is a must have for making your music sound professional. For the pros and semi-pros out there, this is a great book for understanding what good music production entails.

    You can apply this knowledge to any genre of music. Your Music will sound balanced, clean, professionally mixed and you will be on your way to having a successful career in the Music Production Industry. The barrier to entry for making music is practically non-existent these days. That's why success can only come from you and not the equipment you use. While knowing how to use your tools is important, it's about the drive within that will take you to the next level.

    Introduction

    Should You Study?

    The Fundamentals of Music Production

    Music Theory

    Science of Sound

    Digital Sound

    Build Your Dream Studio: Computer Music

    Computer

    Software

    Pro Tools

    Logic Pro X

    Ableton Live

    Fl Studio

    Reason

    Plug Ins and Virtual Synthesizers

    Waves

    Izoptope

    Fabfilter

    Valhalla Room

    Guitar Rig

    Melodyne

    Sugar Bytes Effectrix

    VSTIS

    Komplete

    Serum

    Sylenth

    Nexus

    Spire

    Omnisphere

    Build Your Dream Studio: Hardware

    Audio Interface

    Headphones

    Sony MDR 75006

    Audio Technica ATHM70X

    BeyerDynamic DT 1990 Pro

    Bowers & Wilkins P9

    Sennheiser HD 800 S

    Speakers

    Mackie CR 3

    Midi Keyboard

    Microphone

    Acoustic Treatment

    Absorption and Diffusion

    Bass Traps

    Producing Music

    Melody and Chords

    Bassline

    MIDI and Presets

    Beats

    Tempo

    Arrangement

    Commercial Music Arrangements

    EDM Music Arrangement

    Sound Design

    Automation

    Reference

    Recording

    Recording Tip One

    Recording Tip Two

    Recording Tip Three

    Recording Tip Four

    Recording Tip Five

    Recording Tip Six

    Recording Tip Seven

    Recording Tip Eight

    How to Record Vocals

    Adding Effects and Mixing

    Mixing Tip One

    Mixing Tip Two

    Mixing Tip Three

    Mixing Tip Four

    Mixing Tip Five

    Mixing Tip Six

    Mixing Tip Seven

    Mixing Tip Eight

    Mixing Tip Nine

    Mixing Tip Ten

    Mixing Tip Eleven

    Mixing Tip Twelve

    Mixing Tip Thirteen

    Mixing Tip Fourteen

    Mixing Tip Fifteen

    Mixing Tip Sixteen

    Compression

    Multi Band Compression

    Equalization (EQ)

    De-esser

    Reverb and Delay

    Limiter

    Saturation

    Chorus and Flange

    Auto tune

    Mid Side

    Analyzer

    Side Chaining

    Be Minimal

    Mastering

    Preparation Stage

    Enhancement Stage

    Checking Stages

    Conclusion / Finding Your Sound

    The Power is in The People

    No Excuses

    Stop Waiting

    Jump

    Introduction

    Maybe you are thinking about a career in music production or making some beats. But you see the mountain of knowledge you have to acquire in order to live out your dreams and it seems impossible to get to the level of your production superheroes. The reality is that what these superstar producers do is just like everybody else. They sit in front of their computer for many hours a day and a lot of the days they come up with nothing. If you're passionate about music like them and you're willing to stick at it then you will eventually produce some hot tracks. This book is here to help you acquire all of the required skills and knowledge.

    So what exactly is a music producer? A music producer is to a musical recording as a director is to a movie. When it comes to making a movie there is a line drawn in other words the buck stops there at the director. Look at the director as the captain of the ship who controls and steers the ship working with everyone from the technical editors to the actors in order to achieve his or her overall vision of the movie. A music producer should be the exact same. They should control and have the technical expertise and skills to produce a hot track. Simply put a music producer provides the experience to create a polished work of art.

    The first foundation of being a music producer is a knowledge of music theory and that has nothing to do with computers. Because of the super fast growth of computer tools such as vsts and virtual synthesizers people get caught up in the whole technical aspect of music when they really should focus on the songwriting aspect. Music theory, chords, melodies, harmonizing, voicing and all of that good stuff. You need to understand a little if you're going to make it. It is the ability to come up with musical arrangements that evoke certain emotions that will either make you want to jump up, party or sob and cry. I cannot emphasize enough how important music theory is, it is by far the most important skill set.

    The next foundation is sound design because at the end of the day there are only a finite number of chord progressions that you can come up with. The difference is in the textures and the sounds that you use to convey these chord progressions and melodies. Beginners in sound design are what I'm going to call preset users. Many people will tell you that presets are no good. You're cheating if you're making music with presets and so on and so forth. The reality is that everybody started out with presets. Once you get more comfortable you can start to tweak presets which is the second category. You start out with presets and once you get a good idea going then you can start turning the knobs, add effects and modulate the sounds to make them more unique. At the end of the day most of your production heroes, the people who chart and play on the radio every day are probably either preset users or preset tweakers. Once you're comfortable tweaking presets then there's the third category which are sound designers. Look at some of the biggest names, these guys surely program some of their sounds but they also use presets and some of their own unique sounds are actually just presets that they tweaked a little bit differently.

    Overall you have to know where you reside. Understanding your place will help you be comfortable with who you are, let you know what you're good at and then you can dive deeper. Later on you should consider learning the more technical aspects of music production such as mixing and mastering. If you're comfortable with sound design, then maybe you need to improve your songwriting skills and vice versa. If you look at the best producers out there they all have a good mixture of these two skill sets. If you look at the the Hollywood composing scene people like John Williams. Most of his scores use standard presets which are unaltered versions of orchestral instruments. On the other hand you have people like Hans Zimmer who compose fairly simple music but are so good at sound designing that they get most of the contracts on the biggest blockbusters. Then, if you look at hip-hop producers such as Mike Will Made It or or DJ Mustard they are preset users and their compositions are fairly simple. But the way that they put it all together and the particular presets that they pick make them sound very original. Finally, if you look at the EDM world you have very good sound designers such as Skrillex, Diplo and Deadmau5. There compositions are very original and pioneering due to the sounds they use which are often crafted by themselves.

    Besides the foundations you need to have an overall vision for your music. This might come from a moment of inspiration or it could be something that happens when you really just sit and listen to your song and try to hear where it can go. What is it building to? What's the story you're telling? Listen to your favorite songs and do a lot of purposeful listening and learning around other people's music. Your first attempts will not be good. Getting stuck on one song for enormous amount of time will just hold you back. Move on quickly, try

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