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Loops and programmed drums are a songwriter's best friend, but does that mean they can replace a live drummer in the final production?
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While there’s always going to be an appeal to a well-tracked clean & intelligible vocal, sometimes you need to step outside of the box a bit. Vocal performance styles vary greatly between different singers, but there are certain techniques that are universal in creating lush soundscapes; none more relevant to production than the reverse delay swell.
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When building up a lead vocal track, we spend so much time focusing on dialing in the right settings that it’s easy to forget how boring a static vocal can be.
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It’s time you started focusing on adding power, punch & low-end to your kick drum. We’re feeling a bit rebellious though, so instead of the traditional compression or EQ trick, why don’t we expand our toolkit (and skill set) a bit?
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I hope that anyone with more than a few days worth of musical experience knows not to plug an electric bass into a guitar amplifier without risking damage. If you don’t, I’m here to tell you now: Don’t do it.
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