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  1. Choosing a Musical Scale for Your Ideas

    Choosing a Musical Scale for Your Ideas

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this article, I'll show you how to choose a musical scale for your next song. If you're aiming for a specific mood or the sound of a particular group,...

  2. 5 Tips to Becoming a More Productive Music Producer

    5 Tips to Becoming a More Productive Music Producer

    Tutorial • Beginner

    When you are in the creative zone and ideas are seamlessly flowing out of you into the computer. The only way to have this seamless connection from your...

  3. 5 Quick and Easy Music Theory Tips for Electronic Music Producers

    5 Quick and Easy Music Theory Tips for Electronic Music Producers

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    For many Electronic Musicians, learning music theory can seem like a daunting task. For many Electronic Musicians, learning music theory can seem like a...

  4. How to Master Electronic Music

    How to Master Electronic Music

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial, I'll show you how to professionally master an electronic track without having to send it off to a mastering engineer.

  5. How to Reverse Engineer any Music

    How to Reverse Engineer any Music

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this tutorial I will show you how to break down any music. I also show you what methods you need when using ideas from other compositions.

  6. 10 Women Who Are Changing the World of Music

    10 Women Who Are Changing the World of Music

    Tutorial • Beginner

    As in most every other subset of the world's collective culture, women in music are rising to prominence more and more. Here are ten amazing women and their...

  7. Understanding Harmony: Part 1

    Understanding Harmony: Part 1

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    What is harmony? How do chords relate to one another? How can a chord progression build a framework for a song? In this tutorial we'll answer those questions...

  8. Seven Steps To Writing Memorable Melodies - Part 1

    Seven Steps To Writing Memorable Melodies - Part 1

    Tutorial • Beginner

    One of the most common questions I get asked by my students is 'How do I come up with a really good melody?'

  9. Everything You Were Scared to Ask About Autotune

    Everything You Were Scared to Ask About Autotune

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Autotune is everywhere. It is found on countless albums, and with the help of iPhone apps, the rest of the world are getting in on the act as well. What is...

  10. Top 10 2009 Tutorials About Mixing and Mastering

    Top 10 2009 Tutorials About Mixing and Mastering

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Mixing and mastering make or break all of the hard work you previously put into recording your musical masterpiece. They allow you to process and balance...

  11. Headphones Roundup: Audiotuts Readers' Favorites

    Headphones Roundup: Audiotuts Readers' Favorites

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Headphones are an essential tool for recording musicians, but there are a lot of choices out there - and some of them are very expensive. We recently asked...

  12. 5 All-Time-Classic Albums That Critics Despised

    5 All-Time-Classic Albums That Critics Despised

    Tutorial • Beginner

    As much as people like to deny it, there is something about a negative album review that can sway the public consciousness. A bad review in the right...

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