You Can’t Learn Mixing from YouTube Tutorials

I often hear people talk about how they recently learned mixing from YouTube or following social accounts with mixing tips. Or that learning mixing is “easy” these days with the wealth of knowledge available online. At risk of sounding like…

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What is a Radio Remix?

You may have heard of a radio remix or a radio edit. I used to work in radio programming and VERY often we would play a radio-specific version of the song. This is because either a) radio wanted something stylistically…

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23 Predictions for The Music Business in 2023

So this is PURELY my personal speculation — and quite off the cuff. I could be wildly wrong about all of this. Some of these predictions are pretty safe, some are spicy. So enjoy my shoot-from-the-hip predictions. 1. Building True…

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How Much Does A Mix Engineer Cost?

Let’s talk about hiring people to work on your music. Spoiler: you get what you pay for. This is not an exhaustive list of options/pros/cons, but more to familiarize yourself with the options out there. What Are You Trying to…

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What is Music Production?

There are a lot of misconceptions about the word “production” – especially since it’s a term that often gets thrown around for a lot of different things (live, the fact that anyone making EDM or hip-hop has been dubbed a…

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ALWAYS Add a Spotify Canvas to Your Songs

We’ve all seen Spotify Canvases. It’s the looping 8 second video that gets shown instead of your album cover in the player view. They obviously look cool, but just ran across some interesting data about adding them to your songs.…

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Cory Wong is a Genius at Content Creation

Cory Wong is a guitar player’s guitar player. He has such a unique style that he just owns. Because of that he has a huge following of musicians – pro and hobbyists alike. He’s also a hilarious guy. He’s just…

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