Great morning to you! I am feeling super Went to StreetLegal Studios last night for an epic session. Six emcees on a fire track I produced. I will surely keep you posted on this one!! …
I’m onto music theory lessons this morning. I have been working on a few pop type tracks for an artist. I am still having a little trouble doing the melodies before chords. So far it’s been easier for me to work, using chords 1st. Sometimes I have an idea in my head and need to lay it down before anything else. I know the only way to really get this down is to learn more music theory.
I found the perfect site that covers songwriting, theory, and song structure: garyewer.wordpress.com. The site theme is “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting”. I’ve read three articles that cleared up some of the chord and theory questions I’ve had for a while. It’s honestly one of the most complete music blogs I’ve read. I’m checking out another article now about What Is The Circle Of Fifths. Not only does author,Gary Ewer, explain theory in an easy manner, he also gives a few chord suggestions to help you understand his post clearly.
Like myself, I know that many of my readers use piano, keyboards, and or keyboard midi controllers. I am sure you will find tons of valuable info atGary Ewer’s blog. Since many aspects of music theory and songwriting are covered; writers, guitarist, and players of other instruments will benefit from the site also. garyewer.wordpress.com “The Essential Secrets Of Songwriting”
What? A musician is posting about noisy neighbors ?… Well, yes I am. My lab is located in a condominium complex. I have been blessed with neighbors who have never really complained about loud music. I have, on occasion, played it pretty loud, mostly at the beginning of my career when I was young and didn’t know any better. With wisdom comes understanding, and I am a very polite producer now days.
Fourteen years living in a fairly quiet building, something some find very hard to believe. Yes, extremely pleased with my little cove…UNTIL… “Go Get Em Granny” moved in with her noisy grand kids…lol. Talk about inconsiderate? The first thing of many that comes to mind has to do with music. I remember clearly last spring on a Friday.
I’d gotten used to doing any mixing during the day when I know my neighbors are at work. When it was almost time for them to return, I’d switch to head phones. I was working on a track and I had it pretty loud with headphones on. I know it was loud because I could not hear if someone was at the door. Those are the times I let my dogs alert me by going crazy and scratching at my leg.
On this particular day I didn’t need the dogs to do a thing…Oh NO… LIL JOHN screaming “OKAY” did the trick! The neighbors grandson had a condo full of kids dancing above my head, blasting Lil John so loud I could record it clearly with my mic if I wanted…
This only added to the growing list of “Get Em Granny’s” antics. Who ever heard of anyone exercising enough at 4am to shake a neighbors wall paintings? I HAVE…. how about vacuuming at 10pm Monday night?…oh wait here’s one= carpet installed with heavy hammering on a Saturday..until 11pm???….
Yes the list goes on. I know I am not the only one who’s had issues with neighbors. This can be a very disturbing as well as a touchy issue to deal with. Just when I need it, Keybe Writes has “nailed” the subject in Dear Neighbor Apartment/Condominium Etiquette.
Amazon Product Description: In Dear Neighbor: Apartment/Condominium Etiquette, author Keybe Writes examines issues that face apartment and condominium residents, and teaches us how to effectively deal with inconsiderate neighbors.
Covering thirty-six general topics like cleaning up after pets; keeping strange hours; overusing laundry facilities; and letting unruly, albeit cute, grandchildren rule the roost, Keybe gets to the point with sections like “Look Who’s Knocking,” “It Is What It Is: A Bag of Funky Trash,” and “Christmas in the Spring,” and also offers six courtesy letters such as “There Will Be Hammering,” “I Called the Exterminator,” and “Fight Night.” While some of the neighborly advice is comical, it’s also serious stuff. It’s not fun to live at the mercy of others-and it’s not right. For those who want a place to commiserate, here’s the perfect pad-no kids jumping up and down or bouncing balls on the second floor above our head and no loud music thumping in the middle of the night.
Not only does Keybe address issues that I’ve had, she’s included sample letters and rules of conduct which will help me be an ” A” game condo owner. It’s an easy read, full of laughs, and lots of things to consider while living as “more considerate neighbors”.
Hey Hey …today’s the day Imahj Beatz of Wisdom Court Entertainment has rallied some of Baltimore’s hottest producers for round 2. Check out the promo and download , download , download yall…
What’s up with ya? I haven’t heard from you all in a little while. What are you working on?..What new equipment did you get lately?.. Hit me up with some comments let me know whats good on your end…:)
My week is starting today. I went out with my cousins this weekend and had a blast! I also hit Street Legal Studios with female rap duo Golden Seal, who will be releasing HOT material this spring and summer. We have been working hard on quite a few big bangers!! I am excited to be close to sharing with all of you, new music that kept me too busy for regular posting…
I ran a few errand this morning. Whenever I don’t start working right away, I like to surf for goodies before I begin anything beat wise. I was looking for a few latin loops to chop and remembered that I had downloaded tons of samples from www.musicradar.com .
Jackpot! I’m going to go through some of them off my hard drive now. I am sure I’ll find something great to get me going today. There are tons of samples to download in the SampleRadar section. Hope you have a lot of disk space, if you are like me, you will want them all ..lol
There are a whopping 26,044 to download, all free….enjoy….
Fl Studio 10 banner from http://www.image-line.com/documents/news.php?entry_id=1301017795
Okay Okay!! Image-line has released a powerful Fl Studio update. I think this is incredible. I know you’ve notice I have used tons of equipment over the years. No matter what I try, use, love, Fl Studio will forever be in my line up. I’ve been hooked since 2002, and it’s my go to program when I need to make extensive tracks inbox.
This update is packed with goodies. My list of favorites is huge; auto saving,larger mixer, and 64Bit plug in support were some at the top of my list.
#64 Bit plugin wrapper - FL Studio now hosts 64 Bit VST plugins for access to unlimited memory.
# Autosave / Autobackup – Don’t lose a project or data again. (YYyESS!)
# Revised Playlist – Individually resizable tracks. Lock tracks to Clips. Live performance time Marker options (Jump to, Loop, Pause & Skip)
# Revised Mixer – Fully Automatic Plugin Delay Compensation (A-PDC). New waveform meter view.
# Revised Piano roll – Export as sheet music option. Vertical zoom with not properties view. Magic lasso selection & note-handle stretch. Edit ghost notes by double Right-click. Waveform view.
# Pattern Picker – opens from the Playlist, Piano roll or Step sequencer. Select Patterns & Channels.
# Patcher (free) - chain instruments & effects for easy saving of complete instrument & effect chains……
Big Ups to the developers! This is huge for Fl users. Check out the full official announcement:
My 1st beat idea…I made this yesterday, I haven’t finished the beat but you can see Fl Studio 10 in action. It also gave me a chance to practice a little video editing…the drums aren’t quantized and no mixing was done..but it’s a good start …
Fl Studio 10 Dirty South Beat Construction “Hot Off the Press”
Great morning to you! I know …I know it’s been ages since I’ve done live help…guess what?? we are back on a regular blogging schedule woo hoo….
Live Help today 10:15 am EST – 1pm EST…
For those who are new to MsTrisMusic.Com’s Live Help, it’s fairly easy. 1st make a user name and use the message box like an IM (aol, yahoo, msn etc..)
I usually answer right away..the only breaks are when I have to do lunch or tech errands and blah blah..lol
Please feel free to just say hello or ask any questions about music production..much love ..Let’s Ggo!!!
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(Brr..can we say hurry up Spring? It’s freezing today)…..Great morning to all. I’m working on an artist’s track, a special request that has me a little stumped. Its using an 80′s sample. The song has so many loud snares. I have been filtering like crazy this week trying to remove them as much as possible.
While surfing last month I found a neat little program. If this works all those who sample will want to have it! Made specifically for sampling and remixing, it is software that separates different elements within the track. WoW…Just thinking I could surely use this on the beat I am working on now. Here is a brief description from the official website:
Ground-breaking, unique and fun – Tears apart MP3s/CD tracks and unlocks their basic building blocks – the individual vocals, instruments, percussion & ambient noise!
Let’s look at the video to see what this is all about: Hit’n'Mix – Tear Apart MP3s & CD Tracks
You can find out more info and get the file at: hitnmix.com
This could spark a whole new lane in music really. I’m going to download the free version and try it out right now…
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Went to StreetLegal Studios last night for an epic session. Six emcees on a fire track I produced. I will surely keep you posted on this one!! …
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