Ever wonder what it takes to be a professional songwriter? If you want to generate income from your songs, you've got to know the rules of the music business. In this interview, professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher shares his insights on the industry, including moving to a music capital like Nashville, getting a publishing deal, writing a hit, and collaborating with other songwriters. This is the kind of inside information that anyone writing songs needs to know to make the transition to songwriting as a career.
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18-10-2016, 19:04
180 Super Underground Synth Lead, Bass, Percussive, & Pad Loops. Our follow-up to the smashing Expressive Synths 1, part 2 takes sound design to another level with some extremely unique synth sounds & melodies. These samples can be used in loop format or if you are just looking for the sounds, simply drag and drop the loops in your favorite sampler tweak the start time until you find the hit you want to grab and play it as iff you have the analog gear directly in front of you!
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18-10-2016, 19:04
Sonic welcomes back Kirk Degiorgio to deliver another course How To Use Komplete Kontrol S-Series . This time, we will be exploring Native Instruments Kontrol system, centered around the Kontrol S-Series Keyboard range, designed to act as a nerve center for the Komplete ecosystem.
The KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series combines smart, elegantly-designed keyboards with advanced control software to form a fully integrated centerpiece for studio and stage – matchless control over all your software instruments from one keyboard.
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18-10-2016, 15:22
Chris catches up with the pioneer of the tech trance scene - Scottish producer - Mark Sherry . Mark played an important role in the rise of Dutch Tech Trance label Detox Records as in-house DJ, producer, and A&R, but struck out on his own launching his own digital label Outburst Records in 2014, soon followed by Techburst records, giving a more techno edge to his output.
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18-10-2016, 14:53
Sampling the unique, magical sound of a Balinese Gamelan is no small undertaking. The 25 instruments that make up The London Symphony Orchestra's Semara Dana Gamelan Ensemble had to be recorded in great detail, as if each were to be a sample library in its own right.
A Gamelan is an ensemble of instruments originating in Indonesia. The majority of Gamelan instruments are percussive, and they include xylophone-like metallophones of different sizes and pitches, tuned gong chimes, very large pitched gongs and an assortment of drums and percussion. The two dominant types of Gamelan ensembles are Javanese and Balinese. Balinese Gamelan has a characteristic "shimmering" sound due to the detuning of paired instruments playing the same musical part.
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18-10-2016, 13:56
The Recipe' Drumkit & Samples is full of what you need for your next hit. All sounds in this kit are hand crafted by super producer Al AMin himself.
It comes with 6 Original Compositions and high quality 28 One Shot Drum sounds in WAV Audio (Professional Studio Quality), all to make your sound stand out more... and most importantly it is Royalty free.
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18-10-2016, 11:34
Master Sampling Hybrid Elements CORE is a huge collection of Hybrid sounds.
HE Core contains over 4 gig of content and more than 1400 high quality samples.
HE Core (formely known as HE Impact, HE Evodrum and HE Soundscapes) is the ultimate fundament for Hybrid scoring containing Hits, Swipes, Effects, Soundscapes, Percussion, Pads, Drones and more.
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18-10-2016, 11:06
Singomakers are proud to present this amazing Sample Pack - Vocalized Future Bass! It’s an incredible fusion of the extremely popular Future Bass, flavored with twisted vocal melodies!
Inspired by great tracks from San Holo, Flume, Wave Racer, Cashmere Cat and more! Almost 3 GB of professionally designed samples suitable for Future Bass, Chill Trap, Trap, Twerk, Cinematic, Hip Hop and a lot more!
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18-10-2016, 11:06
Lo-Fi Trip Hop is an ethereal expedition into the past, present & future of trip hop & lo-fi grooves. This collection aims to spread through the whole spectrum of trip-hop & downtempo with everything from rich, clean recordings of live instruments to processed drum breaks & basslines. All of the samples in this collection have been delicately processed with tape effects & minimal vinyl saturation to bring back that warm & nostalgic vintage sound.
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17-10-2016, 20:51
460+ MBs of tough & aggressive Techno samples. Packed with a wide variety of loops from synths, drums, bass, tops, percs & much more. Rugged Techno is pushing boundaries for the darker shades of Techno, while staying true to the gritty sound of analog.
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17-10-2016, 20:51
Up-front synth inspiration for future house and EDM.
SM101 returns with a supercharged selection of 101 patches for Massive, Sylenth and Spire that are custom designed to inject wonky, wild, techy, twisted and ultimately up-front synth sounds into your tracks.
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17-10-2016, 20:51
In many ways Ambient & Chill is the natural successor to our Chillwave collection (Just in case your vocabulary is completely eroded & useless). Mining the same rich seams of underground electronica, chillout and downtempo, Ambient & Chill blazes a new trail, eschewing the eighties in uences of Chillwave in favour of more fragile, esoteric and organic avours. Created with an abundance of live instrumentation, vintage hardware and lo- production techniques, the nal result is one of electro-organic bliss.
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17-10-2016, 20:51
Sounds From The Streets Drum Bank V.2 !!
There really are sounds in here that we won’t find anywhere else. I got creative and was able to capture sounds I didn’t think I would ever be able to use in my music ! Not to mention it comes in WAV and Kontakt 5 format , so it’s compatible with all Daw’s.
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17-10-2016, 17:22
As a sample based producer
2DEEP understands the struggles that come with it. With copyright laws getting tighter, you’re always wondering if the original creator of the sample will clear your record when you go to seek clearance for it.
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17-10-2016, 12:17
Through forty-five creative and concise essays by an international team of authors, this Cambridge History brings the fifteenth century to life for both specialists and general readers. Combining the best qualities of survey texts and scholarly literature, the book offers authoritative overviews of central composers, genres, and musical institutions as well as new and provocative reassessments of the work concept, the boundaries between improvisation and composition, the practice of listening, humanism, musical borrowing, and other topics.
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17-10-2016, 12:17