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How to talk to Gen Z without sounding like a mid-life crisis

There are few things on the internet more painful than watching a corporate marketing department try to be “cool”. You’ve almost certainly seen it happen. A brand wants to appeal to a younger demographic, so they assemble a committee of…

How to build a home studio on a £200 budget

How to build a home studio on a £200 budget

Setting up a space to record music, podcasts, or voiceovers used to cost thousands of pounds. Today, you can build a remarkably professional setup in your own bedroom for less than the cost of a weekend away. If you already…

What actually is MIDI?

What actually is MIDI

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The most important thing to understand is this: MIDI is not audio. It does not make any sound on its own. Instead, MIDI is data. It is a stream of digital instructions that…

How to arrange a song: The basic structure of a pop track

How to arrange a song The basic structure of a pop track

If you have ever found yourself sitting with a brilliant eight-second loop inside your music software, unsure of how to turn it into a full, three-minute track, you are experiencing the hardest part of songwriting: arrangement. Arrangement is simply the…

What is mixing? (And how it is different to mastering)

What is mixing (And how it is different to mastering)

If you are new to the world of music production, you will constantly hear two words grouped together: mixing and mastering. They are the two final, crucial steps in turning a rough bedroom recording into a polished track ready for…

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