Category: Music-Making Process
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To understand an artist’s track, it’s necessary to analyze it. Here’s what I do to learn the structure and elements involved in tracks.
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I’ve been using AI to speed up my workflow in making tracks and albums. I think it can be a real tool to move along the process, and here’s one of the things that I’ve been using it for lately.
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Setting your music up for success on streaming platforms can be overwhelming, but here are some things I’ve learned, and maybe they can help you, too. Updated: 11-June-2026
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I’ve been working on refining my mixing, and I’ve settled on a few essential plugins that are now a staple of my mixing strategy and are on my mix bus template for every new track.
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Since AI is a pervasive part of our lives now, I thought I would share with you what it has done for my music. Maybe you’ll find the same.
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I was able to make and release an album by doing some very intentional things to my music-making process. Here’s what they are in case they could help you as well.
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Each individual approaches the art of mastering music in their own unique way, influenced by their personal experiences, preferences, and the genres they are passionate about. I thought it might be beneficial to share my process in hopes of inspiring some ideas for others who are on a similar journey. This post serves as a…
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It is not always easy for me to name my tracks. I’m starting to favor using abstract names for tracks to prevent having to think about them so much. Here are some ways I’m starting to use for naming my tracks in abstract ways and maybe the same approach could help you too.
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I use the Millennia Media TCL-2 compressor plugin from Plugin Alliance for both mastering and on keyboard channels because of it’s smooth transparent nature. Here’s how I set it up for both situations.
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Here are some examples of the kinds of things I do to create my music and maybe they can inspire you to do the same. Last updated: 8/26/25
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When you like to make all different kinds of music, how do you make good albums? Here are my thoughts on that.
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Since people like variety and playlists, and artists favor releasing singles instead of albums, could an album of various types of music but of a similar nature, be a good strategy for an artist to pursue? For example, an album of ambient and electronic music, some with beats and some without, but all using a…
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I’ve written a number of AI agents for assisting in my music production, and here is one that helps a music producer define an album concept and lay out the tracks for an album.
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I like the idea of console emulation plugins so that I can have the sound of a console in my DAW. It gives my tracks a more polished sound and implies I am using a hardware console which is more of a high-end mixing situation. Here are what I found console emulations are producing.
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I have a massive vault of tracks that are in various stages of unfinished-ness. I’d like to make them into tracks and albums with common themes, but how to sort them?
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Adopting the concept of “Structured Music Creation” allows an artist to work on new material from both creative and technical aspects, depending on the artist’s mood and mindset at any given time. It can also move the artist toward creating more inspired music, spurring on the creative process and removing artist blocks. This is done…
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Ever heard a song and liked the drum track in it? Ever wanted to use that beat in your own tracks but without outright copying it? You can convert it to MIDI and insert it with your own drums. Here’s how…
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Ever heard those albums where one track melds into the next, and the next, and the next, seamlessly transitioning from song to song for the whole album? It’s like the old style mix tape. It’s not hard to make one in your DAW. Here’s how…
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Like most people, my hearing lacks in some frequency bands. But now I can hear what I’m mixing thanks to a plugin, and it’s changed my music production – for the better!
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Here’s a free (yes free) way to adjust your headphones when mixing and mastering so they are sonically neutral and you are getting unbiased results out of them.
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I think some artists struggle with the question, “What is my style?” If that’s not you, then don’t read this, but if so, then maybe what I did could help you too.
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Why are you streaming your music?
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Why do you often hear Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” played before rock concerts while you’re walking into the venue and they’re testing the sound system?
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Sometimes two things just go together like ham and cheese. Here are two of those things. This one-two punch will kickstart your creative process. It does mine.
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I have found that I like a certain kind of music from a mastering and quality point of view, and I set out to determine why I like it based on several factors that I think could be relevant. I used the Youlean Loudness Meter to make the measurements. I took downloaded song files from…
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Using a reference track when mastering is a kind of standard practice, but it can be done much better with the wonderful EQ matching functions found on so many equalizer plugins. Here’s what I’ve tried and how it’s worked out for me. Last updated: 10-July-2023
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A lot of people ask what kind of chords work well for Ambient music. That varies a lot. As I research it further, I will post more, but for now here is what I have. Last updated: 2/26/21
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You know how to make music, but maybe you’re a little frustrated by getting it actually done? Can’t seem to produce new works? This post is for you.