Learn Evolution of Deep House History Early deep house music began in the mid-1980s with a simplistic and quantized (robotic) feel. Producers like Larry Heard (Mr Fingers) and Marshall Jefferson, who are considered deep house pioneers, gave the genre its human touch by infusing jazz elements with deep bass lines. This richness became the sound of deep house and opened […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Chicago House History While garage house was starting to develop in New York, Chicago’s own brand of house music began to take shape. Chicago house started with DJ Frankie Knuckles at The Warehouse and Ron Hardy at the Music Box. Both would go on to be known as highly influential players in house music, with Knuckles often called the […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202020 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Garage House History Garage house, also known as New York house, started in the 1980s nightclub scene with its development primarily attributed to two clubs: Paradise Garage and Club Zanzibar. Having been a direct precursor to disco, garage house music is deeply rooted in R&B and soul and can sometimes be indistinguishable from disco itself. Tony Humphries, […] Written by @recordingarts 27 January 202020 April 2021
Learn Evolution of House Music This series celebrates house music’s 40th anniversary by offering a glimpse into its early roots and chronicling its rapid growth; from the ashes of disco, to the dominant family of genres it has since become. The rise and fall of disco in popular music left clubs with a shrinking supply of new dance music at […] Written by @recordingarts 27 January 202025 July 2022
Learn Start Using Metaphors to Create Catchy Lyrical Hooks To improve your songwriting, start using metaphors that turn imagery and emotion into catchy lyrical hooks The goal of your music is always to get listeners coming back for more, and when it comes to catchy lyrical hooks, short and memorable is the name of the game. There’s no better way to masterfully create catchy […] Written by @recordingarts 26 December 201915 July 2022
Learn Start Using Sidechain Compression for More Oomph in Your Mix Do you ever feel like your kick drum and bass are behaving like two children fighting for the front seat of the car? Using effective sidechaining techniques, you can get them acting more like best friends. Sidechain compression is a technique as old as signal processing itself, yet its purpose and use remain a mystery to many emerging […] Written by @recordingarts 16 December 201915 July 2022
Learn Inside the World’s Most Popular Christmas Song With the holiday season upon us, let’s take a look at the best selling Christmas single in the 21st century, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” is still the #1 selling Christmas song of all time, but when it comes to the modern era, nothing comes close to […] Written by @recordingarts 13 December 201927 January 2023
Learn How to Create Emotion in Music: Tranquillity Imagine a serene environment; you’re lying on a beach, soft sunlight reflecting off the water’s surface, and you drift into a deep and introspective meditation. Now, imagine trying to recreate that sense of calm in music. What are the elements that go into producing that tranquil feeling? Slow tempos, consonant harmony, repetition, and ambient noise […] Written by @recordingarts 14 June 201915 July 2022
Learn Beginners’ Guide to Listening Levels Imagine completing your latest project after a long day of mixing, cranking the volume knob up to 10 and appreciating your hard day’s work. Who doesn’t love blaring their speakers to an awesome mix once in awhile? But doing so could mean more than missing out on the perfect mix, it could also cost […] Written by @recordingarts 2 June 20196 October 2022
Learn Creating a Big Room Sound with Plugins Most modern recording sessions don’t take place in big budget studios like they once did. These days, there are hardly any limitations in terms of space, compared to when consumer recording interfaces first hit the market. CPU processing and plugin algorithms have come a long way in a short amount of time. We have access […] Written by @recordingarts 10 May 201914 July 2022
