Tag: music production
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What is a MIDI Pack?
A MIDI pack is a collection of MIDI files that contain musical notes and instructions for playing them. You can use a MIDI pack to create your own music with any software or hardware that supports MIDI (Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio, Presonus Studio One, Garage Band, etc.). A MIDI pack is like a set of…
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A Brief History of Beatmaking
For the last 50 years or more, technology has been helping us with our beats and has defined how we create them within our DAWs today. Let’s look back and see exactly where it all leaves us in 2023. We’re going to skip over the ‘drum machines’ of the 1950s and ’60s that used basic…
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Voice Leading
Voice leading is a fascinating compositional tool that can help you create more expressive and harmonious music. In this post, I’ll explain what voice leading is, why it is important, and how you can apply it to your own compositions. What is voice leading? Voice leading, also known as part writing, is the linear progression…