CORE FUNCTIONS & WORKFLOW


ARRANGEMENT VS. SESSION VIEW


IMPORTING AUDIO

RECORDING AUDIO & MIDI


TEMPO MATCHING

AUDIO WARPING


AUTOMATION & EDITING 


SAMPLING IN SIMPLER & SAMPLER


MELODY -> MIDI
HARMONY -> MIDI


GETTING CREATIVE WITH FX


MAPPING MIDI

SIDECHAINING & ENVELOPES 


EQ // COMPRESSION // DELAY // REVERBS 


FILTERS // PHASERS // FLANGERS // BITCRUSHERS


USING TEMPLATES

USING SYNTHS

USING AUDIO/SAMPLES


WORKING WITH SAMPLERS


RESAMPLING
 AUDIO

MELODIC & HARMONIC SOUNDS


NON HARMONIC SOUNDS


NOISE & TEXTURES


UTILYZING VSTs


CONVERTING AUDIO -> MIDI


SOUND ISOLATORS

GRANULAR SYNTHESIS

FIELD RECORDING

USING AI TOOLS

SYNPLANT & GENOPATCH

PLAYBOX IS A DREAM

HOW TO MAKE BEATS IN ANY GENRE

“THE DRUMSET” CONCEPT



USING AUDIO VS. MIDI


MULTITRACK VS. DRUM RACK

GROOVE & RHYTHMIC CONCEPTS

LAYERING & BLENDING

CREATIVE SYNCOPATION


PERCUSSION THAT DRIVES

GETTING CREATIVE WITH LOOPS

UTILYZING FOLEY

ADDING EAR CANDY

CALL & RESPONSE


TRANSIENT AWARENESS


CHOKE GROUPS

ADDING HUMAN FEEL


MANIPULATING SOUNDS WITH FX

ADDING SPACE & DIMENSION

ADDING MOVEMENT & DEPTH

ENHACING HARMONICS & TONE

PERCUSSIVE MELODICS

TRANSIENT SHAPING

FLIPPING & CHOPPING VOCALS

GROUP CONTROL (LAYERED MOVEMENT)

MAKING FX CHAINS & RACKS

ABLETON SPECTRAL VERBS

USING CREATIVE VSTs & TOOLS

GETTING WEIRD WITH FX

RECOMENDED VSTs FOR ULTIMATE CREATIVTY

BUILDING PARTS & IDEAS

CRAFTING DRUMS BASED ON SECTION

MULTI-GENRE BASSLINES


DEVELOPING MELODIC IDEAS


COUNTER MELODIES

HARMONIES


FUSING GENRES

TENSION & RELEASE


VOCAL CHOPS VS. TOP-LINES


THE “BAND” CONCEPT


ACHIEVING A “FULL” SOUND



CREATING FEELING & VIBE

CONCEPTS TO START & FINISH SONGS

UNDERSTANDING SONG STRUCTURE▾

Crafting Intros

Designing Verses

Creating Buildups

Powerful Drops & Choruses

Building Bridges

Impactful Endings

Effective Transitions


UNDERSTANDING FREQUENCY SPACE

LETTING SOUNDS BREATHE

BALANCING INSTRUMENTS & SONICS


CORRECTIVE & TONAL EQ


SETTING YOUR MIXING ENVIRONMENT


THE PUZZLE CONCEPT


3D MIX MINDSET


ACHIVING LOUDNESS WHILE MAINTAINING DYNAMICS


REMOVING HARSH FREQUENCIES


MIXING VOCALS


TRANSIENT AWARENESS


REFERENCING

CRITICAL LISTENING


COMPARATIVE LISTENING


CLEANING YOUR MIXES UP


SELF MASTERING


TOP DOWN MIXING*

THE “BAND” CONCEPT


THE “PUZZLE” CONCEPT


CALL & RESPONSE

REFERENCING FOR INSPIRATION

3D MIXING

USING S.W.O.T ON SELF & TRACKS

LESS IS MORE
 (SOMETIMES)

TENSION & RELEASE


VIBE
 ENHANCMENT

OVERCOMING WRITERS BLOCK

DEEPER WARPING & EDITING


FREQUENCY SPLITTING

HYBRID DRUM RACKS

EVOLUTIONARY FX


SYNTH -> AUDIO RESAMPLING


ADVANCED SONIC MOVEMENT

ADVANCED FX AUTOMATION

ADDING THAT “HUMAN FEEL”

HYBRID FX // ADVANCED CHAINS


RESAMPLING REVERB & DELAY TAILS

USING ZENAS DYNAMIC EQ

USING ABLETON PUSH
 AS CONTROLLER

USING MAX FOR LIVE
 FX

CHOOSING THE RIGHT SONG


USING AI ISOLATION TOOLS

SAMPLING & CHOPPING

REWORKING VOCALS

EXPERIMENTING WITH TEMPOS

RESAMPLING SONG ELEMENTS


REWORKING ORIGINAL ELEMENTS

HYBRID GENRE
S

CREATING MELODIC ELEMENTS & RHYTHMS BASED OFF ORIGINAL IDEA


MAINTAINING NOSTALGIA


DEVELOPING A COMPLETE REMIX


GETTING WEIRD WITH IT

USING THE ABLETON PUSH

MIDI CONTROLLERS // SETTING THEM UP


KEYBOARD CONTROLLERS


DRUM PADS // PERCUSSIVE CONTROLLERS


MIDI MAPPING TO HARDWARE

MAKING A LIVE SET


SESSION VS. ARRANGMENT VIEW

INCORPORATING DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS


INCORPORATING LIVE INSTRUMENTS


EXTERNAL VS. INTERNAL CONTROL

GETTING COMFY ON STAGE

PERFORMANCE POINTERS


USING STEMS VS. FULL TRACKS WITH EQ

CREATING A FLOW

FREE VS. PLANNED MOMENTS

A BIG PART OF MODERNMUSIC PRODUCTION IS SOLVING PROBLEMS. HERE ARE A LIST OF COMMON PROBLEMS PRODUCERS FACE THAT I CAN HELP WITH:

Why do my drums feel stale?

My sounds aren’t interesting enough…

Why do my songs feel stagnant?

My low end doesn’t feel right…

I’m stuck on an idea & can’t move on… help!

Something feels like it’s missing…

It just doesn’t sound right… (my mix sucks)

Too much is going on (cluttered sounds)

I need a vocal, where do I get one?

What effects should I use?

There’s so many plug ins! I need them all.. (no you don’t)

IF YOU DEAL WITH ANY OF THESE, I’M HERE TO HELP 🤘🏽

Top down music production is a process of starting with your mix bus (master chain) before you start crafting individuals tracks & sounds. It allows you to create songs at performable & releasable volumes without having to deal with sending your mix off to a mastering engineer.

Even if you still prefer to send mixes to an engineer, it’s a great process to understand & utilize. I’ve been using this process for the last few years & believe it’s essential for producers of any genre to understand.

Let me show you my process 👨🏽‍💻

SETTING & COMPLETETING GOALS


HOW TO KEEP LEARNING & EVOLVING

USING S.W.O.T
 ANALYSIS

COLLABORATING
 WITH ARTISTS

PROMOTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

RELEASING MUSIC


TEAM MENTALITY


MUSIC INDUSTRY INSIGHT