The Best DAWs for Beginners
As a music producer, your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) is your main tool, so it has to do what you tell it to do.
And if you’re just starting out, you need a DAW you can quickly learn and will allow y... Read More...
How To Make Money as a Music Producer
Indie music producers are thriving today. This is thanks to the ability to work remotely and having access to platforms focused on helping them make money.
So how can you get in on this niche market? ... Read More...
How To Record Music at Home: The Complete Guide for Bedroom Producers
Everyone and their aunt wants to learn how to record music at home. But this guide is only for those who actually want to get started producing pro-level music on a regular basis.
If you want to learn how to... Read More...
What’s the Best Garageband Alternative for Windows? Here Are 5 Options to Consider
GarageBand is one of the most popular free digital audio workstations in the world. But despite its immense popularity, GarageBand isn't available for Windows users — but luckily there are plenty of alternati... Read More...
Why Music Metadata Should Be Done First, Not Last, In the Recording Process
Artists lose millions of dollars in royalties because of bad, missing, or misplaced music metadata. Now VEVA Sound wants to shift music metadata entry to the front of the recording process and address a major... Read More...
How to Use Frequency Response Graphs to Improve the Acoustics of Your Room
I still remember the first time I mixed a track that I was proud of – it was terrible, but I had no idea at the time.
The following comes from Sonarworks, a proud partner of DMN (see more on them below). Au... Read More...
Lost Your Hearing? This Can Be Reversed, Study Says.
Hearing loss may not be permanent, but is a breakthrough ahead?
A team of scientists have been studying hearing loss based on research carried out by Dr Albert Edge in 2013 who found a way to reverse hearing... Read More...
Drinking Caffeine Contributes to Permanent Hearing Loss, Study Finds
Stay awake for some permanent hearing loss.
Drinking caffeine can dramatically affect the body's ability to recover from hearing damage, according to a strange study just released. Specifically, the study c... Read More...
All Music Can Be Categorized by Just Three Attributes…
Thousand of genres and millions of songs can all be analyzed by just three attributes, according to research from several leading universities.
The finding comes from a major research effort conducted by McG... Read More...
You’ll Never Guess How Much This Music Producer Thinks He Should Be Paid
The thing you start to learn the longer you're in this business is no one really knows anything. They think they do. They pretend they have all the answers. But no one really knows.
People have their pers... Read More...
Neon Indian: “Sampling Music Is Like Making Collage Art”
From electronic musician Neon Indian's (aka Alan Palomo) recent TEDx Talk: "Auteurs in the Ether": ...There's a long line of appropriators like me: Negativland, De La Soul, J Dilla, Emergency Broadcast N... Read More...
8 Things Singer/Songwriters Need To Know About Hiring Freelance Musicians
I just released my new record at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood with a 9 piece band. Over the course of my 600 shows I've hired 7 drummers, 7 bassists, 6 guitarists, 3 keyboardists, 5 singers, 3 trumpet player... Read More...
