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5 Methods That Will Improve Your Recordings

October 3, 2023

Photo credit: Tim Toomey A recording can have many problems. Bad timing. Thinness. Blandness. So I want to share five methods that will improve your recordings. These are things I do as an indie songwriter ... Read More...

Does It Make Sense To Move To a Music City?

Caleb J. Murphy

June 12, 2023

Photo credit: Erik Mclean I just moved from Austin, Texas to Richmond, Virginia. It was for personal reasons, but it made me think: how might this move benefit my music career? So this post will cover why y... Read More...

4 of My Favorite Piano Plugins

Caleb J. Murphy

June 8, 2023

Photo credit: Westwood Instruments I work out of a small bedroom recording studio. But if I want a grand piano in my song, I can have one. If I want an 80s-style electric piano, I can have that too. And if ... Read More...

4 Music Production Methods That Will Make You Happier With Your Song

Caleb J. Murphy

April 26, 2023

Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema Sometimes a track just isn’t gelling. It’s lacking a certain vibe and you don’t know how to elevate it. Next time you run into that scenario, try one of the four music production... Read More...

Remote Producing vs. In-Person Producing: Which Is Better?

Caleb J. Murphy

April 24, 2023

Image credit: Karsten Bergmann Producing music for indie artists can be a rewarding way to make an income. And the two ways to do that are 1) remote producing and 2) in-person producing. But which should yo... Read More...

A Music Production Template for Beginners

Caleb J. Murphy

March 22, 2023

Photo by ProdbyDaan So you want to produce your own music at home. That’s awesome, join the club. I don’t have the stats on this, but it seems like most indie artists (and even some signed artists) are prod... Read More...

Music Producers, Here Are the Best YouTube Channels for You

Caleb J. Murphy

November 15, 2022

PHOTO CREDIT: Andrew Huang I’ve learned the majority of what I know about recording, producing, and mixing from YouTube. And somehow this information is all free (the internet can be amazing sometimes). So ... Read More...

TikTok’s Best: Music Production Tips

Caleb J. Murphy

June 10, 2022

This is the first installment in a series of posts about TikTok’s best tips for indie musicians. If you don’t know already, TikTok is an ocean of amazing content for producers, songwriters, and musicians wh... Read More...

How To Set Up a Bedroom Home Recording Studio

Caleb J. Murphy

March 18, 2022

Photo credit: Sincerely Media By now, we all know you can record songs in your bedroom that sound like they were recorded in a professional studio. Technology has come a very long way. Billie Eilish and ... Read More...

How To Use a Reference Track When Producing and Mixing

Caleb J. Murphy

January 18, 2022

Photo credit: James Owen Producers and mixing engineers, you need to learn how to use a reference track. In this post, I want to talk about why they’re important and how to actually get the most out of them.... Read More...

The Best DAWs for Beginners

Caleb J. Murphy

December 13, 2021

Photo credit: Duncan Kidd 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 quic... Read More...

How To Make Money as a Music Producer

Caleb J. Murphy

November 17, 2021

Image credit: Matt Moloney 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 i... Read More...

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