Music Production Tutorials

Dark Stories from the Music Industry

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Dark Stories from the Music Industry

I've spent 10 years in the music business and I've come across some crazy situations. Luckily, I never put myself in a compromising position, and learned how to stay away from the nonsense early on. But, being around the industry showed me so much about the human nature and how people manipulate human nature for their selfish intent. In this video, I expose the music industry for what it is on the ground level. It may be one thing on a piece of paper and in the stock exchange but on the ground level, it's much more sinister. Thank you,Game,...

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FL Studio - Complete Beginner Basics Tutorial

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FL Studio - Complete Beginner Basics Tutorial

FL Studio can create almost every style of music but it can be overwhelming when you're just getting started. In this video, I will show you how to master FL Studio. And the secret is to NOT focus on all the features.  After 10 years of teaching over 1,000,000 music producers around the world, I have found the best workflow for beginners aiming to create hip hop beats in FL Studio. This workflow has been chiseled from years of trial and error and running into walls during creativity. This is the most streamlined approach to creating music in the modern...

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SSL Drops FREE Plugin for Halloween - SSL X-Orcism II

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SSL Drops FREE Plugin for Halloween - SSL X-Orcism II

SSL rarely reduces their prices or gives anything away for FREE, but they just dropped a new plugin called SSL X-Orcism II. It was built to create haunted sounds for Halloween but you can use it to create amazing melodies!The plugin includes unique pitch bending effects, large reverb tones and delay effects. It seems too good to be true but it's actually a unique sounding plugin. I have 3,000+ plugins in my collection and I can't name one plugin that creates this sound specifically. Best of all, it's free, at least for now... Click Here for SSL X-Orcism II  ...

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Ableton Live 12.1 for FL Studio Music Producers

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Ableton Live 12.1 for FL Studio Music Producers

Ableton Live 12.1 now includes some powerful tools for music producers. Live 12.1 includes Auto-Shift (Auto-Tune Plugin), Rhythmic Steps (Similar to FL Studio Channel Rack), and Saturator (Similar to FL Studio Soft Clipper). Auto-Shift is Ableton's auto-tune. It's fast and accurate with little artifacts. Not only can you tune your vocals to the scale of your song, you can add formant filters to create a unique tone. For more advanced Ableton users, you can layer in harmony stacks using the midi input feature. Rhythmic Steps is Ableton's approach to an FL Studio channel rack workflow.  While using the feature, I...

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Chroma Console Plugin for FL Studio?!

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Chroma Console Plugin for FL Studio?!

I saw you guys really liked the Chroma Console Guitar Pedal, so I made an FL Studio version. It's not a 1-to-1 copy or match, it's my take on what the pedal would sound like in FL Studio. I own the Microcosm guitar pedal from Hologram and it's game-changing. They drop game-changing projects! And the Chroma Console fits that mold!  Chroma Console is a multi-effect guitar pedal stuffed with genius sound design capabilities. Effects include: Drive Sweeten Fuzz Howl Swell Doubler Vibrato Phaser Tremolo Pitch Cascade  Reels Space  Collage Reverse Filter Squash Cassette Broken Interference Needless to say, it required...

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