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If You Want to Fly with the Eagles, Don’t Hang with the Crows
“You are the average of the 5 people you most spend time with.” Jim Rohn The people you choose to surround yourself with have a huge effect on who you are and how you live your life. But whereas your friends and family all make up a big part of this group of people, these…

Ask Keith Mills 009
Panning, Mixing Toms and Buying too much gear MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:Finish More MusicFree Kickstart Course TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: I duplicated some of my percussion sounds. I’ve done this to pan the sounds in the stereo fields so that they are not dead centre. Is this a good way of doing it or is there…

Ask Keith Mills 007
8 Bar Loop Syndrome and Workflow MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:Wife – “Bodies”Kickstart Course – Finish More MusicMake a Track Fast Series TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: I wonder, oh how i wonder. When one would like to aim at creating an offthe-beat hippityhoppity syncopation track with ultra heavy prominent sustained basses throughout such as the meaty part…

Ask Keith Mills 006
Mastering and my favourite plugins MENTIONED IN TODAY’S EPISODE: Kickstart Course – Finish More Music Ozone (Izotope) My favourite tools & resources TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: When I’m playing percussion, melodies on my Push 2 or my midi keyboard, I’m having a hard time coming in on anything but the beat. Q2: I finally finished my…

Ask Keith Mills 005
Accidental notes & sending tracks to labels TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: I have a bass sample I’m using in a track. I want to transpose it down a few notes but when I do, the tempo of the sample slows down. I’ve tried various ways in both Sampler and Simpler but to no avail. Why is…

Ask Keith Mills – Episode 004
Mixing and Inspiration Blocker TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: Have you ever had a major inspiration blocker. If so, how did you overcome it? Q2: When it comes to mix down, I find really hard to get everything balanced whilst keeping the master level under 6dB. I’m starting with my kick at -12dB but by the time…

Ask Keith Mills – Episode 003
Logic or Ableton Live? TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: How much does the mastering process really affect a track? Q2: How do you pick individual sounds that will play well together or complement each other? Q3: I play in a midi drum loop but I want to know how to work out what BPM it is before…

Ask Keith Mills – Episode 002
Root notes, Parallel Compression & Making a living from music production TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: In my drum mix, I have the snare and the kick playing but when the kick drops out the snare is getting too loud. Why is this happening and what can I do about it? Q2: I have two tracks signed…

Ask Keith Mills – Episode 001
Add more analogue feel to your music & Keith’s view on finishing art TODAY’S QUESTIONS: Q1: When I play my music to my friends, the thing I hear the most is that it’s too digital. It’s made entirely in the box and I have no hardware around. How do I add more human feel to…

Ableton Workflow Tutorial – Rhythmic Inspiration
In this Ableton Live 9 tutorial we look at a method for creating rhythms perfect for bass lines, melodies, percussion patterns and hi hats. I’m using a deep underground base sound in this tutorial which lends itself to Techno and Tech House music. This technique is very fast to use and we simply choose a…