Five Ways to Bigger Chorus – Arranging Arranging is super important part of making music. Still many skip this part all together, which is kind of crazy if you think about it. In this video you learn five arranging ways to make your chorus both stand out and sound bigger. Hopefully you found this […]
Tracking Rhythm Guitars – How Many Tracks to Record? Tracking distorted rhythm guitars – how many tracks to record? Should you double, triple or even quadruple all the guitars? This is a topic that divides opinions for sure. In this video I demonstrate with a few examples – what I think works and sounds […]
What Is Half-time and Double-time? How to Use Them in Songs? What is half time and double time? How to use half time and double time? In this video you learn what they are and how to use them. Includes two example songs. Hopefully you found this post helpful. If there’s anything you want […]
How to Make Full Songs Instead of Short Demos How to take your short idea and take them to a full song? It’s frustrating to create only short demos. This way of composing has helped me a lot – hopefully it will be useful for you too. Hopefully you found this post helpful. If […]
The Most Underrated and Powerful Mixing Tool One tool especially is at the same time so underrated and so powerful. It has the power to improve a mix within seconds, but still people seem to use it far too rarely. So many mixes would benefit from it. What am I talking about? Watch the video […]
Ad Libs – Huge Impact and Build up Towards the End of a Song Ad libs are a great way to build up momentum towards the end of a song, usually in the final chorus. They’re these short spontaneous vocal melodies based on key words of the song, that the lead singer improvises […]
Bigger Chorus with Doubled Backing Vocals Chorus differs from other parts of the song not only by the hooky melodies, but with the size. It tends to be the biggest part of the song. Sounds rational and even self-evident, but when it comes to doing it yourself, things can get complicated. How to […]
Songwriting Tips:Do This for More Impactful Chorus Today it’s critical to keep the attention of the listener alive during the entire song. The song has to be interesting from start to finish. Usually the hook of the song is the chorus melody and therefore choruses are super important. You want the first chorus to […]
Bigger Synths by Stacking Preset Sounds Can you make preset synths sounding great and suitable for your songs? I’d say you can. If you haven’t got the time, the skills or the interest to start crafting own sounds from the start – then you can do this instead. In this video I’m showing […]
Save Processing Power During Songwriting Disk too slow, CPU error, system overload.. Does these messages ring a bell? When you’re writing a song or arranging it, and you need to have a lot of tracks playing simultaneously, the chances are your computer will slow down. Even though computers today can take a lot, the […]
