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How to get notified first of great music gear deals

I’m always on the search for music gear that I want/need/lust after. I also have nowhere close to the amount of money I need to get the gear I thirst after. Craigslist is an obvious place to start when looking for local gear that people are trying to part with. The problem is so are [...]

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8 steps to configure Ableton with loop and vocal cue tracks

A vocal cue track is an audio track set to a click, and usually ran along side of a loop, that is sent to your in ear monitors only and serves as a helper track, guiding you inside your arrangement. The primary purpose is to keep the band in sync with the arrangement and is [...]

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Review: ‘Tempo’ iPhone App – portable click track

I recently downloaded the Tempo iPhone App for $0.99. It has quite a few features for a little 99 cent app. When you first launch the app you see this screen: First impression is not that pretty of a UI. Color scheme isn’t my favorite, not soft on the eyes. But they do present you [...]

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How to sync two live bands

Bryan Nelson at Vertical Resonator recently did a post showing how his church actually syncs two live bands in 2 different rooms for their worship service. He leads worship at Topeka Bible Church and is really doing some great creative stuff. The two bands play the same set, at the exact same time in 2 [...]

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Recording your worship on a shoe-string budget

In the last few months my church, Life Connection Church, has successfully setup a recording strategy that allows us to capture and track each channel before it gets to the board. This has many advantages over capturing board mixes. I wanted to share with you what we’ve done on truly a shoe-string budget. What’s wrong [...]

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How to transpose a loop in Reason

I receive a lot of questions and requests for transposing my loops so I thought I might as well give a tutorial on how it’s done. It’s really quite simple to do in Reason, so let’s get started. This tutorial assumes you have Reason and have opened some project. 1. Select pitched midi notes You [...]

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Video: How not to use a microphone

We like to give tips on gear, software, songwriting, loops, you name it. Something often overlooked is how to properly hold and speak/sing into a microphone. Here is a demonstration on how not to use a microphone.

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How to create your own click track in Garage Band

I created a screencast to show you just how easy it is to create your own click tracks in Garage Band. You might also be interested in my post on an OSX BPM widget that lets you tap out the BPM for songs in your iTunes library. You can click through to the video on [...]

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