Looping is a staple of the music industry. It has been a hallmark component to music production, composition, and production. Songs like Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles utilized looping to create the famous background sounds in the song.
Looping takes a phrase or soundbite and plays it non-stop, over and over again. Any credible digital audio workspace (DAW) will have a looping component to their software.
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We Ask The Expert, Dr. Mark Polishook
For musical beginners and even experienced musicians, the worlds and genres of electronic music making and production can be confusing. So in this post, we’ve asked Dr. Mark Polishook, a renowned jazz pianist, electro-acoustic musician and self-confessed synthesiser technology addict, the question we hear time and time again:
How important is music theory when it comes to electronic music production?
Here’s what Mark had to say on the topic… (more…)
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Part of your job as a lyricist or a songwriter is to ‘get inside the heads’ of the characters in the songs you are writing. You need to be able to express what they are feeling, what is real to them, and to out that into words. Remember that the words that are streaming from your heart and your pen will be coming out of a performer’s mouth someday. Visualize your characters and write from their perspective.
