Computer Music’s goal is to help its readers create great music with a PC or Mac. Each month find easy-to-follow tutorials for all sorts of music software, unbiased reviews of the latest products and answers to technical questions.
This course is designed to make you become a better musician, by giving you the principles and concepts you need to be able to write excellent music. We electronic music producers usually spend far too much time trying to master our sound design and mixing skills, but often overlook and neglect building our composition and music theory skills. You will not only learn music theory in very easy steps up to a solid level, but you will also learn how the theory fits together with real-world practice, giving you the tools to be able to write great melodies, basslines, harmonies, chord progressions and tracks that actually express the exact vibe you want to create.
Who are super fans? They’re the fans who want to connect on a deeper level with recording artists—and are willing to pay for it. And while records are no longer sold like they used to be, artists now have the technology to connect to their audiences directly and build their base, one super fan at a time. Benji Rogers, founder of PledgeMusic, travels to SXSW to explore this topic directly with artists and industry experts. In this short documentary, copresented by PledgeMusic, Benji talks to Kevin Wortis, director of label services at Girlie Action Marketing; San Fermin, an up-and-coming Brooklyn-based band engaging with fans through Twitter; professors (and brothers) Jay and Chandler Coyle from Music Geek Services and Berklee College of Music; and Nicole Atkins, an established artist who found out she had more fans than she ever knew, when she turned to direct-to-fan platforms to fund her new record. It’s a brave new world for artists and fans. Find out how they’re using it to build long-lasting and career-sustaining relationships.
Computer Music Specials is a bi-monthly magazine from the creators of Computer Music. Computer Music Specials help you get to grips with wide ranging music topics, including top production techniques, sampling, popular software, sequencers, and tips on how to make it in the music industry. Computer Music Specials surrounds you in musical knowledge and inspiration from all genres, whether you DJ or play guitar and no matter your level, you’ll find invaluable tips to help you create your best music yet. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not include the covermount items you would find on printed newsstand copies.
Future Music brings you the most in-depth reviews by respected industry professionals plus news on all the latest hardware and software releases. We also interview musicians at the cutting edge of technology, and give you all the advice, music and free samples you need to get the most out of your existing set-up and improve your music making.
House Music Legend Olav Basoski shows how he uses Ableton Live to make chart topping dance floor anthems. Olav Basoski is back and this time he’s turned his incredible chart-topping song skills to his new favourite audio tool, Ableton Live 8! In these new, Pro Level Ableton Live 8 tutorials Olav Basoski shows you how he constructs his monster dance floor anthems in Ableton Live. You’ll learn insider tips and tricks for structuring your tracks, using compressors, EQs and other DSP effects, and hot mixing tips that will make your songs shred dancefloors the same way Olav’s do. Olav has produced hundreds of Dance records and he owns 3 of the worlds most popular dance music labels: Work Records, Samplitude Records, and Rootz Records. If you want to produce songs like a legend of the house music industry, you need to check out this new tutorial by Olav Basoski.
The new issue of MusicTech magazine is on sale Thursday 19th June and this month we’re showing you 20 ways to Supercharge Your Computer for music production, how to make some Dirty Dubstep and celebrating 50 years of the Moog….
