3 Processes To Polished Music
You’ve finally decided, or already begun, to take the plunge into the music writing and production world. Maybe you’ve messed around with Garage Band, Reason, Logic, Pro Tools, or some type of music production software. Maybe you have a small audio interface to record your guitar or vocals. Many times people will compare their music with some of their favorite albums or songs and they find themselves asking the question, “why doesn’t my music sound as big and polished as theirs?” I asked myself that same question when I was starting out and it took a while to get my head wrapped around the answer. Even though I’m still learning, this is what I have found so far…
There are three processes that go into the art of music production: Recording, Mixing and Mastering. I won’t go too into depth here (that’s for another article), but I’ll explain what goes… Read the rest
Top 5 Chill Out Room Tracks
Sometimes you just have to chill. We’ve all been there before, whether it was behind the decks or in the vicinity relaxing on a comfy couch, bean bag, or fouton (whoa, with the early 90′s) with great chill out or down tempo music spilling out across your lobes. The “Chill Out Room” was a mainstay at almost every rave that I attended in the 90′s, and even now at after parties you might still find DJs laying down silky tunes not necessarily for the dance floor. I am completely blown away by so much chillwave music these days mostly because of the ambient, shoegazer qualities. The filtered vocals and synths are reminiscent of some of the best synth-pop and ambient electronic music from the 80′s and 90′s like The Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, FSOL, and Tangerine Dream. Even now the odds are pretty good that you can… Read the rest
Numark N4 with Traktor Pro 2
A couple weeks ago, we got a Numark N4 into our studio and tested it out. We used the unit with both Virtual DJ and Serato Intro, which are both included in the box. What we found is that the N4 is one of the best DJ controllers for an intro DJ looking to be able to do video DJing too. Since the N4 is built for video DJs in mind, one thing we noticed that was the availability of hotcues on the mappings for Virtual DJ and Serato Intro. We really wanted to be able to have access to hotcues when using the N4 with Traktor and built a mapping with this in mind.
To start out with a structure for the mapping, we used what Numark provided on their website for mapping the N4 with Traktor Pro 2. The N4 mapping provide by Numark was great but we immediately noticed… Read the rest
Kid Cedek – Sientelo Remix Contest
UniqueSquared Artist, Kid Cedek is hosting a remix contest for one of his tracks, “Sientelo.” The prize for the remix contest is getting it released on the Rot10 Musik label, Beatport, iTunes and more. There is no specific closing date for the contest, but it will end as soon as Kid Cedek hits 2,500 total fans on his Facebook Page.
To get the song and the official remix stems for “Sientelo” just go to the link below and click on the song image.
Kid Cedek – Sientelo Remix Contest
To get the remix parts you have to ‘Like’ DJ Kid Cedek on Facebook then ‘Allow’ the Fanbridge app which will then require you to submit your email address.
All completed remixes should be submitted to makemoves@kidcedek.com
Here is a preview of “Sientelo” as well. Happy Mixing!
Bold Predictions How DJing Will Change in 2012
As we start a new year it’s hard not to reflect on what we have accomplished in years past, but yet it’s harder still to try and predict what this wonderful world of DJing has in store for us in 2012. I see a major change in my musical direction, albeit more of a 90′s revival of sorts for me personally, integrating more of my original music in my sets as well as playing less dubstep for dubstep’s sake. It’s over anyway, Bieber made it so by simply uttering the words “dubstep” from his magical mouth when asked about his new record. Of course, I’m kidding. ANYWAY, here are some bold predictions for 2012:
The Diminishing State Of The Internet Free-Jay Nation
There have been some new developments concerning the use of online file sharing sights now that SOPA and PIPA have… Read the rest
