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the Tempo or speed of a piece of music is one of the seven core elements of music. In order to create music we need to be able to understand and control those elements. In this post, I show you how to change the tempo in Logic Pro X. Change...
Ever since I started out on my music career I have wanted to sell my music to my fans. I mean isn't that what we all want? The only thing is that my fans were my clients and the representatives I chose to work with; producers, publishers etc....
Imagine that our creative life is like a woodland: established ideas and patterns are the trees that dominate the landscape, and new ideas are the seedlings and saplings on the woodland floor. It’s all too easy to overlook the new shoots and seedlings that are growing beneath our feet....
Most of us work with MIDI every single time that we create music and some of us only use MIDI. This makes it even more important that I highlight these 5 MIDI hacks you are not using enough. 1. Select All The Same Pitches This is really useful when you...
Over the last few years, I have become very sceptical of things that create distraction and anxiety. Especially when they come from email and social media. As you may or may not know, I removed all social media apps and email from my phone a few months ago and it...
In this week's newsletter, I cover: * Mimetic Desire * My favourite things this week * I Wish I Read These Sooner The Quiet Whisper | Issue 23 I was reading an issue of one of my favourite newsletters, Sunday Snippets by Ali Abdaal, and was introduced to an idea that I...
I'm gonna be sharing three books that I wish I had read when I started out as a composer. Show Your Work by Austin Kleon. Now this book, in fact, all three of his books are just fantastic, and I recommend them in my newsletter as well because...
The Quiet Whisper | Issue 22 What is your USP? I recently purchased the Music Marketing Manifesto 5.0 course. One of the first lessons is all about finding your unique selling proposition (USP); what is it that makes you and your offerings unique? It’s kind of finding your niche,...