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Electronic Dance Money Episode #101 – 5 Tips to Level Up as a Producer
5 Tips to Level Up as a Producer with Mike VaughnToday we’re discussing the 5 tips you NEED to level up as a producer. These 5 tips will give you a foundation that you can build off of starting today. Within 3 months, you will be a completely new producer working to...
The Students Guide to Mastering Music Business and EDM Production
#100 - The Students Guide to Mastering Music Business and EDM ProductionMastering your craft is one of the most difficult tasks to do. It takes years of hard work and grinding to perfect it. Today, on the big 100th episode, I'm going to help guide you through the...
Electronic Dance Money Episode #099 – Meet Your New AI Assistant(s)
Meet Your New AI Assistant(s)For the last few months the world has been captivated by new AI systems that seem to be emerging out of nowhere. Today, we'll be looking at some of these tools and how you can utilize them. From helping generate content ideas, to writing...
Mixing

How Gain Staging EDM Can Level Up Your Mixes
All throughout production, mixing, and mastering, there is pretty much 1 universal rule that everyone follows; NO CLIPPING. That means you need proper gain staging for EDM tracks. Clipping is when an audio signal is pushed beyond its limit which ends up creating...
EDM Vocal Mixing: How to Get Top Line Vocals
Just a few weeks ago I had a client reach out to me requesting some help with EDM vocal mixing. He told me he was having issues with getting his vocals to sit in his mix. After listening to his track, I noticed that the vocals didn’t really sound too bad. However, I...
When and How to Use Proper Compression in EDM
Compression in EDM, an effect that can either make or break your track. Today, we see many amateur artists stumbling their way through compression. This can crush the dynamics of their element, creating a blanket effect, or blast the volume of the element to extreme...
Production

Why FL Studio Will Continue To Dominate The EDM Production Scene
Preconception When you think of music production, what digital audio workstation(also known as DAW) do you think of? Perhaps its Ableton, Logic, or maybe even Garageband. Unfortunately, that list of notable DAWs is only set to keep growing as industry giants continue...
EDM Ghost Production – Make Money Doing What You Love
EDM ghost production, one of the oldest “taboo’s” in the industry. What I find is that most younger producers seem to despise ghost production. I understand where their frustration comes from. Even I remember saying to myself and my friends, “why would you ghost...
How Gain Staging EDM Can Level Up Your Mixes
All throughout production, mixing, and mastering, there is pretty much 1 universal rule that everyone follows; NO CLIPPING. That means you need proper gain staging for EDM tracks. Clipping is when an audio signal is pushed beyond its limit which ends up creating...
Marketing

The Value of 1001Tracklists
Last month, I had a chance to sit down with and chat with someone on the forefront of marketing in the dance music industry. Evan Sacks is the CEO of 1001Tracklists, and the COO of Songstats. In case you didn't know, both Songstats and 1001Tracklists are pretty...
Electronic Dance Money Episode 071 – Splice Vocal vs. Original Vocal
Splice Vocal vs. Original VocalI get it, grabbing the Splice vocal is usually a sure fire way of using an amazing vocal that is not only already processed, but easy to use within your project. Not only that, but it's WAY cheaper than spending $500+ on an original...
Your Personal Finace Guide for Being a Successful EDM Producer
Today we are going to talk about personal finance and how it can make you a more successful EDM producer! You may be asking, “How does this relate to becoming a successful EDM producer?” It is key. How many successful people do you know that don’t have any sort of...
Mastering

How Gain Staging EDM Can Level Up Your Mixes
All throughout production, mixing, and mastering, there is pretty much 1 universal rule that everyone follows; NO CLIPPING. That means you need proper gain staging for EDM tracks. Clipping is when an audio signal is pushed beyond its limit which ends up creating...
Mastering EDM: Measuring and Determining Loudness
When it comes to artists and mastering EDM, I think the first thing they always think about and question is loudness. Two questions stick out in my mind when thinking about this topic and it’s, “How loud can my master get?” and, “Can you make my track louder?” ...
Why FL Studio Will Continue To Dominate The EDM Production Scene
Preconception When you think of music production, what digital audio workstation(also known as DAW) do you think of? Perhaps its Ableton, Logic, or maybe even Garageband. Unfortunately, that list of notable DAWs is only set to keep growing as industry giants continue...
EDM Ghost Production – Make Money Doing What You Love
EDM ghost production, one of the oldest “taboo’s” in the industry. What I find is that most younger producers seem to despise ghost production. I understand where their frustration comes from. Even I remember saying to myself and my friends, “why would you ghost...
Mastering EDM: Measuring and Determining Loudness
When it comes to artists and mastering EDM, I think the first thing they always think about and question is loudness. Two questions stick out in my mind when thinking about this topic and it’s, “How loud can my master get?” and, “Can you make my track louder?” ...
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