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Electronic Dance Money Episode 038 – How Zen World Created a Sound Pack Empire By Utilizing Youtube feat. Zen World (Frankie Urrea)
How Zen World Created a Sound Pack Empire By Utilizing Youtube feat. Zen World (Frankie Urrea)How often do you sit down and work on your own personal sound design? If you take the time to do it once a week, you've probably got a big enough sound bank to start...
Electronic Dance Money Episode 037 – 5 Key Ingredients to Start a Successful Mixing & Mastering Studio
5 Key Ingredients to Start a Successful Mixing & Mastering StudioOver the last 36 episodes we've discussed numerous different strategies that you can apply to help fund your dream and your career. Today, we're diving into another strategy. Starting a mixing and...
Electronic Dance Money Episode 036 – The 3 Worst Mistakes to Make When Networking
The 3 Worst Mistakes to Make When NetworkingNetworking... the end all be all when it comes to getting what you want, when you want it. It's true that networking can take you further in your career than just about anything else, however there's wrong and right ways to...
Mixing
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...
2 Easy Steps Toward Stronger EDM Mixes
As an EDM producer, your mix is EVERYTHING. Without a solid mix to hold up your track, all of your hard work with songwriting and production can easily fall at the wayside. So what do you do when your production skills and songwriting skills are up to par but your mix...
Using Exciters and Saturators in EDM
Forget about your go-to distortion plug-in. Start focusing on using exciters and saturators in EDM. Distortion is a highly sought after sound in today's electronic music. There’s nothing like hearing a nice crunchy bassline that can really drive you. A buzzy pluck...
Production
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...
The EDM Producers Guide to Collaboration
As a producer you’re bound to find people that want a collaboration, specifically in EDM. People either: a. Want a collaboration with you. Or b. You want a collaboration with them. When going into these situations, it’s important to understand the proper...
How to Use Effects In EDM Like a Pro
Using effects in EDM is something that you just can't run away from. While producing, you almost always end up using some sort of effect on your tracks. These effects can include compression, reverb, delay, distortion, or even saturation. While none of these are...
Marketing
How to Book EDM Gigs as Producers & DJs
If you’re wanting to be a full time producer and DJ, obviously you need to know how to book EDM gigs. However, getting booked can seem daunting and impossible. The truth is that it’s actually quite easy. But, how do you get booked? In this article, we’ll be taking a...
The Electronic Musicians Guide to Growing an Organic Fanbase
If you’re wanting to be a full time producer, then you need to have an organic fanbase that supports you on your journey. As Electronic musicians our fanbase is everything. It’s who pays for your music to get you up in the charts. All so you can either get more fans,...
EDM Promo List: How to Create Them and Who to Send Them To
If you’re a producer that is already signing and releasing music, or you’re looking toward doing so, then you’ll eventually come across what is called an EDM promo list. An EDM promo list is basically a list of producer/DJ e-mails that record labels will send tracks...
Mastering
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?” ...
Dithering When Mastering Electronic Dance Music
If you’re getting deeper and deeper into mastering, it’s important to know about as much of the mastering process as possible, this includes what it means to use dithering when mastering. How one process affects another. How streaming services affect sound quality....
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...
How to Book EDM Gigs as Producers & DJs
If you’re wanting to be a full time producer and DJ, obviously you need to know how to book EDM gigs. However, getting booked can seem daunting and impossible. The truth is that it’s actually quite easy. But, how do you get booked? In this article, we’ll be taking a...
The Importance of Taking A Break as EDM Producers
Have you ever had writers block so bad that you weren’t able to get a track started for weeks? Anytime you feel like you’re in a situation like this, imposter syndrome can hit you HARD. You might even be in this situation right now. One of the best solutions to...
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