This March, we’re turning the volume up on the women and nonbinary producers who are defining the landscape of rap, R&B, hyperpop, and global club music. These creators are doing far more than just topping charts; they are actively dismantling old barriers to the control room and reclaiming…
If you’ve ever felt lost navigating the guitar fretboard, you’re not alone. Most guitarists learn chords, scales, and licks as separate pieces of information. Over time, this creates a fragmented understanding of the instrument. You may know plenty of shapes, but they don’t feel connected. That’s exactly the…
We’ve all been there. You’ve spent months perfecting your minor pentatonic boxes, and you can shred through a blues shuffle with your eyes closed. But then…it happens. The progression shifts to a major II-V-I or a bridge with a few “outside” chords, and suddenly, your go-to licks sound…
2. Vocal Colors Much like Moments: Vocal Clouds, another one of the best vocal VSTs, Vocal Colors, explores the synergy between natural performance and digital synthesis. It uses a specialized engine to warp vocal expressions into evolving pads, pulses, and grooves. While both libraries excel at textural sound…
I start by sketching something for every cue, even if it’s just a tone or a few notes, or an instrument choice. Sometimes it’s just adding text in the marker as a reminder to try opening a different session that may have an idea in it that could…
One of the biggest game-changers in your guitar journey is the ability to learn guitar fretboard notes with confidence and speed. Whether you’re struggling to find middle C on the twelfth fret or you want to unlock lightning-fast navigation across all six strings, fretboard mastery is the foundation…
What BPM should Afro house be? Afro house typically ranges between 110 and 125 BPM, a range that is conducive to expressive vocals, organic drum patterns, and hypnotic basslines. The range of 118 to 122 BPM is often preferred, giving a track energy but enough room to have…
You came up in an era defined by physical machines. How does Maschine keep that feeling alive while still giving you modern flexibility? Obviously, you can now get the sounds from every old-school outboard module you ever had (my faves were the old EMU rackmount module, for example)…
Guitar practice routine is one of the most searched phrases among players—and for good reason. If you’re an early-intermediate guitarist, chances are you’re putting in the time. You practice regularly. You care about getting better. Yet somehow, progress feels slow, uneven, or unclear. One week you’re woodshed-deep in…
From a technical standpoint, I usually use a lot of different modules inside Ozone when I’m mastering, depending on what the song needs. But for this EP, I tried to keep things more consistent. I love the Exciter module and usually play around with different types of saturation…