Berlioz: The Tetris Method of Jazz-House
Jazz-house rising star Berlioz expounds on his production process, working with session musicians and balancing spontaneity with structure.
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Upsammy: Crossing Strange Meridians
upsammy aka the Netherlands’ Thessa Torsig gives insights into the tools and processes she uses for her genre-defying electronic compositions. She also shares a selection of specially-crated audio loops, free to download.
Stones Taro: Club Sounds from the Depths of the Sea
Kyoto, Japan-based producer Stones Taro discusses sub-bass and the sub-aquatic inspiration for his drum and bass and house productions. Plus, he offers an Ableton Live Set of a track from his new album as a free download.
FANGIRLS: The Ins and Outs of Producing a Musical Theater Success Story
Australian producers Yve Blake and David Muratore explain what it takes to write, produce and stage a musical about the joy of teenage fandom.
Potatohead People: Producers in the Pocket
Vancouver, Canada-based production duo Potatohead People discuss the ins and outs of working with rappers and live musicians, making beats that sound vintage without samples and more. Plus, they share a lush jazz-funk inspired chord Pack free to use in your productions.
REZN: Shoegazing Into the Metal Abyss
Chicago metal band REZN discuss their use of electronics, modular synths and Ableton Live to push the boundaries of the genre and develop as musicians. Plus, they share two free custom sound design Racks.
Yushh: The Sound of Forward Pressure
Bristol-based leftfield dance music producer Yushh breaks down her production process and shares a number of free devices for Live 12.
Leo Abrahams: Rethinking Improvisation
UK composer and improviser Leo Abrahams on using Ableton as a guitar processor, working with a jazz drummer in the Krononaut project as well as jamming with Jon Hopkins and Brian Eno. Free download of drum machine and synth loops included.
Watch Jamie Blake and Keana’s Push 3 Performance
Jamie Blake’s synth work and Keana’s vocals dovetail beautifully in this Push-powered duet. Watch the walkthrough to learn how it all came together.
James Devane: Searching for Useless Beauty
Glitch-electronica artist James Devane pushes back on AI to emphasize the human imperfections that can make electronic music special. Plus he shares a free custom Max For Live device.
One Thing Leads To Another: 100 Music-Making Inspirations
The One Thing video series has reached 100 episodes! Check out this overview of bite-sized tips, tricks and techniques filmed in artists’ workspaces around the world. Topics include everything from sound design, beat programming and field recording to strategies for starting, progressing and finishing tracks and much, much more.
Hauschka: From Prepared Pianos to Oscar-Winning Soundtracks
Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, talks about how the prepared piano became his trademark instrument, his love of synthesizers and how he composed his Oscar-winning score for “All Quiet On The Western Front”. Plus, download a free Drum Rack of Volker’s prepared piano sounds.
Flower Storm: Techno Rhythms with Samples from Iran
Kasra V and Sepehr are Flower Storm, a duo exploring the dual influence of their Iranian heritage and years immersed in club music. Processing samples from the rich tradition of Persian music and creating their own unique library of sounds, the London-New York duo talk about the ideas that feed into their project and share a selection of their custom creations for you to experiment with in your own music.
Gesloten Cirkel: Free Tools and Tips for Spicing up Sounds
Electro-techno producer Gesloten Cirkel shares a bundle of racks and devices to work more flavor into your drums and synths.
Latent Sonorities: A Transcultural Musical Proposal
The Berlin-based initiative looks to expand the possibilities of musical and cultural exchange beyond the DAW, starting with a free download of samples and tuning files of Javanese gamelan.
Michaël Brun: The Quickest Point to Vibe
Grammy Award-winning record producer Michaël Brun reveals the techniques behind his unique blend of contemporary electronic music and traditional Haitian genres like kompa and rara.
Deep Tech Mastery: Inside the Studio with Riaz Dhanani
Deep tech producer Riaz Dhanani unveils his production secrets, blending loops, programmed patterns, and rhythm generators. Plus, get a free download of his Effects Rack, akin to the one used on his hit "Hot Fuse."
Heavee: Note To Self
Chicago-based producer Heavee talks about coming up through the ranks of the footwork and juke scenes, the video game music that’s a major influence on his style, and using Ableton Note in the making of his new album Unleash.