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Inspired by Adam Neely’s recent video on tuplets, I wanted to give some practical tips on how to make beats using tuplets. What are tuplets? Tup...

The Koala Sampler is an app that turns your phone into a pocket-sized sampler. By using your phone’s onboard mic, you can sample anything and then sequence your sounds into full beats. Oh, and did I mention that you get a FREE Ableton Live Lite license with it?? In this blog I show you how to use it and get you turning your phone into a beat making machine in no time!

Ever make a beat and then it sounds flat the next day? Here are 5 ways to make MORE INTERESTING lofi beats. I use these tricks all the time to set my beats apart from the rest.

Today in our LOFI DIY we are going to make a nostalgic, lush reverb using only ableton audio effects. Improve your Lofi Sound Design in 4 easy steps :)

What do you have to do in order to improve your music skills when it's so darn hard? Here are my top 2 tips that have helped me to continually keep growing as a musician.

In this post you’ll learn how to add nostalgic warmth to your music using only 2 Ableton devices. And trust me, it sounds dank af! (Sound examples included).

My fellow Beatmakers! If you are trying to grow an online audience for your music via YouTube, this one’s for you… “You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” – Samuel Levenson Today I am exposing my biggest YouTube mistakes in the hopes that you can use YouTube better than I did to grow your audience for your beats online.

I recently had a question from a subscriber:   ”Do you have any tips for arranging? I'm starting to get tired of the "sample -> sample+drums -&g...

I get asked a lot: "Is knowing music theory a prerequisite to making great music?" Fantastic question. I happen to have a very strong opinion about...

Today I’m exposing a thief.
This thief loves to steal from beat makers.
And this thief regularly knocks me out cold.
So today, I'ma expose her.

I love Elizabeth Gilbert’s belief about ideas. She describes them in her book ‘Big Magic’ as little celestial beings that scrounge the earth lookin...

When Self-Doubt comes knocking, what do you do? Self-Doubt, like Fear, is a regular part of my daily routine. Even this second as I’m writing this...