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How To Sell Your Music Tracks on Online Stores Such As iTunes
2007-12-10 00:00:00 This is one of the things that I have always had trouble with, getting my tracks out to the public and at the same time starting to receive some sort of income from any sales I make. I managed just that recently and thought that my story and experience so far should be shared with ... More About: Music , Itunes , Online Stores , Online , Tracks
Edward Cufaude - The Rhythm Creator EP Now Available On Amazon
2007-12-09 00:00:00 Just to let everyone know that the Rhythm Creator EP is now available for download off of Amazon Mp3. The Rhythm Creator EP on Amazon addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rhythmcreation.com%2F20 07%2F12%2F08%2Fedward-cufaude-the-rhythm- creator-ep-now-available-on-amazon%2F'; addthis_title = 'Edward +Cufaude+-+The+Rhythm+Creator+EP+N ow+Available+On+Amazon'; addthis_pub = '';
My First Digital Release - The Rhythm Creator EP
2007-12-07 00:00:00 As you may have noticed I haven’t posted anything on Rhythm Creation in a while. I’m sorry about that but it’s been due to me completing my first release called The Rhythm Creator EP. It’s the first time I’ve ever spent really trying to get some of my tracks to sound really great and have ... More About: Release , Digital
Web Site of the Week: Reeemix
2007-11-30 00:00:00 This weeks web site is a blog styled site I have come across which lists competitions on the internet where you have to remix a track in order to win something or get your remixed track released in some way. Reeemix lists a good number of these competitions from around the globe and also splits ... More About: Site , Week , Web site
Do Musicians Use Too Much Equipment? (Going Back to Basics)
2007-11-27 00:00:00 Too often today I see many musicians/magazines/web sites telling you about some amazing new piece of software or hardware thats going to magically make you into this amazing producer/sound engineer with this amazing new sound it can produce. Basically adverts trying to sell you equipment and I think a lot of musicians fall for this ... More About: Equipment , Back , Back To Basics , Basics , Musicians
Rhythm Creation Samplepack #3 - Beatbox Track Samples - 18 Wav Files
2007-11-27 00:00:00 Our third samplepack from Rhythm Creation and this one is in conjunction with my post entitled Do Musicians Use Too Much Equipment? (Going Back to Basics) and these are the sample I used in my track called Beatbox. All samples were created using my mouth. I’m not a beatboxer or a singer, these samples have ... More About: Samples , Track , Files
Rhythm Creation Track Release - (Edward Cufaude - Beatbox)
2007-11-27 00:00:00 Another FREE track to download and share. I made this whilst writing a post called Do Musicians Use Too Much Equipment? (Going Back to Basics) in which I limited myself to just using a microphone, a sampler, drum machine and the basic effects (Reverb, Delay, Compression, EQ and Distortion). But that’s not all as you ... More About: Rhythm , Release , Track , Creation , Beatbox
Video Tutorials Coming Soon
2007-11-23 00:00:00 In a few days time we hope to start bringing you some video tutorials of audio software which should help people (especially beginners) to learn some audio software programs, easily and quickly. The video will feature spoken tutorials by myself as well as showing the software screen and I think this will work extremely well. I ... More About: Video , Tutorials
Link: BBC - ?New Songwriters Academy Competition?
2007-11-23 00:00:00 Currently on the BBC web site, BBC Radio 2 and the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters (BAC&S) are holding a competition looking for aspiring songwriters. 60 finalists will be invited to attend a two day master class and 4 winners will win a “once-in-a lifetime opportunity to be mentored and work on original material ... More About: Competition , Link , New Song
ADSR Envelopes - Shaping and Controlling Your Sounds
2007-11-23 00:00:00 ADSR. You may have seen these letters on synthesizers and samplers. This tutorial is a quick guide to what ADSR is and how you can use this section on your hardware or software to shape your sounds. It is an extremely powerful section, and should be one of the first things you learn when learning ... More About: Sounds , Envelope
Free Software of the Week: Splice - Online Sequencer
2007-11-21 00:00:00 As our internet connections have became faster and internet technology has grown, more and more computer applications have started to become on-line in the web browser. We have seen on-line email applications, office applications and on-line music and video players. But never did I think we would see the on-line music sequencer and that’s exactly ... More About: Software , Free , Online , Free Software , Week
Video: More Great Keyboard Drummers
2007-11-21 00:00:00 In a recent post I talked about how you can make your drum tracks sound more human like if you played them in using a keyboard instead of putting in drum hits with the mouse. I then then later showed you a great little video of a keyboard drummer showing off his skills in a ... More About: Video , Great , Keyboard , Drummer , Drummers
Rhythm Creation Samplepack #2 - Frying Pans - 17 Wav Files
2007-11-20 00:00:00 Another samplepack from Rhythm Creation and this one follows on from yesterday’s post in which I mentioned using samples of household objects. Try mixing these frying pan sounds in your tracks as percussion. There is also some reversed samples in there giving these metallic sounding whooshes. There are 17 wav file samples in the zip ... More About: Files
Video: How To Make 5.1 Surround Sound Headphones
2007-11-20 00:00:00 Came across this nice little video posted on metacafe posted by Babblin5. The video shows how you can make some 5.1 surround sound headphones. Although I haven’t tried it myself, I liked the look of this little tutorial and am sure it works quite well. If you want to have a go at producing with ... More About: Video , Sound , Headphones , Make , Surround
Pitch and Frequency (The Difference) - The Basics of What Sound Is (Part 3)
2007-11-20 00:00:00 So far in this series of posts on the basics of sound we have talked about sound and how it travels through the air and also frequency and wavelength. In part 3 we are going to talk about pitch and how it relates to frequency. The Difference Between Them Pitch and frequency are very similar and sometimes ... More About: Sound , Part , Part 3 , Basics
Web Site of the Week: Creative Commons
2007-11-20 00:00:00 This weeks web site of the week is a great little site for all us musicians who want to release our tracks for distribution on the internet (or anywhere else). When releasing our tracks most of us want our listeners to distribute them around as this is great and free exposure, but it does kind ... More About: Creative , Site , Week , Creative Commons , Web site
FREE Sound Samples for Musicians - A List of 10 Great Sites
2007-11-20 00:00:00 Here is a great list of 10 sites I have come across which you will be able to find most of the samples and sounds you require for your music production or anything else you might need a certain sound for. I have listed whether they are Royalty Free or if they are copyrighted in ... More About: Samples , Great , Sound , Sites
Sound - The Basics of What Sound Is (Part 1)
2007-11-20 00:00:00 I know some of you might be saying “but I learnt this in school”, but here at Rhythm Creation we are trying to cover all aspects of music and sound for all ages. Sound science is good to know about when recording, mixing and composing using editing software, samplers and synthesizers and today we are ... More About: Part , Basics , The Basics
Frequency and Wavelength - The Basics of What Sound Is (Part 2)
2007-11-20 00:00:00 As we saw in part 1, sound is made up of waves of compressions and rarefactions in the air molecules around us. In part 2 we are going to talk about frequency and wavelength and how they relate to these compressions and rarefactions and how they relate to each other. I think it is important ... More About: Sound , Part , Basics , The Basics , Elen
ASDR Envelopes - Shaping and Controlling Your Sounds
2007-11-20 00:00:00 ASDR. You may have seen these letters on synthesizers and samplers. This tutorial is a quick guide to what ASDR is and how you can use this section on your hardware or software to shape your sounds. It is an extremely powerful section, and should be one of the first things you learn when learning ... More About: Sounds , Envelope
Video: Using A Keyboard To Play Drums
2007-11-20 00:00:00 In my previous post, I talked about using a keyboard to play drums in to make them sound more human instead of programming in with a mouse and after a little search around the net came across this brilliant little video. He can play better than some real drummers Original YouTube Posting. addthis_url ... More About: Video , Play , Drums , Keyboard
Making Your Drum Tracks Sound More Human (Like A Real Drummer)
2007-11-20 00:00:00 Many musicians who make music with a computer make there drum tracks using software and recorded samples of drums, but all to often they find that their drums just don’t seem to sound like a real drummer could be playing them. These are my tips for getting a drum track to sound more realistic and ... More About: Human , Sound , Tracks , Real , Drum
Introducing Rhythm Rummage - New Directory for Musicians and Music Fans
2007-11-20 00:00:00 As you may of seen there haven’t been many new posts over the last few days. This is due to some work behind the scenes creating a new site. So we would like to introduce you all to our new internet directory of music sites called Rhythm Rummage. The site is now live and up ... More About: Music , Fans , Directory , Musicians
Web Site of the Week: SoundSnap
2007-11-20 00:00:00 Last week I told you about The Freesound Project and I’m sure you’ve been finding all the samples you’ll ever need there. If you still can’t find that needed sample, here is another site called SoundSnap which currently at the time of writing has 30,000 sound samples, again supplied by generous people from all over ... More About: Site , Week , Web site
Link: Great example of Surround Sound using just Two Channels
2007-11-20 00:00:00 This is a great example of how your brain works out where sound is coming from using just 2 channels. It works firstly because of the way this example was recorded by using two microphones positioned facing left and right and the microphones are then panned to each ear. Your brain works out the differences ... More About: Great , Sound , Link , Channels , Surround
The Compressor - What Does It Do, When To Use It and How to Use It
2007-11-20 00:00:00 One of the music signal processing effects that many people struggle to understand is the compressor, the reason they fail to understand it is because firstly with a compressor it is harder to hear it’s effect but also because they haven’t learnt why and what’s it for, this quick tutorial will quickly explain what a ... More About: Compressor , Compress
Rhythm Creation Track Release - (Edward Cufaude - Dirty Synth)
2007-11-20 00:00:00 FREE track to download and share. Had a good go at making a synth sound as dirty as I could (I usually always trying to do the cleanest sounds). The mix started sounding a bit muffled and it ended up as a battle between big dirty synth and keeping the mix sounding decent. Quite pleased ... More About: Dirty , Rhythm , Release , Track , Creation
FREE Sound Samples for Musicians - A List of 10 Great Sites
2007-11-16 00:00:00 Here is a great list of 10 sites I have come across which you will be able to find most of the samples and sounds you require for your music production or anything else you might need a certain sound for. I have listed whether they are Royalty Free or if they are copyrighted in ... More About: Samples , Great , Sound , Sites
Frequency and Wavelength - The Basics of What Sound Is (Part 2)
2007-11-16 00:00:00 As we saw in part 1, sound is made up of waves of compressions and rarefactions in the air molecules around us. In part 2 we are going to talk about frequency and wavelength and how they relate to these compressions and rarefactions and how they relate to each other. I think it is important ... More About: Sound , Part , Basics , The Basics , Elen
Web Site of the Week: Creative Commons
More articles from this author:2007-11-16 00:00:00 This weeks web site of the week is a great little site for all us musicians who want to release our tracks for distribution on the internet (or anywhere else). When releasing our tracks most of us want our listeners to distribute them around as this is great and free exposure, but it does kind ... More About: Creative , Site , Week , Creative Commons , Web site 1, 2, 3 |
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