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And the Spotify saga continues...they just hired “François Pachet – one of the world’s foremost experts on the application of Artificial Intelligence in the world of popular music. -  Or in simpler – perhaps scarier? – terms: music written by computers.” I’d like to believe that this is all one big misunderstanding in the long run, but in the short term...it’s looking pretty damn shady. Check out more about the new hire here: https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/welcome-future-spotify-poaches-ai-music-expert-sony/

Writing songs for/with a recording artist is a very tough business to break into. However, BMI has offered up some tips if this is something of interest to you. Nothing ground breaking, but if you’ve not thought about it before, it’s a good start. https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/the-inside-track-to-writing-songs-with-artists

Very helpful chart for all of you starting off composers out there. I’ve been trying to deconstruct the “ensemble” patches in my DAW to understand how they’re built, and this came in handy. It’ll also help you balance your compositions nicely.

I’ve always been on the fence about how much difference it makes when recording an album with a hybrid digital/analog approach. This article does a nice breakdown, and it looks like committing to a sound/tone/FX and a performance, play significantly important roles.

Aye! How about some music theory? Harmonizing a melody is a key skill you need to have in any genre of music. #YourWelcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJbRB3HpBTU

I love watching interviews with musicians. This one in particular is an interesting interview with 40, who comes from the OVO/Drake camp. It was cool to hear how he down sampled instead of using a low pass filter on drums, as well as getting to hear a little bit of how he thinks.

As I dive deeper into orchestration, I’m coming across some amazing tutorials that I want to share with you all. This one talks about some basic principals to orchestrating a chord and uses the opening chord to Star Wars as an example. Who would have thought THAT many instruments are playing one note?

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