#sam matla

Over the last few years Sam Matla's @EDMprod blog and podcast have become wildly popular among electronic musicians, and you most probably know why if you're a producer yourself. Even if you aren't familiar with the name though, we bet you will get a kick out of today's WeSpin Recipes episode with Sam. On this show, "The Producer's Guide To Workflow & Creativity" author shares his online blogging journey from skateboarding and self-development to music, gives actionable tips on improving your music production skills (also fully applicable to songwriters), names two most common mistakes up-and-coming producers make, and talks about EDM Foundations – a four-week online course which teaches the fundamentals of electronic music production through action and practice. You can join the waiting list to be notified on the next enrolment at http://dttd.in/2fmxlpS Listen to the podcast to also find out what Sam's top productivity and collaboration tips are, and to learn a single hack that is guaranteed to make you a better producer. Go to http://dttd.in/2f4LIeK for the show notes and http://dttd.in/27QAW1b to learn how to support the podcast and get a free WeSpin postcard. http://dttd.in/2f4NVXt

Today I watched the first piece of the series - it showed the initial idea phase where Hyperbits finds a couple of vocal samples he likes and begins building a quick loop.  I’ll be continuing to comment on this as I go through the rest of the series.  

Today I got some stems to work on a new remix for an album that’s coming out very soon. Not quite sure if/when I’m allowed to announce it so for today we’ll keep things anonymous. Today’s main goal was to lay a foundation for this remix and to do so, I referenced a podcast from Sam Matla at EDM Prod - specifically an episode where Sam interviews Noah Neiman. Noah works a full time job as a physician while putting out an incredible amount of music. To do so, he does a great job of recycling old ideas to quickly make new ones. For example he may reuse a drum kit or arrangement he liked from a previous project and his workflow increases significantly. For some reason I have had this notion that I am only supposed to use brand new patches, drum kits, sounds, etc. for each song. If you work a full time job like Noah or myself, this is really just an inefficient way to work. So I set out to use the arrangement of an idea I haven’t released previously and I’ve already gotten a massive head start on the track. I will likely be working on this specific project quite a bit for the foreseeable future so more to come as I work though this.

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