The Propellerhead Music Making Month has been receiving huge plaudits as it continues to deliver new tutorials, artist Q&As and advice on music making every day throughout May. Below is a summary of the fantastic content from the past week. To see a schedule of all past and upcoming events please visit www.propellerheads.se/mmm
SoundCloud and your music
It's almost inconceivable to think about pop culture before viral video. What YouTube did for the world of self-proclaimed directors, SoundCloud is now doing for musicians. SoundCloud brings the best of web 2.0 social media together with a the simple human desire to seek and enjoy music. If you're band isn't on SoundCloud yet, you should be. David Noël and Henrik Lenberg will be joining us to give us the latest on what SoundCloud is up to.
Sampling Inside the Reason Rack
Sampling isn't always about sticking a mic in front of your dog to turn his bark into your next bass lead. Sometimes the best stuff you can sample is inside the Reason rack. Mattias will show you the why's and how's:
Controllerism and Reason
New video from James Bernard: Music Making Month - Controllerism and Reason. In this video, James will show you some interesting control surfaces (including iPad) and how they integrate with Reason and Record.
Spicing things up with Reason
The filters in Reason can powerfully alter the sonic characteristic of very basic synth waveforms in Thor. In this Music Making Month special video, Product Specialist Mattias Häggström Gerdt will show you how to use the mod matrix in Thor to turn an otherwise simple analog oscillator into a pulsing, grinding, screaming synth:
Boyinaband.com Modern Pop
Boyinaband.com's Dave Brown has become something of a chameleon recently. He has begun undertaking projects he calls the Seven Day Song. In seven days, Dave sets out to emulate a genre of music and share his process all along the way. We've set Dave a hard task this month: Authentically good modern pop music. He started working on the track on the 7th on Boyinaband.com and unveiled the final result live on our Music Making Month live broadcast. Head over to boyinaband.com to see all the tutorial videos that teach you have to make each part.
http://youtu.be/UC6ADpwycVw
DJ LuckyDate Live Sound Design
DJ LuckyDate is a master of sound design and his experience in some of the largest clubs in the U.S.
gives him the insight to know how his musical decisions will play out on the dance floor. Sometimes a build or a drop can feel one way in the studio and another way in a club. Sometimes a bass sound is big and nasty in a home listening test but overwhelming when it plays out. LuckyDate will show us his sounds to share the considerations he has in mind when making them.
NNXT Artist Q&A
When we saw an artist called NNXT we naturally became curious. Sure enough, Jessica's name not only matches the advanced sampler in Reason 5but she produces her music in Reason as well. NNXT's music leverages the ironic and self-effacing nature of internet culture with songs like So Original (The Hipster Song) or Walk of Shame. We'll catch up with NNXT to find hear about her latest projects and to see how she found her style.
Damian Kulash of OK Go Q&A
Ask people to cite an example of a band that has mastered the viral marketing potential and ADHD attention span of internet consumers and they'll all probably come back with the same answer: OK Go. Their growth as a band was directly tied the growth of social media sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Youtube but it doesn't hurt that they're also extremely talented. Damian Kulash will be joining us to talk about his band, their web presence, and how they write and produce music while touring on the road.
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