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5 ways to start a song
There's no wrong way to start a song, but where you start can obviously have a huge impact on the rest of your creative flow! In this video I explore what it's like for me when starting from five of the most common starting points for songwriting.Let me know what you think of the songs I started on in my examples too and I might develop some of them further!
SOAP music challenge & sample pack
I didn't realize until some of the comments were rolling in on this one that it's been a while since I did one of those foley tracks! I'm glad folks continue to enjoy them. :)I made every sound in this track with a new soap product from Dial, who sponsored this video, and also hired me to create an ad that they're using now. Always a fun time to flex the sound design and beat making skills while going super high quality on the vid...
VAPORS sample pack & a module demo
Hey folks!I've decided I want to share mini sample packs with you on a fairly regular basis. I create so much original audio when I'm working on music or videos or just messing around in the studio, I figure you may as well get some use out of it! It also alleviates some of the pressure/boredom of compiling large "proper" sample packs. If I made 20 cool sounds one week, I'll just share them with you right away.That's the e...
4 Producers 1 Sample
This episode is just full of amazing characters - Daedelus, Sarah Longfield, WangleLine, and samples from Ben Levin - I love the reaction portions so much haha. Hope you enjoy!My track can be found on all the usual platforms https://fanlink.to/MedusaByAndrewHuang or you can download it here https://www.dropbox.com/s/t7033eoit6ryitl/medusa.zip?dl=0Thanks for being a patron!
Generative & Ambient Music
Hey folks!Sharing a video early with you today - a dive into some of the techniques I've been exploring when creating ambient and generative music. On the modular system of course, but with some software recommendations as well!On my second channel I've posted a 2 hour version of the piece from that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BM-7oG1W6YWould this be the kind of thing you'd be interested in seeing me release "officiall...
4 Producers 1 Sample! (and more!)
Hey team! Got a ton to share with you today :)Here's the video roundup since my last post:Brand new episode of 4 Producers just dropped! Also attaching the track I made for this episode to this post.https://youtu.be/IlB2YHYkkD87 music production tips that are less commonly discussed but extremely useful:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO47Hjx08WkAmbient music, but make it disgusting:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrbCXejHg2w--Also, here'...
Bookmobile BTS, hour of relaxation music, and more!
I'm putting a lot of things in this post!!Published a new video today looking at the writing process for "Bookmobile" off my recent First of October album with Rob Scallon - how and why it went from our least favorite to most favorite song in less than an hour! Watch here.It's been a busy couple weeks because I also dropped the weirdest MacBook review and some stuff on the second channel: A quick beat workout using only one synth ...
First of October STEMS
Yes yes yes everybody, we have the stems for the entire Gotta Record Everything Good album for you here! Feel free to do anything non-commercial with these, and tag us if you share on social media so we can see!Download here. Enjoy!
Making an album in a day with Rob Scallon!
This doesn't go live until tomorrow but for you? For you it's right now!Rob and I get together every October 1 to make an album from scratch in one day and the results are always a lot of fun.Check out the final songs here: https://youtu.be/pm2JcAwSPG8And the vlog of our day: https://youtu.be/gDoVGhOrM28You can also download the album here! https://www.dropbox.com/s/mq1p8oeprw8581w/FOO_GREG.zip?dl=0Full song stems will be coming for $5+ p...
Amazing way to make drums, and a voice-to-MIDI app!
Howdy folks, two new videos for you!I discovered a cool way to make new percussion samples out of reverb, which is one of those so-simple-how-did-I-never-think-of-this-before kind of ideas. Possible with both hardware and software, and anyone who tries it would probably get unique results since it depends what reverb you're using, what you're feeding the reverb, and your taste in volume/filter envelopes. There's also some other reverb...
THE FINALE
Hey folks! Sorry for the delayed post here but I was still polishing this piano piece and then Rob Scallon was staying here for a week to work on some stuff together! Here is the last episode of Spacetime and attached is the piano piece I composed for it, played by my good friend and fantastic pianist Nahre Sol.Also if you don't already have the Spacetime album, that's available for download here! Also streamable on most major platforms a...
This is Andrew from the future
I can't say more right now but here is a video of recent events as well as a very early copy of some new music. I hope you're doing well.
"Turn Away" music video!
Some of you may remember this song that started with my Subharmonicon demo video. I realized it could be applied to my current situation with Horace, so I fleshed out a second verse and bridge with that in mind.Not sending the music out yet because I ended up finding two things I wanted to tweak with the mix π but this will be part of the Spacetime album that I'll be dropping next month!Hope all is well and thanks for being a patron!
Cheap music gear that's actually really good!
Hey friends,Wanted to make a video to recommend all my favorite super affordable music equipment - everything is under $100, some things are even under $20.And then things went a little south... Watch here. Also attaching the song that Horace and I made together.Hope you're well,Andrew
How our perception of time affects our music
I've been going loopy thinking about this! Hope you enjoy and I'll be back with new videos (and an album!) soon :)
This music is stupid and cute and I love it
Today's video goes a little bit behind the new album Ooo and also I learned that Horace has some cool powers! Watch here and if you haven't already checked out the album you can download it here or stream it on the usual platforms.Enjoy!
My Top 3 Portable Music Devices
Given how much I enjoy making music on the go, it seemed like I should make one of these videos! My new album Ooo is also out today on all major platforms or if you'd like you can download it here.Enjoy, and I'll be back with a new video next week!
New mini-album OOO!
Hi!I'm happy to be sharing an early copy of my new album with you today! It's called Ooo and it's full of quirky beats and general whimsy, with a good amount of tracks directly inspired by the best cartoon ever Adventure Time.Download here:https://www.dropbox.com/s/hvbfhuntt230ffu/ooo.zip?dl=0Hope you enjoy and thanks for being a patron!
How to turn a LOOP into a FULL TRACK
This topic comes up a lot so I thought I'd address it head on in a video! This is far from the only approach but it's the one that's gotten me to the finish line the most often. Also don't miss the adventure at the end. :)Here's a download of "Liftoff" which I used in this video if you don't already have it. It's also available on all the usual services here.Hope all is well!
Things have really ramped up
Howdy, I have two new videos for you and they are full of surprises so I'm just gonna drop them here and let you enjoy!My favorite effects pedal An intriguing sound discoveryIf you haven't already grabbed my new EP Monolith you can download it here or stream it in the usual places. There are also some tracks in these videos that are exclusive to Patreon for now - attached to this post. :)
A song made with just modular synth
Here's a breakdown of the music production of "Claws", which is track 3 from the new EP Monolith. Every sound except my voice was created with the Make Noise Shared System!If you haven't already gotten the EP, you can download it here, or stream it in all the usual places.I also have a Shared System sample pack to share with you! 200 drum hits and effects with all of that weird Make Noise flavor.Hope you enjoy and thanks for being...
4 Producers and free plug-ins!
A huge episode of 4 Producers 1 Sample just dropped! Featuring Flux Pavilion, Laura EscudΓ©, Recue, and a sample provided by Jamie Lidell. Watch here.Laura and Flux haven't released their tracks yet but links to stream Recue's and mine are in the video description, or you can download mine here.A couple days ago I also put out a video rounding up my favorite free plugins - lots of amazing tools in there if you do any music creation yourse...
Making music with the lowest sound humans can hear
Just released a new video - you'll want to stay to the end of this one 'cause things got wild!Here's your high quality download of the music I made in the video. It's also available to stream on all major platforms if you prefer.Earlier this week I also dropped a video giving a tour of the spaceship while sampling it! I didn't end up turning that beat into a complete release but I'll attach it to this post for you.Thanks f...
Chord progression hacks + an amazing synth
Two new videos this week!Another installment of Theory Thursday where we look at 7 ways to make chord progressions more compelling: https://youtu.be/rUwh459aGfoAnd a demo/overview of the Make Noise Shared System, which in my opinion is the most beautiful synth ever! https://youtu.be/kZQ9BQuHhwcFor those of you who are interested I'm sharing some recordings of patches I made with the system (snippets of which appeared in the video). This is ex...
4 Composers Score the Same Show!
This is a concept I've been thinking about for years and that I'd love to continue doing! In this episode we have appearances from Virtual Riot, Christian Henson, Tori Letzler and Mark Hadley. Check it out here and let me know what you think. :) If you'd like you can also download the four themes here.Some folks suggested I share the picture with no music so that anyone else could try their hand at scoring it - which is an awesome ide...
Welp
This is happening. There's not much more I can really say! Hope you enjoy the new video and attached is your high quality download of my new song Liftoff!
It's weird synth time again :)
Hey folks! Got some footage I've been sitting on for way too long 'cause I couldn't figure out the best way to put it together but I think I've ended up with a really fun video about people who create synths from scratch and also me (not quite from scratch) building some synth stuff as well! Watch here.The video spans a few years so it mostly contains music I've already released, but if you don't already have it you can do...
Jazzy Glitch Hip-Hop and the device wars
Two new videos for ya!I was filming some content for Flip but I loved how the jam came out so much that I decided to turn it into a main channel video. Quickly experimenting with some of the sounds from Kilamanzego's sample pack to create this.The second video started off as just personal research about why Android is so much harder to develop for than iOS (as I type we are still testing the feasibility of Flip for Android) but I learned so m...
I hate my voice (but I sing anyway)
Hoping this might be a helpful ramble for you to hear, but even if it's not, fun mic shootout at the end!This song "Helicopters" has been kicking around for years and I've never decided on what kind of instrumentation might suit it - your thoughts on that are very welcome - but for now you can download the version in this video (attached). Three versions actually, one with each mic!I've been on a slower upload schedule these d...
New 4 Producers 1 Sample!
We've got a new 4 Producers yaaay! This one featuring !llmind, Simon Servida, and The Kount. Watch here and download the tracks here.Also, I usually don't post my second channel videos to Patreon, but I thought this one was worth sharing because it also comes with half an hour of audio that a lot of people have expressed interest in sampling: Half our of modular synth talking to itself. Patch notes are in the video description if you'...
