King Britt on Learning and Teaching Blacktronika
King Britt talks about his University course Blacktronika and the impact teaching Black music history has had on his own creative output.
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Leo Abrahams: Rethinking Improvisation
UK composer and improviser Leo Abrahams on using Ableton as a guitar processor, working with a jazz drummer in the Krononaut project as well as jamming with Jon Hopkins and Brian Eno. Free download of drum machine and synth loops included.
Zora Jones on Learning to Sing to Sample Herself
Zora Jones talks about learning to sing, producing for vocalists, designing clubbing utopia and the value of fandom on the Doing Music podcast.
Drum Sampler: Exploring Live 12.1’s New Device with Ned Rush
Test the limits of Live 12.1’s new Drum Sampler and build a track from a single sample with Ned Rush.
Watch Jamie Blake and Keana’s Push 3 Performance
Jamie Blake’s synth work and Keana’s vocals dovetail beautifully in this Push-powered duet. Watch the walkthrough to learn how it all came together.
Explore Live 12.1’s Auto Shift: Vocal Harmonies, Ear Candy, and More
Create warm, wide, and perfectly pitched vocal harmonies with Auto Shift – Live 12.1’s new effect for real-time pitch correction. Side Brain shows you how.
Dennis DeSantis on Learning Music and Creative Strategies
Dennis DeSantis discusses teaching music, learning music, the value of diverse influences and the creative potential in tuning on the Doing Music podcast.
James Devane: Searching for Useless Beauty
Glitch-electronica artist James Devane pushes back on AI to emphasize the human imperfections that can make electronic music special. Plus he shares a free custom Max For Live device.
One Thing Leads To Another: 100 Music-Making Inspirations
The One Thing video series has reached 100 episodes! Check out this overview of bite-sized tips, tricks and techniques filmed in artists’ workspaces around the world. Topics include everything from sound design, beat programming and field recording to strategies for starting, progressing and finishing tracks and much, much more.
Hauschka: From Prepared Pianos to Oscar-Winning Soundtracks
Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, talks about how the prepared piano became his trademark instrument, his love of synthesizers and how he composed his Oscar-winning score for “All Quiet On The Western Front”. Plus, download a free Drum Rack of Volker’s prepared piano sounds.
Erika de Casier on Influences, Feedback Circles and Believing in Her Voice
Erika de Casier talks about her life in music from early influences to collaboration and live performance.
Flower Storm: Techno Rhythms with Samples from Iran
Kasra V and Sepehr are Flower Storm, a duo exploring the dual influence of their Iranian heritage and years immersed in club music. Processing samples from the rich tradition of Persian music and creating their own unique library of sounds, the London-New York duo talk about the ideas that feed into their project and share a selection of their custom creations for you to experiment with in your own music.
Gesloten Cirkel: Free Tools and Tips for Spicing up Sounds
Electro-techno producer Gesloten Cirkel shares a bundle of racks and devices to work more flavor into your drums and synths.
Helado Negro on Sampling, Surroundings and Deep Listening
Helado Negro talks about finding inspiration in his environment, his love of experimentation and the importance of deep listening on the Doing Music podcast.
Latent Sonorities: A Transcultural Musical Proposal
The Berlin-based initiative looks to expand the possibilities of musical and cultural exchange beyond the DAW, starting with a free download of samples and tuning files of Javanese gamelan.
Michaël Brun: The Quickest Point to Vibe
Grammy Award-winning record producer Michaël Brun reveals the techniques behind his unique blend of contemporary electronic music and traditional Haitian genres like kompa and rara.
Live 12.1 adds Auto Shift, Drum Sampler, and more – now in public beta
The free update will bring new devices, user library auto-tagging, and other improvements. Join the beta to try them now.
Bendik Giske Embraces the Power of Minimalism
Virtuoso saxophonist Bendik Giske discusses minimalism, repetition, embracing failure and creating sonic fictions on the Doing Music podcast.