Expertise Sold Here.
Somewhere along the lines, musicians have been brainwashed. I don’t mean they are now covert operatives activated by a special chord progression, but I do mean that a lot musicians today are not comfortable making money with their music. Some even have concerns playing their music so as not to impose their creativity upon others. Let’s take a look at three mindsets that could hold you back from making money with your music.
It’s Not Evil
Making money isn’t evil. Whether your a farmer, a plumber, an architect, a pilot, or a school teacher, having an income in exchange for an expertise is what this world is built upon.
Having excellent sounding drums played by an excellent drummer is the foundation that almost every piece band aspires to today. Being able to put ourselves in a position to create that kind of situation can be expensive, sometimes to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars for studio and session costs. With Reason Drum Kits and Propellerhead’s Record, however, excellent drums in your tunes are within reach. Enjoy this video as we take a look at how to turn your Reason Drum Kits into a full on session drummer.
Next in this series we will take a look at Propellerhead’s audio program, Record. Let’s start by asking some of the questions we have covered in the earlier parts of this series.
Record does record audio, allowing an unlimited number of audio tracks with a bit rate up to 24-bit/192 kHz (more on bit rate later).
Record does not have timing correction. Of all the exciting upcoming features Propellerhead has in store for Reason 5 and Record 1.5, timing correction is not one.
Complex mixing and layering of effects can lead to a nice fat sound when filling the stereo field with lush sound design. Propellerhead’s Record is a powerful duo when combined with the infinite capabilities of Reason’s effects routing within a combinator. In this video we take a look at how to build an effects combinator so complex, that layering and mixing effects is only the beginning. We also see how to go about combining those layers to include using a vocoder as a send effect. The possibilities are endless and we hope to spark some creativity in you. Enjoy.
Heath Close is a Music Producer and CEO for 4Arm Records.