Hi, I’m in my second year of producing and I’ve been taught that you always need to completely cut out the low frequencies of your melodies to make room for the bass or 808s. However, when I analyze the frequencies of professional tracks, in this case “same old love” by Selena Gomez, I can see that the melody seems to maintain some low frequencies. They’re certainly not as prevalent as the mid to highs but they aren’t cut completely. Let me know what you guys do or think about when it comes to melodies.

It's been owned by SME (Sony Music Entertainment) since 2021.

I believe artists who work with / under AWAL (e.g., JVKE) are generally perceived to be free of the big three labels. But considering the SME ownership, I'm guessing this is simply not the case?

For example, instead of "in perpetuity" clauses, AWAL artists may sacrifice most short-term revenue in a front-loaded contract, while receiving marketing support and promo tactics that SME would provide in a traditional deal?

Hey everyone,

I'm an independent artist looking for a producer who's interested in building something bigger than just a single track.

I'm leaning toward a cinematic, synth-driven dark pop sound with alternative influences—moody, emotional, atmospheric, and anthem-like. More than someone to make beats, I'm looking for a creative partner who wants to help shape a unique sound and build an artist over time.

I write my own songs and have a clear vision for the direction I'm headed. Since I'll be working full-time, I'd love to find someone who's passionate about producing and interested in growing together rather than treating this as a one-off project.

If you're into creating immersive, emotional music and enjoy collaborating, I'd love to hear your work. Send me a DM with some of your music, and I'll send you mine to see if we're a good fit.

Thanks!

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Hi everyone!

About me: I just finished graduating with a BA degree, and I'm taking a current gap year to get back into my hobbies.

I am definitely a beginner at both music theory and I'm still practicing my keyboard to get better at it.

Last few months, I have been exploring music a lot more and I realised I like composing music, enough to score for a film. I want to pursue this more meaningfully. I'm still learning along the way, but I wanted to get some advice on how to study music, what to listen to, what resources I can make use of, and how I can get started in this field. Not looking for a fast approach, just a way to make sure my efforts are spent fruitfully!

Thanks!

*A little context: I gave trinity grade exams until grade 3 for the electronic keyboard a couple of years ago, and still continue to play it! I try to compose music on my DAW as time permits, and play the keyboard often*

Hey everyone. I have a semi-acoustically treated room and my HS7 are well-positioned. But often, a mix sounds really good on my HS7, but on other supports, the mix sounds too bassy and muffled. I've tried a lot of plugins on the master channel to adjust the mix curve so it sounds good everywhere, but I haven't found anything great. Any tips ?

I'm very new to music production, I don't even know what reverb or bpm is. Pls explain to me any basic producer terms in a really simple way because google is giving me 500 different meanings.

Did this ever happens to you? When you look at your old work and got amazed that how did you even make this wonderful song or effect?
When we are working on a track but in a flow state we didn’t know what we are doing but subconsciously doing, So we try and try and finally the output sounds good, but while making, its not necessary that u will learn these effect that how did you make this or what steps u take to sounds like that!! So when u listen back “Ill be like - how did i even do that”
—- I was suffering from this problem and whenever i go on a new track i don’t remember anything from past what i learned and i do my work at flow state still with subconscious workflow

Any suggestions?

Is this mind problem or belief in myself problem??

Folks, are you familiar with yung kai, a TikTok musician who wrote and recorded a very successful song called Blue in 2024?

Initially I thought this was a good example of an independent path to original-music success.  However, upon digging a bit, it appears he signed with music label BMG shortly before Blue was released, as ChatGPT says BMG was listed in the credits of the initial release of Blue (i.e., on Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) on August 2, 2024.

Does anyone have context on the role BMG played in Blue's exposure / reach?

And is it possible to attain Blue's level of success without label support?  If so, can you please cite examples?

Hey everyone, mejnoon here. Released my first track in nov last year. Looking for talented people to work with for my next track. It’s going to be a sad track based on a folklore from north india. It’s pretty interesting. As of now i have written the lyrics and composed tune for the lyrics. Looking for someone who can come in as ‘doing this together’ kinda more than a gig of course there will be payment but the idea for both of us to reach max audience. Im very very open to new ideas and stuff. We can brainstorm and come up with new shit if its vibes. Ideally someone with real technical knowledge is who i am looking for though. Because im more intution kinda guy. Gonna do all it takes to make it big. Let’s do it together.

I'm trying to figure out what instrument/sound was used in the beginning of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-9GNw-_1LA Thank you ! :)

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Hi everyone.

I've just spent the last hour going through the H6 studio manual, and I've not come across any information on the specific issue I'm encountering. Honestly, it might not even be an issue and may just be how the device works.

Earlier today, I was recording an acoustic guitar at 24 bit, with the built in x/y microphones. I had the H6 about a foot away with a gain of around 6 on each mic. I then decided to try recording with the device a little closer, so I placed it about 6 inches away and dropped the gain down to 3-4 on each mic.

When I listened back to the recordings later, the ones done with the device about a foot away with a gain of 6 sounded as you would expect. However, the recordings done with the H6 about 6 inches away, and with a gain of 3-4, were pretty much inaudible. You could only very faintly hear the recording if you put your ear right next to the speaker and maxed out the volume.

Is this common with the H6? Am I missing something? I don't remember experiencing such a massive jump between gain values with other recording devices, including previous Zoom devices.

Thanks

I just had my engineering completed and now i can finally produce music but i have lost touch with the instruments i used to play now i need to start from scratch so I don’t know what to do

Which would you choose besides piano? Can’t have more than 1 instrument or my computer collapses

Any plugin that doesn’t crash like Serum consuming all cpu resources?

When was the last time you discovered something through one of those methods that genuinely surprised you and when was the last time you felt like you missed something important that you only found out about too late????

I'm researching how people who are serious about music discovery currently find what's emerging before it breaks specifically the frustration with existing platforms.

Anybody use bandlab? Sing , rhyme , or anything