Music Production

Communicating mix notes to an engineer well comes down to three things: one clear goal for the mix, every note anchored to a specific … Read more

A tracking session is the recording session where a song’s basic tracks get captured onto separate tracks, usually the rhythm section first, before any … Read more

Preparing for your first studio session means finishing every decision that would otherwise eat your paid recording hours: settling the song arrangement, learning your … Read more

To stack adlibs, record each layer as its own pass, keep the lead vocal in the center, set every other layer below it in … Read more

Working out what to bring to a recording session comes down to three layers of preparation: the information the engineer needs before you arrive, … Read more

Running a studio session as an artist means owning every creative and performance call in the room: what the song is, how each part … Read more

To record a feature verse remotely, you send the artist your song as a rough mix or stems with a written brief, they record … Read more

The fastest way to write rap lyrics when you have no ideas is to stop hunting for a topic and start from a specific … Read more

Rap song structure is simply the order you arrange your sections in — intro, hook, verse, bridge, outro — plus how many bars each … Read more

To write a rap verse, you pick a beat, choose one specific thing to talk about, and draft lines that fit the beat’s four-beat … Read more