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The Brave New World of Electronic Music Production
Which leads to something I call “option anxiety”. More is not always better. Some of the best electronica productions were produced with a limited range of tools. All of Brian Eno’s early works come to mind. Or William Orbit’s Strange Cargo series which was produced before anyone was sequencing on a computer.
Part of what made that music great was the limitations the tools imposed. There were a limited number of synthesizers, with a limited number of sounds. Sometimes less IS more.
Today there are half a dozen major electronic music production platforms (Ableton Live, Reason, Logic and Cubase to name the most popular) and each one of these suffers from option overload. If you don’t know what kind of sound you want to create, you can waste away hours and hours tweaking with synths, effects, chaining and a variety of other ear candy before ever completing a track.
Preparing For a Summer of Electronic Music Festivals
The summer is generally considered the prime season for entertainment, particularly for music. Festivals for all genres are scheduled during this time and, for electronic music, this is no exception. While electronic dance music has evolved from the illegal rave parties of the 1990s into legitimate music events (many even lasting two days), knowing which events to attend depends where you’re located and where you’re willing to travel.
A recent article in the New York Times discussed the phenomenon of techno tourism: the traveling to various music events and festivals for favorite DJs and acts. Although such habits and fandom is seen for many other genres, with the most heightened being fans of jam band music, this appears to be a recent – or perhaps more visible – development in electronic music.
Generally, electronic dance music, to the average person looking from the outside into the genre, is still centered around the clubs and a DJ is still someone who plays records. But, much like jam band music in which the guitarists may play a different solo at every gig, the mixing and production techniques for a good and reputable DJ will vary with each gig, as well. Essentially, this aspect is what fuels the fans to travel from gig to gig – what changes and new production will the DJ add each night?
Identifying Quality Electronic Music Software
If you are looking for electronic music software to start creating your very own beats and melodies then you have arrived at the right place, because today in this article we are going to go over some of the essential things you need to know for selecting the best electronic music software online.
While it is true there are many electronic music software programs online, you always need to make sure that the applications you are using are of the highest quality standards possible, so always make sure that the electronic music software you decide to use contains the following features…
* Industry standard 44.1.wav audio files and sounds.
* Full drum editor with custom keyboard triggers.
* Multi octave keyboard sampler with custom sounds.
* Large virtual instrument library with importing capabilities.
* Interactive video tutorials and learning resources.
