It stops the music becoming loopy and repeating over and over. This can be done with drums, lead sounds and even vocals. I always try to have elements asking questions in one bar, and an answer in the other. "Sometimes this is referred to as “question and answer”. Once you start tuning your kick drums, writing basslines becomes so much easier." Always use call and response
Generally I find that kicks work best around the frequency of F/G, these can be F# or G#, or sometimes E but it’s super low. "One thing I always try to do on every record is make sure my kick fits in the scale of the music that I'm writing in. Finally, today I’m mixing a remix of a huge classic, “Revolution” by BK, which is getting some heat from my Plasma Rack as we speak." Three music-making tips Keep your kick in scale "I’m currently just finishing tracks from my Passive Submission EP, which will drop on my label Moments In Time this summer. It’s already gathered good support from Amelie Lens. The EP is called On The Loose and has some cool remixes from Blicz and Don Woziek. I’ve also just received the masters for the next EP release on a label called The Meaning Of Rave. I’m super happy with this one, it’s a real peak time record. "I’m working on a lot at the moment, I’ve just finished a VA record from a label called Unlocked from Barcelona. "I tend to work in a loop, getting everything perfectly working together and jamming out with EQ, filters, reverbs and delays until I have an idea that I’m happy to arrange." From there, I start working on a thunderous low-end, then start the drive from the drums, adding in the leads and the hook elements from my ideas. "I try to start with an idea in my head, maybe a reference track or a vocal that I’ve found, or a lead sound. When approaching a new track or project, where do you start? "The Moog One Analog Polyphonic Synthesiser is high on my list!" What dream bit of gear would you love to have in your studio? Sometimes new gear just gets me excited to go in and create, and this has certainly done that." "It took quite a while to arrive, but boy has it been worth the wait. I stumbled across Rebuke using the pedal version then started to do some research into it and saw that Deadmau5 and Richard Devine were heavily using them, so I watched lots of videos and took the plunge. "My Plasma Rack as I've not stopped using it! It’s a rack-mount distortion unit that I run everything through from kicks, to leads to even vocals. What's the latest addition to your studio? No matter what, however deep the projects go, it doesn’t even blink
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Mac Pro Rack edition, it’s the life of my studio.
I'm sure it could power NASA, and what's great is that it’s fully modular so I can keep on adding more and more to it." No matter what, however deep the projects go, it doesn’t even blink. "Mac Pro Rack edition, It’s the life of my studio. What one piece of gear in your studio could you not do without, and why? To me it seems like Logic is an afterthought for Apple, and I'd sooner work on a DAW that's a company's main focus." "In my opinion it’s so much better for workflow, and they are constantly making improvements. "I started out using a Mac, so Logic was my first choice and I still use it for mixing some records and mastering today, but the majority of my studio work is now done in Ableton Live 11. What DAW (or DAWs) do you use, and why did you choose it? I’m torn between Moog and Dave Smith, so will be taking my time choosing the correct one." "The room build was expensive so the focus was at first on sound and look, and now I’m slowly growing up my hardware collection. It’s a beast that I'm running everything through at the moment. I recently bought a Moog DFAM and a Plasma Rack from Gamechanger Audio. Hardware-wise, I'm slowly collecting more and more gear. "I have a Mac Pro rack mount which is supercharged and has thousands of plugins for different jobs. To me it seems like Logic is an afterthought for Apple, and I'd sooner work on a DAW that's a company's main focus My own room is a Jan Morel-designed studio which is a “room in a room”, and acoustically treated with Vicoustic treatment. "I have built three studios and two DJ rooms so we can train anyone from beginners through to advanced mixing and mastering upstairs with myself. "Around six years ago on my birthday I was driving down Jersey Street and spotted a language school with a lease sign above the door, so I inquired straight away and now have a five-room space which I have transformed into a school for DJs which I moved from Sankeys. I was worried musical people would be evicted, and was starting to receive noise complaints in the day from offices. "I chose to leave my studio above Sankeys just before the club finally closed.
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