{"id":3634,"date":"2021-01-20T08:07:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2021-01-20T08:07:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:07:16","slug":"music-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadors.ucsiuniversity.edu.my\/index.php\/2021\/01\/20\/music-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This\nblog post is about how I make my own music, all from the comfort of my bedroom!\nIf you\u2019re interested about music and it\u2019s production, this is the perfect post\nfor you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 In these times of technological advancement,\neverything has been made easy. Have you realised how easy our generation\u2019s\nlives are compared to our parent\u2019s generations? Well think about it, you have access\nto all the information in the world right at the tip of your fingers. While out\nparents and their parents before that had to struggle and look for whatever\nthey needed to know through books and research. Take a look at the music side\nof things. How easy it has become to learn an instrument compared to generations\nago when going for lessons was a must in order to learn an instrument. Now, all\nwe need to do is go on Youtube and some random guy from America can teach us all\nwe need to know to learn how to play a guitar, for example, all just in one video.\nAnd for free might I add. So, with the advancement of technology, it has become\npossible for anyone to make music from the comfort of their homes. Music\nstudios are becoming increasingly irrelevant if one is pursuing music, as you\ncan have a studio right away by downloading a music production software online\nand turning your own computer into a studio. Sounds amazing right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russ<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Artists such as Russ, come as an\ninspiration to many up and coming artist that produce their own music as he\nalso started by producing his own music and sometimes still delves into\nproducing his own music although he is well established and could easily hire\npeople to produce his music for him. In an article by Forbes Magazine titled, \u2018The\nArt Of Being Self-Made: A Conversation With Russ\u2019, Russ talks about being an\nindependent artist. He talks about how he kicked off his career recording in a\nbasement without any types of relationships or teams. He began a 10-year journey\nto achieve his goal of becoming one of the most established rappers in the\nworld. He spent around 10 years learning about music production before stepping\ninto the spotlight. Being an independent artist means a decision to not sign\nwith any record labels or talent organizations but instead, starting from\nscratch and building up your own blueprint for success. Russ also tends to give\nadvice and tips to anyone who asks for it. He often tweets his thoughts and any\nadvice he would like to give his followers which is where I got the idea of\nproducing and selling my own music. There are also tons of other artist who\nhave done this such as Chance The Rapper and Lil Pump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russ favours the Logic Pro X music\nproduction software that is only available on Apple products. The one that I\nprefer is FL Studio 12 which is available on all types of computers and is also\none of the easiest to understand. There are other types of music production softwares\nyou could purchase as well such as Ableton Live, Avid Pro Tools, Propellerhead Reason\nand many others. Each of these softwares have their own benefits and it depends\non the user on which one he would prefer but for this blog post, we will be mainly\ndiscussing FL Studio 12. There are plenty of music production courses that you\ncan take online, some of which costs a lot of money, but I prefer just watching\nYoutube videos to learn more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A simple home studio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

So, the first step of music\nproduction is to set up your home studio. Basically, all you need is a microphone,\nany types of instruments (you don\u2019t even need to have an instrument), an XLR\nCable (Microphone Cable), TS Cables (Guitar Jack), a USB Interface, and a\npassion for music. You can get all this from any local music store or online (https:\/\/www.musicbliss.com.my\/<\/a>) as it\u2019s\nthe basic items every music producer needs. Next you can purchase FL Studio online\ndirectly from their website. (https:\/\/www.image-line.com\/flstudio\/<\/a>).\nAfter you have all this, you can start with the creation of your masterpiece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How I always make my music is by\nfinding a nice chord progression on the guitar. I learned the guitar mainly by\nwatching Youtube Videos as I prefer not to have people yell at me for playing a\nC Minor instead of  C Major. In videos,\nthe teachers cant scold you for making tiny mistakes. The videos that I\ncommonly watch are (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/seandaniel23<\/a>)\nand (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jraciti1<\/a>).\nTo me these are the only videos you need to really learn an instrument. In this\ncase guitar and piano. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The record button on Fl Studio 12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next, you want to record your new\nfound song into the music productions software. After you have connected your\ninterface to your computer, your instruments and microphone into the interface\neverything should go smoothly. Instructions are given in the USB Interface box\nso it should not be a problem to record. Once you\u2019ve recorded it, you can start\nplaying around with drum beats to give your song a beat to follow. This is the\npart I dislike the most because I do not know how to play the drums. So, through\ncountless days of listening to every song ever, I eventually learnt how to\nproduce a nice sounding drum beat. You can start like this, firstly the kicks (which\nare the deep sounding drums), then the snares (which are the drums that sound\nlike claps) then lastly the hats (which are the really thin and crisp sounding part\nof the drums). There are plenty of different types of drum beats that are\nalready inside FL Studio which are given to the user. If you don\u2019t like how\ntheir drums sound, you can always download plugins which can be found online.\nThere are some free plugins but the majority of them have to be bought. I\ndownloaded two free plugins which I found a few months ago but can\u2019t seem to\nfind the link anywhere now, lucky me right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all that is done, you can start to record your vocals into the software. This can be done using the microphone you just bought. Once that is done, now the mixing begins. Each of the instruments should be linked to a different channel and you can name the channel for ease. Effects should be put on each of the channels in order to make the instruments better or more realistic. The same can be done for vocals in order to make it sound clearer. The effects that I normally use are Parametric Eq 2, Fruity Delay 2, Fruity Reverb 2, Fruity Limiter and Fruity Compressor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of these effects have their own functions. I will try my best to explain them to you. The Parametric Eq is used to control 3 aspects, levels, frequency and range of the recording. This lets you change how the recording sounds and suit it to your needs. Next, the Fruity Delay is used to delay a recording by a few seconds, basically like an echo. Besides that, the Fruity Reverb is to make a recording sound more wet. What does wet mean? It means it gives the recording a fuller sound so it doesn\u2019t sound too thin. Furthermore, the Fruity Limiter is used to boost the volume of a sound and to remove any undesirable noises that are in the recording. Lastly the Fruity Compressor is used to reduce the dynamic range of a recording by bringing down the level of the loud parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Effects during the mixing stage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So I\u2019ve done my part in helping you\nget started in music production. The way I learnt and got better at it is by\nconstantly playing around with all the effects and plugins this software has. I\nhope this was beneficial to you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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