Dance Music for Heroes
Today I had the pleasure of talking with Zeb Lego, the musician, director, and mastermind behind not one but THREE major creative endeavors including the Spirit Swords art collective, the The Legend of Devn nonprofit community, and most recently his James Zero vocal and acoustic project. As James Zero he released Mesmerized on July 18th which has already racked up over 1,500 streams on YouTube.
In this episode of the podcast we look at websites for DJs and producers: why you need a website, one approach for doing it yourself, and some words of caution. I share some of the lessons I’ve learned from running and maintaining this website since 2017, and why I made the decisions I did.
I subscribed to Loopcloud last week and will be canceling my three-year Splice membership at the end of the month, primarily for one killer feature… which is what we’ll talk about in this episode: it’s the Splice vs Loopcloud grudge-match!
As DJs and producers struggle to adjust to the global pandemic many have shifted to live streaming. In this episode, I propose five principles for ethical live streaming.
YouTube is one of my favorite platforms as an artist. I post my original tracks as well as mixes and mashups all on my channel. Two months ago I also began live streaming there as well using Restream.io. I love YouTube because of the number of tools they offer creators as well as its reach. I also love its amazing content ID system which does a remarkable job identifying songs and giving rights-holders granular control over their content.
Today I compare two different ad campaigns: a Google ads campaign run by Omarimc.com against a simple boosted post on Facebook. I dig deep into the numbers, compare Facebook vs. Google Ad results and share some hard lessons I learned.
Today we continue our conversation with 6TH STREET Music, also known as Richard Wang, a Minnesota-grown Los Angeles-based music producer and performer. In 2018, he joined the Producer Dojo, and since then has had multiple original tracks featured on monthly mixtapes and even had three songs featured on NBC’s World of Dance Mixtape. His first EP , “Neon District” hit #3 overall on Beatport, with singles hitting #1 in various genres, including Trap, Dubstep, and Electronica. He recently released a new single, “Eagles,” with his girlfriend Liz Bezler who provided the vocals.
In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Wang, aka 6th Street Music, a Minnesota-grown Los Angeles-based music producer and performer. In 2018, he joined the Producer Dojo and since then has had multiple original tracks featured on monthly mixtapes and even had three songs featured on NBC’s World of Dance Mixtape. His first EP, “Neon District” hit #3 Overall on Beatport, with singles hitting #1 in various genres including Trap, Dubstep, and Electronica. He recently released a new single, “Eagles,” with his girlfriend Liz Bezler who provided the vocals.
Today on the Producer Life Podcast I talk about how I processed the vocals in my recent pop track, “This Way.” I compare two different results, one using an iZotope Nectar 3 preset and then using a custom Ableton vocal processing rack (free download below!)
In episode 22 I talk about my experience using iZotope Neutron 3 and their Visual Mixer on my recent track This Way. How good is iZotopes’ AI-powered mix assistant? Does their visual mixer improve my stereo field?
