Some artists have the stoicism to write music or lyrics anywhere. They scrap up ideas on the subway, on a commute, no mater how loud or noisy it might be. Others need more quiet and peaceful places to…
How to Life-Hack Your Studio-Week
This is the scenario. You gathered some material in the course of weeks, months, maybe years. You scheduled a studio, you persuaded collaborators to join you, your energy is high. You’re ready t…
How to Jumpstart a Writing Routine
Having a promising writing routine can be a vital strategy for creative output. And while there are many ideas and pointers out there on how to shape such a routine, we want to address the first impor…
You Know a Song Layout Is Special, When…
…timeless quality becomes evident. Digging through your phone can unravel some pretty interesting song layout gems. Oftentimes there’s a distinct aura about these little fragments music, r…
5 Ways of Boosting Your Songwriting Session Output
A songwriting session is a great way of expanding your own creative workflow and getting to know new songwriters, producers and working-habits in general. Having to create something awesome on the spo…
klei: “Every song wants to be born differently”
There are moments, where you just know that something special hit you. And when it does, you rewind, you recreate, you run after that something because you know it’s worth it. It’s genuine…
The Limiting Factor – How Boundaries Generate Creative Growth
The bigger musical projects get – the more possibilities arise. Not only do the budgets increase, but also the resources in terms of teams and outside players involved. But big budgets don’t nec…
Defining Your Creative Cornerstones
Finding and defining your strengths can be a tricky endeavor: the more you draw from a variety of different influences and strengths, the harder the process of narrowing down your creative cornerstone…
5 Minute Flash – Igniting That Creative Bolt
Learning how to ignite that creative bolt is incredibly important when working in a professional music environment. Sometimes creative energy keeps coming in like out of a garden-hose, sometimes you h…
The beauty of mobile music production
With high-quality audio and software solutions firmly rooted within the music industry, the possibilities of generating top-notch musical content while engaging in mobile music production are in a con…