Music Marketing for the DIY Musician: Creating and Executing a Plan of Attack on a Low Budget (Music Pro Guides)
Size 45 Mb
There has never been a greater need for practical DIY marketing advice from a musician who has been there and succeeded than now at a time when new technologies make it more possible than ever for musicians to attract attention independently and leverage their own careers and record industry professionals look exclusively for developed artists who are already successful.
Written by a professional musician for other musicians Music Marketing for the DIY Musician is a proactive practical step-by-step guide to producing a fully integrated customized low-budget plan of attack for artists marketing their own music. In a conversational tone it reveals a systematic business approach employing the same tools and techniques used by innovative top companies while always encouraging musicians to stay true to their artistic integrity. It’s the perfect blend of left-brain and right-brain marketing. This book is the culmination of the author’s 25 years in the trenches as a musician and entrepreneur and over a decade in academic and practical research involving thousands of independent artists and marketing experts from around the world. The goal is to help musical artists take control of their own destiny save money and time and eventually draw the full attention of top music industry professionals. It’s ultimately about making music that matters ä and music that gets heard!
Voice Of Gaia:Strawberry Kontakt Library
Size 3.83 Gb
Voice Of Gaia: Strawberry is a professional solo mezzo-soprano female vocal library featuring premier vocalist Linda Strawberry Coloma. This 5.4 GB collection features deeply sampled ‘Ah’ legato, a variety of vowel sustains and staccatos and thousands of customizable live tempo-synching melodic micro phrases in various keys and styles that can be instantly chopped and sequenced into your own custom arrangements. Known for her work with Zwan, Smashing Pumpkins and numerous other collaborations and solo projects, Linda’s voice has a intense, dynamic and truly expressive quality perfect for everything from cinematic scoring, EDM and dreampop to industrial and world music. Her rich, mysterious and passionate voice and distinctive emotive style burn through the mix.
We recorded Linda in a warm studio environment with multiple microphone types and carefully programmed each articulation into a powerful and flexible performance system. This virtual solo voice instrument brings together superior programming, brilliant performances, unrivaled sonic quality and living, breathing soul into an unprecedented solo vocal solution.
CONTENTS
Voice of Gaia: Strawberry features outstanding True Legato sustains for Ah using the long-form solo method for unparalleled quality and realism, with infinite or natural sustains, natural release, 3-voice polyphonic support and a plethora of fine-tuning parameters. It features standard vowel in Ah(p), Ah(forte), Mm, Oh(piano), Oh(forte) and Oo (piano) vowels. You’ll also find matching fully staccato vowels that with precision note shaping and instant vowel switching. All chromatic content spans a playable key range of over 2 octaves.
We’ve included a vast array of improvised melodic phrases rooted at 80, 100, 120 and 140 bpm, with automatic real-time tempo-synching or time-stretching modes. Phrases are included in the root keys of A#, C, D, E, F# and G# in a variety of modes, with transposition control. Bonus keys of F and G are available for 80 BPM as well. At over 2500 phrases, Linda sings in a broad range of styles from ancient and mysterious to contemporary and soulful. And of course there are plenty of bonus vocal effects, like whisper sustains/staccatos, laughing, breathing, sweeps, swells and more. There’s also a deep selection of sound designed ambiences, drones, atmospheres, pads, leads and special FX instruments.
Two different microphone options: large body, double diaphragm w/transformer or single diaphragm, small body w/o transformer
“Ah” natural true legato vowel with infinite sustain (w/release) or natural sustain.
Ah (piano), Ah (forte), Mm, Oh (piano), Oh (forte) and Oo Staccatos
Ah (piano), Ah (forte), Mm, Oh (piano), Oh (forte) and Oo Sustains
Over 2500 melodic phrases in the keys of A# – G#, with pitch transposition, instant pattern sequencing, legato blending, tempo-synching/time-stretching, shaping and more.
Melodic phrases cover a variety of styles from ethnic to blues and soul.
All melodic phrases organized by root key and native tempo
Improved sequencer allows for per-step phrase start and end markers.
Whispers, Breaths, Warm-ups and other vocal effects.
Tons of bonus vocal Ambiences, Atmospheres, Tuned Pads and other custom melodic instruments crafted directly from Linda’s voice.
Swell control allows real-time dynamic performance shaping.
Full Multi-FX rack panel with Chorus, Compression, Distortion, Amp and Cab simulation, EQ, Delay and Reverb
Our Reverb rack unit includes 25 unique creative FX convolutions and 45 excellent live rooms, studios, chambers, cathedrals, halls and other real-world environments, with flexible tone, size and mix controls.
Fully automatable, with customizable key switch and GUI controls.
Convenient real-time visual wave-form display in every preset.
Product Specs
5.44 GB Installed
11,316 Samples
33 Kontakt 5.1 .nki instrument presets
24 bit / 48kHz uncompressed PCM wav audio
Unlocked Kontakt presets and wav samples to allow user customization
Ultramajic Sounds Vol. 1 is the first pack from Jimmy Edgar’s innovating electronic label, Ultramajic. The label brings its artists’ together with samples from 90s digital hardware, including a TR808, vocoder and the renowned Serge Modular. All sounds were recorded through top end equipment such as Neve preamps, vintage Lexicon reverb, and API eq/compression.
Arc Samples is back again with the follow up to “Spice: Indian Bass Vol. 1″ This pack brings you more Indian rhythms, instruments, and sounds.
“Spice: Indian Bass Vo. 2” features complex beats, swingy rhythms, warm pads, heavy basslines, and nusoul chops. Use this product for Trap, Hip-Hop, RNB, EDM, and Cinematic productions
‘Dreamlike Textures’ is an otherworldly collection of thick and atmospheric sounds that are sure to drench your compositions in emotive and beautiful soundscapes. The lofty heights of ethereal ambiences await you, so come and drift away with this 100% Royalty-Free selection.
Featuring a healthy 800 MB& of sonically inspiring soundscapes, including ambient pad loops, atmospheric chill one-shots & samples, textured Downtempo synth loops and soft sampler patches. Even thrown in are over 250 professional MIDI files so you can see what makes these loops tick.
Whether you aim to manufacture a sonic universe, add ambience to your moving picture or give your intros a cinematic edge, ‘Dreamlike Textures’ will deliver time and time again on all fronts.
With loops swelling out between 90-174 BPM and in a range of keys and styles, this collection will work seamlessly with Ambient, Downtempo, Soundtrack and other Chill genres, but also serves as a great atmospheric element to a range of dancefloor genres.
Check out the demo and download the free taster pack now to join Sample Diggers on a trip to ‘Dreamlike Textures’.
Cymatics WRLD Hip Hop Sample Pack WAV MIDI PRESETS
Size 120 Mb
What exactly is “WRLD”?
Over the last few years, Juice WRLD has had an absolutely meteoric rise within the Hip Hop scene.
Major hits like “Lucid Dreams” and “All Girls Are The Same” rapidly gained hundreds of millions of plays on SoundCloud, putting Juice WRLD’s name on the map for good.
And since then, he’s released another great solo album, as well as a collaborative album with Future — one of Hip Hop’s heaviest hitters.
Our entire production team has always loved Juice WRLD’s music, so they were extremely excited to make an all-encompassing collection of samples, MIDI, and synth presets that capture the sound of this incredible artist.
Every single melody loop in this pack was carefully written and refined, to make sure they authentically emulate the lush melodic style that Juice WRLD is known for.
Not to mention, the drum loops and one shots are powerful, crisp, and instantly useable.
You’ll even get MIDI files and high quality Serum presets, giving you extra flexibility and freedom to make your own great Juice WRLD-esque melody loops.
So grab this Juice WRLD inspired pack now while it’s free!
“Dark Matter” is the latest Release of Engineering Samples.
Inspired by the dark side of Techno Music this Pack is a must have for every Underground Producer out there!
Including 4 big Construction Kits and an additional Dark Soundscapes Folder in cutting edge quality, recorded using the finest equipment, composed and selected with the highest artistic claim.
All of the main Elements are available with & without Sidechain- Compression and exist in a dry & wet version for maximum flexibility.
A lot of the sounds & Loops are coming from analogue Synthezisers like our Moog Sub 37, Moog Mother 32, Arp Odyssey and much more.
Pack Details:
• 4 Big Construction Kits
• 15 Dark Soundcapes
• 95 Wav Loops
• 128 – 130 Bpm
• 44,1 kHz / 24 Bit
• 100% Royalty Free
From the producers of Funk City & Nu Jazz City comes this cool collection of 26 retro-funky construction kits (over 1200 loops). Dig that funky beat, baby! Retro Funky Breaks has the bass lines to keep your booty shakin’, the chicken-scratch guitar to keep your afro nodding, and giant new-millennium breakbeats to get you straight to the center of the dance floor. You know that fly DJ you heard last week, cutting up retro tracks and slamming the scratchy horns over the crunchy beats? Well this is that sound, and beyond…it’s old, it’s new, it’s the in sound from way out. 1978 was never this funky!
Retro Funky Breaks Details
1210 Wav loops
26 Construction Kits with tempos from 90 to 135 BPM
Big Fish Audio Electro Fiesta MULTIFORMAT
Size 576 Mb
Sizzle Music presents “Electro Fiesta “. This product features five Electro Latin club construction kits inspired by chart topping club stars such as: shakira…pitbull…Don omar…Afrojack…mohombi and Collectif MÈtissÈ along with other artists who bring that vibe with their music.
Included:
1- Midi Files
2- Standard/Acidized WAVs at 24 bit
3- All loop tempos and keys
4- REX Loops
5- Apple Loops
6- Over 975 MB of content
7- 5 Construction Kits
8- 100% Royalty Free
Splice Sounds Jamie Lidell Time Mod Sample Pack WAV
Size 439 Mb
In Jamie Lidell’s own words, a welcomed return for his newest sample pack – “So many sounds generated with extremely rare 80s gear – like the famed Marshall time modulator (hence the pack name). This has been a serious labor of love. I hope you can hear the work that’s gone into it – I tried to make something unique.”
Do you have trouble getting your 808 or sub bass to bang through like the pros on any sound system? In this course, Josh Isaacs will walk you through his 5 favorite mixing tips and tricks for getting your 808s to hit hard and push through, no matter the setting.
Part 1: Introduction
In this video, Josh introduces the overall theme for the course and discusses what will be learned in later chapters.
Part 2: Psychoacoustics
In this lesson, Josh explains the definition of Psychoacoustics and how it applies to making your 808 stand out, even on lower quality speakers and headphones.
Part 3: Carving out space in the mix
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make room for your 808 in the mix using various techniques and plugins, including EQ, Sidechain Compression, and the plugin TrackSpacer.
Part 4: Adding overtones to your 808
In this lesson, Josh discusses what overtones are, and techniques for adding them to your 808 to make it punch through in the mix.
Part 5: Compression
In this lesson, Josh discusses compression and some techniques for using compression to make your 808 clear and heavy.
Part 6: Layering
In this lesson, Josh shows some layering tricks that he uses to help the 808 sit well in the mix and be heard in any situation.
Part 7: Stereo Width
In this lesson, Josh explains how using stereo width correctly can help make your 808 sound much larger and wider.
Part 8: Conclusion
In this video, Josh recaps what you’ve learned and concludes the course.
There’s a Japanese concept called wabi-sabi. Imagine a beautiful vase that’s been aged by sunlight, maybe a slight crack or two in the marble. Compared to something new, there’s a beauty in this imperfection. A different feeling arises, maybe a twinge of nostalgia and loss. Japanese-American electronica-via-jazz artist Shigeto, alias of Michigan native Zach Saginaw, embodies the spirit of wabi-sabi seamlessly in his work. Electronic music offers rigidity, perfection, quantization. Yet somewhere within the coffers of Ableton grids and MIDI-syncing, Shigeto embraces the imperfect. Drum grooves swing in unpredictable rhythms. The sharp twang of a rusted kalimba note, the out of tune fuzz of an analog synth, room noise and ambient sounds slip their way into his tracks. He weaves the gorgeous with the inharmonious, 4/4 dance with the swing of jazz, digital sounds with live instrumentations. Find them all in his new sample pack.