BASS SUB BASS should sit 1-2 octaves below root note. No reverb on bass Length of kick decides room for bass

Bounce MIDI to AUDIO. - its good practice committing to ideas - it enables you to see your ideas in a new light - Better stability in your DAW

COLOR CODE! - It keeps project organised - Its nice on the eyes/mind

SIDECHAIN COMPRESS before playing in parts. Bass and instruments.

OFFSET claps. - This stops claps getting lost in the mix

PRACTICE WORKING FAST. Learn your DAW shortcuts

give your song a NARRATIVE/Set the tone. -using samples, like vocal samples

Theres no relation between TIME spent and QUALITY of music. -The same applies to how many tracks there is in a song

FOCUS on IMPORTANT rhythmic/melodic ideas early on. Dont waste time layering sounds

Fix from SOURCE whenever possible. KEEP processing clean & calculated REMOVE silences for a cleaner mix

THINK: in terms of ENERGY, RHYTHM, VIBE, EMOTION. NOT: punchy, clean, analog, mono

Only EQ/COMPRESS when needed.

when you see a SPECTRUM ANALYSER, think in terms of OCTAVES

BOUNCE REVERB to AUDIO. then you can filter/ precisely control it

SYNCOPATION IS KEY TO DANCE MUSIC. Syncopate a vox sample and synth or kick

USE WHITE NOISE to fill empty space subtly

MONO is LOUDER, so use it when you can.

ALWAYS START your track with an interesting IDEA

AUTOMATION - Name your automation channels. E.G filter sweeps

Create TEMPLATES in your daw. Work from these rather than blank projects. Speeds up the creative process when laying down new ideas.

DRUMS SIDECHAIN EVERYTHING to KICK DRUM Test KICK and SNARE on multiple sources make the KICK the loudest peak in the song (makes mastering alot easier)

LEADS group layers turn off individual track fx use 1 compressor/ reverb on whole group delay>reverb>saturation

VOCAL SAMPLES make more SYNTHS/FX from VOX SAMPLES. - humans love human voice.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.

If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction.

It's going to be very interesting to see somebody playing me.

In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of leading by example, I returned 5 percent of my paycheck every month to pay down the debt.

As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people who are on television.

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.

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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I cant hide anything from them.

Low interest rates are usually attributed to low inflation, weak economic growth and super easy monetary policy. But there's another deep-seated factor that doesn't get much attention: demographics.

I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.

When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.

I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.

One can fall into the 'soft bigotry of low expectations.'

People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.

The idea of peer critique, of talking about each other's art - I just found it so useless.

The other day when I was walking through the woods I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.

I come from Venezuela, from the independent film arena, and you work with one camera.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

The way to achieve your goals is step by step, you just need to build enough track, to be ahead of the train.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.

The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.