CL Music & Audio Podcast 09: DJ Hapa of Scratch DJ Academy
Although I've spent most of the last 10-15 years in the world of hardcore, metal, pop-punk, and so forth, the truth is that hip-hop was my first love. Waaaaay back…
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The Glue Compressor: How To Control Dynamics With Master Bus Compression
Mastering is perhaps the least-understood part of the music production process. The way people talk about mastering would lead you to believe that it's somewhere between cold fusion and alchemy…
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How To Edit Vocal Pitch And Timing in Melodyne
Although most people refer to vocal pitch and timing correction as "Autotuning," most people I know actually use Celemony's Melodyne to do the job. It's an incredibly powerful tool, but…
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The 5 Best 5150 Guitar Amp Sims
When it comes to modern rock and metal guitar tone, you'll almost never go wrong with the Peavey 5150 (and it's cousin the 6505). If you don't have one, or…
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Graffiti: The Untold History of The City’s Truest Art Form
Growing up in the '90s, the only things I really cared about were music and graffiti. Although I grew up in the Seattle area, I was always drawn to the…
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CL Music & Audio Podcast 08: Jason McMahon of Substream
Way back in 2009, I was at Barnes & Noble and happened upon a new magazine called Substream. It stood out from all the other music magazines because it covered the…
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CL Music & Audio Podcast 07: Oshie Bichar of Beartooth
If you pay attention to the Warped Tour world, you probably heard a lot about Beartooth in 2014. Between releasing their Billboard top 50 album "Disgusting" on Red Bull Records…
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7 Electronic Artists With Surprising Metal/Hardcore Roots
Most electronic artists -- even the really big ones -- didn't start there; in fact, a lot of them have roots in metal and hardcore. Here are a few that…
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CL Music & Audio Podcast 06: Dan Tsurif of Mercenary Management
Me (in the striped shirt) and Dan (in the other striped shirt) polishing the Black Veil Brides gold record at Sumerian/Mercenary HQ (RIP Pantheon Agency) Managers are kind of like…
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5 Ways Producers Should Promote Themselves (Without Being Annoying)
If there is one thing that almost all producers suck at, it’s self-promotion. On the one hand, this is mostly because they are humble people who care more about doing…
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