Underdog electronic music school

I haven't been sharing my YouTube videos on facebook recently, but I'm pretty happy with today's one, so here it is 😄

I misunderstood how Four Tet makes music Listening to a Four Tet song, I started coming up with a weird and wonderful way to recreate the lead. Little did I know that the original was simply sampled...

This is by far the most bonkers youtube video I've made so far. I'll let it speak for itself.

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Let's talk about two big philosophical approaches to music composition: the additive and subtractive methods!

Similar to additive synthesis and subtractive synthesis, we can think of composition as a process of either "adding the elements we need at any given moment", or "giving ourselves a lot of raw material to cut away from".

What composer type are you? Let's talk about two big philosophical approaches to music composition: the additive and subtractive methods! Similar to additive synthesis and subtractive s...

Let me show you how to turn dance into music. 💃

This tool is a wearable MIDI controller that you can use to shape the music using your body and movement. I'll explore the pros and cons in this video, and collaborate with a contemporary dancer to do an improvisational performance called CONTROL. 🌊

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Playful rumbly techno with rave influences? Yes please. Let's study the masters: FJAAK! I'll show you a recipe to follow for instant techno pleasure, which you can then use to take in your own direction.

Learn a thing or two from FJAAK Playful rumbly techno with rave influences? Yes please. Let's study the masters: FJAAK! I'll show you a recipe to follow for instant techno pleasure, which y...

Let's create beautiful hesitant layers of sound. Starting from a strong musical motif, we curate the best of randomly generated derivative layers. The overall end-result is nuanced, spatial, hesitant and delicious to the ears. 🫧✨🌿

How to hesitate (like Rival Consoles) Let's create beautiful hesitant layers of sound. Starting from a strong musical motif, we curate the best of randomly generated derivative layers. The overal...

I couldn't get this song out of my head so I had to make a little video about it!

Let's analyse that viral tech house banger called "ACRAZE feat. Cherish - Do it to it". We'll look at all its elements in the DAW and why its simple elegance works as well as it does!

how to "bounce with it, drop with it, lean with it, rock with it" I couldn't get this song out of my head so I had to make a little video about it! Let's analyse that viral tech house banger called "ACRAZE feat. Cherish - D...

It's almost Avril 14th, so let's celebrate by learning something from the iconic Aphex Twin piano song.

In this song Aphex twin uses an odd chord shape that I'm not familiar with, so let's explore that! And as a broader lesson, it shows how you can take a piano song, see the abstract chords behind it, and then use those chords as colours for your own musical composition 💙

Simplifying Aphex Twin It's almost Avril 14th, so let's celebrate by learning something from the iconic Aphex Twin piano song.In this song Aphex twin uses an odd chord shape that I...

Here's a tiny (3min) video for a simple concept: let's look at how Bicep raises their "sustain" level at the climax of their track to super-charge their otherwise plucky, wavey synth sound.

An easy trick Bicep uses to make their sounds more epic Here's a tiny video for a simple concept: let's look at how Bicep raises their "sustain" level at the climax of their track to super-charge their otherwise p...

I've never been much into guitars, but there is one guitar technique that's incredibly useful for techno: using guitar amps to give grit and character to sounds! In this video I explore how music producers can use guitar amps to give their sounds a strong stylistic push towards punk-ness, and also how the added character in the mid frequencies can help sounds translate better across sound systems.

Techno & guitars: a technique you should know I've never been much into guitars, but there is one guitar technique that's incredibly useful for techno: using guitar amps to give grit and character to sou...

If you're an electronic music producer, synthetic sounds are your bread and butter. But to give those synthetic sounds life and character, we can use sound colours that come from acoustic instruments and percussion.

And it just so happens, I'm giving away a free sample pack of acoustic percussion recordings that can be the perfect complement to an electronic composer-workflow, adding in nuance and soul to synthetic music.

20 free samples every producer needs Are you producing electronic music, and your sounds are a bit lifeless and artificial? Steal my ear candy! I'm giving away a free sample pack of acoustic per...

When you're working on the bass of your song, there's a simple production error that should be easy to avoid - if only I had listened to my own advice from a few weeks ago!

I failed to take my own advice… When you're working on the bass of your song, there's a simple production error that should be easy to avoid - if only I had listened to my own advice from a...