Focal SM9 and Twin Studio Monitor Speaker Demo
Focal invited me to Dean Street Studios for a Focal SM9 and Twin Studio Monitor Speaker Demo ages ago, but I just haven’t had time to write about them until now. When I walked into the room, the monitors were set up along with some NS10s like we have here for our mixing course. They looked massive with what I thought was an extra driver in the top of the cabinet! More on that later. The guys (Focal, Focal’s distributors and Gav at Kazbar Systems) had a selection of CDs and asked me to take my pick. I chose James Blake’s...
read moreResident Advisor Competition Winner
Congratulations Adam Heaps who won Resident Advisor’s Ableton course competition with us. He’s nearing the end of it now, so we thought it’d be a good time to catch up with him… Congratulations on winning the Ableton course. How did you find out about it? “I often check the competition bit of RA and it was there. I wasn’t aware of Garnish School of Sound until I saw the competition (which I was lucky enough to win). I was really pleased to win the main prize, and I have had some decent luck on their...
read moreRebel Sonix video mixtape | Larry Holcombe
Larry Holcombe is our teaches mixing and mastering and week three of the EDM course where he shows he learners how to make Dubstep in Massive. Massive is the first tool that springs to mind of you want to start learning how to make Dubstep. As you progress, you will want to start using other toys too including Logic’s ES2 and maybe some outboard gear like a Nord lead 2. Larry shows you how to make a Dubstep bassline in Massive and then the exact same patch in Logic’s ES2 demonstrating that you don’t need Massive. This is the...
read moreElectronic Dance Music | How to Make Electronic Dance Music
Electronic Dance Music | How to Make Electronic Dance Music | Act Natural… by Steve Powell I personally feel that you can break electronic dance music (EDM) down into three things when learning how to make dance music; structure, sound and soul. The soul you put in is a mixture of so many things like groove, expression, the spirit of a track, it’s emotion, subtle timings and a million more extras. At the end of the day however, soul is a fairly unexplainable term. It’s just there, you feel it, love it and that’s about… it....
read moreDance Music Production – Creative vs. Technical
Dance Music Production – Creative vs. Technical by Steve Powell What does it take to make a record in terms of equipment? A four track? A Mac Pro? An SSL4000E? What people use and how they use is of course crucial to the quality and type of dance music production that’s made. The equipment heavily dictates many of the attributes of the music that’s created, probably far more than many people realise. It was commented by one well known electronic music producer that “I realised that I was getting bored with a lot of the music I...
read moreGet your music heard by A and R at music management/label
Get your music heard by A and R at music management/label: Antony Meola is the A&R manager at Upper 11, they are a top music management company and record label in London. He’s been in touch with me asking if I could recommend any hot up and coming producers at Garnish School of Sound to collaborate with existing producers on their roster working with artists both on and outside of their company. This could end up with you having a management deal with them so I have decided to offer this opportunity out to all of my supporters. I...
read moreMixing vocals and Audio Compression in your home recording studio
Mixing vocals and Audio Compression in your home recording studio: I’ve just got a youtube channel organised and my first video is all about mixing vocals using audio compression in your home recording studio. I only scratch the surface and I think I need to work on my presenting skills but I played it to a musician friend of mine who said he learnt loads about mixing vocals using audio compression – that’s the important thing I guess. I keep saying that there’s no time and don’t explain why. There was not enough...
read moreWe teach you what you need to know in the way you learn best.
Garnish School of Sound press release The new GARNISH SCHOOL OF SOUND where we teach you what you need to know in the way you learn best. 22/2/11 London The new music production school, Garnish School of Sound is the only school with six week courses that teach you all you need to know to make great sounding tracks. We use cutting edge, real world equipment in a fantastic new facility in London’s home of music, Camden. With tutors whose clients read like a who’s who of music of the 21st century, this is surely the...
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