Dec 20


I am offering private lessons on songwriting and general music theory. Email me at thebeatschool2010@gmail.com for more details. How to write a song on piano : Beat Making Tutorial – How to Write Chord Progressions. In this lesson, I show how to write simple, effective chord progressions used in many famous songs on piano, including ‘I gotta feeling’ and ‘What goes around’ by Justin Timberlake. I hope this helps your own songwriting. SUBSCRIBE. The Beat School OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.thebeatschool.com Check it out for more videos and articles on beat making.

Nov 18


Click for more info! *** Like what you’re hearing? Subscribe, “like” my FB. facebook.com about.me carterpoulsenguitars.com Skype me for music theory/guitar lessons: warrenlain E-mail to inquire about tutorials for hire: warren@warrenlain.com I’m working on a solo album. Check out my progress here – soundcloud.com *** How to play an acoustic version of Radiohead’s Supercollider (based on the solo piano and Record Store Day vinyl versions). This tutorial is a companion video to my cover here – www.youtube.com Tuning: EADGBE (Standard) Enjoy!

Nov 13


Learn to harmonize by number. This technique works on any song

Nov 10


Click for more info! *** Like what you’re hearing? Subscribe, “like” my FB. facebook.com about.me carterpoulsenguitars.com Skype me for music theory/guitar lessons: warrenlain E-mail to inquire about tutorials for hire: warren@warrenlain.com I’m working on a solo album. Check out my progress here – soundcloud.com *** Part 2 of how to play Radiohead’s “Little By Little” from their eighth studio album The King of Limbs accurately. Check out my companion cover video here: www.youtube.com Part 1 – www.youtube.com Enjoy! Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

Oct 31


itunes.apple.com on sale now www.wkode.com for more info on this awesome guitar app. I’m using the Distorted E-Guitar (sounds a bit like Slash’s guitar sound..hehehe) in Native Instruments’ Kontakt Player, a free version of their flagship software. The free version comes with over 30 professionally-sampled instruments that you can control with your iPhone Touch/iPad over WIFI. Move your hand position to fret 12, set Tap mode on, and then you’re ready to rock. You can download tabs for this song anywhere on the internet that offers tabs. I’m just showing you how to play the intro, which demonstrates just how playable this App really is. Coupled with MIDI, it’s the first of its class. If you play the guitar, have an iPhone/iTouch/iPad, and a computer, then this is a must-app. You would be foolish if you didn’t. You basically can control all your digital music instrument on the computer wirelessly on your i-device. We’re talking 1000’s of instruments. You will enjoy playing for hours/days/weeks/months/years. Just don’t blame me when you don’t get enough sleep. It also lets you capture all the notes you’re playing directly into Guitar Pro 6 and turn them instantly into sheet music and guitar tablature. it will save you 100’s if not 1000’s of hours of work. What took 10+ hours inputting notes one by one by hand now only takes 30 minutes. Just play and all your notes are in. Buying a hardware MIDI guitar will cost you around $1000 USD. This app does the same thing and in some

Oct 16


Learn to play gospel online at www,gospelmusicuniversity,com, The best music curriculum anywhere, Choose courses online in Gospel Pop, Jazz, R&B, music theory and more, Gain Access to our college degreed professional music instructors from anywhere in the world 24/7, Finally learn the many secrets that musicians refuse to share and learn to play like the pros. Greg Hannon is a music educator and the President and CEO Gospel Music University, an online resource that provide online courses and training to students and musicians seeking to be proficient in playing modern Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Jazz, R&B, Neosoul and Hip Hop music styles,

Aug 25


I made this video tutorial for a College project! MUSIC through Graphic Designer’s eyes. Hope you like it and learn something new! Popular music is NOT rocket science after all… Please let me know if i was clear enough, was it hard to understand? If my 7 songs wasn’t enough for you, check out the song “4 chord” by Axis of Awesome Don’t forget to Like / Favorite / Comment and the most important SUBSCRIBE and SHARE :D Thanks. Please “Like” me on Facebook: www.facebook.com SOULTHROW | COVERS Cover #9 – Rihanna – S&M (Punk Rock) Cover #8 – Britney Spears – Hold It Against Me (Oriental Horror Punk) Cover #7 – Wham! – Last Christmas (Hardcore Pop Punk) Cover #6 – Katy Perry – Firework (Rock / Pop Punk Version) Cover #5 – Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are (Pop Rock) Cover #4 – Enrique Iglesias – I Like it (Punk Rock) Cover #3 – Eminem ft Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie (Heavy Alternative Rock) Cover #2 – Lady Gaga ft Beyonce – Telephone (Hardcore Ska Punk) Cover #1 – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Grunge Horror Punk)

Aug 14


The popular way to make a hardstyle/nu style melody these days. Excuse the use of Nexus at the end, I work in Cubase now but made it in FL so it’s easier for people to follow, and all my leads are in Cubase. THINGS TO NOTE AS YOU WATCH: 1. Use a keyboard or piano to compose your melody if possible. This is the best way as it is more fluid and you are more productive. 2. LEARN A SCALE! It takes 5 minutes to go to wikipedia and learn a scale and it’s respective chords, so please don’t just place random notes because it wont work. 3. Set your grid snap options to “1/3 step” (this can vary, but keep your bass notes in the same general area) 4. Half/whole steps up/down. Notice that the first 2 notes are D, then when the bassline changes to Bflat the high notes start on E? This is done to create that harmonic kind of sound hardstyle melodies have. Same with the 3rd bar bassline going down just one from Bflat to A. Get some midis from people like Headhunterz/Noisecontrollers/Toneshifterz and analyse where they make use of this. 5. Play around till something seems right. It might take a while, but you’ll be more pleased with the results than if you simply slapped something together.

Jul 23


More info – bit.ly No Canned Loops for you!!! In this brand new tutorial, Native Instruments product specialist, producer, DJ and Dubspot Instructor, Matt Cellitti returns to answer a frequently asked question: How to incorporate Maschine audio loops and samples into a Traktor DJ set. Cellitti explains and demonstrates how you can create Maschine drum patterns and loops and add them to your Traktor Pro 2 set by syncing the tempos and dragging and dropping Maschine patterns into Traktor’s sample decks. This technique is the easiest way add customized audio loops, samples, sounds and additional ingredients to create live remixes on the fly. The setup does not require any advanced MIDI syncing; you can get this done by simply cueing up the tempo of Maschine to match Traktor and then dragging the patterns in!

Jul 23


Watch the entire course at www.lynda.com Pro Tools 9 Essential Training with musician and producer David Franz demonstrates concepts and techniques necessary for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering in the industry-standard software for music and post-production. The course covers creating music with virtual instruments and plugins, editing with elastic audio for time and pitch manipulation, creating a musical score, and mixing with effects loops.

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