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Structuring Songs in Ableton Live

Jan 18, 2020 The Wavediggerz

“How do the pros manage to churn out so many hits?” you ask yourself. Whereas there are no “secrets” to turning great ideas into great songs, there are a collection of tips and tricks professionals use to help expedite the process, and make things a lot easier. Today, I want to share with you four of those very tricks, with the hope that at least one of these helps take your song creation to the next level.

#DigThis! – 9TH WONDER INTERVIEW – The Art of Sampling

Oct 02, 2019 The Wavediggerz

Tags blog, interview, producer

#DigThis! – 9TH WONDER INTERVIEW – The Art of Sampling

“It’s never the machine but it’s the man behind the machine.” The interview below was first published by Soul Culture TV in April 2009. Why are we shedding light on an interview from 10 years ago you may ask yourself? Well firstly it's with an absolute legend of the game, producer, record executive, DJ, lecturer, and rapper, 9th Wonder. Secondly the points he raised are still valuable to musicians and aspiring producers today. In this short interview he discusses how he got his break, the music he was putting out and the art of sampling. 9th also shares some essential...

Tips For Chopping Samples

Mar 20, 2019 The Wavediggerz

Tags chopping, producer, sampling

Chopping is the art of editing, trimming and dissecting your samples ready to load and play in your beat. It typically involves adjusting the start and end points of your audio sample but the deeper you go in the process the more complex our chopping method can go. Lets have a look and some of the different techniques we can use when chopping our samples and some tips we can utilize. Lets get to it.

#DigThis! – Five Of The Best Blogs For Music Producers

Sep 25, 2018 The Wavediggerz

Tags producer, resources

#DigThis! – Five Of The Best Blogs For Music Producers

At The Wavediggerz we like to give credit where it's due. With that in mind and our continued effort to provide you with the very best tools to enhance your music production process, we would like to present you with our top five blogs for music producers. So in no particular order lets get into it.

Should You Add Tags To Your Beats?

May 21, 2018 The Wavediggerz

Tags beats, producer

In a competitive world where it feels like everyone and their auntie is craving attention we wanted to ask should you still audio tag your beats? Trying to stick out as a producer is becoming increasingly difficult in a game that let's be honest is like many of the worlds creative industries and quickly becoming more and more saturated. Can tagging your beats still be a viable way to build your personal brand as a producer or can it sound like a gimmick, cheapening your brand, doing more harm than good? In this article were hoping we can shed some...