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Thursday, 26 July 2012
Optimize Your YouTube Videos
In this section I will give a few hints and tips on maximising the amount of views you receive on your YouTube channel, and getting more subscribers. If you are a partner, this will also help increase revenue you make from YouTube videos.
ENABLING ADS (Partners)
Enabling InStream and TrueView ads on all of your monetized videos will help to maximise the money you earn through AdSense. In order to do this you need to:- Select Video Manger- Select 'edit' on the video- Select the 'Monetisation' tab- Then make sure that and 'TrueView in-stream ads' and 'standard in-stream ads' are ticked for all your videos.
ANNOTATIONS
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Staying Motivated in the Music Industry
The music business is one of the most difficult businesses to get into and I’m right there with all of you. However, if this is something that you really love doing then do it to the fullest! I think the main problem that people face with this business is thinking that the only way to be successful is to be a rich and famous artist. I’m here to tell you right now, that’s not the case at all.
If you could at least make a living from doing what you love, wouldn’t that be worth it in and of itself? Being an artist means that you’re doing something that you are passionate about, period. There’s a lot money to be had besides what you see on television;...
Friday, 15 June 2012
The Ten Commandments For New Producers
Lately I have seen WAY TOO MANY “newbies” who have NO CLUE of the magnitude of the journey they are about embark on when they enter into the realm of music production. Thus I am offering these 10 Newbie Commandments as a Guideline of what steps should be followed before one considers purchasing Studio/Recording equipment.
Ten “Newbie” Commandments
Thou Shalt “LEARN ABOUT MIDI”
“MIDI” is the language in which just about ALL music production equipment made within the last 20 years speaks! It is IMPERATIVE that you learn as much about MIDI as possible. Learn what it does and how it works. If you DON’T have a good grasp of how MIDI works,...
Friday, 8 June 2012
FREE SAMPLE PACKS
This page will be updated regularly with free samples of loops and drumkits for producers. Sample packs are sourced from a variety of websites. These packs are not owned or created by me unless stated. Credits go to original creator of samples.
Drum Kits
Drum Kit #1
This collection contains 1400 various drum samples all in 16 Bit WAV format:
500 kicks;
500 snares;
350 hihats;
50 claps.
The file is 41.3 MB RAR/ 97.6 MBb extracted.
Scott Storch Drum Kit
Step up your drum game with some of samples from the producer Scott Storch himself! These are tuned drum samples, and organized into folders by pitch. Getting your drums in key is...
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Home Studio Monitor Speakers - Get the BEST sound!
When it comes to making beats at home, anybody that is serious about their music will need a set of monitor speakers. It's no use having your beats sounding "cray as fuck" on a pair of Beats by Dre, if somebody listening to your track on a pair of HiFi speakers is thinking "shit sounds wack".
When I first started, I had some crappy £10 speakers and a small subwoofer because I didn't have a clue about mixing and what sounded good or bad. That's why most of my early beats are really badly mixed.
Why do I need monitors?
Studio monitors or reference monitors give an accurate reproduction of the mix. Standard speakers and headphones colour...
Monday, 4 June 2012
Get Your Music Heard!
Get Your Music Heard.
One thing many new aspiring Music Producers worry about is which websites to add their music to to be heard, as, there are many options out there.
It is an advantage to try to get your music uploaded to as many sites as possible in order to reach a wider audience. Here are some tips from me on which I think are the best websites.
1. YouTube
Yes, YouTube is known as a video website, but this does not necessarily mean you have to upload videos. When I started out, I made a video (in, I think, Windows Movie Maker) of my logo and one of my tracks. With some strategic tags I soon started getting comments...
