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Is Sonic Producer The Best Music Creation Software?

June 19th, 2010

Sonic Producer is a innovative music sequencer that has MP3 export capability . There are numerous different types of music making software available now , It is hard to figure out the best music creation software available .  What element makes Sonic Producer better than the rest ?

Sonic Producer is online beat producing software which is bought to customers by way of their browser by way of a Members area. It can be used on any computer platform be it PC or Mac and can be used with all operating systems.  Your only prerequisite is an internet connection.

The package consists of , in addition to the music making software:

  • tutorials to teach you about music production
  • step by step video lessons
  • documentation
  • a very largecollection of high quality sounds and effects

You will always find help available in the members section any time of the day or night . There really are no limits to what you can do with this program you are free to record as many melodies as you want and either save them to MP3 or you can simply save them online. The music sequencer has 16 tracks all of which have their own set of volume controls.  And the beats per minute is fully adjustable allowing you full charge over the tempo of your music .  The package also has a virtual keyboard and drum pad which means you can also add your own unique beats to your music .

Sonic Producer does offer so much more than its competition in the online beat making market , the quality of the sounds library is simply incredible .  Not only is the quality outstanding the selection of sounds is impressive:

  • All the different types of drums you can imagine
  • every type of guitar you can think of
  • Any piano style you might want
  • All the brass instruments available

It is incredibly easy to use .  I am by no stretch of the imagination a professional musician and certainly have no music making experience, but I was able to mix my own music with ease .  It was very enjoyable I did not want to stop .

A great benefit I found is the content included with the training centre .  If you really want to learn all about music production you will find it here .  You can also learn how to play guitar and other instruments.

On the negative side you cannot add vocal tracks to your compilations you have to do that independently after exporting your music to MP3.  If you were to compare Sonic Producer to professional console software you would find it lacking you have limited flexibility .  You need toshould take this into account when deciding the right product for you.  But if you just want to start making your own beats and you are on a budget this is a very good starting point .

Anybody can use Sonic Producer  , the step by step guides will get you producing beats very quickly .  When you do hit problems there is online support available to you . 

I can think of no better  way to begin and release your musical creativity .  It can be used by anybody of any age ready to make some music A good first taste for anybody wanting music production to be more than just a hobby .

Another great use I found for Sonic Producer - it is a great stress reliever.  It is such a buzz that you have been able to produce some great tunes .  This is a lot of product for the price . Just $29.95 with no added costs later, this is real value for money .  I would strongly recommend giving it a go you will surprise yourself at just how creative you can be .

There is a quote which says " we all have music inside us, we just need to learn how to get it out".  If you want to make beats on computer This software will do exactly that in a fun way.

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A Quick Story of Hip Hop From Canada

May 23rd, 2010

I would like to give a roar out to the homey Drake. I was in new york filming this past week and spent a lot of time in the auto listening to the radio. Hot 97 was playing 'Over' once an hour, as well as 'Say Something,' his collusion with Timberland. What I was most impressed with however , was being in the center of Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn and hearing his single blasting out of apartment windows and every passing vehicle with outsized edges. To have a legion of thirteen year old female fans and at the same time have your music being played in the hood displays an incredible range that could be a recipe for lasting success. But why is it that so few people in the States mention that Drake is from Canada? Even better why is it that Canada only embraced this home grown product after he began to blow up south of the border?

Drake isn't shy about repping his home and local land, but the sorrowful truth is that before he signed with money cash, a lot of Torontonians were hating on Jimmy from Degrassi's new hobby. He ain't real, he is's from Forrest Hill, he is's soft, are two phrases I heard. In general, and excluding Vancouver which supports the shit out of their talent locally, Canadians only appear ready to embrace their own when our neighbors from the south give their seal of approval. Perhaps its our self-depreciating humour and way of looking at the world that reaches to hating on home grown talent and products. Or maybe its the incontrovertible fact that we import the bulk of our culture from the States, I do not really have a solution. My best guess would be a mixture of the above, joined with the indisputable fact that our population numbers only 30 million, compared with three hundred million, which makes it tricky for anyone to get massive in Canadian hip hop industry as literally the whole country would have to be listening to them. What i do know for sure is that this country breeds plenty of proficient people in the entertainment industry, and when those folks become 'successful' they move to, or at least work in, America.

E-40 sold 100,000 tapes out of the trunk of his vehicle in the Bay Area alone. That would NEVER occur in Canada. Birdman claims to have accumulated 50 million dollars by the time he was 21 years old from travelling across Louisiana and local states distributing monthly mixtapes in local record stores. Whether or not that is a cruel boost and he only made 1 million, that would NEVER happen in Canada. Down south, indie hip hop artists are supported by their community, a community that's proud of its local product and so helps that artist gain a bigger audience. In Canada, for whatever reason we wait for validation that this is in reality 'good' or 'real' before we embrace our own. Drake has reached a level of rap superstardom that no Canadian before him has acheived. Perhaps this can be an important point where we take pleasure in, and embrace our talent** so helping them to gain a bigger audience rather than hindering them with our lack of support. But maybe not, because of course , I didn't write this post six or 8 months back before Best I Ever Had got giant, and it took me going down to Manhattan and hearing it everywhere to countenance his success in my mind. Typically Canadian.

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Seminal Rock Band Depeche Mode

May 21st, 2010

Depeche Mode is touted as one of the most influential rock bands of the eighties. Its two decades in the industry have also garnered it the title of the most widely known electronic rock group of all time from Q Magazine, as well as one of The Sunday Telegraph’s best British pop bands of all time. This iconic band has accumulated fans far and wide, with some of them achieving rockstar status themselves, such as Fear Factory, Pet Shop Boys, The Killers, A-Ha!, Crystal Method, and Shakira remaining ardent fans to this day.

 

Many of Depeche Mode’s best known albums have frequently hit the top spot in the European music charts, as well as charts in the USA and the UK – they have close to fifty songs that rose in the UK Singles Charts. Music label EMI has even concluded that the supergroup has sold more than a hundred million in singles and albums all over the planet, rendering Depeche Mode the most successful and highly prolific electronic act in the entirety of rock history. Essex’s Basildon birthed this seminal electronic band in 1980, with Martin Gore, vocalist Dave Gahan, and Vince Clarke as the core members. Alan Wilder took the rein for keyboards and the drums when Clarke separated from the group shortly after the debut album Speak and Spell was released in 1981.

 

The band’s groundbreaking sampling techniques, among other famed weapons in their audio arsenal, built their electronic rock and pop amalgamation into what it is today. These recording techniques, as well as Gahan’s songwriting prowess, have driven the Pet Shop boys to up the ante while crafting the latter’s album, Behaviour. Chris Lowe of the ‘Boys cited the superb sounds of Violator as having “raised the stakes,” driving them to work harder and better on their own album.

 

Fear Factory’s industrial metal soundscape was also partly due to Depeche Mode’s songs, with FF drummer Raymond Herrera citing DM’s moody tunes (and the speed-thrash tracks from metal gods Slayer) as a significant part of his musical roots. Likewise was Funeral for a Friend’s guitarist Darren Smith’s statement, saying that his band was heavily influenced by the long-lived electronic rock group.

 

An unlikely convert at the tender age of thirteen was Colombian songstress Shakira, whose DM influences she testified to as primal and instinctive in her biography, Woman Full of Grace.

As you would probably expect with a band that has reached the status of Depeche Mode there is plenty of band memorabilia to get to show your allegiance.  Depeche Mode shirts are particularly popular.  Perhaps Shakira has one or more?

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