Here is the download for the short tutorial from YouTube. Basically I just added a swing factory to the hit hats to give it more life. Secondly I am able to get more of a smoother Bassline but using the 11th key as the root for the Bass.Note that the 11th works best with minor …
It has been a while but I am working on a brand new sound pack for Spring 2021. This new Neo soul sound pack will have all the key organized into different folders. Each patch with have the following Epiano chord progression (with MIDI), piano, guitar chords, 2 x bass lines (with MIDI) and 2 …
I love this beat so much I decided to drop some chords and a melody over it. I used Amaj7, Gbmin7, Abmin7, Gbmaj7
In the midst of COVID19 the music still goes on. Check out our latest release DayTrippin’. Hip-Hop flavor over a smooth R&B sounding beat. This feature lyrics from EMISM, do check out her fantastic material too, posted below. Produced by myself Soulful-Keys, Voc. Graymedium, mixed / mastered by Brother 73rd, and guest vocals EMISM DayTrippin' …
Here is a method of creating an R&B sounding progression, but playing the same note in minor and major. This kind of chord progression you don’t see very much but it works well. The only thing to note however is that it will always force a key change. In the Example below I have started …
A Happy New Year to all. My first post of 2021!! A bought myself a new toy over Christmas, the DJI OSMO mobile phone mount. This is really cool because it has a tracking function which tracks and focus on the subject. Also the gimbal allow smooth film type camera movement. Check the video below
I had been wanting to get one of these when the MK2 came out but always put it off due the small keys. However I couldn’t help but think how small and convenient it was, especially for live performances and travelling, so when I saw it my local music shops in Japan last week and …
This time I have a small tutorial about making dum patterns in Ableton Live. Most people already know how to loop using the session view by toggling start and stop. However, did you know that for MIDI tracks you can actually set the loop length in advance. That way you don’t need to worry about …
A follow up post on the Soulful Chord Machine 2v1.1. I realized that sending MIDI from external software to VSTs can be rather problematic without some form of work around. I figured that it would be a lot more useful if sounds patching were include in the instrument so I did just that. 8 patches …
What is chord voicing? Basically put, it is the order of the keys you press when playing a chord. the most simple way is to press on keys at the same time. The most simple chord voicing method would be to hit the keys in order from left to right in a simple arpeggio style …
