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The Basics of Remixing, Part Four: Show Me The Money…Or Not!

by Simon Langford on January 3, 2011 · 1 comment

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford.

Last time we looked at ways in which you can get remix parts (most often vocal stems or a capellas) in order to start building your own showreel.  This would then enable you to approach labels with concrete work to demonstrate what you are capable of.  There is also another, less obvious, benefit. [click to continue…]

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by WAMM on December 23, 2010 · 5 comments

One of the biggest coups we had this year was securing the services of Simon Langford.

If you don’t follow dance music, Langford’s name might not ring a bell. But Langford, who’s produced several top 20 hit remixes, including official releases for artists like Britney Spears and Rihanna, knows his way around a studio, and we’ve compiled his best work for you. [click to continue…]

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The Basics of Remixing, Part Three: Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands

by Simon Langford on October 25, 2010 · 1 comment

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford.

One of the most difficult jobs you will face as a remixer is actually getting your first gig, because it’s very much a chicken and egg situation: you need to get a showreel together to get a remix, but you need to get a remix (or a few) in order to get together your showreel.  So if you are starting out and don’t have a reputation to help you open doors, what can you do to take matters in your own hands and start the ball rolling? [click to continue…]

The Basics of Remixing, Part Two: Staying Ahead, With Multiple Personalities

by Simon Langford on October 5, 2010 · 0 comments

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford.

We can look back and music and very often classify it by its decade. The 1950’s were defined by very definite sounds, as were the 1960’s, the 1970’s and the 1980’s.

But since then, things have started to move more swiftly, and now in 2010, things are changing more quickly than ever. How, as a remixer (or producer) can we keep on top of this continual change? Should we even try to? [click to continue…]

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The Basics of Remixing, Part One: Time-Stretching Vocals

October 1, 2010

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford. In the first part of this three part series on remixing, I am going to give you an overview of one of its biggest challenges: time-stretching vocals. 

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Thinking Inside The Box, Part Three – Mixing “ITB” Is Actually Better

August 11, 2010

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford. In the earlier parts of this series, I discussed the ways in which people can replicate the experience of working on a bigger mixing desk. For many people, mixing in the box is the only [...]

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Thinking Inside The Box, Part Two – Analogue vs. Digital Summing

August 2, 2010

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford. Before we take a deeper look at what “summing” actually is, let’s briefly recap what we looked at last time.  You may remember that we looked at how you could set up your DAW to [...]

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Thinking Inside The Box, Part One – Replicating A Traditional Mixer Inside Your DAW

July 28, 2010

Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford. Mixing “In The Box” (or ITB) is something that has only really become possible in the last few years. But thanks to recent developments in technology, a real paradigm shift has occurred, and more and [...]

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