Tired of the traditional dominance of guitar, bass, and drums in pop music? Here are 9 instruments that have made it into popular music that you either didn’t know about, can’t pronounce, or wouldn’t be able to play without removing from a living creature first.
The Glass Harmonica
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The world of electronic instruments once seemed stubbornly esoteric and entirely niche-focused, dominated by huge wooden boxes packed full of knobs and buttons that allowed the average musician no access to their hidden wonders and infinite sonic potential.
Never was this more apparent than in the wondrous world of modular Read more...
It’s time to dish out some dirt! This edition of the GO TO series is all about everything that’s unclean: Saturation, distortion and harmonics that make our drums gnarly, our vocals gritty or maybe just make our mix sound more “analog”.
When it comes to mixing, there are essentially two Read more...
First in a series, where busy producers/mixers/engineers provide tips and techniques on their top studio tools.
When it comes to gear, engineers, producers and musicians are creatures of habit. When I find a piece of gear, or a plug-in with a killer sound that works consistently from project to project, Read more...
It’s hard to make a great pop song without a great bass line, and it’s hard to do a great bass line justice without a great bass sound. The bass often serves as the soul and the spine of a record, and if it’s not right, nothing is.
Although the Read more...
