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Tune Shed
A place where host Blake Murray and his professional musician friend Marty Gray dig into everything about music. We will discuss all the skills around being a music lover, including songwriting, production, the creative process, music theory, music history and anything and everything else we can think of. Much love!
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Blake and Marty release an instrument! Join our Discord to download it. The duo then demo it in Marty's song, which is a total vibe.
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Bringing us back to episode 6 to rehash a fundamental skill -EQ. EQ is key to music making, and is something we can always get better at. It is also a helpful reminder to use the basic tools and break all the rules.
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Bringing back one of the most powerful concepts from this podcast. This is a theory episode, but a simple concept that can change the way you write music. Perhaps it is a new way of thinking about harmony.
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Blake breaks down counterpoint, the study of bringing two or more melodic lines together creating independent melodies that also inform underlying harmonies. This is a great tool to help you compose when you are stuck, create catchy lines, and beautiful melodies.
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Blake and Marty discuss external macros, and using reverb and panning to move the multiple parts of the instrument through space. The duo then demo a small portion of the final instrument, available to download on Discord soon!
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Blake and Marty distinguish internal macros, adding more and more to the instrument and bringing it to life. This episode the duo offer a few more creative ways to add texture and interest to virtual instruments.
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A secret tool for creative sound design. Marty showcases the hidden talent of macros, and Blake has a few ideas for how to use them to build a virtual instrument that is as alive and non-synthetic sounding as possible.
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Blake and Marty demo their instrument, mapping one shots and foley samples together to create dynamic and unique sounds. The duo also brainstorm plans for the interconnected web of mappings that will ultimately make the instrument unpredictable.
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Blake and Marty continue the journey to building thier instrument, and discuss the details of how to use any DAW as a creative sandbox. Blake highlights how the duo will make a "living and breathing" instrument and Marty discusses the operational path to doing so.
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One of the most powerful tools in production is the envelope follower. Blake and Marty showcase how to use this simple tool to make an instrument come alive, and bring a plethora of creative ideas to the table for building unique sounds.
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Marty and Blake continue the journey to building their instrument. In this episode Marty details a few key aspects to organizing samples to make playing a virtual instrument easy and intuitive.
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Blake and Marty solve the perpetual delay puzzle. How do you make delay not get louder, but infinitely repeat? Solve the mystery and help build a living and breathing instrument.
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Marty takes samples Blake recorded and prepares them. This episode is a master class on the technique of EQ and "finding the best" of each sound. This is an essential practice to sampling.
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Using samples Blake recorded, they start to build their virtual instrument. Marty shares how to process samples for the highest quality result. A quick masterclass in waveform timing, EQ, compression and saturation.
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Marty and Blake brainstorm a virtual instrument before they build it. In this episode, the duo reviews the samples Blake recorded, and considers the possibilities of how to use them in a new virtual instrument.
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Marty plays the guessing game as they play through unique samples recorded by Blake. See how many you can get right! The duo then discusses various ideas for how to create a unique and alive drum rack from these sounds. Join the Discord to contribute ideas!
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Marty and Blake take the ukulele to new places, away from strumming and four chord songs and into the world of effects and shoegaze. Join us to hear ukulele reimagined.
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Why does it sound like espionage? Marty reveals the secret ingredient that makes spy music its own genre, from James Bond to the Pink Panther.
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Blake and Marty sample James Bond. On the way they discuss the legality of sampling, including the specifics of creative commons and monetizing. At the end of the show, the duo create a spooky starter to a song.
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While still discussing spy music, and what makes it work, Blake and Marty break down the Phrygian and Locrian modes. These modes are very similar, and full of the secret ingredient that makes spy music work. This secret element also is the secret to Baby Got Back.
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Marty and Blake compose in Phrygian, a mode of car chases, the middle east, and determination. Using James Bond samples and guitar the duo builds the foundation to a song. Join our Discord, and we will share the song starter with you!
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Marty presents and demonstrates the E-Bow, a magical tool to vibrate strings. Blake and Marty test it on various instruments, add effects, and find new sounds for production. Hear something you have never heard before!
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Episode 100 special! Blake and Marty begin the journey to build an instrument and sample pack. The duo discuss the vision and then look through various strange sounds Blake has recorded. See if you can guess what these samples are!
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Blake presents the myths of vocal health and Marty fact checks them. These are the simple tips to keep your voice healthy and sing when you are sick.
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Introducing the ukulele. Marty informs on its origins, and why it is a great instrument to pick up. Then Blake and Marty record some simple strumming into a song where you wouldn't expect it to fit.
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Blake and Marty successfully made music using the whole tone scale. Marty now will teach Blake all of the must-know information about how to send music files and handle reverb, other effects, groups and more.
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. In this episode, the duo creates a version of the same beat but in a major key. The goal will be to hear the difference between the two and implement them into a more final song. Marty also records an amazing vocal.
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. Today they produce guitars and Marty drops a handful of production tricks.
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. Today they produce drums and prepare to add more elements to the song. At the end, they discuss the rare and important connection between "flow" state and washing dishes.
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. The duo prepare to roll up their sleeves and produce a new song by sampling Blake's composition. In this episode, they clean up Blake's composition and utilize time saving templates to set the groundwork.
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. In this episode, Marty breaks down the theory behind the whole tone scale and shows some examples of where it is used in popular music, from Eric Whitacre to Stevie Wonder. At the end, the duo dabble in horror.
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Blake and Marty enter a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. To kick off, Marty uploads one of Blake's compositions and diagnoses what he is hearing in the piece.
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Special guest Leland Kumar Rege-Colt breaks down a common recording pain point called "phasing". Blake, Marty and Kumar then get into how to improve the sound quality of a room by considering what sound really is.
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Leland Kumar Rege-Colt joins the Tune Shed podcast to share his story. From his Dad's records to a band with Blake, from Herbie Hancock's bass lines to Gojira's studio, Leland Kumar exemplifies how to find what you love in music and make it part of your life.
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Knowing your instruments is key to keeping your creative flow. Marty and Blake roll up the sleeves and test out two guitars, a PRS and a Telecaster. Marty explains key tactics for finding the uniqueness in each instrument, and knowing when and how to use them in song writing and production. Rick Rubin's book also gets a mention.
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The 80s are so in. From Phil Collins on, Marty talks history of the famous gated snare drum from the 80s. Blake and Marty roll up their sleeves and remake the sound, sharing tips, tricks and history along the way.
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Even if you can't play a weird tube, we guarantee you can improve your music by adding weird tube sounds. Marty and Blake use flutes and limited skill to add to a song Marty is working on for a client. Marty also reveals many production tips and tricks to make any sound interesting and compelling.
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If your 5th grade first chair flautist was also your first crush, call me. In this episode, Marty tells Blake about his love for flutes, and demonstrates his collection. Learn the types of flutes, how they work and what you might want to add to you collection (even if you can't play them!).
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In part two, Marty and Blake discuss the ethics behind the city that was built as a giant Behringer factory. Is boycott the best action? How do we improve our choices of musical equipment?
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So there's an entire Chinese city that's entirely subsided on a big Behringer factory. There are whispers that this is more than it seems. In part one, Marty and Blake break down what is happening, and how Behringer grew from a one person company to build a city.
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Doctors hate this one little trick that makes you a super-hearer! Marty and Blake break down science itself to help you make the best sounds in the world. Marty also teaches a trick to A-B whole parts, sections and even mixes, a critical step for decision making while creating music.
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Blake and Marty break down the dominant five chord, one of the most popular chords in western music history. However, the hot take is that it is outdated. The duo present alternatives to bring modern life into your songwriting and forgive you of age old antiquities.
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Marty and Blake break down how to practice instruments (and anything). Why is it that so many people give up piano? Or have that old guitar laying around? Here is a few quick tips to make practice more fun and a more lasting habit. Enjoy!
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This is the story of Marty Gray and his path to becoming a professional musician. Blake and Marty reminisce, talk about his journey to obsession with singing and the dedication required to become a professional musician who sang at the White House. Join us for a journey involving the Obamas, Alt J, Eric Whitacre and more.
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Organs are a key element of music history that shaped the modern synthesizer as we know it. In this episode, Marty and Blake discuss the world's largest organ, organ mechanics, natural tremolo and the instrument's evolution. They then demo a digital organ and how it compares to the modern synthesizer.
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In a time when synthesizers were only experiments in wiring and hardware, Wendy Carlos had and vision to bring them into the future as a true musical instrument. This is the story of a transgender hero who combined Bach, Colombia Records and a true mastery of synthesis to discover fame and popularize the modern synthesizers we all hear today.
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We are not exaggerating when we say Wendy Carlos practically invented and popularized the modern synthesizer. This episode Marty and Blake tackle a small portion of the genius-physicist-musician-futurist's life, from being an transgender person in New York to collecting thousands of dollars of synthesizers.
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Blake and Marty break down white noise, pink noise, brown noise and dithering. This episode tackles how noise cancelling headphones works, how added noise makes songs sound better and how to make synths sound more alive. Join us on this episode in the synth series, where we are breaking down everything about synthesizers and making a synth of our own along the way.
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We continue the synth series to learn everything we need to know about synthesizers. Marty and Blake describe voices, not the ones in your head, but the ones in synthesizers! Voices are the secret to depth and character in a sound. In the second half of the episode, the duo and a special surprise synth guru guest roll up sleeves to understand a brand new synth.
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Logan Grime joins Blake and Marty to discuss developments in artificial intelligence and the future of music. After discussing the importance of songs, Logan gives feedback on a melody Blake and Marty wrote. You can find Logan's Masterclass and 1 to 1 sessions at https://bit.ly/vib3store
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Blake and Marty welcome special guest Logan Grime. Logan is a master of melodies and storytelling. In this episode he reveals his life's journey to becoming the musician and melody masterclass instructor he is today.
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Why is detuning, glide and pitch bending important? Blake and Marty talk about the different ways to implement tuning into music to create a host of different effects. The duo then apply it to the synthesizer to enhance the synthesizer they are making. Join us on this episode of the synth series, where we break down and learn about every aspect of synthesizers.
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Marty and Blake dive into modulation. This is where the possibilities within the synthesizer explode, and we begin to make the strangest sounds. Join us on this episode in the synth series to learn and fully really understand the wild side of synthesis.
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Filters are the secret to making a sound come to life. Marty and Blake break down the filter and how to use them to unlock a whole new set of creative decision making within the synthesizer. Join us on this series of episodes about synthesizers, where we break down how they work and master all the basic elements.
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Attack, decay, sustain and release. This episode Marty and Blake break down how to shape any sound and bring it to life. Join us in this continuation of the synth series where the duo uncovers everything about synthesizers.
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Are synths confusing to you? Us too. In this episode we start at the very beginning of every synthesizer's sound with the oscillator. The oscillator makes sound with a simple wave, so Marty and Blake break down the options for choosing the best wave shape. Follow along our synth series to learn how to create any sound and navigate any synthesizer.
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We begin a series of episodes all about synthesis and synthesizers. Marty teaches Blake the building blocks of synths, the oscillator and the mutators. The duo discusses details of additive and subtractive synthesis, envelopes, routing and everything else to start using synthesizers right away.
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How does your software impact your creative flow? What is the best software for you? Marty and Blake discuss DAWs (Digital Audio Workspaces) and how to choose the best software for your creative process.
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We actually finished the song! Blake and Marty add a final memory into the song. Marty shows off fun vocal effects as the duo A/B tests vocals and melds them to the song as the final element.
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Marty and Blake do some quick mixing to help all the instruments (and vocals) have their own space in the mix. This episode is another 'live' workshop where the duo adds the finishing touches to their their song Instinct Cringes. Marty also shares a fun bonus vocal effect at the end.
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Blake and Marty set out to finish the song they started in high school. Finishing songs is hard! This episode is a 'live' workshop where the duo adds finishing touches, hones in on certain vibes and creates the official end to the song. Marty also reveals his favorite default vocal effects for amazingly clean vocals.
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Spoiler - no one can't play piano. Marty shows Blake a fun trick to play in any key without any experience or knowledge of theory. Go fool your friends!
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How you organize you files can help you be more creative? Marty talks best known methods to organize files, reduce friction and never lose anything ever again! Blake and Marty also detail naming conventions, backups, soaps, trash bins, subfolders and the VAULT (ault, ault, ault...).
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It is time to do vocal chops to aid the transition in Marty's work-in-progress song. This is a great technique used all over pop and EDM music to make hooks, textures and pads. Marty shows off a number of different chopping effects and the duo work together to ideate, problem solve and create in this "live" episode.
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Marty and Blake continue to workshop the transition of Marty's song. This episode features a classic production trick we call "reverse reverb sweepies" which works wonders with reverb, delay, formant and more.
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Here we go workshopping a transition in Marty's song. Idea generation is on, and Marty and Blake feature automation as a tool to build up a transition point.
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Marty reveals the secret instrument from last episode, tells about an amazing historical instrument, demonstrates horror music, and the thinking behind the uniqueness of junk.
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How does the harmonic series map to string instruments? Blake and Marty show how harmonics work, and what they sound like, and play examples from many greats including Alan Gogall and Victor Wooten. Marty ends the show with a mystery instrument. Try and guess what it is!
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There is a difference between throat singing and overtone singing. Marty breaks it down and shares more stylistic choices from singers around the world, and out of this world (The music of Dune). In this episode, you will hear something you have never heard before!
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Marty breaks down overtone singing and how to sing multiple notes at once. We get into your nasal cavities to explain these details and then listen to the history of overtone singing from around the world.
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The long awaited episode on the harmonic series. Did you know every note you hear is full of multiple other notes? This is a fundamental concept of how sound works, and it impacts everything. Marty breaks down the science, shows how the harmonic series creates timbre and how your brain interprets it all.
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Why does it matter and is it worth the time? Marty explains all the details, the art-form, industry secrets and how to make your music a little bit or a lot a bit better.
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This is how to get creatively unstuck. Marty and Blake bring on special guest Eli Engelbert to discuss the strategies that let the creative juices flow. This episode is loaded with gems. As Marty once said "Let the lizard brain take over when the thinky part of our brain fails."
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A small little crash course into the seven (really six) basic western chords. Then, how to use them like colors in a painting. Marty explains how they all fit together, and which are friends and enemies. We also discuss how Tyler ,the Creator loves chords.
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Was John Cage the first meme-artist? Or something more? Marty and Blake explore the history of the prepared piano and John Cage as an icon who shaped music as we know it today. Marty reveals a very interesting piece of music he wrote at the end. To hear some bonus music that we discuss see this link to our YouTube playlist.
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The Tune Shed hosts very special guest Brian Funk from The Music Production Podcast. We learn a bit more about his music, experience touring and creating a great band with his good friends. We break down the exclusive song 'Being With You' from Brian's band Some Good Evil. We talk about their creative process, recording vocals, writing lyrics with "the gibberish method" and also hear how Brian made a guitar feedback sample pack. Brian is just an incredible person and musician to hear from. Enjoy!
Hear part one of the discussion here: https://brianfunk.com/blog/tune-shed
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Blake and Marty uncover what it takes to make a sample pack, and listen to a beautiful prepared piano along the way. It can be as complex or simple as you make it, and it is definitely worth it in either case. Enjoy!
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John Cage started it and now you're hooked too. Marty completes the history and shows off a bunch of free-source prepared piano sounds. These are something you have never heard before. Then he discloses a sneak peak into how he made his own prepared piano sample pack.
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Get some or make some! Marty said it best, sample packs are the producers "bread and butter." He details some free sample packs to get you started and demos a handful. You can have the piano Phillip Glass has in his home or even the sounds of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Welcome Emmy nominated TV star Eli Engelbert to the Tune Shed! We get to sneak peak song breakdown on the his track named "Uploading". Listen for discussion on cyber punk synths, using randomness and NASA sounds to inspire, song development and vocal training.
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After writing lyrics, Blake and Marty sit down and record vocals. Learn Marty's process, hear him write melodies on the fly, double and triple tracks and fine tune the final result. While all that happens, Blake finally realizes how effective it is to describe a desired vocal character with playfully ambiguous analogies.
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Ever struggle with lyrics? Before jumping into recording, Marty and Blake sit down and write lyrics on the fly. Marty shares quite a few tricks for making it through this journey and being satisfied with the result.
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Buy one. Produce with it. Learn to circular breathe. Why not? Blake and Marty make a beat and add didgeridoo as a sub, a pad and more!
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Kk let's get it over with. What's a formant? Blake and Marty break it down with demos and then discover a crazy effect! Stay tuned for a sneak peak of Marty applying forments to his own work.
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Know a guy? Want to bring in the big boy bass player? Here's how to prepare, what to think about and how to have the most fun when bringing people in to help you with your music. If you have never hired, you are like Blake! Give it a try and see what happens.
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Major with a raised 4th baby. A higher plane baby. Debussy whirlpools and flowers baby. Feelings of realization and wonder baby. Marty makes a beat that sounds like its from a musical and then turns it Lydian and it completely transforms. Blake loves it.
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Raise the 6th baby. Piano salon music baby. Gregorian vibes baby. Feelings of mist and hope baby. Marty makes a beat and compares Dorian to minor.
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Learn the very basics of Music theory in 20 minutes, featuring special guest Antonia Duble!
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How do we talk about music and what do all these descriptive words really mean? Thin. Warm. Broodish. Bright. Woofy. Wubby. Warbly. Doesn't suck. Nudder go. Pumps. Slaps. Banger.
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Marty and Blake finally add enough layers to their song Instinct Cringes. Now they start to cut, arrange and then add more layers. They sample paper, matches and a toothbrush to add texture.
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Special guest David Magumba joins to share his musical journey and his single Wooden Monarch, that he wrote with Marty Gray. Tune in to this episode to hear how a first grade choir audition can lead to a wonderful musician.
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Marty and Blake continue to shape and form a song they started in high school, but abandoned for a number of years. This episode the two get into adding more layers and arranging the song.
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In this workshop Marty and Blake recreate (from memory) a song they started in high school! In part one we lay out what we remember and make plans to add many many layers to build a full and beautiful song.
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"Let's do another one, but this time pretend you are a smooth pad of butter." Marty breaks down how to be comfortable in front of your mic, be it singing or playing an instrument. He also talks though his entire method for recording to get a great result every time. How many takes? When to preform conservatively? When to go wild? When to listen back? Blake also shares a psychology tip to help you decide how many takes you should record.
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Jokes on you! We have no advice. Lyrics are hard to 'get better at' because they are so subjective. Poetry is tricky even before you add the musical element and start text setting. Marty brings up tips and tricks, like subbing words, playing with tense and changing syllabic stresses to bring out quality. Blake then argues with Marty about Taylor Swift before unifying to shout out Phoebe Bridgers and saltines. Then the two go on a genre journey from pop-punk to classical music of the German elite.
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Me too. Everyone (literally everyone) hates their voice. This episode dives deep into the methods you can use to circumnavigate this phenomenon. Marty makes the good point that making and judging your performance is a lot to ask all at once. First we get into the details of Marty's recording set up which maximizes his comfort, then we get a demo from one of his songs and how he produced the vocals.
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Even if you have perfect pitch, turns out there is still room for error. What's the smallest margin of "detectable pitch change"? As it turns out, you can train your perception. Marty shares some neat exercises near the end. Marty and Blake also discuss musical memory, amusia, orchestra tuning tricks and the physical length of low notes.
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We break down beat basics and build our own live. Marty shares his rare shaker collection. We talk about making beats three dimensional and how anything can be a drum.
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Do I have to use standard tuning for my guitar? No! First we get distracted and talk about what we are listening to: Rosalía, Amnesia Scanner, Oneohtrix Point Never... then Marty teaches the coolest guitar tunings artists use and some that that can make playing guitar easier. Marty wraps it up by sharing his facial hair pattern and Blake shares the beauty of being a beginning guitar player. This episode is rich!
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Introducing Dan Langa! We break down his track 'mayhap' and talk about creating texture before melodies and how morse code and midi helped him make randomness. Enjoy!
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Microphones- for those of us that have never heard the word "ribbon" used in music and don't know what phantom power could possibly be. This is part two of the complete guide to microphones, how to choose them and how to use them.
See microphones demonstrated here: https://twitter.com/TuneShed
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Microphones- for those of us that have never heard the word "ribbon" used in music and don't know what phantom power could possibly be. This is part one of the complete guide to microphones, how to choose them and how to use them.
See microphones demonstrated here: https://twitter.com/TuneShed
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What's that little knob on my FocusRite? Turns out it can do wild things. We'll talk gain staging, but also mic bleed, proximity, and interesting ways to break the rules.
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Major flat 5 baby. Rock and roll baby. Video game intros baby. Feelings of power and foreboding baby.
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Our first guest George Marshall! We break down his song 'Mischief Management', talk composing, creating (even from a low point), drawing inspiration and more! Enjoy.
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Don't show off with your fingers, show off with your feelings. Overplaying, listening...
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Your complete guide to plugins! The free ones to get started, the cheap ones to get finished.
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For everyone with a home studio... the room is bad no matter what. This is a practical guide on how to make it less bad.
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Get a cheap turntable and buy a Scandinavian folk classics vinyl from Salvation Army.
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A new way of thinking about harmony. Who needs chords anyway?
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Do you need to follow the pop formula? Yes. But do you neeed to? Yes. But really, like, neeeeed to? No. Okay thanks.
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Use EQ as a cool effect, not just some fancy mix engineer thingy. These are ideas on how to use EQ to make someone go "oohhh nice."
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We made this song. hehe haha. Here are the stems.
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Don't lean on autotune like a crutch. Know what autotune does, practice with it. Treat it like an instrument.
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Let's demystify jazz theory. It's not complicated, it's really not. Sure, it can be, but it doesn't have to be!
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"I always think of awesome ideas for songs in the most inconvenient places!" You are not alone. If this is you, there may be something wrong with your space. Let's fix it.
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We talk about how to get that grass fed, non-GMO, locally sourced vocal beef.
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An introduction to the Tune Shed, a place where host Blake Murray and his professional musician friend Marty Gray dig into everything about music. We will discuss all the skills around being a music lover, including songwriting, production, the creative process, music theory, music history and anything and everything else we can think of. Much love!
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