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Cheapskate Chooseday
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Released Too Soon? Arturia Augmented Strings Intro

Arturia are known for making amazing analog simulations of vintage gear from yesteryear but can they tap into the modern hybrid scoring market of today competing with companies such as Spitfire, Output and Native Instruments? In this video I take a brief look at Arturia’s new Augmented Strings Intro, this is a morphing instrument that has four layers of sounds some organic and some synthetic. Those layers can be morphed to allow the patch to evolve and change over time.

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Studio Horns Does Dream Pop, Featured Image
Logic Pro X
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Studio Horns Does Dream Pop

Learn how Studio Horns can contribute in creating a convincing horn section for a Dream Pop sound like St Motel’s My Type.

Get tips on voice leading, chord voicings and chromatic movement, choosing the correct plugins when using Logic Pro X’s Studio Horns to enhance your sound. Learn about writing with this in depth tutorial.

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Image of a drummer performing, in the background is midi data and the title Three Rhythmic Techniques For Better Compositions.
Music Theory
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Three Rhythmic Techniques For Better Compositions

Learn how three simple techniques can transform both the feel of your rhythms and melodies.
In this blog you’ll learn three very simple methods to truncate, extend and displace either your rhythm section or your melodic motifs.
Dive in and start to add more colour and excitement to your music without actually doing that much!

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Track Breakdowns
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How Madonna Effortlessly Blurs Major and Minor Tonality

In this track breakdown I dive into Madonna’s Like A Prayer, explore the harmonic backdrop that at first glance seems to be harmonically quite simple. However, with clever use of slash chords, shifting tonality and harmonic repetition and rhythm this song is a masterclass in diatonic writing.

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be musi Musings
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Street Food And Festivals Are A Perfect Match

Love music? Love food? Then a food festival might just be the ticket. Trouble is going to a festival you’ve not heard of before might be a recipe for disaster if the cake hasn’t risen to musical perfection. Here’s my take on FeastyFest a music and street food festival in South London.

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be musi Courses
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Learn. Share. Participate.

be musi runs live classes in groups of four but is group learning any good? I mean who wants to go back to school! In this article I discuss the pros and cons of learning in a group and whether it can super charge your musical knowledge or will just irritate the hell out of you when having to share with others. Find out more!

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Music Self Development
bemusiDarren

If You Run After Two Hares You’ll Catch Neither

Proverbs can be a great way to give us simple reminders about what it is we want and how best to achieve it, focus on one goal or path at a time. Whether you’re wanting to get better at music composition or develop your career, chasing too many objectives at once can lead you on path to nowhere. Heed this proverb and you can’t go wrong!

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Collage of three images A Judge Dredd guitar, a rock band and pink fluffy handcuffs
be musi Musings
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Judge Dredd To be musi

Why does be musi exist in the first place? Every good service has to start with a genuine reason to help others and provide the highest and best value offering a service that will genuinely solve a person’s music or production problems.
Let me share with you why be musi exists in the first place, from Judge Dredd, to the best outros in the world and a jam session at the Cucumbar that all led to the creation of be musi.

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Dexter And The Dominos. This is an image of a 5 year old child playing with dominos.
Music Practise Tips
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Dexter And The Dominos

Inspiration and lessons in learning can often come from the places you least expect. It’s good to keep an open mind to learning something new or being reminded of what the best learning strategies are. This is about how a 5 year old taught me to learn through dominos.

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Music Self Development
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What’s Your Music Mission Statement?

A music mission statement should be an important aspect of any series musician. It has helped guide many careers and been a key factor in keeping many an artist focussed on their own music mission. Learn how a music mission statement can help you.

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be musi Musings
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Hello Music World!

Hello music world, when I first wrote this for some reason the blog post posted the wrong date (see above, nope not written in 2019!), anyway it got me thinking back to what I’ve done over the past year, how did I develop as a musician and most important how well did I cope with a ‘black swan moment’.

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