Mackie Launches All-New, Ultra-Affordable Creative Reference™ Multimedia Monitors

Mackie tell us their new CR3 and CR4 monitors offer Studio-Quality Design and Smart Features for Multimedia Creation and Entertainment. Intrigued? We are too!

8 Questions To Ask To Determine A Production Budget

It used to be that when you were working your way up the food chain as a music producer, you’d hone your chops with indie artists, at first not signed to a label, then signed to smaller labels. 

Erin Barra’s Beats by Girlz

The past five years have seen an explosion in popularity of dance music festivals, in particular in the US. Go to any festival, however, and you’re likely to notice a heavy bias towards male performers.

Timbaland Talks New Solo Album 'Opera Noir': 'This Is My Purple Rain'

Legendary producer picks his favourite new artists and explains why you might soon hear less of him

GOLD MOBB 1.5 (Unreleased Footage) // Cardo, Johnny Juliano, Yung Exclusive, Vybe & Marka

Unreleased rare footage & instrumentals not shown in Part 1...

FL Studio Guru | FL Studio 32 vs 64 Bit

FL Studio 32 vs 64 Bit

Studio Tour with Breaking Bad Composer Dave Porter

Studio Tour With Breaking Bad Composer Dave Porter

Living the Life. The Making Of Jagged Edge's "Heartbreak 2" with Jermaine Dupri and B. Cox

The making of the new Jagged Edge album

Artist Tips: Dusky Details Five Techniques for Producing Precise, Club-Ready Tracks

When introducing Dusky's XLR8R podcast last year, we commented on how it, along with the pair's own music, is "clean, well mannered, and, most importantly, effective." 

New eBook – HitIt: The Ultimate Guide to Programming Drums

After ten years producing music in various genres Chris Nothdurfter from Austria shares his knowledge on programming drums for the first time in this new eBook. The book helps you learn the best strategies for coming up with drum grooves that perfectly fit the music and master genre-specifics – one chapter at a time.

12 of the Best Most Affordable Studio Monitor Speakers

You might think that you don’t need another set of speakers. The chances are that you’ve already got a pair hooked up to your computer - in the MP3 age, this might even be your main hi-fi setup - or maybe you do all of your listening on headphones.

Behind the Beat with DJ Pain: "We are Strong" by Lil Bibby Featuring Kevin Gates.

DJ Pain Breaks Down the Beat for "We are Strong" by Lil Bibby.

The Making of Rick Ross feat. Jay-Z “Devil Is a Lie” produced by Major Seven.

The Making of Rick Ross feat. Jay-Z “Devil Is a Lie” produced by Major Seven.

GrammyU: Workshow 2014 with James Fauntleroy, Hit-Boy & 1500 or Nothin'

James Fauntleroy, Hit-Boy and Larrance Dopson give advice on making music, curing writers block and also create a song live on stage with Hit-Boy making the beat and James delivering a song freestyle. Very Interesting piece. Enjoy!

7 Ways to Improve Your Sound Design Skills

Simple techniques that'll help you to make original noises

How to Prepare Your Audio For Mastering

How do you best prepare your mix to send for mastering? In this screen cast Mo Volans shows you some tricks and tips and best practice.

6 Tips For Studio Monitoring

You can have the most awesome recording gear and mixing plug-ins in the world, but what's the point if your studio monitors are not up to scratch. Joe Albano shares 6 tips for effective monitoring.

The Simple Power Of Reverb And Delay

If we’re being brutally honest, the only two plugins you need to get a great mix are an EQ and a compressor. 

VIDEO: Metro Boomin Presents: Good Cook Up Vol. 1

Metro Boomin, is an American record producer from St. Louis, Missouri, and now based in Atlanta, Georgia. Metro is best known for producing instrumentals for rappers such as Future, Ludacris, Gucci Mane, Young Thug, and Wiz Khalifa, among others.

Watch Metro Boomin make a beat from scratch.

Documented by Cam Kirk

araabMUZIK "Lion" Trailer from 'For Professional Use Only 2'

araabMUZIK's highly anticipated Mixtape 'For Professional Use Only 2" is Out Now. Watch the Trailer for the track "Lion" below.

J-RumTop Five Mix Tips #3 #SlappyDaBass #Bass #808s

Hey everyone, I'm back with #3 of my top five mix tips. This one is specifically about the bass! I hope this can help you guys get better low end results on your mixes. 

VIDEO: Watch a 19-Year-Old Kanye West Rap at a Fat Beats Record Store in 1996

Before becoming the icon that he is today, Kanye West did everything he could to prove to the world that he was an elite rapper. 

DJ Premier Lists Top Producers Today

DJ Premier, one of the most critically acclaimed producers in the genre, recently listed five of his favourite producers today.

A Little Inspiration for the Day #HappyWeekend

A little message Alex Da Kid to all up and coming producers.

Beats by Dre President Defends Headphones after Criticism That They’re Too ‘Bass Heavy’

The president of Beats by Dre has defended the sound quality of the company’s headphones.

A Day In The Life Of Alex Da Kid

We spent the day in LA with English super producer Alex Da Kid. 

VIDEO: Interview with Young Chop: 'I Gotta Stay Working'

Microphone Check co-hosts Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley spoke to Young Chop in the backyard of a store on the east side of Austin, Texas. 

How to Boost Your Output and Write Music Every Day

For up-and-coming musicians and producers, one of the greatest challenges to overcome is the art of juggling life commitments while trying to reach the point of being able to work on music all day, every day. 

Using Arpeggiators in EDM

In this tutorial we'll show you how to use arpeggiators to create music. 

FL Studio 64-Bit Version Lets You Use Up To 512 GB RAM

Image-Line has released a 64-bit version of FL Studio as a free option for new and existing customers.

Computer Components Explained

As the name hopefully suggests, computer-based music production includes one critical component in the overall set-up; a computer. Mac or PC, purchasing a computer for music production—or even building one yourself— can be a significant investment. If you are not on the more technical savvy side, this can be a overwhelming experience.

You Need These 6 Qualities To Be A Successful Musician

The music industry has always been competitive and cut-throat at heart, and these days, income is becoming harder and harder to find. 

16 Cubase Secrets You Might Not Know About

Hidden tips and tricks for Steinberg's DAW

Just Watch!: Haywyre - Smooth Criminal

This blew my mind!

Young Guru Says "Hip-Hop" Is NOT a Colour Based Thing

In part one of our in-depth our interview with Young Guru, he talks with Nick Huff Baril about making the transition from being Jay Z engineer to teaching at USC. 

Foreign Allegiance: Behind The Beat | Big K.R.I.T - "What You Know About It"

Foreign Allegiance takes you behind Big Krit's "What You Know About It".

VIDEO: The Pensado Awards

As promised, here's the full "Pensado Awards" show which held sometime last week. Watch the full video below.

Rich Homie Quan Producers The Yardeez EXCLUSIVE Session

Watch this Exclusive interview with "The Yardeez", a production Duo known for producing 4 songs on Rich Homie Quan's "Still Goin In" mixtape and 2 songs on "I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In". 

Bitwig Review Part 1

Here's a review of the latest DAW to hit the music production world world "BitWig Studio".

Blueprint Minute: Sonny Digital

The Blueprint is a documentary-style webisode series that highlights and focuses on music and entertainment business professionals and their map to success.

VIDEO: AraabMuzik Interview and Live Performance with Ebro in the Morning

The young producer phenom AraabMuzik stopped by Ebro In The Morning to break down the beat game and get busy on the MPC live on air.

Just Blaze talks rise of DJs, ghost producing, what it takes to be a great DJ & more

While best known as a hip-hop producer, Just Blaze started out as a DJ and currently co-hosts a weekly event at New York's Webster Hall called, "House Party." 

DJ Khalil Says Music Needs More Joy After EDM, Dark Cycle

Exclusive in-depth interview with Grammy Winning/ Multi Platinum selling producer who's worked with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Jay Z, Drake, Nas, Pink, Kendrick Lamar, Lecrae, The Clipse, his own group Self Scientific and and most recently produced Aloe Blacc's album Lift Your Spirit. 

Interview: Hit-Boy and Audio Push Talk HS87, "Grinding My Whole Life," and Growing as Artists

West coast emcees, Hit-Boy and rap duo Audio Push (Price and Oktane) stopped through Complex to discuss some of the things going on with their growing Hits Since '87 (HS87) label. 

Keeping Your Studio Cool On A Budget

One of the things that frequently happens when building your own studio in your basement or garage is that you construct it to get as much isolation as possible, then realize that the temperature inside always hovers around tropic-level heat, even while the weather is below zero outside. 

DJ Khalil & Chin Injeti on How They Built Choir for Aloe Blacc's The Man

Exclusive in-depth interview with Grammy Winning/ MultiPlatinum selling producers DJ Khalil and Chin Injeti

The Journey of a Hit

When a hit song 'happens', the 'arrival' tends to appear sudden and expected.

Interview with Producer Lee Major

Lee Major discusses how Lil Wayne's "D'Usse" came together. He also talks producing for other top artistes such as Jay Z, DJ Khalid and more.

Behind the Beat: D Sims breaks down "Turn Around" by Travis Porter ft. Tracy T (Co-Produced with Snap)

D Sims breaks down "Turn Around" by Travis Porter ft. Tracy T (Co-Produced with Snap)

10 Tips For Beginners To Overcome Writers Block

There can be nothing worse than when you’re a musician right? Sitting down to write a track and no inspiration flowing.