Tastyfresh.com Issue 22 featuring Joel Armstrong now live

Tastyfresh.com Issue 22 featuring Joel Armstrong now live

16 December, 2007 | 9.39PM

• Written by: alexwilson86
• Filed under: Music News : tasty fresh

We are ending the year with a bang.

As the writers began submitting their articles, I became more and more excited.

I have read them over and over again, trying to get every little bit of wisdom and experience I possibly can. We have four this issue, all are top quality.

First up we have an incredible piece from Joel Armstrong. Joel has been producing for almost 4 years and has his music on labels such as Ruhnsong and Proton as well as half a dozen others. Joel’s remix of Glimmer by Baltic Sound is featured on Marcus Schulz’ Ibiza 2006 compilation. Clearly, Joel Armstrong knows how to put together a rock solid track. In this issue, Joel has taken time out of his hectic production schedule to put together a quality introduction to production software he has used for a year and a half, Cubase.

“I was asked to do a basic tutorial on how to get started in Cubase.  I won’t tell you that the way I work in Cubase is the best way, it’s just the way I do it.  But, if you are new to electronic music production and you are starting out in Cubase, then hopefully some of the things I will show will be beneficial to you.

For writing a dance tune (you pick the subgenre, its basically going to be the same no matter what your preference is), you need three basic things: samples, VSTs (or software instruments/instruments), and automation.  Now, the core of it is obviously going to be the samples and sounds you use to write your tune. However, automation comes in handy when you want the musical experience to take you to new heights.  For the purposes of this tutorial we will not focus on automation or instruments much.  So lets begin: open cubase (I’m using SX3 for this, will upgrade soon).

I’ll start by creating a new project.  From the File menu I select “New Project,” then select the empty template, and click OK.  I’m prompted to select or create a directory for my project.  This project folder is where all my audio files will be imported as I am working on my track, so I’m going to select an area on my drive that I’ve designate specifically for music creation. Doing this will help keep you organized, especially if your desktop looks like mine and that little extra help keep things a bit less complicated.”

Check out the rest of the story at www.TastyFresh.com.

While you are there, check out Kevin Neely’s series on the Dance Music Industry. Kevin has almost 2 decade’s of experience as a DJ and knows the business inside and out.

Also featured this month is Mobile Lighting by Daniel Cook and dealing with criticism while spinning by 15 year DJ Doug Theodore.

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