Companion Guides

What is Success?

Can You Make a Living Making Music?

What Skills Do You Need for Music Production?

Can You Learn Creativity?

How Do Small Habits Create Big Change?

Why Do You Need to Be Good at Feeling Bad?

How Do You Build Agency?

The Soft Synced Formula

Understanding Sound

Digital Audio Basics

DAW Interface Fundamentals

Project Setup and Organization

Basic Recording Concepts

Understanding Tracks & Channels

Understanding the Mixer in Your DAW

Audio vs MIDI

Basic Plugin Concepts

In The Box vs Hardware

Monitoring & Headphones

Gain Staging Basics

Workflow & Creative Process

Listening Like a Music Producer

Taste Before Tools

Drums - The Foundation

Building Your Beat

Bass - The Root

Locking Bass and Drums

Chords - Harmonic Color

Building Chord Progressions