You've crafted the perfect pad sound—lush, evolving, dripping with reverb—but when you lay down chords, something feels wrong. They're either too "happy" and pop-like, or too dark and dramatic. You want that suspended, floating quality you hear i...
You've spent three weeks on that intro. The kick needs to punch harder. The reese bass isn't sitting right. Maybe the break needs more processing. Before you know it, you've opened your project 47 times and haven't added a single new element. Sound f...
You've got an absolutely killer 16-bar loop. The bassline is pumping, the synth stabs are perfectly timed, and that lead melody gives you goosebumps every time. You hit play and zone out for twenty minutes straight. But when you try to turn it into a...
You've done it again. You open your DAW, fire up your favorite supersaw preset, drop in a 4/4 kick, and before you know it, you're building another track that sounds suspiciously like the last five you made. The breakdown hits at bar 33, the buildup ...
You've probably transcribed chords before. Maybe you fired up your MIDI keyboard, noodled around until you found the right notes in that Kerri Chandler track, and called it done. But here's the thing: when you actually *play* those chords in your own...
You've been staring at your DAW for three hours. Your drum & bass track sits at a rock-solid 174 BPM, the breaks are chopped perfectly, the sub bass is rolling... and you're completely stuck. The creative well has run dry, and you're making the same ...
You're six hours into your techno track, staring at a piano roll with a single minor chord. Your producer brain is screaming that you need a chord progression—some iv-V-i action, maybe a suspended chord for tension. But every time you add another c...
You've been staring at the same Ableton session for three hours. The drums are crisp, the glitchy fills are perfectly quantized (or perfectly un-quantized), but something's missing. Your IDM track sounds... competent. Professional, even. But it doesn...
You've programmed a beautiful chord progression in your downtempo track. Four lush chords that feel emotionally right. But when you try adding a bass line or melody, suddenly nothing fits. Notes that should work theoretically sound dissonant. Your ca...
You've laid down a solid four-on-the-floor kick, added a crisp hi-hat pattern, maybe a snare on beats two and four. It sounds... fine. Technically correct. But when you A/B it against that Green Velvet or Honey Dijon track that inspired you, somethin...
