(Newswire.net — December 10, 2021) –As a music producer who works with names like French Montana, Fat Joe, Sean Kingston, and Wiz Khalifa, who produces music for music and TV movies, I’m a studio workhorse. Still, there’s something palpably juicy about creating music with other artists in person.
When Covid started, it forced people out of their collaborative workspaces and home studios. I can trade beats all day over the Internet, but I’ve noticed that people have become even more creative due to necessity, and artists are blossoming because of isolation. However, I believe that artists thrive when we exchange ideas with others, so with this unprecedented change, the music industry has changed too.
Music is essentially a language. You can’t sit and “talk” to yourself. If I hear a melody that someone is working on or a new technique in percussion, it is likely to inspire my sound. I take creative risks, and I know others do as well when the emotion and energy inspire them in a musical exchange – even if it’s the birthing of some new musical idea, it needs to be shared to mature and evolve. It’s a conversation, in the end. The best conversations create the best music.
With tools like remote audio collaboration, a solid home studio setup, and good communication with the artists I work with, I can get the studio feel I’m used to, even if I have to work “alone.”
Platforms like Jamstudio.io, JamKazam, Bandlab, Jamulus, and Soundjack, for example, let me create in a collective environment. There are dozens of apps now that musicians can use to produce music without having to do it solo. As far as inspiration goes, I might email some beats and then jam on them in a remote session to fill out a whole song or sound. It’s always a unique process and organic, based on who I’m working with and what project I’m working on. Some artists work better when I provide the musical seed, and other times, I’ll be offered something spicey like a bass line or a hook to elaborate on, and I’ll just run with it. I have fun no matter what I’m creating, but it’s like telepathy in a way. Once you’ve got a musical vibe going and you’ve established an initial feeling, you can create entire universes with that initial exchange. It’s always amazing to me to see how other people are adapting to remote production.
I’m looking forward to the time when we can all jam in a session together, but I can see how this way of recording offers benefits that will remain even after Covid passes. If someone is touring or out of the country, we can still create on a whim and when inspiration strikes us. I can take risks when I feel inspired adapt to inspire others I work with. It’s a win-win situation in what was initially a wet towel on my creative process.
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