https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/genres/pop/Latest entries for the tag PopenFri, 27 Oct 2023 15:50:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/When she’s in the studio, machìna’s primary goal is to write music that satisfies her own creative urges. But when she’s on the stage, she performs her personal, idiosyncratic creations with the dazzling presence of a pop star. In July 2023, she met with Ableton’s own Craig Schuftan in Berlin…Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:50:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Formed in 2015 by Brooklyn duo Brady Keehn and Melissa Scaduto, LA-based Sextile began life as an “occult-inspired” post-punk band, with the line-up quickly expanded through the addition of bassist Kenny Elkin and guitarist Eddie Wuebben. Initially compared to psychobilly surf rockers The Cramps, their album A Thousand Hands was…Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:26:30 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/muna-staying-alive/Comprising Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin, electronic indie band MUNA first came to public attention in 2016 when their infectious single “I Know A Place” landed in the Billboard Adult Pop Top 40. Clearly not your everyday mainstream pop act, the trio’s brand of melancholy, hook-based synth-pop was…Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:12:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/muna-staying-alive/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/melati-esp-collaboration-worldwide/How do you improvise in real time with collaborators who are halfway across the globe? This tricky proposition confronted the trio Asa Tone – Melati Malay, Erin Rioux aka Tristan Arp, and Izak Jerasimo aka Kaazi – as they set up to play an all-remote 2020 edition of the New…Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:43:53 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/melati-esp-collaboration-worldwide/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/water-from-your-eyes-microtonal-indie-pop/“Life is horribly dark right now. And yet, it is not unfunny.” Finding humor in fatalism is the ethos behind offbeat indie-pop band Water from Your Eyes. Comprising Rachel Brown and Nate Amos, the duo began collaborating in 2016 having found common ground in the serene yet somber sounds of…Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:11:17 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/water-from-your-eyes-microtonal-indie-pop/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sg-lewis-bridge-to-the-underground/Sam Lewis doesn’t usually enjoy making music on his own. “It’s like going to the pub by yourself,” he explains. “It can be fun, I guess. But I find working with other people so much more exciting.” It’s not a surprising sentiment to hear from someone whose long list of…Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:21:30 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sg-lewis-bridge-to-the-underground/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shima-full-autonomy-over-everything/How important is it to have creative control over your music? For Japanese-American singer, producer and engineer Tina Johnson, AKA Shima, it’s worth giving up a promising pop career and starting again from scratch. These days, Shima owns every stage in the creation of her shimmering contemporary synth-pop releases; from…Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:34:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shima-full-autonomy-over-everything/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-reid-stefan/Watch Reid Stefan bring an EDM vocal track to life using Live’s stock plugins. Get tips on how to use comping, EQ and compression to help vocals sit right in the mix, and learn techniques for adding character and depth with doubling, saturation and reverb.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:25:26 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-reid-stefan/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-catnapp/See how Berlin-based songwriter and producer Catnapp gets started crafting a tense slice of hyper-modern rap. Watch her lay down an initial structure and some icy vocals before digging in her demo archives for inspiration.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:58:12 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-catnapp/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/imagine-dragons-from-home-studio-to-shangri-la/The best-selling rock band of the past decade doesn’t rely on a big-budget studio to craft their sound. “I recorded ’Thunder’ in a big room in my house,” says Dan Reynolds, lead singer of Las Vegas quartet Imagine Dragons. “Most of my vocals are recorded in rooms like this. Horrible…Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:22:14 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/imagine-dragons-from-home-studio-to-shangri-la/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/bringing-it-back-home-how-gordi-made-our-two-skins/The sonic textures on Australian indie-pop musician Gordi’s atmospheric album Our Two Skins not only accent her songwriting, but also tell a story. Throughout the record Gordi, aka Sophie Payten, contemplates themes of family – the single Sandwiches is a tribute to her late grandmother – and identity, as well…Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:10:35 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/bringing-it-back-home-how-gordi-made-our-two-skins/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/wonk-seamlessly-connecting-musicality/With a next-generation, groove-infused sound described as “experimental soul”, Japanese band WONK have been making waves with their unique creativity, mixing traditional jazz and R&B instrumentation with hip-hop style sampling and modern electronics. All the members of WONK use Ableton Live as a fundamental part of the group’s music production…Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:12:26 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/wonk-seamlessly-connecting-musicality/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-rachel-k-collier/Rachel K Collier guides us through intuitive audio routing and live improvisational looping to craft a distinctive, uplifting club track. She introduces the concept of cue mixing, demonstrates her workflow on Push and layers up vocals in this expressive performance. And I Breathe Live in Berlin for Ableton HQ, by…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:11:58 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-rachel-k-collier/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-novaa/Novaa showcases inventive ways of processing her voice while remixing her own track for a brooding take on hyper-modern pop. Using effects like autotune and vocoder, she takes her singing in new and exciting directions while promoting the idea of embracing imperfections.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:28:53 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-novaa/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-anna-disclaim/Anna Disclaim turns samples and her own voice into data using audio-to-MIDI techniques to craft a distinctive strain of pop-noir. As well as creating melodic elements using her voice, she also highlights the creative potential when re-sampling existing parts of a track using Simpler.Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:34:16 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-anna-disclaim/ArtistsTutorialsVideos