Loop Session: Discover machìna’s Approach to Performing
Watch a live-recorded interview with machìna to learn how she takes her music to the stage and turns her art into an engaging live performance.
Posts tagged with Pop
Sextile: Rocking The Synths
LA synth-dance-punks Sextile discuss fusing elements of trance, cold wave, and drum and bass with irresistible pop hooks for their infectious, high-energy sound.
MUNA: Staying Alive
Interview with queer-pop trio MUNA, who’ve produced many life-affirming, irreverent hits since 2016 and toured with the likes of Harry Styles and Taylor Swift.
Melati ESP: Collaboration Worldwide
New York, Mexico City and Jakarta trio Melati ESP discuss the methods of remote collaboration and real-time music-making that made their new album possible.
Water From Your Eyes: Microtonal Indie-Pop
Water From Your Eyes discuss how they use microtonal tunings and ideas from serialist composition to write the ‘beautifully ugly’ songs on their album Everyone’s Crushed.
SG Lewis: Bridge to the Underground
Learn how pop producer SG Lewis relies on collaboration to shape his creative process from beginning to end.
Shima: Full Autonomy Over Everything
Japanese-American producer Shima shares production tips and her story of leaving the world of corporate pop.
Made in Ableton Live: Reid Stefan
Check out how Reid Stefan uses Ableton Live stock plugins to record, mix and master atmospheric vocals from KARRA for an EDM track.
Made in Ableton Live: Catnapp
Watch Catnapp lay down a simple structure for her vocals before turning to an old project to give her new track a tense, hyper-modern feel.
Imagine Dragons: From Home Studio to Shangri-La
Interview with Imagine Dragons in which the multi-platinum selling rock band explain in detail how they use Ableton Live to write their music
Bringing It Back Home: How Gordi Made Our Two Skins
Australian artist Gordi reveals the process behind her second album, Our Two Skins
WONK: Seamlessly Connecting Musicality
Experimental soul band WONK discuss how Live helps them perform beyond the linear timeline as a musical instrument, touching on potential lighting and visual control.
Made in Ableton Live: Rachel K Collier
Check out Rachel K Collier using looping channels and intuitive audio routing to make an uplifting club track shaped by the sound of her own voice.
Made in Ableton Live: Novaa
See Novaa remix one of her own tracks using layered vocal treatments, pitched percussion and more to make a brooding slice of modern pop.
Made in Ableton Live: Anna Disclaim
Learn how to convert your own voice recordings into MIDI data to generate new musical material as Anna Disclaim creates a distinctive strain of pop-noir.
Braids: Eclipse and Supernova
Montreal-based trio Braids discuss lyricism, synthesis, and taking an album from studio to stage. Free download included.
Half Waif: Making Space to Create
New York-based songwriter and producer Half Waif takes us through the creative process behind her fourth album The Caretaker.