Three or four notes and you know the song. Mark Knopfler calls it setting the scene. What a musical motif really does, and how to build your own.
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Reworking your own tracks: the catalogue relaunch independents forget
A released track is not finished. Reinterpreting your own songs is one of the rare visibility levers that needs no budget, no new work and nobody's permission.
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Building your team as a musician: the list method
Hiring from a CV is a bet; calling back someone you have seen work is a decision. A method that costs nothing: keep a running list of the…
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Your music is your business card: the career lesson of Cassius
A record tells a whole profession what you can do. How the Cassius sound turned Philippe Zdar into a sought-after producer, and how to make your own work…
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Production & studioSonic identity
Do you need a mixing console in a home studio? Nicolas Godin of Air says no
Nicolas Godin has no mixing console in his own studio. What a console really gives you, what it costs, and how to decide for yourself.
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Matthieu Chedid, the guitar man: how an instrumentalist’s identity gets built
Before he was -M-, he played on other people's records. The four layers of an instrumentalist's identity, and how to apply the method today.
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Composing for film, games and the stage: break out of the song form
Screen music, video games, stage work, loops: what each form demands, what it teaches you, and the exercise to start with.
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