Combining The Right DAWs With Your MIDI Keyboard

Combining The Right DAWs With Your MIDI Keyboard

DAWs, or Digital Audio Workstations, are the musician's best friend, next to his or her MIDI keyboard. They are electronic systems designed for recording, editing, and playing back digital audio. DAWs typically consist of a mixing console, control surface, audio...
How To License Your Music

How To License Your Music

Music is a big part of civilization. Centuries had passed but music survived and even grew to greater heights every single decade. The demand for music has been rising very steadily in the past 10 years, and it will continue that way in the foreseeable future. It...
The Art Of MIDI Part 2 Using MIDI Files as backing tracks

The Art Of MIDI Part 2 Using MIDI Files as backing tracks

In today's digital world, musicians have choices as to how they present their music in a live setting. The gamut can run from a 7 piece band playing all the parts to a one man show using backing tracks to complete the act. Backing Tracks are great for smaller acts to...
The Art of MIDI – Part 1: Music To My Ears

The Art of MIDI – Part 1: Music To My Ears

As a professional MIDI programmer, my job is to take a song and transform it into MIDI data. In short, you are taking all the parts: the chords, the notes, the drums, the dynamics, and reproducing them. As one example, a solo performer can now play and sing along with...