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Getting Creative Momentum & Output Speed

heyo, per request i had a question about my creative process so i’d like to explain to you how i begin to attack a track.

this process of course varies differently from day to day, and cert...

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City2City Project File

ok this one was a little tough to get together, i was probably just trying to manhandle a bug where live would massively lag on mme whenever i would freeze a specific track. or it's a skill issue. ...

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guitar practice!!!

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2018 Demos

sorry forgot to upload the actual files! they in here now. recycle bin musiccccc

  • Backseat Sleepover [No Mana].wav

  • Crunch [No Mana].wav

  • H3 (inst) [Jordan ...

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How to Move Forward in your Career

so i just came back from a family trip and had some time to reflect on my career especially with lots of family members asking me what it's like, basically how i got here, etc. i went up for a trip...

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Forget About Us Project File

here's the project file for this massive collab! this is actually the 25th version - it was such a clusterfuck of a process, but 100% fun. going back to the project file made me realize how this wa...

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ABC Monitoring

Found this in one of my projects, it's just a little makeshift emulator for different types of monitors EQ wise. while it's useful in that way it obviously doesn't account for different flavor dime...

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Reference Music Spotify Playlist for Mixing & Mastering

hi all just wanted to share with you a very crucial playlist i go back and forth with in the mixing/mastering process. i also added much of tom norris stuff in there because he's a goat of a fuckin...

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Compressors and Limiters

compressors and limiters are effects that reduce the dynamic range of a sound. they turn your waveform closer resembling a sausage by making the amplitude of a wav...

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Constellations Project

aye. the deeper i dig into older project files the more i laugh at my production decisions. i think this one might even be just as simple as Strangers.

one thing i do remember making this was...

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SP 2507121817

ok project of the day and continuing on the scary brief, i think they wanted something a bit more whimsical... more of like a thriller theme as opposed to something horrifying.

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SP 2507111553

got a brief for scary creepy things. i don't think this is what they would want so i'm keeping this for isqa maybe.

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No Mana, Julian Gray, 28mm, C.H.A.Y. - stuck (drunk at julian's) Project File

this was a fun one. the 6 of us (including emma and matt) were just chillin in LA and at the end of the day we just decided to get a six pack and cook at julian's. considering our history in progre...

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2017 Demos

demos from 2017! couple of collabs that never went anywhere but yea. here's the tracklist.

  • And I 2 [isqa]

  • collab2 [No Mana, Mat Zo]

  • Eruption (No Mana Rem...

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Losing Focus Project File

aye. cleaned this one up for ya. this song kinda marks the first into doing faster tempos, and it's kinda like a bridge between what i have been doing (house/electro house/progressive) vs where i'm...

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stuck teaser

for the release going live this friday! will be posting tomorrow

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100 members! and a question

hey all! just wanna say thank you for joining and supporting me - i'm really happy to dust off a lot of my hard drive and share it with everyone and hoping you guys can get use of my materials and ...

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the mixing and mastering process

since the mixing process can be confusing to some like it’s black magic i’m going to explain to you my kind of system of how i go about my mixes. of course, the golden rule is always “use you...

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[Redacted] Sample Pack by isqa

probably the most important sample pack i made via isqa, this pack was made out of the [Redacted] album i made in 2015. i've enjoyed catching some of its samples on public releases (chee and moore ...

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Solarpunk Project File

project file for solarpunk here! go nuts.

requirements:

ableton live 12 latest

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SP2507040153

finished a demo today. got a screen recording of the process so will probably put that up once it's released! whenever that is...

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2016 Demos

i think some metadata might be incorrect cuz i made some of these way before the date mentioned but i think you guys are in for a treat for this one. rezz remix, kreo remix, isqa x ak9, bunch other...

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NM Rack Essentials 1

in my effort to rid myself of using third party plugins at all, here are some ableton live-native utilitarian racks that i use in pretty much every project file

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Strangers Project File

hey all! uploading one of my favorite tracks to date - also probably one of my simplest, in terms of project files. this is an easy one to dissect since there's nothing complicated i'm doing here, ...

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2015 demos

lots of isqa , some no mana remixes. yep

  • 4001 (Pyrate Remix) [Squarepusher].mp3

  • 8888 [isqa].mp3

  • All I Need [isqa].wav

  • Be Like Them [isqa]....

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2014 demos

some of isqa's last stuff pre no mana. had a cashmere cat / lido / jack u phase, while at the same time had a lot of 4x4 things from isqa that ended up rolling over to no mana. also bunch of hip ho...

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2013 demos

some stuff from isqa's first lp and some manhandling my adhd on a daw.

  • Bring Me [isqa]

  • Chase [isqa]

  • Clockwork (Infectiouz Remix) [isqa]

  • Cl...

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2012 demos

22 tracks from my first alias 'Pyrate'. yeh. still figuring out production here. lots of experimentation.

  • 2 !ll [Pyrate]

  • Arrival (Pyrate Remix) [Wabbo]

  • B...

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top-down mixing (and why i hate it)

this is something that i hear about all the time around the internet - forums, youtube influencers as well. a lot of them swear by it actually. for myself, i actually had no idea what it was until ...

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