Spotify welcomes AI, Collabhouse, Radical Face spotlight
Studio Tool You Need 🎹
Scaler 2 by Plugin Boutique is a MIDI plugin focused on simplifying music theory and aiding composition. It detects scales and chords from MIDI or audio input and provides compatible options for building chord progressions. Users can explore a large library of scales, modes, and genre-specific chord sets while experimenting with chord voicing and sequences directly in the plugin.
Notable features include scale locking, which restricts notes to a chosen scale, and tools for creating arpeggios, strumming patterns, and performance articulations. Scaler also supports MIDI drag-and-drop for easy integration into DAWs and includes advanced options for chord substitutions and modulation. Its combination of detection, suggestion, and performance tools distinguishes it as a comprehensive resource for music creators. Check it out here!
Production Sauce 🎵
Big Z describes 5 reasons to remove the sibilance from your vocals with a multiband compressor instead of a de-esser. Some of the reasons include better results, similar controls, and boosting the high end after you remove the sibilance.
Check out this video here!
News You Should Hear About ⚠️
Spotify Co-President Gustav Söderström welcomes AI music to the platform, according to a recent interview on the Big Technology podcast.
The executive sees AI as a creative tool for artists, saying, "If creators are using these technologies — where they are creating music in a legal way that we reimburse and people listen to them — and are successful, we should let people listen to them."
Söderström said that Spotify would not create its own music using AI, as some have speculated, but will continue to utilize AI in playlist curation and user experience.
An Industry Secret They Don't Want You To Know 🤫
Collabhouse is a free-to-join platform where artists can collaborate, share ideas, and create music together. The platform connects musicians, producers, and songwriters from around the globe, fostering creativity and innovation. While signing up is free, users can monetize their skills by working on projects and earning income directly from collaborations. Whether you’re expanding your network or seeking paid gigs, Collabhouse offers endless possibilities. Check it out here!
Artists We Love 🎤
Changing up the styles with our spotlight this week. Ben Cooper is Radical Face, a music project that blends folk and electronic into very wonderful, catchy, and engaging music, that has spawned other side projects like Electric President, Human Mother, and Clone just to name a few! Ben just released a new album under Radical Face last Friday, Mixtape. You can listen to the new album and all of the discography on Spotify and Apple Music!
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Thanks to everyone who came out to our Chop Shop 005 yesterday– we love hearing everyone's creative remixes!
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