Producer and arranger Laurance Traverso has just 48 hrs to prepare a new pop music project to pitch to a record company!

In this episode we follow his workflow as he puts down the acoustic guitar parts and takes us through some of the tracking process, paying attention to mic placement, desk Eq and compression settings.

Along the way Laurance offers some great tips and tricks for recording acoustic guitar and advice for anyone in a similar position – looking to add polish and serious pro-production values when up against it!

Remember…the clocks ticking!

Enjoy!

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Brighton based Loopmasters first came to light in 1999 under the ‘Beatnik Samples’ banner, and released 4 Sample CDs known as the ‘Modular Series’ to critical acclaim, but it wasn’t until early 2003 that the current Loopmasters brand was officially launched.

Their aim was simply to produce flexible sample libraries for producers and musicians who required top quality playing from seasoned professioanls to integrate into and inspire their music.

Loopmasters now a byword for quality, value and flexibility has since gone from strength to strength by constantly re-examining producers needs, and redefining genres and formats to accommodate and inspire producers.  It was the first company in its class to launch an Artist Series, and more recently the Label Series.

We catch with some of the labels Artists to find out the secret behind one of the Sample industries most enduring successes.

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Genoa born musician, producer and arranger Laurance Traverso has built a reputation for creating driving melodies and contagious hooks, and efficient project turn around under high pressure.

His clients have included Sony BMG, Sanctuary Castle, Jack Morton (The Commonwealth Games), The prague Philharmonic, while working alongside talents such as Ray Staff and Clif Norrel (REM, Jeff Buckley, Sting and Faith No More). In this series we put him to the test once more…

We’ll be looking at his workflow and production methods as he rises to the challenge to prepare a new pop music project to pitch to a record company…in just 48 hrs!

The series follows his progress over the 48 hr window as we see his song bloom from humble beginnings into a polished project. He covers everything from initial song conception, audio tracking, arrangement, vocal production, studio etiquette to final mixdown!  You can check out the Strongroom studios here.

Along the way Laurance shows us some great production techniques, compositional tools of the trade, and offers sound recording studio advice for anyone in a similar position – looking to add polish and serious pro-production values when up against it!

Remember…the clocks ticking!

Enjoy!

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The series has been carefully crafted by veteran product specialist Rob Jones and starts by offering some general information on how Record differs from other audio apps.

In this final part – Rob continues to explore Record’s processing and routing options, plus he guides us through the latest track and mixer automation controls.  He then finishes by taking us through the Mastering and export options available.

Enjoy!

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The series has been carefully crafted by veteran product specialist Rob Jones and starts by offering some general information on how Record differs from other audio apps.

In this second part – Rob shows us round Record’s new SSL mixer console, exploring the softwares intuitive and flexible FX processing and routing options for your production sessions.

Enjoy!

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In over 15 years of professional DJing and production, Alex Blanco and Jon Carter have clocked up some serious production and remix credits between them, working alongside such names as U2, Manic Street Preachers, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Seb Fontaine, Just Jack, Simply Red, Gabriella Cilmi, Out Of Office, Oliver Lang, Deepgroove and many more…

A chance meeting between Jon and Alex in Ibiza and the ensuing studio sessions gave birth to their new breed of uptempo dance music, starting with Stevie’s Drop, blending their shared love of chunky, rolling ragga beats and good-time party music.

Here they talk openly about their influences and music production methodology, and reveal plans for new projects yet to come.

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Ableton Courses is a new online training platform offering certified training courses and video aids for both basic/intermediate and advanced level users.

Once signed up – the courses are delivered through a series of online video tutorials which you can access at any time, through your personal account. Here you’ll also be able to download the full Ableton project files and PDF documentation to help you work through each of the carefully paced modules, as well as access the user forum and support center.

LoopTV are excited to announce an exclusive offer….whereby you can use the following promotional code to receive a 20% discount on ALL courses and sound libraries available through Ableton Courses. Simply enter this code LOOPTV20 when you sign up and purchase a course to get this saving!

Enjoy!

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In over 15 years of professional DJing and production, Alex Blanco and Jon Carter have clocked up some serious production and remix credits between them, working alongside such names as U2, Manic Street Preachers, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Seb Fontaine, Just Jack, Simply Red, Gabriella Cilmi, Out Of Office, Oliver Lang, Deepgroove and many more…

A chance meeting between Jon and Alex in Ibiza and the ensuing studio sessions gave birth to their new breed of uptempo dance music, starting with Stevie’s Drop, blending their shared love of chunky, rolling ragga beats and good-time party music.

Here they have combined their production expertise to create the ‘Block Party Essentials’ Sample collection for producers looking for influences from the Old Skool Breaks and party sound of early Hip Hop and Funk, fused with Heavy Basslines and tweaked Electro Sound bytes!

This 650Mb collection of pristine royalty free Dance samples is perfect for producers of Urban, Dance, Hip Hop, Dubstep and Breaks is now available through Loopmasters!

Enjoy!

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This month our free ‘Rewind’ music producer podcast looks back over Jan ‘10 and brings you the best artist interviews, music video news and producer competitions from our site all in one easy helping!

1. We kick off with an interview with ‘In new music we trust’ DJ Alex Metric and talk about his ever growing rosta of projects from his live Radio 1 work to his latest band and album projects currently racing up the charts!
2. Next we unveil a new VJ mix from aussie breaks and electro hero ‘Nick Thayer’.  Here he has collaborated with AV master ‘Sevenmilligramm’.
3. We take a peak at the new ‘Twisted Electro’ sample collection from ‘The Rogue Element’ aka Producer Ben Metcalf.
4. Next we catch up with living ledge Paul Oakenfold for an in depth interview, talking about the current music business, and web distribution trends.
5. Finally to round things off we launch our massive new pro Ableton Courses competition – where you can win over £225 of certified music production training!!  We also announce the winner of last months Paul Oakenfold competition.

Sit back and enjoy!

Don’t forget to subscribe to LoopTV’s monthly music production podcasts in the iTunes podcasts section here.

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We’re offering a the chance to win one of the complete Ableton Courses training bundles worth over £225, which includes both the beginners/intermediate course and the advanced training course containing over 10 hours of video music production tuition from our certified Ableton trainer!!

Also included with this massive prize is a huge collection of more than 750MB of royalty free samples from Loopmasters worth over £50, and a cult classic ‘Bass-station’ software synth from our sponsors focusrite worth £25.

For your chance to win just watch the video and send your answers to competition@looptv.net before the closing date of Friday 26th March 2010.

Remember in the meantime why not make use of our exclusive discount code to receive a 20% discount on ALL courses and sound libraries available through Ableton Courses. Simply enter this code LOOPTV20 when you sign up and purchase a course to get this saving!

Meanwhile a big thankyou to everyone who entered our Paul Oakenfold competition last month – we had a massive response to this, but there can only be one winner and that was Josef Richardson from Maryland U.S – So Congratulations to him!  Prize is on its way to you.

Good Luck!

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