Charlie’s Music Production Lessons

If you were asked to channel The Beatles and write a new song in their style, how would you do it? That was the challeng... Read more

How would you score a scene where a guy looks longingly at a bag of Doritos stuck in a vending machine? That was one of ... Read more

Challenging yourself to re-arrange a piece of music is a good way to practice your composing skills without having to st... Read more

Sometimes you have to give yourself weird challenges to get out of your comfortable habits. In this episode, I describe ... Read more

When I’m composing at the piano, I often start by playing chords over and over until a melody pops into my head. In this... Read more

I just got a new orchestral sample library, and I’m really enjoying messing around with these surprisingly realistic ins... Read more

Sidechain compression. You may not know the term, but you’ve definitely heard the results of this technique, unless you’... Read more

One of my secret weapons in my productions is randomness. I often try to set up a system that generates random pitches a... Read more

How do you start an electronic track? With a synth sound? With a sample? In this episode, I talk about building a track ... Read more

Have you ever tried making a song that has both a swung section and a straight section? In this episode, I show how I gr... Read more