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A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

By : Chris Noxx
Book Image

A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

By: Chris Noxx

Overview of this book

A digital audio workstation empowering both aspiring and seasoned producers to create original music compositions, FL Studio has not only advanced the culture of collaboration across several genres but has provided a creative outlet for up-and-coming artists worldwide. Achieving professional production prowess takes practice, market insight, and mentorship. This book explains how the author used FL Studio as a creative palette to build a successful career as a record producer, using specific techniques and workflow processes that only FL Studio can accommodate. You’ll develop a Power User's mindset, create signature sounds using stock FL Studio One Shots, create top-level drum loops, learn about FL Studio's VST’s, and approach arrangements from a practical and pop music perspective. This comprehensive guide covers everything from crafting and adding hypnotic melodies and chords, to mixing and mastering productions, and promoting those records to artists and companies, to take your career to the next level. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to create original productions from scratch using FL Studio’s virtual instruments and sound kits, mix and master the finished production, and arrange it using the Billboard-charting formula.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
1
Part 1:Understanding the Basics
3
Part 2:Creating Music with FL Studio
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Part 3: Best Techniques and How to Appear on the Billboard Charts

How to Get Records Placed So They Land on Billboard Charts

Congratulations on reaching the final chapter of this book! Now, we can delve into my favorite aspect of the music industry: the business side. Those who know me are aware that since my early days of learning how to produce music in FL Studio, I have been equally passionate about the business side of the industry as I have been about becoming a successful composer. The fact is that in the music industry, you must be proficient in both music and business if you want to establish a career. Some producers opt to team up with a business-savvy partner, such as a lawyer or a friend who is passionate about business, but for me, I wanted to have a comprehensive understanding of the entire industry and then partner with businesspeople.

I have an interesting perspective on the business of music. My journey has been filled with high-level creative activity and high-level business execution. Not only have I spent my 10,000 hours in...