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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
9
Part 3: Best Techniques and How to Appear on the Billboard Charts

Understanding placements

A placement is the use of a specific song or piece of music in an audio or audio-visual medium, such as a sound recording featuring a recording artist, a film, a television show, or a commercial. Your objective as a music producer should be to produce music that is not only compelling artistically but also appealing commercially and able to be used in a variety of media projects. Producing a beat, co-writing a song, or adding instrumentation to a track are just a few examples of placements.

When a producer places their music with an artist, it can result in exposure, fees, royalties, and future opportunities for collaboration with the artist and their team. Placements increase market demand and build your catalog and name recognition in the industry. They are the lifeblood of the producer’s repertoire, and what placements you strive for will determine the trajectory of your career. Now, as a heads up, not all placements are created equal. Some will...