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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

Rights and income streams

Placements of your productions start with you creating the beat or track, and when you do this, you create what is known as a copyright. In most of the world, copyright law protects the creator and owner of these rights, and there are many different income streams that are generated from a single copyright that you as a producer can benefit from when you land a production as a placement.

When it comes to the types of rights associated with music catalogs, I want you to understand the power of a copyright and the multiple income streams it can generate. Let’s explore the various rights and income streams that await you in the music industry.

Copyright sides

Now, let’s discuss copyright sides. A music copyright has two separate elements:

  • Composition component: The musical structure and lyrics of a song, including its melody, harmony, and lyrics, are referred to as the composition side. The song’s songwriter or publisher...