Ableton Music Producer Podcast

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#104 - Happy Holidays; Free Gifts Dec 21, 2021

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In this special holiday episode, Dan shares several Ableton Live gifts you can download for free. Visit this webpage to grab these gifts that keep on giving at: https://www.liveproducersonline.com/holiday

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#103 - Andrew Marshall Dec 14, 2021

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Andrew Marshall is a professional drummer and Ableton Live user. He’s currently the touring drummer for Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, among other acts. Andrew has performed at major festivals like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Coachella, Glastonbury, and TV shows including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, SNL, and others.

When not on the road, Andrew records drum tracks remotely for songwriters and artists from his home studio in Los Angeles, CA.

Andrew is endorsed by major drum companies like Gretsch, Istanbul Agop cymbals, Vater, Remo, DW, Porter & Davies drum monitoring systems, etc.

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#102 - Kaelin Ellis Nov 30, 2021

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Multi-platinum music producer and drummer Kaelin Ellis joins as a special guest. He's established himself among the top class of producers in the modern electronic / hip-hop beat scene. Kaelin has many production credits with artists such as Kaytranada, Lupe Fiasco, Waldo, The Kount, Deffie, Drex Carter, and K-pop supergroup Exo. He has garnered support from Okayplayer, NPR, Lyrical Lemonade, USA Today, HYPEBEAST, Pitchfork + more and has done work with brands like Tik-Tok, Mercedes, and others.

In this episode Kaelin shares insights about getting more creative with your audio recording process, mixing drums, using Live's Operator and Tension instruments to shape drums sounds, his live setup, and more creative production tips in the studio.

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#101 - In The Studio w/ Kaite Watson Nov 23, 2021

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Kaite Watson (Aimerie) is an Ableton Certified Trainer, experimental bass producer, DJ, and educator. She also teaches music production and DJing at The Black Box Studio in Denver, CO. Known to deliver cutting-edge curation on the decks, Aimerie's passion for pushing grassroots sounds has landed her on prolific lineups at events like Sub.mission's Bass Invasion in Denver, Infrasound Music Festival, and Outlook Festival, alongside artists including The Widdler, Truth, DJ Youngsta, Khiva, and many more.

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Mentioned In This Episode:

AHEE’s video: Gain Staging Like Skrillex

CV Tools Pack

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#100 - 100 Ableton Live Tips Nov 16, 2021

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In this special episode, Dan Giffin and other Ableton Certified Trainers around the world share 100 tips for producing/ performing in Ableton Live. Download the free Google Sheet below for additional workflows not shared in this episode, including video tutorial links and articles for beginner to advanced Live users.

* View 100 Ableton Live Tips Sheet Here *

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#99 - In The Studio w/ Claire George Nov 09, 2021

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In this episode, rising indie-pop artist Claire George shares stories as an upcoming producer/ performer, and favorite production tools in the studio. She also shares workflows including vocal processing, favorite plugins, her dream live setup, and how her music was influenced by unexpected life experiences.

Claire George is a songwriter, producer and vocalist originally from Seattle, WA. Following the release of Bodies of Water on Cascine in 2018, Claire toured the US & Canada with DRAMA, in addition to supporting Diane Coffee, The Midnight, and Kllo on shorter runs and headlining her own West Coast tours. In 2019 she released the stunning piano ballad “Alone, Together,” along with an alternate uptempo rework of the track produced by Josh Burgess of Yumi Zouma. Most recently, she released a lowkey, bubbly cover of Donna Lewis’ 1996 classic “I Love You Always Forever.”

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Website: claire-george.com

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Twitter: @clairegeorge

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#98 In The Studio w/ Zach Montoya (Syence) Nov 02, 2021

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In this episode, Dan Giffin chats with Zach Montoya, a Los Angeles-based producer in the "Bass Pop" duo Syence. Zach shares what it's like in today's music industry, tips for leveling up your music composition and workflow, insights using Soundcloud vs. Spotify, and much more.

Zach Montoya is the Lead Instructor and Content Curator at Hyperbits, an online platform teaching music production. In his duo Syence, they've hit Spotify's global viral charts, performed at Snowglobe Music Festival, and continue to grow their audience and the bass pop genre, amassing over 45 million streams across various platforms. Syence’s latest single “a little bit bored”, which was released in February of 2021 and features German pop singer-songwriter Ruuth, went viral and generated more than 20 million plays on Triller prior to release. This successful release momentum culminated in music industry legend LA Reid signing the duo to his label Hitco Entertainment, joining the likes of Jenifer Lopez, Dixie D’Amelio, SAINt JHN, and Outkast’s Big Boi. Additionally, Syence has officially signed with Wasserman on the booking front, who represent artists including Zedd, Skrillex, and Disclosure, among many others.

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Resources Mentioned In Episode:

Hyperbits Production Tip Videos & More:

BIP - Max For Live device:
Shortcut Buddy - Max For Live
Serum Presets

Spotify is beta testing uploading full mixes articles:
https://bit.ly/3EHrBhn

https://bit.ly/2ZFoGGz

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#97 - In The Studio w/ Ceci Gomez Oct 19, 2021

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Ceci Gomez is a Los Angeles-based experimental music producer, performer, and multi-instrumentalist. Her credits include collaborations with with Rebecca Black, Charlie XCX, Baauer, The Regrettes, Francisca Valenzuela, Lunice, Nasty Cherry & many others. Ceci also started her latest project DAGR with co-producer Veronica Jane, blending underground pop with hip hop.

In this episode with Ceci Gomez, we talk about her experience playing synth and running Ableton Live for Charli XCX while on tour with Taylor Swift, tools for producers to use for remote collaboration, unique workflows in the studio like re-amping, and much more.

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Instagram @DAGR666 @CeciGofficial

Episode Mentions:

Ableton Live's EQ Three hack tutorial by Kermode

Mixed In Key Satellite Sessions / Remote collaboration

Pedal / Share & stream files for remote collaboration

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#96 - Music Tech & Insights w/ Daedelus Oct 12, 2021

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In this episode, Alfred Darlington (aka Daedelus) and Dan discuss the future of music technology, hacks using Ableton Live's Drum Buss, the mentality of creating music, and much more.

Alfred (they/them) have 20+ years producing on labels such as Brainfeeder, Ninjatune, Warp, and important upstarts like Albert's Favourites and Dome of Doom. Daedelus has collaborated with artists including Flying Lotus, MF Doom, Death Cab for Cutie, Kimbra, while performing over 1,000+ shows worldwide, from underground raves to festival mainstages. In 2019, they were taken on as faculty at the Berklee College of Music teaching electronic performance techniques and in 2020 became an artist in residence at S.E.T.I.

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#95 - In The Studio w/ Eluize Sep 28, 2021

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In this episode, Emma Louise Sainsbury (aka Eluize) shares about her studio setup, production process using Ableton Live, her experience moving to Berlin to pursue a music career, and much more.

Eluize is a Berlin-based techno/ house DJ and producer originating from Australia. Her music has been featured by Redbull Choice Mix as #1 in the Global Detroit Techno Chart and #2 in the Global Dark Techno Chart. She's been featured by Ableton, MixMag, and Beatport, among others. In 2020 Eluize started a coaching initiative supporting Womxn and Non-binary people in electronic music production, performance and label management.She founded the label Night Tide, with a sister label called Bermuda Series that focuses on electronic music across many genres produced by womxn. Eluize has performed at major clubs and festivals across Europe including: Grießmühle, Tresor and Salon Zur WildenRenate Berlin,IFZ, Mjut and Electric Weekender Festival Leipzig, Südpol Hamburg, Nation of Gondwana, Fusion Festival, Masters Zagreb, Canvas & 22 tracks Festival Amsterdam, and many others.

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Instagram: @EluizeMusik

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