We got together and decided we wanted to do something in the music space, as there are so many budding, talented musicians on the Steemit platform. We noticed that, although there were a lot of people posting, it felt like some of the contributors could use a little helping hand. I mean, who wouldn't want a little helping hand, right?
So where could WE add value? We could use our own in-house production people to help develop music for fellow Steemians looking for that little extra audio assistance.
We'll be running an initiative whereby Steemians can post their links below, and if the criteria are met (please read the criteria), we'll dig in with them and help mix their track, or add some instruments that they feel are missing from their song, or some little production techniques. If there isn't actually a post that our producer can work with, we might even just decide to give one of the entrants a bit of upvote love.
As time goes by and we put together enough collaborated content, we will then upload this content to digital stores (iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, etc.) and release a compilation album.
The other avenue where we would like to add value is to sync the music to commercials to try and develop some additional passive income for the artists.
Where will this go?
....Only time will tell!
Disclaimer: Sometimes it might the case that out of all the entries, there isn't a post that can be worked with effectively; whether its due to a winner not getting back to us, or there being insufficient or inferior audio separates to work with. In this case we'll pick a song or track to show some love to.
Our guy behind the wheel is 
Check out our company website here
As well as some of the work we have done here
To demonstrate how this might play out,
"A friend of mine had an idea for a lyric, which he sang to me over the phone. I sent him the most basic of beats, in order for him to be able to practice to tempo. He came through and recorded it, and from there I started developing the rest of the song."
"So then it was a matter of adding more percussion, adding synths, EQing and compressing everything, and then getting the vocalist back in. We decided on a really big build up in a more electro/dancehall style reminiscient of something Jillionaire or Diplo would do."
While the end result here is actually fairly simple - percussion, effects, a synth or two, an 808-style bass and various effects on the vocals, it actually took quite a long time to put together. Its important that everything in a mix has its own "space" where it can "live" and be most effective at doing its job. For example, one has to carve out some space in the low end so that the kick and the bass don't just completely jostle for position there. Another fine balance in a mix that is more focused on a young, electronic-listening audience, is the EQ and level between the vocals and the material that is in the high-mid range. Electronic music generally has very little dynamics. To elaborate, the individual elements as well as the stereo mix is compressed and limited so that there is very little difference between the high and low volume elements. This leaves challenges for the mix as we still need the vocals to sound like vocals, but one ends up carving out alot more frequencies from a vocal in an electronic mix than a rock or folk mix. This is a generalised statement and it applies to this tune, but wouldn't necessarily apply to every track, obviously.
Now what are you waiting for? Go and get that music post and link them in the comments...Don't forget to check up in the "How It Works" section to make sure you submit within the parameters. Lets have some fun with music!
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