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In the past we've seen a lot of different articles and videos explaining what compression is and how it works. This will be different. My goal is to show you how to understand what basic compression does. The basic principles of compression is not that complicated and it's one of the single most imp...

What's up everybody? I'm Phreeze and my man Fade put me on with an opportunity to just talk about different topics every week involving everything from production and the music business to random musings about various topics.

Quality. It’s what everyone is trying to achieve when they mix down their tracks, to have their mix sound better than the last. It’s something that music producers are always trying to perfect, some more than others, because some hate mixing and leave it to professional mixers. With perfection ...

The term "keeping it real" can have many different meanings. It could mean that you're representing your neighbourhood or that you're making beats that come from the heart. The same can be said for any rappers that are writing lyrics. There has always been a debate about whether or not a rapper s...