I’m sure you’re coming to this blog today because you’re interested in finding musical commissions to make a living. And I am also sure that you are doing so because you have tried to work in this field and you are finding that it is not an easy job or even that it makes you doubt whether it was a good idea to study this career.
Have you ever heard of the timbre of instruments? Maybe you’re not familiar with this word, but as a music consumer you probably have a preference for a certain genre (metal, pop, balkan, dance, RnB…). Much of the labelling of these genres comes from their timbre.
Can there be a relationship between techno and spinning? Can hip hop lofi make you pass your exams? Can trap make words spell themselves?
Ever since urban music consumers have become familiar with the term Auto-tune, they have not ceased to shake it up and use it as a weapon to launch an easy argument about the mediocrity of many singers. But before we get into the subject, let’s talk about Auto-tune for a moment.
This is one of the most complicated blogs I have ever written (and that’s nearly 40). First of all: if you come looking for a clear and unilateral answer to the subject I’m going to address, you won’t find it. But I’m not going to beat around the bush and get down in the mud!