Tom Casey

This Is the KEY to Growing Your Audience As An Independent Artist

This podcast is all about getting your career going with social media, letting go of perfectionism and learning from artists that have real results with social media and content production.

Artists referenced in this podcast:

Nick Buchannan - Insta...

Do You Have Trouble Finishing Track Ideas? Watch THIS...

This is a quick breakdown of a "successful" instrumental track, signed through That Pitch, and earning sync royalties.

Instrumental arranging for creative and/or licensing success is not complicated!

This video breaks everything down to a handful of SUPER SIMPLE conce...

THESE Are The 3 Skills Every Music Producer Needs!

We're starting a new "Songwriting" lesson collection on the Patreon!

• Making better ideas

• Writing chords to singer's melodies

• Tuning samples and flipping samples into better ideas

If you want to get started right now, you may have missed my lesson on understanding chord progressions:

Tap Into the Iconic Sound of Modern HOUSE - New Modern House MIDI Pack

Inspired by the unmistakable harmonic sounds of legendary artists like Daft Punk, Modjo, and Justice whilst fusing the complexities of 70s arrangements from Patrice Rushen, Bobby Hutcherson and Earth, Wind and Fire - this MIDI pack will push your music into an entirely new sonic territory with no keyboard skills required!

A continuation fr...

Gorgeous Downtempo MIDI Parts for RnB & Top-40 Songsmiths

Inspired by the new wave of smooth, Top-40 pop and RnB songwriting that has captivated a whole new generation of listeners, this MIDI pack is full of authentic piano and keyboard performances that can be combined with your favorite VSTs to spark endless inspiration!

Key consistent with a variety of chord progressions and playing styles, th...

Do You Want More People to HEAR Your Music? Do THIS....

YouTube is a very different form of social media than Instagram and Tik Tok.

I actually think YouTube is the most flexible algorithm for independent music artists like yourself because it functions on a long-term growth strategy that is not going to give you immediate impressions.

The notion that you need to make music videos to grow...

A Hip Hop Sound Kit Inspired By One of the Most Influential Artists Ever

This Lil Uzi Vert -inspired sound kit is one of the funnest new additions to the Pro library!

It features punchy Top 40 drum sound...

A Hip Hop Sample Pack Inspired By One of the Genre's Most Influential Artists

We're heading into 2025 with an awesome new sample kit!

This is a trap-focused sound kit with both audio and midi assets, but most of these samples can be used for other genres too!

The Lil Uzi Vert sound kit contains over 210+ audio & MIDI assets, including:

• full melody song-starters

• drum loops

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2025 Is Right Around the Corner! What Do You Want to Improve on with Your Music Production Skills?

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Community chats (besides DMs) are a great place to share what your goals are with getting better at music product...

This Cinematic Chord Progression Will Give You SO MANY New Ideas!

The 2615 or "Hans Progression" is very well known for the piece "Time" by Hans Zimmer.

The chord progression itself is a fantastic harmonic playground for original ideas and crafting beautiful melodies.

This lesson helps you play the progression with a beginner-friendly approach, easy techniques to expand your playing and there is an...

This Is an ESSENTIAL Skill To Be Successful As A Music Producer...

Imagine a famous major-label artist is sitting right next you.

She starts singing an awesome new melody hook and leans over to you.

"Can we put music to this? I don't know what key I'm in though..."

Now be honest, what would happen to you in that situation?

For the majority of aspiring music producers, the mere thought of...

The ESSENTIAL Techniques for Writing Chords to Melody

If a singer sat next to you in the studio and started singing a melody hook, would you be able to match them with a beautiful chord progression?

THIS is one of the most essential skills that I can tell from experience, gets you hired to be a music producer for an artist.

Most harmonization or reharmonization tutorials on the internet...

3 Big LIES in the Music Industry!

We're back with another music business podcast!

This will likely be the last podcast I'm doing solo because there are some amazing people I would like to line up for interviews in the future.

But this episode is VERY important because it covers 3 bid lies in the record business and gives you some useful insights.

I hope you guy...

3 New Resources for Music Producers

I recently dropped 3 new posts that cover a nice range of topics for music production!

Use discount code PRO15 for 15% OFF your Pro Membership!

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A straightforward lesson on vocal "harshness" and how to fix it. We also dive into the new FabFilter Pro-Q4 and explain "spectral EQ" and how to use it!

The BEST Techniques to Make Strings Sound REAL

How do producers make their string sections sound so REAL?

There are 4 specific techniques and this video covers all of them, along with a a bunch of MIDI/Audio samples that you can drag-and-drop into your DAW.

This lesson also features the famous "Hans Zimmer" Chord Progression, which will be featured in another lesson this week, wh...

A Dark, Emotional MIDI Piano Collection - RnB Modern Vibes Library Vol 3

Beautiful, dark and brooding - this MIDI piano collection features ballad-esque pieces with carefully crafted performances.

Inspired by Joji, Daniel Caesar and other emotional songsmiths - this sprawling collection features long-form MIDI performances, with several files reaching 32 bars to produce near full song length.

Zero quanti...

How to Tame HARSH Sounding Vocals

In a previous tutorial, we've tackled Vocal EQ as a topic where we typically cut lower midrange frequencies to produce a brighter, more clear s...

2 PAINFUL Challenges We Face with Music Production!

I first started teaching music production during the Covid19 lockdowns almost 5 years ago...

There are 2 Main Challenges I see all the time for people who want to produce their music.

1. They don't like the sound of their voice (and don't know how to fix it)

2. They can't play keyboards, so making music is a very slow process 2024-12-17 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

3 Genres That Always Make Money in the Music Business

This podcast primarily focuses on "utility music" and independent music promotion. Enjoy!

Fabfilter Pro-Q4 & New Mastering Tutorial Dropped!

Learn vocal EQ technique

https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-eq-vocals-114631857?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&u...

This Is Why You Should EQ Your Masters

Hey everyone!

Mastering is the process of raising your mix to a commercial loudness level.

Using an EQ, we can spot noise floors caused by plugins, frequency imbalances to polish our mix, and adjust the overall tonal balance of the mix for the best possible sound!

Need a free LUFS metering plugin? Get it from MeldProdu...