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A place where host Blake Murray and his professional musician friend Marty Gray dig into everything about music. Our podcast instigates creative ideas you can take with you. We will discuss all the skills around being a music lover, including songwriting, production, the creative process, music theory, music history and anything and everything else we can think of. Much love! Bye! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
How does the harmonic series map to string instruments? Blake and Marty show how harmonics work, and what they sound like, and play examples from many greats including Alan Gogall and Victor Wooten. Marty ends the show with a mystery instrument. Try and guess what it is! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSuppo…
There is a difference between throat singing and overtone singing. Marty breaks it down and shares more stylistic choices from singers around the world, and out of this world (The music of Dune). In this episode, you will hear something you have never heard before! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport thi…
Marty breaks down overtone singing and how to sing multiple notes at once. We get into your nasal cavities to explain these details and then listen to the history of overtone singing from around the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
The long awaited episode on the harmonic series. Did you know every note you hear is full of multiple other notes? This is a fundamental concept of how sound works, and it impacts everything. Marty breaks down the science, shows how the harmonic series creates timbre and how your brain interprets it all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.…
Why does it matter and is it worth the time? Marty explains all the details, the art-form, industry secrets and how to make your music a little bit or a lot a bit better. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
This is how to get creatively unstuck. Marty and Blake bring on special guest Eli Engelbert to discuss the strategies that let the creative juices flow. This episode is loaded with gems. As Marty once said "Let the lizard brain take over when the thinky part of our brain fails." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/mess…
A small little crash course into the seven (really six) basic western chords. Then, how to use them like colors in a painting. Marty explains how they all fit together, and which are friends and enemies. We also discuss how Tyler ,the Creator loves chords. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast…
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Nuts and Bolts Part 4. The John Cage Epic
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Was John Cage the first meme-artist? Or something more? Marty and Blake explore the history of the prepared piano and John Cage as an icon who shaped music as we know it today. Marty reveals a very interesting piece of music he wrote at the end. To hear some bonus music that we discuss see this link to our YouTube playlist. --- Send in a voice mess…
The Tune Shed hosts very special guest Brian Funk from The Music Production Podcast. We learn a bit more about his music, experience touring and creating a great band with his good friends. We break down the exclusive song 'Being With You' from Brian's band Some Good Evil. We talk about their creative process, recording vocals, writing lyrics with …
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Nuts and Bolts Part 3. Make Your Own Sample Pack
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Blake and Marty uncover what it takes to make a sample pack, and listen to a beautiful prepared piano along the way. It can be as complex or simple as you make it, and it is definitely worth it in either case. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/s…
John Cage started it and now you're hooked too. Marty completes the history and shows off a bunch of free-source prepared piano sounds. These are something you have never heard before. Then he discloses a sneak peak into how he made his own prepared piano sample pack. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport …
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Nuts and Bolts Part 1. Sample Libraries
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Get some or make some! Marty said it best, sample packs are the producers "bread and butter." He details some free sample packs to get you started and demos a handful. You can have the piano Phillip Glass has in his home or even the sounds of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSuppor…
Welcome Emmy nominated TV star Eli Engelbert to the Tune Shed! We get to sneak peak song breakdown on the his track named "Uploading". Listen for discussion on cyber punk synths, using randomness and NASA sounds to inspire, song development and vocal training. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this pod…
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Workshop part 5: Instinct Cringes - Recording Vocals
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After writing lyrics, Blake and Marty sit down and record vocals. Learn Marty's process, hear him write melodies on the fly, double and triple tracks and fine tune the final result. While all that happens, Blake finally realizes how effective it is to describe a desired vocal character with playfully ambiguous analogies. --- Send in a voice message…
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Workshop part 4: Instinct Cringes - Writing Lyrics
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Ever struggle with lyrics? Before jumping into recording, Marty and Blake sit down and write lyrics on the fly. Marty shares quite a few tricks for making it through this journey and being satisfied with the result. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/su…
Buy one. Produce with it. Learn to circular breathe. Why not? Blake and Marty make a beat and add didgeridoo as a sub, a pad and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Kk let's get it over with. What's a formant? Blake and Marty break it down with demos and then discover a crazy effect! Stay tuned for a sneak peak of Marty applying forments to his own work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
Know a guy? Want to bring in the big boy bass player? Here's how to prepare, what to think about and how to have the most fun when bringing people in to help you with your music. If you have never hired, you are like Blake! Give it a try and see what happens. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podc…
Major with a raised 4th baby. A higher plane baby. Debussy whirlpools and flowers baby. Feelings of realization and wonder baby. Marty makes a beat that sounds like its from a musical and then turns it Lydian and it completely transforms. Blake loves it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: …
Raise the 6th baby. Piano salon music baby. Gregorian vibes baby. Feelings of mist and hope baby. Marty makes a beat and compares Dorian to minor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Learn the very basics of Music theory in 20 minutes, featuring special guest Antonia Duble! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
How do we talk about music and what do all these descriptive words really mean? Thin. Warm. Broodish. Bright. Woofy. Wubby. Warbly. Doesn't suck. Nudder go. Pumps. Slaps. Banger. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Workshop part 3: Instinct Cringes - Arranging and Sampling
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Marty and Blake finally add enough layers to their song Instinct Cringes. Now they start to cut, arrange and then add more layers. They sample paper, matches and a toothbrush to add texture. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
Special guest David Magumba joins to share his musical journey and his single Wooden Monarch, that he wrote with Marty Gray. Tune in to this episode to hear how a first grade choir audition can lead to a wonderful musician. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpo…
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Workshop part 2: Instinct Cringes - Layering
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Marty and Blake continue to shape and form a song they started in high school, but abandoned for a number of years. This episode the two get into adding more layers and arranging the song. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Workshop part 1: Instinct Cringes - Remembering and Planning
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In this workshop Marty and Blake recreate (from memory) a song they started in high school! In part one we lay out what we remember and make plans to add many many layers to build a full and beautiful song. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
"Let's do another one, but this time pretend you are a smooth pad of butter." Marty breaks down how to be comfortable in front of your mic, be it singing or playing an instrument. He also talks though his entire method for recording to get a great result every time. How many takes? When to preform conservatively? When to go wild? When to listen bac…
Jokes on you! We have no advice. Lyrics are hard to 'get better at' because they are so subjective. Poetry is tricky even before you add the musical element and start text setting. Marty brings up tips and tricks, like subbing words, playing with tense and changing syllabic stresses to bring out quality. Blake then argues with Marty about Taylor Sw…
Me too. Everyone (literally everyone) hates their voice. This episode dives deep into the methods you can use to circumnavigate this phenomenon. Marty makes the good point that making and judging your performance is a lot to ask all at once. First we get into the details of Marty's recording set up which maximizes his comfort, then we get a demo fr…
Even if you have perfect pitch, turns out there is still room for error. What's the smallest margin of "detectable pitch change"? As it turns out, you can train your perception. Marty shares some neat exercises near the end. Marty and Blake also discuss musical memory, amusia, orchestra tuning tricks and the physical length of low notes. --- Send i…
We break down beat basics and build our own live. Marty shares his rare shaker collection. We talk about making beats three dimensional and how anything can be a drum. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
Do I have to use standard tuning for my guitar? No! First we get distracted and talk about what we are listening to: Rosalía, Amnesia Scanner, Oneohtrix Point Never... then Marty teaches the coolest guitar tunings artists use and some that that can make playing guitar easier. Marty wraps it up by sharing his facial hair pattern and Blake shares the…
Introducing Dan Langa! We break down his track 'mayhap' and talk about creating texture before melodies and how morse code and midi helped him make randomness. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
Microphones- for those of us that have never heard the word "ribbon" used in music and don't know what phantom power could possibly be. This is part two of the complete guide to microphones, how to choose them and how to use them. See microphones demonstrated here: https://twitter.com/TuneShed --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetunes…
Microphones- for those of us that have never heard the word "ribbon" used in music and don't know what phantom power could possibly be. This is part one of the complete guide to microphones, how to choose them and how to use them. See microphones demonstrated here: https://twitter.com/TuneShed --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetunes…
What's that little knob on my FocusRite? Turns out it can do wild things. We'll talk gain staging, but also mic bleed, proximity, and interesting ways to break the rules. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
Major flat 5 baby. Rock and roll baby. Video game intros baby. Feelings of power and foreboding baby. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Our first guest George Marshall! We break down his song 'Mischief Management', talk composing, creating (even from a low point), drawing inspiration and more! Enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
Don't show off with your fingers, show off with your feelings. Overplaying, listening... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Your complete guide to plugins! The free ones to get started, the cheap ones to get finished. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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All Rooms Are Bad, Some Are Less Bad
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For everyone with a home studio... the room is bad no matter what. This is a practical guide on how to make it less bad. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Get a cheap turntable and buy a Scandinavian folk classics vinyl from Salvation Army. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
A new way of thinking about harmony. Who needs chords anyway? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Do you need to follow the pop formula? Yes. But do you neeed to? Yes. But really, like, neeeeed to? No. Okay thanks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Use EQ as a cool effect, not just some fancy mix engineer thingy. These are ideas on how to use EQ to make someone go "oohhh nice." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
We made this song. hehe haha. Here are the stems. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Don't lean on autotune like a crutch. Know what autotune does, practice with it. Treat it like an instrument. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
Let's demystify jazz theory. It's not complicated, it's really not. Sure, it can be, but it doesn't have to be! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
"I always think of awesome ideas for songs in the most inconvenient places!" You are not alone. If this is you, there may be something wrong with your space. Let's fix it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Vocal Doubling (tripling? quadrupling?)
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We talk about how to get that grass fed, non-GMO, locally sourced vocal beef. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thetuneshedpodcast/support
