Will Vance

Compressors indeed are the swiss army knife of music production and mixing. Sure, on the surface, a compressor controls a sound's dynamics, resulting in a fatter and more powerful sounding record. But there is so much more than a great compressor can do. Well, that is to say, there are so many ...Continue reading  » Read More

"Champagne Poetry" was released on September 3rd of, 2021 and was the leading single off Drake's album Certified Lover Boy.  And as with many raps, hip-hop, and RnB songs, the track's foundations are built on samples from other pieces throughout history. These samples are often glanced over by ...Continue reading  » Read More

Free plugins are a dime a dozen, but that doesn't mean that every free tape delay, dub delay, and tempo delay deserves space on your hard drive. Even if you are just starting to produce music or have been producing music on a budget, you should aim to get the best-sounding delay plugins. Because ...Continue reading  » Read More

In May 2018, American rapper Juice WRLD released his track 'Lucid Dreams' to critical acclaim. Debuting at the 74th slot on Billboard's Hot 100, the song went on to accrue over 2 billion streams on Spotify alone.  Looking For More Sample Origins? Dive Into The California Love Sample By 2Pac ...Continue reading  » Read More

Whether it's a short and punch 808 kick drum in house music or a long-tailed and booming 808 bass line in trap and hip-hop, the iconic and floor-shaking sound of an 808 synth is the secret sauce to making a dance floor go crazy.  But there's the problem... If you're only conventionally using ...Continue reading  » Read More

Summer is in full swing, and festival season is upon us, which is the perfect time for popular hits to have new life breathed into them after having already made their way through the attention spans of the masses. This makes summer the age of remixes, and nobody would have a better ear to the ...Continue reading  » Read More

Manny Marroquin is one of the most sought-after mixing engineers in the industry right now, and for a good reason. Manny Marroquin's trained sense of mixing allows him to draw out every ounce of emotion, character, texture, and space in every record he works on.  And these records have some ...Continue reading  » Read More

Still riding the high of two mammoth Coachella performances, Grammy-award nominated artist, Madeon, gave one of the best performances of his career at this year's HARD Summer Music Festival.  With more new music under his belt than he knows what to do with, Madeon's latest sets have been full ...Continue reading  » Read More

As Amsterdam Dance Event comes closer and closer, new and exciting updates continue to pour in about how this ADE will be the most innovative festival yet.  The latest update comes from the Charity Bridges for Music which are raising funds for its program that provides quality education to ...Continue reading  » Read More