Tune Shed

Logan Grime joins Blake and Marty to discuss developments in artificial intelligence and the future of music. After discussing the importance of songs, Logan gives feedback on a melody Blake and Marty wrote. You can find Logan's Masterclass and 1 to 1 sessions at https://bit.ly/vib3store

Blake and Marty welcome special guest Logan Grime. Logan is a master of melodies and storytelling. In this episode he reveals his life's journey to becoming the musician and melody masterclass instructor he is today. Check Logan out on TikTok @vib3.machine and in the band, Midi Matilda. You can find Logan's Masterclass and 1 to 1 sessions at https://bit.ly/vib3store

Why is detuning, glide and pitch bending important? Blake and Marty talk about the different ways to implement tuning into music to create a host of different effects. The duo then apply it to the synthesizer to enhance the synthesizer they are making. Join us on this episode of the synth series, where we break down and learn about every aspect of synthesizers.

Marty and Blake dive into modulation. This is where the possibilities within the synthesizer explode, and we begin to make the strangest sounds. Join us on this episode in the synth series to learn and fully really understand the wild side of synthesis.

Filters are the secret to making a sound come to life. Marty and Blake break down the filter and how to use them to unlock a whole new set of creative decision making within the synthesizer. Join us on this series of episodes about synthesizers, where we break down how they work and master all the basic elements.

Attack, decay, sustain and release. This episode Marty and Blake break down how to shape any sound and bring it to life. Join us in this continuation of the synth series where the duo uncovers everything about synthesizers.

Are synths confusing to you? Us too. In this episode we start at the very beginning of every synthesizer's sound with the oscillator. The oscillator makes sound with a simple wave, so Marty and Blake break down the options for choosing the best wave shape. Follow along our synth series to learn how to create any sound and navigate any synthesizer.

We begin a series of episodes all about synthesis and synthesizers. Marty teaches Blake the building blocks of synths, the oscillator and the mutators. The duo discusses details of additive and subtractive synthesis, envelopes, routing and everything else to start using synthesizers right away.

How does your software impact your creative flow? What is the best software for you? Marty and Blake discuss DAWs (Digital Audio Workspaces) and how to choose the best software for your creative process.

We actually finished the song! Blake and Marty add a final memory into the song. Marty shows off fun vocal effects as the duo A/B tests vocals and melds them to the song as the final element.

Marty and Blake do some quick mixing to help all the instruments (and vocals) have their own space in the mix. This episode is another 'live' workshop where the duo adds the finishing touches to their their song Instinct Cringes. Marty also shares a fun bonus vocal effect at the end.

Blake and Marty set out to finish the song they started in high school. Finishing songs is hard! This episode is a 'live' workshop where the duo adds finishing touches, hones in on certain vibes and creates the official end to the song. Marty also reveals his favorite default vocal effects for amazingly clean vocals.

Spoiler - no one can't play piano. Marty shows Blake a fun trick to play in any key without any experience or knowledge of theory. Go fool your friends!

How you organize you files can help you be more creative? Marty talks best known methods to organize files, reduce friction and never lose anything ever again! Blake and Marty also detail naming conventions, backups, soaps, trash bins, subfolders and the VAULT (ault, ault, ault...).

It is time to do vocal chops to aid the transition in Marty's work-in-progress song. This is a great technique used all over pop and EDM music to make hooks, textures and pads. Marty shows off a number of different chopping effects and the duo work together to ideate, problem solve and create in this "live" episode.

Marty and Blake continue to workshop the transition of Marty's song. This episode features a classic production trick we call "reverse reverb sweepies" which works wonders with reverb, delay, formant and more.

Here we go workshopping a transition in Marty's song. Idea generation is on, and Marty and Blake feature automation as a tool to build up a transition point.

Marty reveals the secret instrument from last episode, tells about an amazing historical instrument, demonstrates horror music, and the thinking behind the uniqueness of junk.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.