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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, including all the skills around being a music lover: songwriting, production, the creative process, music theory, music history, you name it! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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Goodbye for now, and thank you for being an amazing audience! Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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Blake and Marty release an instrument! Join our Discord to download it. The duo then demo it in Marty's song, which is a total vibe. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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Bringing us back to episode 6 to rehash a fundamental skill -EQ. EQ is key to music making, and is something we can always get better at. It is also a helpful reminder to use the basic tools and break all the rules. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast…
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Bringing back one of the most powerful concepts from this podcast. This is a theory episode, but a simple concept that can change the way you write music. Perhaps it is a new way of thinking about harmony. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Blake breaks down counterpoint, the study of bringing two or more melodic lines together creating independent melodies that also inform underlying harmonies. This is a great tool to help you compose when you are stuck, create catchy lines, and beautiful melodies. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://po…
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Blake and Marty discuss external macros, and using reverb and panning to move the multiple parts of the instrument through space. The duo then demo a small portion of the final instrument, available to download on Discord soon! Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetun…
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Blake and Marty distinguish internal macros, adding more and more to the instrument and bringing it to life. This episode the duo offer a few more creative ways to add texture and interest to virtual instruments. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/su…
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A secret tool for creative sound design. Marty showcases the hidden talent of macros, and Blake has a few ideas for how to use them to build a virtual instrument that is as alive and non-synthetic sounding as possible. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodc…
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Blake and Marty demo their instrument, mapping one shots and foley samples together to create dynamic and unique sounds. The duo also brainstorm plans for the interconnected web of mappings that will ultimately make the instrument unpredictable. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Blake and Marty continue the journey to building thier instrument, and discuss the details of how to use any DAW as a creative sandbox. Blake highlights how the duo will make a "living and breathing" instrument and Marty discusses the operational path to doing so. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://p…
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One of the most powerful tools in production is the envelope follower. Blake and Marty showcase how to use this simple tool to make an instrument come alive, and bring a plethora of creative ideas to the table for building unique sounds. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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Marty and Blake continue the journey to building their instrument. In this episode Marty details a few key aspects to organizing samples to make playing a virtual instrument easy and intuitive. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Blake and Marty solve the perpetual delay puzzle. How do you make delay not get louder, but infinitely repeat? Solve the mystery and help build a living and breathing instrument. Join our Discord community Support us Our website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Marty takes samples Blake recorded and prepares them. This episode is a master class on the technique of EQ and "finding the best" of each sound. This is an essential practice to sampling. Join our Discord community Support us Website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Using samples Blake recorded, they start to build their virtual instrument. Marty shares how to process samples for the highest quality result. A quick masterclass in waveform timing, EQ, compression and saturation. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/sup…
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Marty and Blake brainstorm a virtual instrument before they build it. In this episode, the duo reviews the samples Blake recorded, and considers the possibilities of how to use them in a new virtual instrument. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Marty plays the guessing game as they play through unique samples recorded by Blake. See how many you can get right! The duo then discusses various ideas for how to create a unique and alive drum rack from these sounds. Join the Discord to contribute ideas! Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s…
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Marty and Blake take the ukulele to new places, away from strumming and four chord songs and into the world of effects and shoegaze. Join us to hear ukulele reimagined. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Why does it sound like espionage? Marty reveals the secret ingredient that makes spy music its own genre, from James Bond to the Pink Panther. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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Blake and Marty sample James Bond. On the way they discuss the legality of sampling, including the specifics of creative commons and monetizing. At the end of the show, the duo create a spooky starter to a song. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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While still discussing spy music, and what makes it work, Blake and Marty break down the Phrygian and Locrian modes. These modes are very similar, and full of the secret ingredient that makes spy music work. This secret element also is the secret to Baby Got Back. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podca…
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Marty and Blake compose in Phrygian, a mode of car chases, the middle east, and determination. Using James Bond samples and guitar the duo builds the foundation to a song. Join our Discord, and we will share the song starter with you! Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the…
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Marty presents and demonstrates the E-Bow, a magical tool to vibrate strings. Blake and Marty test it on various instruments, add effects, and find new sounds for production. Hear something you have never heard before! Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/…
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Episode 100 special! Blake and Marty begin the journey to build an instrument and sample pack. The duo discuss the vision and then look through various strange sounds Blake has recorded. See if you can guess what these samples are! Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetun…
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Blake presents the myths of vocal health and Marty fact checks them. These are the simple tips to keep your voice healthy and sing when you are sick. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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Introducing the ukulele. Marty informs on its origins, and why it is a great instrument to pick up. Then Blake and Marty record some simple strumming into a song where you wouldn't expect it to fit. Support us Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Blake and Marty successfully made music using the whole tone scale. Marty now will teach Blake all of the must-know information about how to send music files and handle reverb, other effects, groups and more. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. In this episode, the duo creates a version of the same beat but in a major key. The goal will be to hear the difference between the two and implement them into a more final song. Marty also records an amazing vocal. Join our Discord community --- Support this p…
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. Today they produce guitars and Marty drops a handful of production tricks. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. Today they produce drums and prepare to add more elements to the song. At the end, they discuss the rare and important connection between "flow" state and washing dishes. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh…
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. The duo prepare to roll up their sleeves and produce a new song by sampling Blake's composition. In this episode, they clean up Blake's composition and utilize time saving templates to set the groundwork. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: htt…
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Blake and Marty are on a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. In this episode, Marty breaks down the theory behind the whole tone scale and shows some examples of where it is used in popular music, from Eric Whitacre to Stevie Wonder. At the end, the duo dabble in horror. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcas…
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Blake and Marty enter a quest to learn and create music involving the whole tone scale. To kick off, Marty uploads one of Blake's compositions and diagnoses what he is hearing in the piece. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Special guest Leland Kumar Rege-Colt breaks down a common recording pain point called "phasing". Blake, Marty and Kumar then get into how to improve the sound quality of a room by considering what sound really is. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Leland Kumar Rege-Colt joins the Tune Shed podcast to share his story. From his Dad's records to a band with Blake, from Herbie Hancock's bass lines to Gojira's studio, Leland Kumar exemplifies how to find what you love in music and make it part of your life. Join our Discord community --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh…
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Knowing your instruments is key to keeping your creative flow. Marty and Blake roll up the sleeves and test out two guitars, a PRS and a Telecaster. Marty explains key tactics for finding the uniqueness in each instrument, and knowing when and how to use them in song writing and production. Rick Rubin's book also gets a mention. --- Support this po…
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The 80s are so in. From Phil Collins on, Marty talks history of the famous gated snare drum from the 80s. Blake and Marty roll up their sleeves and remake the sound, sharing tips, tricks and history along the way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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Even if you can't play a weird tube, we guarantee you can improve your music by adding weird tube sounds. Marty and Blake use flutes and limited skill to add to a song Marty is working on for a client. Marty also reveals many production tips and tricks to make any sound interesting and compelling. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotif…
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If your 5th grade first chair flautist was also your first crush, call me. In this episode, Marty tells Blake about his love for flutes, and demonstrates his collection. Learn the types of flutes, how they work and what you might want to add to you collection (even if you can't play them!). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…
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In part two, Marty and Blake discuss the ethics behind the city that was built as a giant Behringer factory. Is boycott the best action? How do we improve our choices of musical equipment? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support
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So there's an entire Chinese city that's entirely subsided on a big Behringer factory. There are whispers that this is more than it seems. In part one, Marty and Blake break down what is happening, and how Behringer grew from a one person company to build a city. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/s…
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Doctors hate this one little trick that makes you a super-hearer! Marty and Blake break down science itself to help you make the best sounds in the world. Marty also teaches a trick to A-B whole parts, sections and even mixes, a critical step for decision making while creating music. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show…
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Blake and Marty break down the dominant five chord, one of the most popular chords in western music history. However, the hot take is that it is outdated. The duo present alternatives to bring modern life into your songwriting and forgive you of age old antiquities. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcas…
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Marty and Blake break down how to practice instruments (and anything). Why is it that so many people give up piano? Or have that old guitar laying around? Here is a few quick tips to make practice more fun and a more lasting habit. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetuneshedpodcast/support…
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This is the story of Marty Gray and his path to becoming a professional musician. Blake and Marty reminisce, talk about his journey to obsession with singing and the dedication required to become a professional musician who sang at the White House. Join us for a journey involving the Obamas, Alt J, Eric Whitacre and more. --- Support this podcast: …
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Organs are a key element of music history that shaped the modern synthesizer as we know it. In this episode, Marty and Blake discuss the world's largest organ, organ mechanics, natural tremolo and the instrument's evolution. They then demo a digital organ and how it compares to the modern synthesizer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.sp…
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In a time when synthesizers were only experiments in wiring and hardware, Wendy Carlos had and vision to bring them into the future as a true musical instrument. This is the story of a transgender hero who combined Bach, Colombia Records and a true mastery of synthesis to discover fame and popularize the modern synthesizers we all hear today. --- S…
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We are not exaggerating when we say Wendy Carlos practically invented and popularized the modern synthesizer. This episode Marty and Blake tackle a small portion of the genius-physicist-musician-futurist's life, from being an transgender person in New York to collecting thousands of dollars of synthesizers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcast…
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Blake and Marty break down white noise, pink noise, brown noise and dithering. This episode tackles how noise cancelling headphones works, how added noise makes songs sound better and how to make synths sound more alive. Join us on this episode in the synth series, where we are breaking down everything about synthesizers and making a synth of our o…
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We continue the synth series to learn everything we need to know about synthesizers. Marty and Blake describe voices, not the ones in your head, but the ones in synthesizers! Voices are the secret to depth and character in a sound. In the second half of the episode, the duo and a special surprise synth guru guest roll up sleeves to understand a bra…
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