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Pictures From The Modern Life CD Release Party
I had a great time at my CD release party a few weeks ago. Thanks to all of you who were able to attend. My friend Thomas took a whole bunch of pictures
Relaxing Chill Out Meditative Album “Valley of Sapphire” Released Today
My new album is “Valley of Sapphire” is available everywhere today. You can check it out on my site here: Or Listen to it or download it from all the platforms (Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google etc.) here: http://valleyofsapphire.com I wrote 3 haikus to describe the emotion I felt when I created it. […]
Ableton Performance Tip – Keymap the Re-Enable Automation Button
I have a lot of automation programmed in my new album. They control the effects and sweeps which my live guitar and keyboard run through when I perform. I also have a some midi mapped controllers so I can adjust values of filters and delays in realtime. Fun!! Anytime I start knob twiddling, to play […]
12 Photo Editor Tips for Hot Online Marketing Pics – Free PDF Download
Photographer and musician Matt from The Second Spirit discusses his most used tricks when creating digital marketing online pictures with a cell phone. He’ll talk about filters, photo editor apps, effects and composition and different free apps to create eye-popping hot digital marketing pictures.
How to Handle Song Requests You Don’t Know
I stopped telling people I don’t know their song request, especially if they are drunk. If I tell them I don’t know it, they act like I committed the worst crime imaginable. Instead, I usually just go straight into a similar song or a song by the same artist without saying anything. But if I […]
The New Music Industries’ Indie Artist Workload
Does the quality of my music suffer because I am doing everything myself?
11 Most Interesting Las Vegas Tips Received, You Won’t Believe #2
I’ve received some very interesting Las Vegas tips as a street performer over these last few years. Some of them are hilarious so I thought I would share them with you. So here is my list of the 11 most interesting and coolest tips I have received, counting down to number 1 being the best, and […]
Splice – Ableton Project Collaboration / Backup / Sync Tool
I want to share with you my Ableton Chillstep project on Splice. If you haven’t heard of Splice, it’s a really cool DAW collaboration, backup, sample library cloud system for Ableton, Logic, GarageBand, and FL Studio projects. It has a lot of great features, it can automatically sync your Ableton projects in the cloud as […]
How to Make an Ableton Template or Default Set
Hey, this is Matt from The Second Spirit, I’m going to show you how to quickly make an Ableton Live auto-loading default template. You can make one that you fits your needs better then the default Ableton one. The original Ableton default template has a couple things that I don’t like about it. You can make a […]
Modern Life – Chill Remix
Get a free copy of my new chill remix. This is a lush string, chill step back beat, atmospheric version of the song “Modern Life”. First acoustic recordings tracked on Facebook live.
Ableton – Benefits of a Separate Vocal Return Bus
I just thought of quick tip I wanted to share with you. Unfortunately, I had to learn it the hard way. The Problem: In Ableton, I was finishing a project and I wanted to render an instrumental version from stems I had. Unfortunately, my vocal and instrument tracks were routed to the same effect return […]
