Weekly Facebook Group Recap - 9/30 thru 10/6

Here is a recap of facebook group information for one or more courses you're a part of. Disclaimer. This recap by no means replaces the information in the Facebook Groups. Always refer to them for the most current and accurate information. We do our best to relay what we think is the most important details, but it's very possible for us to overlook something or make a typo in the process. This is just to be used as a quick reference and outline. Enjoy!

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The Triple Threat Artist

• Kaeli asked for suggestions on software/hardware for backing tracks for live performances. Discussion ensued. 
• Kaeli asked for some advice on fitting an SM7b with an Alctron acoustic shield
• Brad shared a holiday song that he and Chelsey wrote, for feedback and discussion
• Blake shared a track he's working on and asked the question about how to take certain feedback he's gotten from sups
• Upcoming Q&A session with Mixing engineer Phillip Nichols-Wright on October 9th, open for all Triple Threat members
• More steps were taken by students to listen to lectures and apply their new knowledge in exercises and groove making strategies.
• Office Hours were amazing on Tuesday. We discussed a bunch of stuff. First off, Zion reminded everyone about the Live Access event Triple Threat Social on 11/7. Location TBD. Next we talked about what each person was working on, and delved into talking about how important processes can be in music production. Process of mixing, recording, mastering, organizing, etc. Next we talked a lot about social media presence as an artist, and tricks to getting something up quickly. Lastly, we got into talking about using saturation plugins, specifically Decapitator by SoundToys. Alex has been nice enough to show us how he uses it on 808's on 10/3 at 10am. You don't want to miss it!
• Tobias shared a track he's working on for feedback
• Amber shared a track that she had presented at the Access Course, and she and her husband and nephew had remixed.
• Tobias suggested a youtube playlist with all the office hours and q&a's from our class. Zion thought this was a great idea sent links to course members
• We had an awesome live tutorial by Alex on Wed, where he explained how he uses Decapitator, for 808's, vocals, etc.
• Blake shared a song he's working on, looking for input. As well as asked if anyone wanted to team up for some writing collaborations.
• Zion shared some thoughts on striving toward goals and never giving up.
• Alex shared a track he's working on, and asked for some feedback.
• Zion shared a song he's looking for background gang vocal volunteers on
• Juli shared an amazing video on gated reverb sound that's coming back into style
• Ashley asked a question about how many mixes are typical when producing a track
• This next week's office hours will be held on Tuesday at 10am, where we will deconstruct famous production of hit songs, as well as get questions resolved for any production projects students are working on.
• If you are in the Access Course and have interest in joining the Triple Threat Artist group, please let Zion know, we've got an amazing discount waiting for you.. Now $49/m, with coupon code 49FORLIFE.

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The Access Course

• Chris and others posted their Holiday songs for the Submission Opportunityfor feedback
• Brenda posted a question about licensing a cover song. Who pays the publisher?
• Tom needs both a male and female rapper
• Victoria posted the October assignment
• Tamara posted about her experience as a panelist at the Music-Preneur Mindset Summit.
• Sal posted a Holiday song that was signed by CTM last year.
• Richard inquired about anyone’s experience with TrepStar
• Nancy inquired who wanted to perform at the post-event show at Hotel Café.
• Pete posted an article from the Onion about ProTools
• Joan and others announced their new membership, and introduced themselves. Welcome all!
• Marie encouraged everyone to PM their song to her for honest feedback.
• Victoria posted a new Holiday search
• Halley seeks a collaborator to try and have something really ready by the deadline.
• Catch the Moon shared Target’s new ad in the Monday Music Breakdown
• Augustine is looking for a collaborator
• Rick posted a conversation starter
• Tobias posted a gear question
• Halley posted a list of the best creative agency in each state. Thank you Halley
• Joe posted good news for him from Songtradr
• Rebecca inquired where the “files” section was to be found, and was pointed to it.
• Cathy posted encouragement to the new members
• Michelle posted some very useful advice from an associate creative director at a well-known ad agency, about pitching.
• Victoria has posted video of the Office Hours for 10-4
• Madeline asked about balancing writing songs for sync against writing songs for art. Janet gave her a very good answer
• Laura asked about making her sync catalog of songs public, or keeping them private.
• James is looking for a collaborator
• Rebecca posted a link to a podcast giving advice on targeting your music to Film and TV from “Ruele”
• Victoria posted the songwriters whose songs were signed for the Holiday search.
• Amber posted a video of herself talking about vulnerability
• Marie posted a playlist of songs from animated films

Huge thanks to Jan Seides for her help in summarizing the Access Course. 💙