Now and then I run into an amazing YouTuber that really can break down a track. If you’re like me you crave these kinds of breakdowns, especially of hit songs, because it’s the perfect storm for learning the secrets of the great producers. 

Max Martin has been one of my favorite producers of all time. To this day he cranks out hit after hit. And in this production he does a lot of side-chain compression techniques which we talk about a lot in our class.

Enjoy the video!

Zion

(remember to follow this youtuber also!)

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!

The Triple Threat Artist

• Osie shared a great article about EQ'ing when mastering
• Billy shared a photo of a Triple Threat sandwich he discovered in his travels.. LOL
• Jamila Anne shared a track for feedback
• Ernest shared a video clip about autotune from Southpark for a laugh
• Allison shared a question for finding washy sounding guitar samples and Vi's
• Office hours were amazing on Tuesday - we talked about a lot about Zion's track "Runaway". This was requested by one of the students in this class to break it down step by step. A lot of the discussion was about concepts in approaching a production.
• An announcement was made about the Triple Threat Dinner in LA. So for those going to the Access Live Event. If you're part of this Triple Threat community or would like to be, please let Zion know and come to dinner with us!
• More steps were taken by students to listen to lectures and apply their new knowledge in exercises and groove making strategies.
• Zion reminded all students about mastering automation in their DAW.
• Osie shared a new delay module on sale.
• 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.
   
   

Making Money in Music

• Students asked for help on finding „ similar artists“ to their own music
• Discussions about spotify playlists
• Students asked for help on sharing their facebook ads
• This will be the last recap for the MiM Course. :)

The Access Course

• Lots of tunes were shared for feedback and lots of feedback was given
• Sonnet facilitated Office Hours
• Victoria shared Monday Music Breakdown
• Zion shared his weekly recap
• Keith reminded event attendees to hook up with Helen re: the artist showcase
• Bev started a discussion about the grind of metadata maintenance
• Cathy’s class was postponed
• Everybody loved Cathy’s zoom call
• Sam enquired about the music sup spreadsheet
• Jody brainstormed some good questions to ask sup’s
• Sam asked if anyone in the group wants to share the load to research the sups who will be at the live event
• Debbie shared a gatekeepers article
• Janet shared a podcast about sync / music sups
• There was a lot of conversation around Cathy’s pitch email assignment
• Austin and Eli shared a big win
• Victoria shared the live event itinerary
• Lindsey asked the group about the difference between a music supervisor and a media director
• Kyle Graski did a supervisor session
• Mark shared a Songtradr win
• Joe shared some music supervisor links
• Deena shared an Atlanta Ad Agency list
• Jan asked the group to weigh in on who they are pitching and why
• Marty shared a SongTradr win
• Akira asked what questions people are asking in their cold call emails
• Tony shared a sync win
• Jeremy shared a song call
• Jamila shared a link to PUSH audio
• Jamila shared an article on how to submit your music and finding a music publisher
• Jody asked for advice on song splits for a specific scenario
• Minko asked where people are finding out which ad agencies prepared which ads
• Jan shared a helpful hint re: email addresses
• Rick asked how people manage their stems
• Zion announced a Triple Threat group social and dinner
• Jamila asked for people’s organization tips
• Victoria shared song feedback from Cathy’s class
• Emily shared some intel on Conor Aspell
• Debbie shared a SongTradr win
• Victoria shared the Conor Aspell signup sheet
• Jamila shared an article on presenting the right sound
• Bev asked if anyone had sent music to Agoraphone
• July 26^th Neil Turk – Live in Hollywood

Special thanks to Cora Himmelsbach and Shelley Montreuil for their help in consolidating all information on the MiM and Access Facebook Pages.

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!

The Triple Threat Artist

• Amber shared a trailer submission production she and Aaron did together, and asked for feedback
• Mikey Meiers shared a Spotify playlist of guitar tones to check out!
• Kate shared a great sale on a plugin called Mixchecker
• Jamila shared a track for some feedback
• Aaron shared a guitar instrumental track for feedback
• Office hours were amazing on Tuesday - We talked about recording vocals for the most part: bit rate/ resolution, vocal takes, stacks, topline, and strategies while working with a vocalist. And finally lots of talk about working as an orchestrator from Ernest's experience.
• Zion encouraged students to share their link to Disco if people were signing up for it.
• Zion went live on Thursday and celebrated the fact that 6 Triple Threats were finalists for the Access June assignment! Woot Woot!
• Ernest asked for some advice about making business cards for the Live Event.
• The Triple Threat Artists are going to be meeting up on Wed the 25th in LA, for those going to the Access Live Event. If you're part of this Triple Threat community or would like to be, please let Zion know and come to dinner with us!
• More steps were taken by students to listen to lectures and apply their new knowledge in exercises and groove making strategies.
• 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.
   
   

Making Money in Music

• MiM members were announcing their shows 
• Discussions about music-map.com 
• Tamara asked about the contact e mail of Pandora cos she had an issue to get through to them
• Questions about Facebook Live 
• Ari Seth Herstand kept us posted about his new project and first great concert!
• Questions about what to demand from a producer after the finished product …what mixes do we have to demand for? Wav or mp3? 
• Steve posted a great youtube video of Jacob Colliers masterclass …dig into this and get inspired :-) 
• MiM members asked of being followed on facebook
• Students posted their live video performances
• Steve made a group ,…you can join it :-) 
• Discussions about sugo music arose
• Greg asked about indepreneur.com,… anyone familiar with this and happy?

The Access Course

• Lots of tunes were shared for feedback and lots of feedback was given
• Sonnet facilitated Office Hours
• Victoria shared Monday Music Breakdown
• Zion shared his weekly recap
• Amber shared a link to Musicmap
• Justin asked how music has changed people’s lives
• Tricia shared some examples of a Folk / Pop mix
• Robin shared an interview with Max Martin
• Sam shared some mic trivia
• Megan asked about people’s experience with Spotify
• Victoria announced the results of the soul/pop search 
• Bev asked for help finding a Canada-specific release form
• The Highfields had a win on the show ‘Younger’
• Lisa asked for group advice re: best way to get from the airport to Echo Park
• Darren shared a sample manager
• Victoria announced the results of the June Assignment (6 Finalists happen to be Triple Threat Artists, FYI)
• Ernest asked for business card design advice
• Jim asked for advice re: finding good reference tracks
• Pei Pei shared some LA transport advice
• Colin asked if CTM may consider a facebook live listening session
• Sam asked for advice re: Songtradr file types
• Scott suggested that he would organize an event for the out-of-town visitors for the live event
• Rick asked how many people write their lyrics out by hand
• Jim asked some advice re: Spotify premium
• Jaymie asked people how they are managing their pitching
• Richard shared a trailer win
• Eli is looking for drummers to gig in L.A.
• Sal shared a SongTradr win
• July 21 – Conor Aspell – Buddha Jones
• July 16^th – Cathy’s class
• July 19^th Kyle Graski – Amazing Music tracks dot com
• July 28^th AccessX Artist Showcase

Special thanks to Cora Himmelsbach and Shelley Montreuil for their help in consolidating all information on the MiM and Access Facebook Pages.

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!

The Triple Threat Artist

• Ashley started a discussion on a good ergonomic computer mouse and was looking for recommendations, lots of people chimed in. 
• Zion shared the recap for the week
• Office hours were amazing on Tuesday - we had an amazing discussion all about production techniques to get your song to "change/move/progress/evolve" that's often suggested by licensing agents. Also we go really into the nuts and bolts about reverb and how to use it when producing.
• Kate Willens joined our tribe, welcome!!!
• Jeb shared a track for some feedback. :) It's soooo well done.
• Eymard started a discussion about VI Guitars, and praised the Amplesound guitars he's been using. I agree!
• Zion added a new video on the Framework of the Triple Threat Artist course, breaking it into four areas for more clarity.
• The Triple Threat Artists are going to be meeting up on Wed the 25th in LA, for those going to the Access Live Event. We're making plans now about that.
• More steps were taken by students to listen to lectures and apply their new knowledge in exercises and groove making strategies.
• 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.
   
   

Making Money in Music

• Aaron got us updated on his crowdfunding research: he ended up with using GoFundMe as his platform of choice! 
• Students posted their songs for feedback
• Steve needed help on how to call his new facebook group: students were voting on different names.
• Mike Beardmore as a jingle producer asked if there were any singers or producers out there who were interested in working together!?
• Aaron posted his latest release,… and thanked the team for support.
• Students announced their tours
• Cathy asked if there was anyone interested in joining the access course! You can follow her on Instagram for inspiration, too! @cathy.heller

The Access Course

• Lots of tunes were shared for feedback and lots of feedback was given
• Sonnet facilitated Office Hours
• Victoria shared Monday Music Breakdown
• Zion shared his weekly recap
• Sam opened up a discussion re: how to use SongTradr
• Rick was looking for feedback on the Cloudbounce service
• Bev asked for feedback on copywriting
• Tamara shared her experience/success with SongTradr
• Elle shared an upcoming event she is planning with Scotty
• Bentley asked if we need to register our songs with our PRO before we turn them in
• Rick asked what tool people are using for tagging metadata
• Victoria announced the Trailer songs which are getting signed and those that were close
• Victoria announced the July assignment
• Jeremy shared an interview with Kevin Dixon and Michael Stein
• Ian shared an article about copyright issues
• James asked for info on Songtrust and AdRev
• Lindsey asked if people are using Splice
• Ian asked if CTM could post a list of recent placements that have been gotten by students
• Jan asked what happens when our ‘year’ runs out
• Cathy gave away three $75 gift cards to Anthro
• Elle asked how many songs they generally send sups when they get a request
• Debbie shared a sci-fi search
• Mat shared an post about Article 13
• Marco is looking for ghost-writers
• Ian asked for feedback on how much session musicians are charging for their services
• Ebony shared a success story
• Osie shared a proud dad moment
• Kimberly shared her concerns about using reference songs for inspiration
• Robert asked if there will be a course certificate
• Jim asked about streamlining the ad research process
• Kate asked for help getting oriented with the files etc …
• Victoria shared a Welcome Session video for new students
• Marco shared a songtradr win
• Jeremy asked if anyone is using Albion One orchestral sample library
• Debbie asked who the guest is for the July Zoom session
• Elle asked if anyone uses splice or sound.com
• Mikey shared a CTM win
• Mikey shared a songtradr win
• Jennifer is looking to hook up with classmates while she is in California for a week
• Justin shared an article about a label dispute re: Childish Gambino royalties

Special thanks to Cora Himmelsbach and Shelley Montreuil for their help in consolidating all information on the MiM and Access Facebook Pages.

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!

The Triple Threat Artist

• Juli shared a link on how to use polyrhythms to create a perfect beat.
• Zion shared the recap for the week
• Mikey shared a video he made of some tips on pop guitar voicing that were extremely helpful!
• Zion announced that there will be some new updates to the course coming soon!
• Office hours were amazing on Tuesday
• Amber shared a great link about timestretching audio tracks to fit a new tempo, especially helpful for remixing
• Zion gave a class and live demonstration on Tuesday afternoon all about using the Disco online software for sharing and pitching songs. A replay was given to just Triple Threat students.
• Eymard opened a discussion about using a cloudlifter device with his dynamic mic
• Kate shared a song that she pulled together for a tv trailer submission opportunity, and the lessons learned through it. Great job, Kate, it’s amazing!
• More steps were taken by students to listen to lectures and apply their new knowledge in exercises and groove making strategies.
• 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.

Making Money in Music

• Cherie shared an expertence with getting cold mails from Sound Royalties. Anyone familiar with this? Or experienced the same?
• Small discussion on the topic.
• Victoria said goodbye to the MIM class and at the same time advertised for the ACCESS COURSE. Anyone interested?
• Fred and Celestial Blue did a co-write. They asked for feedback and also help on categorizing the style.  
• Victoria posted the replay of Cathy´s course: the last one here in the MIM class!
• Steve needed help on finding musicians for his band. Ari Herstand suggested "Jammcard“
• discussions about video editing software
• students shared their songs for feedback
• questions arose about how to submit a synch placement to IMDB
• Victoria advertised for the access course: great opportunities for sync placements there!
• Nike asked if anyone has worked with Rocket Reach ?
• Winners for best video and single on LA MUSIC CRITIC Awards go to: Free Paterson and Kris Angelis! Congratulations !!
• Victoria shared the replay of the last OFFICE HOURS
• Thanks Guys for this wonderful journey …. 

The Access Course

• Lots of tunes were shared for feedback and lots of feedback was given
• Sonnet facilitated Office Hours
• Victoria shared Monday Music Breakdown
• Zion shared his weekly recap
• Sal shared a catalogue signing win
• Amber asked if CTM knows who the sups/guests will be at the live event
• Mikey is offering one on one guitar lessons via skype
• Kayte shared some info about the Songs of Love foundation
• Harriet asked for advice on her children’s music
• Victoria announced that modules 10-13 are live now on Teachable
• Anna shared a new summer playlist
• Marie shared a video about collaborating
• Kayte asked CTM if they would get an interview with Alexandra Patsavas or Jen Pyken
• Kayte asked if it is better to keep your sync-focused music unreleased
• Kari asked if CTM would interview Whirly Girl (Frankie Pine); Full Pursuit (Ken? Gabe?); and Format entertainment (Dave, Julianne, Julia?)
• Kari shared an article about getting new buzz on old tracks
• Anne shared an article on how to write a bio
• Mark shared a video about How Demi Lovato & Oak Felder made “Sorry Not Sorry” from royalty-free samples
• Mark shared a video about producing a viral song
• Rob asked for advice on file sharing services
• Victoria shared a $75K search opportunity
• Debbie shared an article about the top 10 film soundtracks of all time
• Janet lost her mom
• Debbie shared an article about SongTradr adding a music distribution service
• Meg asked if she could submit her June assignment late
• Jacq reached out to talk about mental illness
• Sam shared some feedback on getting onto SongTradr playlists
• Rick asked for feedback on Cloudbounce

Special thanks to Cora Himmelsbach and Shelley Montreuil for their help in consolidating all information on the MiM and Access Facebook Pages.

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. I do my best to relay what I think is the most important details, but it's very possible for me to overlook something or make a typo in the process. This is just to be used as a quick reference and outline. Enjoy!

The Triple Threat Artist

• Office hours was on Tuesday, where we had an awesome discussion all about hard drive setups for your platform, installation of software, working with an external mixing engineer, and the new Roli keyboards.
• Alex shared the two songs he had accepted by Catch the Moon Music for us to check out!
• Alex shared a video and information on the Roli keyboard that he's digging right now, and recommends
• Juli shared a great sale on FilterFreak plugin
• Zion shared a new video and download for the Red Zone Production Timeline. A tool or guideline that can be used to keep you on track when producing a song, and something to use as a reference.
• Zion announced a new pop-up webinar for Wednesday where he will teach how to use DISCO, the music licensing software that's becoming the industry standard right now
• Osie started a discussion about learning reverb....
• Juli shared an article about learning polyrhythms and using them in producing your songs.
• More steps were taken by students to listen to lectures and apply their new knowledge in exercises and groove making strategies. 
• 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.

Making Money in Music

• Students posted and shared their releases
• Students shared their "cold e-mails" for feedback
• Cherie discovered www.goldosyncreport.com … interesting! Check them out
• It was Cathy´s birthday on the 19th of June! Belated Happy Birthday!
• Discussions about american TV Shows aimed at teenage girls 14-16 years
• Steve considered doing a podcast with interviews of young musicians and asked who would be interested
• Riki posted a review of her bands album
• Discussions about PR contacts
• Students posted their videos for feedback
• Discussions about spotify creators
• Dielle asked if anyone had any questions as she will be joining a conference about funding indie films
• Victoria posted the Office Hour replay!

The Access Course

• Lots of tunes were shared for feedback and lots of feedback was given
• Sonnet facilitated Office Hours
• Victoria shared Monday Music Breakdown
• Zion shared his weekly recap
• Ian shared his thoughts on sync songwriting as a numbers game
• Carrie asked for some guidance re: course resources
• Carmel reached out to find some collaborations
• Meg asked for newbie advice
• DiElle asked if there may be some issues with the group email system
• Jody asked for confirmation on a gift card email she received
• Jacqueline reached out to find collaborators
• … there were many new introductions … welcome to all the Access Program newcomers!
• Sam shared some production tips
• Debbie shared an urgent SongTradr call for a 50K placement
• Victoria welcomed all the new Access Program students
• Eric reached out to find singers for contract work
• Judy asked for feedback on TAXI
• Kayte asked for support launching her new band/brand
• Cathy celebrated her birthday
• Megan asked for advice re: how splits play out in the real world
• Carmel reached out for an accountability partner
• Nancy asked for some advice re: not registering a song with a PRO
• The Alec Stern session got re-scheduled
• Richard asked if anyone has had tracks accepted by Crucial lately
• Eric shared a survey
• Jennifer reached out to find an accountability partner
• Bev asked for correct details re: Coloribus
• Terry asked when song critiques happen
• Lindsey asked for metadata advice
• Ian shared a Soundfly article
• Allison reached out to find producers in Western Mass
• Anne asked for the proper amount to split to a producer
• Brynn asked for advice re: picking a lane
• Juli shared some music sup playlists
• Mikey shared Arcade’s new synth
• Richard asked for advice on key changes
• DiElle asked Cathy who produced one of her songs
• May assignment winners were announced
• Angelique shared a Christmas playlist
• Victoria shared Cathy’s new ‘how to podcast’ class

Special thanks to Cora Himmelsbach and Shelley Montreuil for their help in consolidating all information on the MiM and Access Facebook Pages.

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. I do my best to relay what I think is the most important details, but it's very possible for me to overlook something or make a typo in the process. This is just to be used as a quick reference and outline. Enjoy!

The Triple Threat Artist

• Ashley shared a track for some feedback, we all jumped in and gave our critiques and recommendations
• Zion posted a video on Monday where he checked in and connected with all the news and projects coming up
• Office hours was on Tuesday, where we talked alot about keyboard controllers and synths at first. But then we moved over into the concepts of HOW to produce music that’s current
• We had a great discussion and Q&A with Mikey about his journey into production work, as well as lots of tips on recording and producing electric guitars. 
• Juli shared a track she's been working on for the 8-day challenge.
• Alex joined our tribe, welcome!!!
• More steps were taken by students to listen to lectures and apply their new knowledge in exercises and groove making strategies. 
• 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.
• Zion shared a video all about not messing up your production with elements that you're not good at. You can find a replay of there HERE.

Making Money in Music

• students posted their releases
• Steve shared an interesting graphic (posted by Jacob Collier) about how to emotionally asses the themes of your songs…
• Students shared their success
• There were discussions about crowd-funding
• Questions about ad publishing company called senticmusic.com
• Sem posted a video about a personal story of successful branding 
  questions about music lawyers 
• Victoria posted Ari's last June Class 
• Questions about house concertsinyourhome.com
• Kray sent a picture of his new built studio
• Students shared their songs for feedback
• MIM Office Hours were posted by Victoria 
• Victoria shared the attendance sheet of the Access Event… have a close look… 
• Alec Stern from DDB will be doing a live talk on Wed at 10am PST

The Access Course

• Lots of tunes were shared for feedback and lots of feedback was given
• Sonnet facilitated Office Hours
• Victoria shared Monday Music Breakdown
• Zion shared his weekly recap
• Many students shared their submissions for the healthcare ad submission
• Marco asked for recommendations for Jazz singers
• Victoria announced the students whose songs they will be pitching for the healthcare ad spot
• Nick offered thoughts about adding new material to your library
• Lizzie started a discussion about vocal health
• Eric asked a question about taxi
• Lachlan asked a question about increasing his production quality
• Ashley asked about the access course conference details
• Kaeli asked a question to the group about reaching out to a director
• Lisa shared a YouTube video about scavenging as songwriters
• Bev shared funny comic about writing music
• Lisa asked about a cover song for sync
• Rehya and Jessi shared the success with a Christmas opportunity
• Lots of students asked for feedback on songs they were working on
• Christine offered thoughts about working on music between all the other difficult things in life
• Mark shared the success he had
• Nancy also found out the song of hers was placed in the Christmas film
• Debbie shared a cool video about Music driving marketing
• Ian shared a business advisory service
• Lisa shared an article about Alec Stern
• Lots of new students joining the access course jumped in and shared an introduction and music that they worked on
• Marco shared this success with being credited in IMDb
• Debbie shared a really cool article about independent artists
• Debbie shared a pitch opportunity over at Songtradr
• Debbie shared a Father's Day commercial
• Pete asked if current members of the access course would have a discount if they reregistered. Long discussion institute. Catch the moon music will get back to us once that decided how that will be set up.
• Mark asked when the June modules will be accessible
• Jacq gave some thoughts about putting the work in on the administrative side
• Sherry share the song of hers
• Jeremy reached out for a accountability partner
• Debbie shared an article about 25 songs that tell us where music is going
• Debbie reached out graciously to all the new students
• Cathy shared a commercial she got her music in back in 2015
• Osie reached out to anyone for an interactive session
• Many former students created quick videos about why the access course has been helpful to them
• Mark shared some information about Alec Stern
• Mikey shared the song he wrote for the eight day challenge
• Kerri shared information about how much David Levy helped her!
• Alec Stern from DDB – June 12/18

Special thanks to Cora Himmelsbach and Shelley Montreuil for their help in consolidating all information on the MiM and Access Facebook Pages.

If you're not sure about the production method, technique, or recording trick, then stop putting it into your production. Let me show you what I mean.

Zion

This is why you should join Cathy Heller's ACCESS Course if you want to get your music in film / ads. I have learned a ton from her, and am going to take the course again. You should too.

It's a no-brainer.

http://6-figure-songwriting.teachable.com/p/six-figure-songwriting-2-0-the-access-program

Zion

Good morning Triple Threats!