ANAK Creates Podcast | Coffee with Creators Alex Krotz

Releases are the most important thing to get people to hear your music, and weather you’re an artist, or producer helping artists, you should listen to this to hear how you can make releases better.

There really is no “Perfect” way to release music, but this is some of our findings and different things to think about when it comes to planning your releases and promotional packages. Having been apart of many releases ourselves, we talk about what we’ve seen more success with, and what we’ve seen flop.

There’s lots to think about from planning to execution depending on what works for you and your audience!



LINKS:
Fremont Pike: Detroit Girl - https://youtu.be/-jx5EjSkJKg

Fremont Pike: Dead Prez Park - https://youtu.be/do4Nbq4qJVw

Fremont Pike: Sunday Scaries - https://youtu.be/jyUHo4QjySo


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We all have dumb purchases that we thought would be a great idea but weren’t quite worth it, and we also have those purchases we wish we had all along! That’s what we’re chatting about today! Plus I discuss my new laptop, what the Junos sent me, and of course the latest news about AVID getting purchased and why that’s kinda worrisome for creators.



Pkew: Dumbest thing i ever done - https://youtu.be/HsFnnsi88n4

DIYRE Cloudlifter Clone - https://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/collections/studio-essentials/products/mb2

Slate Trigger 2 - https://stevenslatedrums.com/trigger-2-platinum/

AVID Deal Article - https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/why-people-are-concerned-about-the-avid-deal


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Here are 3 things that I feel need to be a regular reminder for creators in general, things I need to constantly remind myself and others. When we're so passionate about what we do, sometimes these can fall by the wayside.



LINKS:

Barely Holding On - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/alexkrotz/barely-holding-on-feat-sons-of-horus

SoundToys Superplate - https://www.soundtoys.com/product/superplate/


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Artist, Musician and Creator Ethan Maac joins me today to discuss his creative process, how he got into production and how he thinks about everything creative that surrounds his music. He’s not only a talented musician and producer of his own music, but is heavily involved in the making of music videos and developing the visual identity of his music.

We also dive into his latest Release Light Switch, along with many of this other tracks, and talk about the process of developing the ideas.

Ethan has some really interesting perspectives on the art of music, and staying true to his natural instincts while creating, and what drives him too always be creating. This is a really great conversation, enjoy!!

LINKS:
 @ethanmaac - https://maacmusic.com/
Light Switch - https://youtu.be/1OfHv9z_Kkc
Light Switch BTS - https://youtu.be/0re8YyBSVzU


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This week we discuss Apple’s latest releases (and if they really are worth keeping an eye on for music production) company consolidation and news about Native Instruments and Moog Audio. I talk about Waves StudioVerse and what I think it’s all about, and then we dive into my feeling about AI in music production, 3 ways I think it could really help our current tools and help us with creation.



LINKS:

GOYO Plugin - https://goyo.app/

Dead President Park - https://youtu.be/do4Nbq4qJVw

Digital Spaghetti - https://youtu.be/eYkrZvAMDW0



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This week we’re talking about an exciting new launch for ANAK Creates, some news coming from the Pro Tools world and some awesome new releases from friends of the channel. I also talk about my production method where I feel like I’m sampling my own stuff, chopping things up in a session and playing with them and using that as a method of inspiration to see what I can create with what I have. Then we finish off nerding out over Bring Me The Horizon and their new song Amen, cuz of course we have to have a banger for Mix of the Week.



MAC Kit OSTB - https://bit.ly/ostbmackit

Coaching: https://www.anakcreates.ca/coaching

Mix Feedback: https://www.anakcreates.ca/mixfeedback

Ethan Maac: Light Switch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfHv9z_Kkc

Fremont Pike: Dead President Park - https://open.spotify.com/track/3dOBAvca2qEHj4gMFVhWxR?si=17aa91b7c39f4ea4

Fremont Pike: Detroit Girl - https://youtu.be/-jx5EjSkJKg

Bad Snacks Video - https://youtu.be/xEmcDr9k-lo



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