Dark ambient music is a sub-genre of ambient music that features dark, sometimes grinding / sometimes soothing, foreboding post-industrial soundscape dirges that speak to themes of isolation, embattlement, guilt, pain, torment, fear, suffering, hatred, shame, betrayal, disassociation, resentment, paranoia, anger, neglect, and...you name it, if it's on the negative end of the spectrum, it's probably…
Electropop, as a musical genre, has existed since electronic synthesizer-based music fused with pop music to create a new genre that is now widely known as electropop. In other words, if your music has synthetic elements, and yet aims to be popular, it could be considered "electropop". But this is too simple an explanation -…
Music these days has splintered off into a thousand and one sub-genres. Who can keep track? Me, I guess. With the genre known as synthwave, there is the added complication of there being two different incarnations, with one appearing in the late 1970's and lasting for another decade or so, and the other being much more…
As my mixing has progressed over the years I have found my mixes started to translate a lot better with some master bus or parallel compression, or both. Not to say my mixes were bad before, but I realised after a while that the mix is often as important as all the sweating you can…
Anyone’s top 10 list of C64 game music is bound to feature a few efforts by Matt Gray, with a long and engrossing list of tracks to his name ranging from the legendary The Last Ninja 2 to the likes of Tusker and Hunter’s Moon. Quedex Quedex was his first published work for Thalamus’ puzzler…
When it comes to audio file formats, there are basically two types: lossless, and lossy. Lossless audio retains all of the original quality from whatever source it came from, whether it be compact disc, tape, vinyl, or something else. Lossy audio sacrifices quality so that it can save space, resulting in a smaller and more…
Hey guys, Young Coconut here! I just thought I'd share with you some of my favourite music-related Youtube videos and channels in the form of bookmarks that I have stored away in my Chrome browser from the past several years. I do a lot of digging for interesting musical content that can be found on…
Choosing the right headphones for binaural beats entertainment is mandatory in order to benefit fully from brainwaves and their amazing effect on the mind. There are many things to take into consideration when choosing a headphone for binaural beats. Closed-back headphones vs. Open-back headphones Closed headphone are a good choice because they will block out…
A philanthropist he is not. No, Maxim Skyler keeps every red cent he earns, or comes into possession of may be a more accurate way to describe the way in which Skyler acquires his wealth. Whether illegal or not, he has an estimated net worth according to one source of 1.6 billion dollars. That said,…
Today I review the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Headphones, which are headphones that are most often used by audio engineers, pro DJ's, and high end audio lovers due to their particular design which lends to such work, due to their large-aperature drivers that come with copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils and rare earth magnets. Fancy stuff! …
