Consciously direct your audience to the intricate details they crave — When you make music, you know whether it is mindful or mindless music. When you perform music in front of audience, they too can tell the difference. Mindfulness in music is the process of noticing new things — seeing the similarities in things that were thought to be different and…

Chill vibes and sonic soothing for your ears and mind — I have worked as an electronic music producer for just over 2 years and released songs as LUCKYKAT. The genres tend to center around electro house, minimal techno and tech house. Having been raised in a musical house and playing the violin and guitar through my formative years, I suddenly…

Two Factor Authorization and Backup Codes — I just switched phones which is normally a pleasurable experience. I have done this in the UK, Australia and Japan. For some bizarre reason, whenever I have done this in the 10 years I have lived in the US, it is like pulling teeth. Switching service providers was like some…

The toxic social network that harbors hate — It has definitely been coming. My Twitter connections had been telling me to migrate away from the social network that has kept us tweeting since 2006. The reasoning was simple: too much toxic, hateful content was being circulated but positive content was being censored or restricted. You know there is…

This free tool makes it easy to share your sounds — [I produce electronic music as LUCKYKAT and run Katnap Music in case you’re not interested] I had a mixing masterclass session with a producer mentor Scrapkode today. The plan was simple: jump on Zoom and do a video call while screen sharing from my DAW Ableton. We started the call…

The instant messaging social platform where toxic online bullying thrives. — [I produce electronic music as LUCKYKAT and run Katnap Music in case you’re not interested] I started using Discord a few years ago and didn’t have any issues. …

The music platform is on its last legs. — [I produce electronic music as LUCKYKAT and run Katnap Music in case you’re not interested] RIP SoundCloud. Cause of death: suicide. The music industry was crushed during the COVID pandemic. Artists could no longer play live in venues, bars or nightclubs. …

How the Chinese video sharing app is beating the US giant. — [ If you’re on TikTok, find me HERE and HERE .] In case you have been camping out in an underground bunker without a phone signal or wifi, TikTok is the short form video hosting service owned by Chinese company ByteDance. I was using TikTok the other day and suddenly…

Create your first banger with these quick tips — [I produce electronic music as LUCKYKAT and run Katnap Music in case you’re not interested] Electro House is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) characterized by a heavy, raw sounding bass and a tempo around 128BPM (beats per minute.) In the last few years, deadmau5, Benny Benassi and Daft…