Best Black Friday 2020 Plugin Deals for Recording, Mixing, & Mastering

Nov 25, 2020 by admin - 0 Comments

What’s going on Music Makers!?

It’s that time of year again and like me, I’m sure many of you are trying to figure out which plugins and vst’s you are going to purchase while the Black Friday deals are live. I’m going to highlight some of the best Black Friday plugin deals that I would recommend based on my personal experiences and current wishlist for 2020. The best advice I can offer you this year is to make a budget and stick to it! A lot of these deals are almost too good to pass up on (😫TAKE MY MONEY NOW!) and if you aren’t keeping an eye on your budget, you may not notice all of your hard earned money flying out the window! 💸 💸 💸

I’ll break the list up into two sections; The 1st aimed at Recording/Mixing/Mastering, and the 2nd aimed at Music Production. Without further ado, here are the top deals I recommend for Black Friday 2020! Read More ›

Loopcloud 5 – A game changing sample library and application for music producers?

May 31, 2020 by admin - 0 Comments
Loopcloud 5 | Loopcloud Sounds
What’s going on music makers!?
A few weeks ago I reviewed Loopcloud 5, which is a software application & plugin that gives you access to millions of royalty free sounds and loops that you can use in your own DAW or inside Loopcloud’s own fully-featured sample manager.

Loopcloud Sounds

It’s an awesome music production tool that producers can use to help spark song creation ideas, inspire creativity, find and create new sounds, and improve your workflow efficiency! If you are a sample-based producer, enjoy using and modifying sample loops, curating/creating drum kit sounds, or are just looking for new/different sounds to add to your own music, I highly recommend downloading the free version of Loopcloud and giving it a test run!
You can use the updated software for free and then subscribe to one of the subscription plans later (Artist, Studio or Professional packages) if you want to unlock and utilize the full potential of Loopcloud.

What is Loopcloud?

Loopcloud is basically an application that you can download and use to find a bunch of different royalty-free sounds and loops. They have over 3.5 million sounds, spanning different genre’s, that you can download and add into your music production.
The cool thing about Loopcloud is that you can use the Loopcloud plugin to sync it with your DAW. This allows you to use the sounds and loops directly in your music production software and sync the loops to the tempo of your DAW. You can modify, the samples in Loopcloud using built in effects such as reverb, delay, filtering, timestretching, etc., and then simply drag and drop them right into your DAW.
Another cool feature is that they allow you to save all the samples you’ve downloaded to “the cloud” in order to save your precious hard drive space, or you can choose to store to your computer or external hard drive if you so choose.

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Boost Loudness Using Waves OneKnob Louder Plugin

May 22, 2020 by admin - 0 Comments

Hey what’s going on music makers? Want to learn how to quickly boost your loudness levels using Waves plugins?

Well I’ve got you covered on that and more! I’ve started up a new YouTube series called “Wavy Wednesdays”.

Each Wednesday, I will be dropping a new video covering a new Waves plugin and will be showing you guys how you can use it in your music creation and/or mixing processes.

In this episode of Wavy Wednesday’s we’ll be looking at the OneKnob series Louder plug-in. As the name suggests the OneKnob Louder plug-in is a dynamic processor which raises the overall RMS level of your input signal with a simple turn of a knob.

Waves OneKnob Louder Plugin

Boost Loudness with the turn of a knob using Waves OneKnob Louder Plugin

Although this may look like a simple, basic plug-in, there’s actually a lot of complex processing going on underneath the hood. The one knob louder plug-in uses a combination of peak limiting, low level compression, and makeup gain to raise the overall level of your sound and make it pop.

This is a great plug-in for beginners to use and it’s also a great plug-in for experience engineers to use when they want to just quickly tweak their sound without having to pull up two or three different plug-ins to accomplish the same task.

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Add Distortion To Your 808 Using Waves Manny Marroquin Distortion Plugin

May 14, 2020 by admin - 0 Comments
Manny Marroquin Distortion Plugin

Hey what’s going on music makers? Want to learn how to add distortion to your 808 using waves plugins?

Well I’ve got you covered on that and more! I’ve started up a new YouTube series called “Wavy Wednesdays”.

Each Wednesday, I will be dropping a new video covering a new Waves plugin and will be showing you guys how you can use it in your music creation and/or mixing processes.

I’m starting off the series by highlighting different Waves plugins you can use to mix and boost your 808. In the second episode, I reviewed the Waves Manny Marroquin Distortion plugin, which is a distortion plugin that is part of the Manny Marroquin Collection.

Manny Marroquin Distortion Plugin

Waves Manny Marroquin Distortion Plugin

I pull up my Pro Tools Session and show you how I used the Waves Manny Marroquin Distortion plugin on the 808 track in a song I produced called “Ooo Aah” featuring Prince Teejay & Sunny Savage. It’s a dope song, and I encourage you guys to check it out, share it with a friend, and add it to your playlists!

Here’s a link to the full song! “Ooo Aah” – Fly Guy J (feat. Prince Teejay & Sunny Savage)

I also give a quick overview of the plugin and explain what all the knobs and sliders do.

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How To Boost Your 808 Using Waves PuigTec EQP-1A Plugin

Apr 30, 2020 by admin - 0 Comments
How to boost your 808 using the Waves EQP-1A Plugin

Hey what’s going on music makers? Want to learn how to boost your 808 using waves plugins?

Well I’ve got you covered on that and more! I’ve started up a new YouTube series called “Wavy Wednesdays”.

Each Wednesday, I will be dropping a new video covering a new Waves plugin and will be showing you guys how you can use it in your music creation and/or mixing processes.

I’m starting off the series by highlighting different Waves plugins you can use to mix and boost your 808. In the first episode, I reviewed the Waves PuigTec EQP-1A plugin, which is a PulTec style EQ that comes in the JJP (Jack Joseph Puig) Analog Legends Collection.

How To Boost Your 808 Using Waves EQP-1A Plugin (PulTec Style EQ)

The Waves PuigTec EQP-1A plugin is a 3 band eq usually used for broadband eq purposes. Learn how to boost your 808 or other low end sounds in your mix using this plugin

I pull up my Pro Tools Session and show you how I used the Waves PuigTec EQP-1A plugin on the 808 track in a song I produced called “Designer” feat. Flamo. In order to boost the low-end of the 808. It’s a dope song, and I encourage you guys to check it out, share it with a friend, and add it to your playlists!

Here’s a link to the full song!  “Designer” – Flamo & Fly Guy J

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26 Things You Should Do Before You Release A Song!

Jan 24, 2018 by admin - 0 Comments
Things every artist should do before releasing any music

Hey, what’s good?

If you are planning on releasing any new music then you should definitely read this blog post for valuable information about the things you should do before you release a song!

It’s 2018, and I don’t know about you, but my mood all 2018 is “It’s my year!” 💪🏽 Some of you may have made a New Year Resolution to take your music more serious this year and start treating your music like the “business” that it truly is! What many artists, especially those just starting out, don’t realize is that as soon as you create, publish, and distribute a song you become an “entrepeneur!” 🤑

That’s right, you now have a product (Your song) that you are selling, and a brand (Your Artist Name or Group Name) to represent and build awareness of!

Before you get off to the races with releasing that new song you just created at the studio, there are some baby steps that you should take first to make sure you are setting yourself (Your Business) up to maximize the songs reach and potential. Taking these steps will increase the number of listeners that hear your music, increase the number of income streams your song generates, and ultimately, increase the amount of money that ends up in your pocket! 💸

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Welcome

Sep 29, 2017 by admin - 0 Comments

Hey, what’s up? It’s your boy “FLY GUY J” from www.flyguyj.com and I’m here to welcome you to my music production blog. I decided to put this blog together for a few reasons:

  1. I want to give back to my clients who have purchased beats from me!
  2. I want to help independent music artists grow and encourage them to continue to follow their dreams!
  3. I want to provide feedback on other artist’s and producer’s music!
  4. I want to share tips and tricks with other music artists and music producers in the music community!
  5. Lastly, I want to keep my followers up to date with the latest Fly Guy J music & news!

I am hoping that you will find value in my blog posts and that by sharing knowledge, giving advice, and spreading inspiration, I will be able to: Read More ›

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