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Posted on September 13, 2025September 13, 2025
  • Music Blog

The Rise of Chill

The popularity of chill music has surged in recent years, with more students, professionals, and even casual listeners embracing it as the perfect backdrop for…

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Posted on September 6, 2025September 6, 2025
  • Music Production

Tips and Tricks for Using the FPC Drum Plugin in FL Studio

If you’re an FL Studio user, the FPC plugin is an essential tool for building custom drum kits, finger drumming, and adding creative percussion to…

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Posted on August 30, 2025August 30, 2025
  • Music Production

Loops, Samples, and AI

Rethinking Creativity in Modern Music For as long as people have made music, we’ve borrowed from what came before. Folk musicians passed down melodies through…

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Posted on August 23, 2025August 23, 2025
  • Artist Profile

Hammock: The Sound of Twilight and Infinite Space

In the vast world of ambient and post-rock music, few bands have carved out a space as emotive, immersive, and quietly transcendent as Hammock. Formed in…

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Posted on July 25, 2025July 25, 2025
  • Artist Profile
  • Music Production

The Secrets Behind Nine Inch Nails’ Ambient Soundscapes

Nine Inch Nails (NIN), led by Trent Reznor and long-time collaborator Atticus Ross, is widely celebrated for pushing the boundaries of industrial rock. But tucked…

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Posted on July 18, 2025July 18, 2025
  • Artist Profile

Tangerine Dream: Pioneers of Electronic Sound

Beginnings in Berlin Tangerine Dream was founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese in Berlin, Germany. Emerging from the city’s innovative art and music scene, Froese…

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Posted on July 11, 2025July 11, 2025
  • Music Blog

How an Ambient Music Producer Can Perform Live

A Guide to Creating Immersive Experiences Performing live as an ambient music producer can feel like a contradiction at first. Ambient music is subtle, immersive,…

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Posted on July 5, 2025July 5, 2025
  • Music Production

Pro Tips & Tricks for Recording Guitar Like a Seasoned Engineer

Recording guitar—whether it’s a sparkling acoustic, a gritty electric riff, or a smooth clean rhythm part—is an art as much as a science. A great…

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Posted on June 27, 2025June 27, 2025
  • Original Recording

Introducing “Senile Felines” – My Latest Track as Water for Otters

My latest song has dropped today and I’m pretty excited about it. Not only is this the first song I’ve completed this year, it’s also…

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Posted on June 21, 2025June 21, 2025
  • Playlists

Stendeck, Ulrich Schnauss & Flunk

Those are just a few of the great artists that I’ve included in this week’s playlist. Episode 20 of Neural Flow Weekly has been published…

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