Red Dog Music present an easy to follow guide on how to make a basic, great-sounding House beat that will form the bedrock for all your tracks. Read more »
How to make a simple House beat
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FREE Home recording workshop: The Final Mix
Red Dog Music and Swanfield Studios are teaming up to present another fine evening of FREE home recording advice. This time learn how to finish the mix! Read more »
Eric Johnson: The ultimate gear guide
Because it takes one to know one, we picked the brains of guitar virtuoso (and lifelong Eric Johnson fan) Gavin McDiarmid on the ins & outs of EJ's set-up Read more »
Stop whining! How to avoid tinnitus
Red Dog Music's resident guitar-tech Rod Vaughan explains how you can avoid tinnitus - that whining, building feedback in your ears. Read more »
Getting crafty with some guitar string jewellery and trinkets
Just what do you do with all those old guitar strings and bass strings? What about unwinding on those cold evenings making some guitar string jewellery? Read more »
The best free plugins for Mac and PC- Part 1
If you're just starting out, or you just want a cheap way to find some inspiration, we highlight some of the best free plugins for Mac and PC Read more »
My amp has four little feet, why do I need an amplifier stand?
Stands generally aren't the coolest accessory, especially if they're for something that won't normally fall over, but an amplifier stand can be useful... Read more »
Music production hardware: how to escape your computer
Produce exclusively on your computer? Maybe a change will inspire you. In this post we discuss the potential of using dedicated music production hardware. Read more »
The seven days of Ableton Live 9 : 1 day to go
Just one day to go until Ableton Live 9 is with us, in this last post, the Red Dog Team say how Live is perfect for virtually every genre of music... Read more »
The seven days of Ableton Live 9 : 2 days to go
While specialist applications such as Traktor and Serato may the ‘go-to’ choices when it comes to digital djing, Ableton Live can offer some very powerful tools for inspiring and enabling creativity in the dj booth. As the release of Ableton Live 9 is just around the corner, we turn today [...] Read more »