5 Crucial Tips for Every Music Producer :

• 1. Organization
• The first habit that will highly benefit you in the long run is organization. Always label and group your sounds right from the start.
• It’s often one of the most overlooked producer tips, yet it’s seriously important, because it could decide two things:

• If you actually finish a song
• How good the song actually turns out to be.
• Keeping all the tracks labeled and color coded will help you visualize the song and see the cohesiveness of your project.
• 2. Sound Design
• Sound design is the root of an amazing production, so mastering this skill is crucial!  
• A great way to improve your sound design skills is to go into our presets and reverse engineer as many as you can. A huge benefit of presets (that is often overlooked) is that they are an incredible learning resource.
• 3. Automation
• This is one of the most overlooked concepts.
• Experimenting with automation changed the game for Tascione (one of the Cymatics’ Sound Designers). 
• With his latest track, he experimented with automation and came up with a crazy sound. 
• Even though the rest of the experiment didn’t sound good, he had one golden nugget that took over the rest of his song.
• 4. Songwriting
• Have you ever gotten lost in a track or an entire EP/Album?
• The songwriting and structure flows so well that there is never a part that seems out of place. 
• Well, making a track sound great and well mixed is only one piece of the puzzle. What pulls the listener in is the whole structure.
• 5. Mixing & Mastering
• Before you even think about mixing or mastering a tune, be 100% sure that you’ve chosen the best samples possible for every sound. 
• If you find yourself tweaking a sample with a ton of EQ and processing right off the bat, maybe it’s better to choose a different sample closer to what you’re going for. 
• Once you’ve gotten this part done, that’s amazing! 
• But having good samples is only one piece of the puzzle. The hard part is putting them in the right places. Every sample should have its own place in the mix and composition. 
• The sample has to be placed in a way that makes your whole song cohesive and flow really well.