Always in the Mood for Music: Interview with Berklee Online

A little while back I did an interview with Berklee Online for their Take Note blog series. The article contains a fun interactive image of my old studio and all the gear in it. Check it out!

Read "AfroDJMac: Always in the Mood for Music" on Berklee Online's Take Note.

Here is the series of tutorials I created during that time. You can also download the free Gravitational Waves Ableton Live Pack.

Download Brian's Ableton Live Drum Rack: http://berkonl.in/2bSPMjv Learn music production online with Berklee: http://berkonl.in/2aLmyRl In this free tutorial, Berklee Online instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Brian Funk, aka AfroDJMac, gets far out in this video and shares how the sound of gravitational waves (captured in the form of two black holes colliding in outer space about a billion years ago) can make for a sick new beat, using Ableton Live and Ableton Push.

Download Brian's Ableton Live Drum Rack: http://berkonl.in/2bSPMjv Learn music production online with Berklee: http://berkonl.in/2aLmyRl In this free tutorial, Berklee Online instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Brian Funk, aka AfroDJMac, demonstrates how to make an electronic beat that feels more human.

Download Brian's Ableton Live Drum Rack: http://berkonl.in/2bSPMjv Learn music production online with Berklee: http://berkonl.in/2aLmyRl In this free tutorial, Berklee Online instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Brian Funk, aka AfroDJMac, demonstrates the best ways to use effects for the tracks you're working on in Ableton Live.

Download Brian's Ableton Live Drum Rack: http://berkonl.in/2bSPMjv Learn music production online with Berklee: http://berkonl.in/2aLmyRl In this free tutorial, Berklee Online instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Brian Funk, aka AfroDJMac, demonstrates how to prepare for a live performance using Ableton Live. Once you've built a track, figured out your effects, you're ready to assign some "dummy clips" to your Ableton Push.