https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/country/united-states-of-america/Latest entries for the tag United States Of AmericaenThu, 19 Oct 2023 15:26:30 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Formed in 2015 by Brooklyn duo Brady Keehn and Melissa Scaduto, LA-based Sextile began life as an “occult-inspired” post-punk band, with the line-up quickly expanded through the addition of bassist Kenny Elkin and guitarist Eddie Wuebben. Initially compared to psychobilly surf rockers The Cramps, their album A Thousand Hands was…Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:26:30 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/muna-staying-alive/Comprising Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin, electronic indie band MUNA first came to public attention in 2016 when their infectious single “I Know A Place” landed in the Billboard Adult Pop Top 40. Clearly not your everyday mainstream pop act, the trio’s brand of melancholy, hook-based synth-pop was…Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:12:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/muna-staying-alive/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hitech-reinventing-ghettotech/Bound by their techno roots and call-and-response rap phraseology, Detroit-bred HiTech is a collaboration between producers and vocalists King Milo, Milf Melly and DJ 47Chops. Despite their individualized takes on Motor City culture, they held a shared desire to create a new blueprint for the gritty ghettotech sub-genre and spent…Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:57:00 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/hitech-reinventing-ghettotech/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/soso-tharpa-upcycled-sonics/Soso Tharpa’s ingenuity spills out of his tracks – they bristle with energy and land with such a punch you imagine banks of sought-after synthesizers and premium signal chains, meters tickling the reds but smoothed out by a high-end console. But the Washington DC-based producer doesn’t believe that more tools…Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:15:09 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/soso-tharpa-upcycled-sonics/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shima-full-autonomy-over-everything/How important is it to have creative control over your music? For Japanese-American singer, producer and engineer Tina Johnson, AKA Shima, it’s worth giving up a promising pop career and starting again from scratch. These days, Shima owns every stage in the creation of her shimmering contemporary synth-pop releases; from…Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:34:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/shima-full-autonomy-over-everything/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/spirit-of-the-beehive-indescribable-intensity/Among the current crop of American indie bands, Spirit of the Beehive is without doubt one of the most original and idiosyncratic outfits out there. Debuting in 2014, the Philadelphia band’s sound has evolved to incorporate ever more startling combinations of DIY post-punk, psychedelic rock, synthpop and electronics along with…Mon, 30 May 2022 09:50:13 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/spirit-of-the-beehive-indescribable-intensity/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/imagine-dragons-from-home-studio-to-shangri-la/The best-selling rock band of the past decade doesn’t rely on a big-budget studio to craft their sound. “I recorded ’Thunder’ in a big room in my house,” says Dan Reynolds, lead singer of Las Vegas quartet Imagine Dragons. “Most of my vocals are recorded in rooms like this. Horrible…Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:22:14 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/imagine-dragons-from-home-studio-to-shangri-la/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sara-landry-high-end-hard-techno/Sara Landry has got builders in. When our Zoom call begins, she immediately apologies for any background noise before making a quip about missing the opportunity to record the hammering and drilling. “I have a bunch of samples already,” the mid-20s Texan assures me. “Usually what happens is I end…Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:26:45 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sara-landry-high-end-hard-techno/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kenny-beats-connecting-dots/When the late rapper and music producer Daniel Dumile (popularly known as MF DOOM) was asked how he combats writer’s block, his answer was simple: “The way that creativity works for me, it comes to you like an energy stream or something. It comes in waves. You’ve just got to…Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:54:34 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kenny-beats-connecting-dots/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kaelin-ellis-the-internets-busiest-music-producer/Kaelin Ellis makes you feel like you’re in the room with him. The Orlando-based producer was magnetic during our video call, as if inviting a complete stranger to learn about his creative process through a computer screen was, for him, just another Friday afternoon. And, in a way, it is.…Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:19:08 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/kaelin-ellis-the-internets-busiest-music-producer/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/justus-west-nurturing-creativity/“How I look at musical talents is almost like X-men” says Justus West when referring to the musical superpowers of the people he considers genius. “You can almost trace it back to when they first discovered their power, and it’s always some traumatic moment in their life. They set off…Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:35:27 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/justus-west-nurturing-creativity/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/just-feeling-it-mapping-lives-musical-evolution/Dallas native and In Real Life artist Liv.e (pronounced Liv) is quick to credit her family for nurturing her love of sound. Between her father playing keys for regional blues and gospel acts, her mother singing in the local church, and her brother Taron Lockett drumming for Erykah Badu and…Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:13:22 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/just-feeling-it-mapping-lives-musical-evolution/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/knxwledge-staying-in-go-mode/Knxwledge might be the only person on earth prepared for 2020. “Quarantine is regular over here,” remarked the 32-year-old producer over a video call from his home studio. Long before staying inside was a mandate, Knxwledge was streaming it live with Earl Sweatshirt. And before livestreaming was one of the…Fri, 09 Oct 2020 07:56:35 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/knxwledge-staying-in-go-mode/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/evolutionary-techno-dj-bones-journey-through-production/Technology is intrinsic to techno – it’s right there in the name. Influences that fed into the Detroit-born genre were already testing new modes of musical expression, but techno heralded a more decisive break away from tradition fuelled by the runaway developments in electronic music equipment. In modern terms at…Fri, 02 Oct 2020 12:36:24 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/evolutionary-techno-dj-bones-journey-through-production/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/makaya-mccraven-beat-scientist/Drummer, ‘beat scientist’ and multi-instrumentalist Makaya McCraven is sitting outside his home in Chicago, reflecting on his lockdown through the medium of Zoom. “I took a really hearty pause from doing music-related things except for taking some guitar lessons and giving my kids some music lessons,” he says. “I wasn’t…Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:22:19 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/makaya-mccraven-beat-scientist/Artists