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Intro to Chord Progressions

Hello from New Zealand!!

Hope you're all well. I'm currently on tour in NZ, hanging out in Auckland at this very moment. 

This weeks vid is all about chord progressions and how I would start out writing one or a track, to then build on top of. It's kind of a crash course and one I'll be able to expand on in other videos as well. This will hopefully give you an idea on how I wor...

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Referencing is KING!

Today we learn how to reference! 

Don't confuse this with imitating, copying or stealing. Referencing is a POWERFUL tool when it comes to art of any form. Lets rephrase it as "Learning from the best". Because that what you're doing. Seeing what the artists who are at the top of their game are doing, analyzing it, and implementing what you've learnt into your own artworks.

Refer...

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Tutorials!

Hey everyone!! 

Hoping you've all had a fantastic weekend and are motivated and looking forward to the week ahead!

Want to get your feedback on what sorts of tutorials you guys would be interested in seeing the most. Check the polls out below :) Please leave any comments of topics I've missed and things you REALLY wanna see!

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JUNE SAMPLE PACK!!

It's Sample Pack timmmmeee!!

New goodies for you guys to play with. Drums, basses, atmospheres, weird morphing sounds. (went in and extracted some of these form existing projects that you might recognize ~hehe~)

DOWNLOAD HERE 

As always let me know what you gu...

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How To Make a Flip

Happy June everyone!! How the hell is it half way through the year already? Woah that means this Patreon has been around for 6 months!! That has literally flown by. In saying that I want to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you for being here, being active and being part of this little community. Its one of my favourite things to give back in this way and sharing what I know with you. 

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Free Download - Promises vs HEX [Blanke Live Edit]

Its free download week and I've got another exclusive for youuuu!!

Made this one as a big moment in my sets and wanted to customize the drop just a little bit. Always worked a treat for me. The promises vocal *chefs kiss*

DOWNLOAD HERE 

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Chillin'

Hope you're all having a relaxing weekend!

Just wanted to stop by and remind that while working HARD is important, hard work needs to be offset by rest and recovery. There isn't and effective process in the body where continuous stress is beneficial. Resting is so important, for balance, for contrast, and most of all, for recovery and repair. This is similar for your body and your brain. ...

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How I do my Sidechain routing! (and other techiniques)

Hey everyone!!

Today I'm here explaining my routing and sidechaining techniques, and what my "Mix A and Mix B" channels are all about. This has been a question I've gotten from a few of you so I thought I'd clarify it up for you guys. 

This video is helpful for beginners and more experienced producers.

Beginners; welcome to sidechaining! Heres a couple of techniques. ...

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How to get GOOD stereo width

What's up everyone!

Clean stereo widTH is always a bit of a beast to tackle and master (I never really think anything is mastered in this world but you get me). Getting nice wide sounds and a clean mono signal can be f^cken hard to figure out. Keep it simple though and youll start to get it. 

For me, some basic ideas are these:

Firstly, PANNING IS KING. Dont use widening ...

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Sample Pack - May!!

Hey hey hi hello its SAMPLE PACK DAYYYYY

Get it HERE!!! 

So here we have some fresh home made fx, drops, risers, builds and atmospheres. 

Loved making these so please lemme know if you want another addition of this because i feel like they could be real u...

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Samples!

What kinda samples are you guys NEEEEDING right now?!

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Follow Me Remix Walkthrough!

~I'm the alpha, omega, beginning, the end~

It's walkthrough day and I'm exciting to be showing you my remix of ShockOne's unreal dnb anthem, Follow Me!

I was somewhat terrified of the task I had at hand when I first got offered the remix. How was I meant to make this any better than it already was?! Thankfully I found a way to put my spin on it and make it into something I was proud...

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Simplicity

Simplicity has become my biggest focus in recent times and it's been a piece of advice thats been thrown at me for years. But in reality, that skill is something that comes with time and experience. 

Simplicity comes with the accumulated realisation of necessary and unnecessary parts. Learning what is needed and what may not be needed., and having the confidence to take out what isn'...

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Free Download - Crawl Outta Incinerate (Blanke Live Edit)

Hey lovely people!

Its free download weeeeekkkk!! And with shows looking like they are coming back, what better time for it. 

This month I've got a little gem from my sets that would get one of the biggest reactions (on the low I almost forgot about how good this was, I'm glad I dug it up!)

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Q&A #1

AYYYY Good day to you all I am so excited because todays upload is our

FIRST Q&A YAYYY

This was a lot of fun I love answering your questions and this was a heap of fun to put together. I answer your Q's about the younger me, my daily routine and how I transitioned into music from normal life.

Lots of awesome questions in there guys, so keep em comin! Any questions I didn't...

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April Sample Pack!!

What's up Patrons :) wishing you a merry Monday (or tuesday if ur in aus). Hope youve all kicked off your week nicely.

Bringing you this months mini sample pack wrapped up in a little package for you with bass sounds and jams and textures for you to go through and hopefully find some inspo with. 

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Them Good Plugs!

Happy April everyone!

Welcome to a new month of goodies and welcome to all the new subscribers!! If youre new here say hey below :D Grab a tea, take a seat and make yourselves at home!

This video we are going over my 'favourites' list in Ableton. Covering all the plug-ins I use on the regular and diving into why I like them and how I use them. 

I always love seeing what o...

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Thank you!!

Whats up Patrons :)

Just want to THANK YOU ALL for another awesome month. I love watching our little community grow and sharing knowledge with you as much as I can. 

Keep continuing to ask questions and give feedback on my videos and packs cos that's what I need to make sure I'm delivering content with skills and wisdom that you guys will actually be able to use and apply!

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FREE PLUG INS!

What's up guys!!

It's one of those months with 5 weeks in it which means there's an extra week of content for you!! So this week I thought I'd share a little discovery I found the other day.

Found some SWEET free plug-ins by Valhalla (the guys who do the awesome reverbs). Awesome stretched out effects, frequency modulation, stereo manipulation, wild delay and sound design goodness.&...

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Dog Blood - Break Law (Blanke Flip)

GOOD MORNIN ITS FREE DOWNLOAD DAY!!

I've got a goodie for ya. 

When Break Law first came out I knew I had to do something to it. Dog Blood was making a comeback, the music was spicy. I messed with it so I had something to play live at my shows cos it was such a slapper. It then sat as a first drop for so long, until literally years later a decided to make a second, jus...

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Book Recommendation!

Hey everyone!!

I'm back with another little resource of goodness. I love reading and love sharing what I've come across, and this one was a little gem. 

I found this a few years ago and its a great book covering how we perceive music. Our brains work in insanely cool ways and this covers details about how we listen to music and what happens in our brains when we do. It also exp...

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Sound Design Tutorial!

What's up guys today is sound design day! 

Excited to share with you my little process of what I do to get my sounds.

This process mainly covers bass design, but its a great approach to all sounds if applied in the right way. I love how intuitive this is for me and how much pressure it takes off the writing process. It also stops me from overthinking, which I do... a lot. I'm j...

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Q&A Time!!

Alright guys the first Q&A is coming up! Comment below with all of your questions and I'll answer them in an upcoming vid for you guys!!

They can be anything and everything, from life advice to my favourite plug-ins to what my dogs name is. 

Just to reiterate, I'll be taking questions this way and recording it separately, instead of doing this live...

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*Bonus Video* - Glitch Tip

Was having some fun with this the other day and thought id share with you guys! 

Have fun and let me know if you experiment further with it!! Send some of your glitches to the Discord channel! Would love to hear what you guys come up with. 

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Another Useful Resource (that isn't about production)

Hey everyone!

Hope your weeks have been productive (heh) and enjoyable and full of creative juice.

I'm back and wanting to share with you guys some useful or at least interesting resources that I've come across over the years.

Adam Neely is a YouTuber and Bassist and is EXTREMELY well versed with musical knowledge and skill. I've been watching his videos for ...

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March Sample Pack!

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone :D

Hope you've all had a great weekend and are getting back into the swing of the week smoothly.

This week is sample pack week, and I've got some fun ones for you. We are looking at sound design pieces, with some longer bass jams from a Moog Grandmother Synth, to some Mega Man in game SFX. 

LINK HERE:

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Flatline Reprise Walkthrough!

Happy March!! Welcome to a new season wherever in the world you are.

You asked for it, so here we go!

Flatline Reprise Walkthrough for you viewing pleasure. 

One of my most prized production feats so far in my music journey would be this song, so I hope you guys find something useful in here.

Love yall, enjoy! 


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Flatline Reprise Walkthrough tomorrow anyone...??

Shall we friends...

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NEW MUSIC DAY! MYSTERY IS OUT NOW

NEW MUSIC DAY!

What's up Patrons, hope you're doing really well.

My new song Mystery just came out and I wanted to share it with you guys :D

Stream: blanke.lnk.to/mystery

DL: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pqh9nguma5ukrwf/Blanke%20-%20Mystery.wav?dl=0

Also, le...

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Live Edit Download!! - February

Wow, can't believe Feb is almost over and done with. But at least that brings a bit of cheeky live edit goodness with it. 

This month I've decided to give you guys one of my prized possessions haha. This edit was like the gem of my sets. I knew every time I played it it would get the biggest reaction in my set. I ended up re-editing it a few times just to switch it up as time went on...

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