Music Glossary: [Page 34]

Tiered products (free, low, core, premium); bundles, limited editions, anchors. more

Industry-standard DAW for recording, editing, and post; widely used in studios and dubbing stages. more

Standard operating procedures for repeatable tasks (release uploads, stem exports, show files) to reduce errors. more

Sets fee, points (producer royalty), recoupables, deliverables, credit, and approval rights on the master. more

Confirm brief, references, and deliverables before rolling. more

Maintain structured feedback rounds with change tracking and deadlines. Prevent endless tweak cycles. more

Clear subject lines, bullet points, deliverable dates, and one owner per task. Reduce email ping-pong. more

Common movements (ii–V–I, I–V–vi–IV, blues changes) learned by ear for quick recognition. more

Hearing common progressions (I–V–vi–IV, ii–V–I, blues forms) and predicting next chords by function. more

Rock with extended forms, odd meters, and virtuosic, often symphonic textures. more

Choose rate at project start (44.1–96 kHz); avoid mid-project changes to prevent resample artifacts. more

Alignment of lyric meaning and musical setting (stress, contour, harmony). more

Bass buildup with directional mics at close distances; artistic or requires HPF. more

Works whose copyright expired or never applied; use freely but check editions. more

Rights in the underlying composition: melody/lyrics/harmony; administered by publishers. more

Agreement transferring or sharing song copyright with a publisher who exploits and administers the works. more

Replacing sections during recording seamlessly at defined in/out points. more

Hold position, breathe quiet; give pre-roll; keep hands off strings/drums until in. more

Raw, fast rock emphasizing simplicity, energy, and DIY ethos. more

Intentional placement just ahead/behind grid to shape urgency or relax the groove. more

Intentional placement slightly ahead/behind the beat to shape energy; the band must agree on the pocket. more

Listen in car, phone, club sim; note fixes before release. more

Quadratic Residue Diffuser using number-theory well depths to scatter sound evenly. more

Pre-delivery checklist: clicks/pops, head/tail, loudness, metadata, file names, and link access. more

Aligning notes to a grid; from subtle tighten to hard quantize; beware loss of feel. more

Noise introduced by rounding continuous amplitudes to discrete steps during digitization. more

Force MIDI notes to chosen scale to avoid clashes; audition borrowed tones deliberately. more