2021 has proven to be another wild year, full of ups and downs. As I look back on my year, I'm surprised at how much has been accomplished simply by putting in a little work each day. Let's take a look back...

2021 Year in Review!

Free Ableton Live Packs

This year the tradition of Free Ableton Live Pack downloads continues! Did you get them all?

Music Production Club

Besides tons of free stuff from Hyperbits, Mode Audio, Adam Rokhsar, PerforModule, BLEASS Plug-ins, and Baby Audio, the Music Production Club also got:

Music Production Podcast

The podcast has once again proven to be more valuable to my musical education than anything else. This year there were so many great lessons to be learned! There were 53 episodes in total! What was your favorite?

#249: The Pleasure Principle
#248: Keppie Coutts - How to Write Songs
#247: Francisco Dean - Honoring History with Music
#246: Bill Small on Getting Out of Our Own Way
#245: Tyler Campbell - Founder of Alder Audio
#244: 3 Ways to Write Music “Bird by Bird”
#243: Hyperbits - Navigating the Dark Night of the Soul
#242: Valery Vermeulen on Making Music with Black Holes
#241: The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Your Confidence
#240: Pride in Our Musical Love Handles with Kris of They Owe Us
#239: Pushing Music Tech Forward with Adam McHeffey of Artiphon
#238: Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Right
#237: The Slang on Writing and Producing Their New Album
#236: Alarke - Your Unique Artist Voice
#235: Frank Demilt - Author of The Blueprint
#234: Calvin West - Music Lyric Videos
#233: Carter Lee - Producer, Composer, Educator
#232: Matt Ramsey - Vocal Teacher
#231: Bitapart - Synthwave Music
#230: 80’s Stallone
#229: Ben Burnes on Creativity and Discipline
#228: Stimming - Creativity and Perfect Imperfection
#227: Django - Hybrid DJing and Producing for Radio
#226: Vianney of BLEASS Plug-ins
#225: Heymun - Musician, Producer, Teenage Engineering Mentor
#224: Alberto Chapa - Music Tech and Improv Comedy
#223: Sterling Styles - Mobile Recording
#222: Bobby Huff - Music Surgery with Dr. Bob
#221: How You Do One Thing is How You Do Everything
#220: Rob Parton - Plugged; Make Music Day
#219: Connor Frost - Live Your Most Musical Life
#218: Your Attention is Being Held Hostage
#217: Jake Lizzio - Signals Music Studio
#216: You Don’t Have Writer’s Block
#215: EQ or Compressor First?
#214: You Are Always Training Your Dog
#213: Caspar Bock - Founder of Baby Audio
#212: Adam Rokhsar - Musician, Programmer, Animator
#211: John Bartmann - Host of How I Make Music Podcast
#210: Henny Tha Bizness and Kennard Garrett
#209: Ned Rush 2
#208: Kiana Corley - Singer-Songwriter
#207: Jordan Rudess - Composer, Music Technologist, Dream Theater’s Keyboardist
#206: “Yes! And…”
#205: Inspiration is Drinking Water from Your Hands
#204: Turn Your Ideas into Finished Tracks #FinishFebruary
#203: My Most Profound Jamuary Insight
#202: Derek VanScoten - Cloudchord
#201: Ableton Live 11 with Dan Giffin
#200: The Time is Now
#199: Quantity Leads to Quality
#198: Will Darling - EDMTips
#197: Start the Year Right with #Jamuary2021

Tutorials

Many of this year's tutorials centered around the recording of my band's album, which I am putting the finishing touches on now!

End of the Year Special Offers!

Limited time bundle offer! Ends December 31, 2021!

Includes:

Super 8-bit Ableton Live Pack
16-Bit Ableton Live Pack
COIN-OP Ableton Live Template
Smooth Pocket Operators Ableton Live Pack
Glitch FX Ableton Live Pack
Lo-Fi Audio Effects Ableton Live Pack
Glitch Drums Ableton Live Pack
8-Bitify Ableton Live Pack

Normal Price for all: $80

Bundle Price: $30! https://brianfunk.gumroad.com/l/videogame

*Best Value: FREE with Music Production Club membership!
https://brianfunk.com/mpc

Save 40% on All Ableton Live Packs

Use the code: XMAS and get 40% off all of my Ableton Live Packs.

Offer ends December 31st!

Shop for the sounds for your next hit! https://brianfunk.com/premium-ableton-live-packs

On to a Bright Future!

It's amazing how time flies! I'm optimistic about 2022. I'm just going to continue to take it one day at a time, putting little drops in the bucket each day!

What did you like the most? What would you like to see more of?

Thank you for being there with me!

I'm starting the year off with #Jamuary2022. The challenge is to make a new piece of music each day, regardless of its quality. It's been a lot of fun over the years, and along with the Music Production Club, we will be working hard at it each day! I hope you will participate too. Imagine what creations you might have after 31 days!

I wish you and your loved ones a happy, healthy, prosperous, and musical 2022!

Best,

Brian Funk

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