Sam Matla admits that his hometown of Wellington, New Zealand doesn’t have a big electronic dance music scene. But he’s been hard at work producing EDM tracks and educating people about electronic music through his blog and podcast at EDMProd.com. For today’s episode of Composer Quest, I interviewed Sam about his production techniques and advice for new producers.

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Right click to download Ep. 130, or open in iTunes.

For more of Sam Matla’s music, visit his Souncloud page. For Sam’s article we mentioned about tension and energy, visit EDMProd.com/tension. Also, here’s the study he mentioned about musical tension.

Question of the Week: What do you do to create tension in your music? Chime in on the forum.

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