SKIO MUSIC NEWSLETTER | Q2 2024 | Edition #1
THE SKIO MUSIC NEWSLETTER
Q2 2024 | Edition #1
To Our Beloved Skio Music Community - Above All Else, Thank You! 🙏
Without your support we couldn't be here today! It's always been our vision to provide clarity to our users at all times, and now we have a central place to communicate directly about the present & future of Skio Music. We also intend to use this space to educate you on music techniques, contest details, & music industry trends. In our ongoing mission to offer content which helps music creators thrive, this is the first of many amazing things coming over the next few weeks and months.
V2 OF THE SKIO MUSIC STORE IS OPEN!
To coincide with this first edition of the Skio Music newsletter post, we're pleased to announce the V2 Skio Music Store is now OPEN!
ALL SKIO MUSIC SUBSCRIBERS will now have access to exclusive deals on retail products, industry services, and top-tier content. We’ll be curating this content from our industry friends & partners, to help catapult your creativity to the next level! In designing our retail strategy, we didn’t want to mimic other platforms. Yes, we'll offer a variety of "industry-staple" products, but we’ll also be highlighting up-and-coming developers, small independent companies, and ‘diamonds in the rough’ you may not have heard of.
BUT that’s not all...
We value our community immensely, and decided it wouldn’t be fair to ask you to purchase products from Skio Music, unless we can reward YOU in some way. So we're announcing today COMING SOON SKIO MUSIC SUBSCRIBERS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MONETIZE YOUR OWN CONTENT!!! You read that correct, soon subscribers will be able to sell original music, loop packs, used gear, studio services, merchandise, and more through your profile.
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ANNOUNCING OUR NEW CSO (Chief Sales Officer)
Anthony Masters aka SmileMore™
A bit late since he arrived in late 2023, but Skio Music happily welcomes our new Chief Sales Officer, Anthony Masters aka SmileMore™ (@SmileMoreCEO). Anthony has a solid legacy of music technology partnerships, product acquisition, and a unique vision of retail strategy. As former Head of 3rd Party Brands & Partnerships for Plugin Alliance (Native Instruments) he brings an abundance of energy, vision, and industry relations to our community. As an active producer, song-writer, & mix engineer in Miami, Anthony comes to Skio Music with over 20,000 hours of music studio experience to share with our users.
“I’m humbled to be selected for this crucial role in the future of Skio Music! I’m thoroughly committed to providing quality products, community-based strategy, and helping further educate the Skio Music family on the latest trends in our industry. I’m enthusiastic to share my 30 years of music industry experience with our community… but more so, I’m hoping these additions to the Skio Music platform can help elevate the careers of many. With a top-tier contest lineup in 2024 & beyond, I challenge our users to gather the tools & knowledge to produce some of their best music ever! I can't wait to hear it, and hope to learn some new skills along the way!”
-Anthony SmileMore™ 😃
EXCLUSIVE LOWER PRICES FOR
SKIO MUSIC SUBSCRIBERS
NOW THE FUN STUFF! (Air horns please 🎉)
To thank our users, we've partnered with 3 amazing brands to offer ALL SKIO SUBSCRIBERS exclusive limited-time pricing on these curated products. We've also put together some unique bundles to get you started on your next projects! These deals will be available in the Skio Music Store until June 15th, 2024. SHOP NOW!
*Keep an eye on the Skio Music Store for exclusive sales approximately every 60 days.)
THAT’S NOT ALL... ARE YOU READY? (More Air horns please 🎉)
Until further notice, to celebrate our community we'll be matching every Skio Music Store dollar spent with BOOST credits! That's Right!!! Whatever dollars you spend in the Skio Store, will be rewarded back to your subscriber account in BOOST credits! FREE BOOST credits, or FREE RETAIL PRODUCTS depending on your perspective!
KIIVE AUDIO
A blossoming force in the development world over the past several years. Out of Canada, Eddie Lucciola has been releasing a steady stream of unique software, and analog emulations. Kiive is offering the following two SKU’s to our community:
NFUSE MASTER BUS PROCESSOR: ON SALE NOW FOR $99.99
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Merges the best of both worlds, featuring classic analog character with modern precision from two of the most renowned bus processors on the market. With each module being interchangeable, you have complete control over the Saturation, EQ, Compression, and Stereo Width of your mix. With a wide range of tonal options between the units, you aren't just getting two flavors of the same thing, but two powerhouse units in one.
"This plugin is totally insane! Love it so much, I'm replacing 6-8 plugins on the mix buss with this and it sounds so much better.”
-Henrik Udd (Architects, Bring Me The Horizon)
“Having owned both pieces of hardware NFuse emulates, it’s scary how close ITB processing is getting these days. Being able to use these emulations on multiple tracks in a session, without patching in my outboard is a huge time-saver. That silk module is the truth!"
-SmileMore™ Testimonial
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Studio Essentials gives you access to 4 essentials for almost any studio out there! Featuring 4 of our Top-Sellers over the years, this bundle is designed to help get you started with 4 work-horse plugins that will help you get your tracks sounding great with ease!
S-Quick Strip “I can get a snare going in like 20 seconds with this thing and the compressor is SICK on this!”
-Sam Guaiana (Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, Intervals, Neck Deep)
“This bundle is a great starting point to introduce yourself to the Kiive brand. It includes a stellar analog emulation of a limiter/compressor, the amazing S-Quick strip (which emulates a classic British analog console), along with several amazing amp & saturation flavors.”
-SmileMore™ Testimonial
MASTERING THE MIX
A brilliant company out of the UK, headed by veteran mastering engineer Tom Frampton. Mastering the mix offers super unique plugins, with super efficient workflows that help beginners to professionals reach the sound they desire. MTM are also pioneers of educational content, and have one of the best informational email/blogs around.
LIMITER & BASSROOM BUNDLE: ON SALE NOW FOR $36.99
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LIMITER is a great-sounding, smart mastering plugin that analyses your audio and suggests the best settings for your music.
Avoid the hassle and create incredible sounding masters in less time with this clean, transparent and LOUD mastering limiter.
BASSROOM is a final mix and mastering EQ that helps beginners and pros nail their low-end in seconds. It does this by delivering exceptional sound quality and suggesting genre-specific EQ adjustments a great audio engineer in a world-class studio would make. The struggle for the perfect low-end is over.
“BASSROOM is great. It makes it really easy to dial in your low end.”
-Gary Noble (R.I.P. - 3 X Grammy Winner, Amy Winehouse)
“I check every mix with BASSROOM. It’s literally a ‘cheat-code’ to dialing in a tight & full low end. I’m always humbled when I think my Subs sound fantastic, until I put BASSROOM on my drum bus, and it gets THAT much better!
-SmileMore™ Testimonial
MIXROOM / ANIMATE / EXPOSE2 BUNDLE: ON SALE NOW FOR $69.99
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MIXROOM is an intelligent EQ that guides you to set the perfect balance of richness and clarity whether you’re working on a vocal, a synth or mastering your music. MIXROOM analyses your audio and shows you which frequencies could be adjusted to improve your sound. The EQ target suggestion helps you get a solid starting point, from which you can tweak your sound to suit your preference.
ANIMATE helps you inject life into your mixes in a precise, versatile and colorful way. With four different movement modes, each with individual frequency assignments and mid/side functionality you’ll get your music jumping out of the speakers precisely how you want.
EXPOSE 2 is an audio quality control application that helps you identify issues with your music. So many tracks get distributed with a poor EQ balance, true peak clipping, over-compression, phase issues, and more. We want you to catch these issues before it's too late. With EXPOSE 2, you can deliver the best listening experience and release your music with confidence.
“Smooth and transparent sound. Fast and easy workflow. Unique and intuitive GUI. Another winning plug-in from Mastering the Mix, and a transparent way to help smooth out your mid and high frequencies.”
-Music Tech Magazine - 10/10 Excellence Award
“I use Mixroom when I’m trying to balance a problem mix, and animate to add a bit of sprinkle to elements. Expose2 is a lifesaver if you’re releasing music to the public, especially on fickle streaming platforms!”
-SmileMore™ Testimonial
MIXING NIGHT AUDIO
Are a superstar development team, founded by grammy-winner Ken Lewis (Taylor Swift, Kanye West, JayZ, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar), and acclaimed German producer and drummer Dom Rivinius (Taylor Swift, BTS, Alicia Keys, Mark Ronson). With their quirky GUI’s and interesting take on software, these guys are releasing some of the coolest & most useful plugins in the industry!
LOLCOMP: ON SALE NOW FOR $69.99
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LOLCOMP is comprised of 5 carefully curated, customized chains that do so much more than just compression. PLUS a tone shaping LMAO section is included to lock in even better top-level sonic results fast and in a playful, intuitive way. Designed by Mixing Night co-founders, Ken Lewis (114 Gold Records), and Dom Rivinius (Taylor Swift, Eminem), LOLCOMP offers 100 custom presets from their mix sessions straight to your DAW. Scroll through them to hear the unexpected power & versatility of this compression and tone shaping box.
“LOLCOMP is so good that you can actually use it on everything”
Dave Pensado (Beyonce’, P!nk, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey)
“LOLCOMP is one knob turn from ordinary to perfectly polished”
Bob Horn (Marshmellow, BTS, Kane Brown, Michael Jackson)
“LOLCOMP is super easy to use, and is a really flexible compressor for it’s efficiency. Any plugin designed by the brilliant ears of the Mixing Night Audio team is worth a look! These guys have been involved in many of the most influential records of our time. Oh and any GUI that features a smiley emoji…. I’m in LOL”
-SmileMore™ Testimonial
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Feel free to comment and leave feedback on anything you'd like to see us bring to the store! Stay logged in for more surprises soon! Keep dreaming, creating, sharing & elevating each other!
- Much love from the Skio Music Team ❤️
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