3. Tutorials
Tutorials are a popular type of blog post for a reason: They help people accomplish things they lack the knowledge to do.
If you can write a tutorial explaining how to create a beat, master a particular scale, or record a professional vocal, your readers will keep coming back.
Here are some types of tutorials you can create:
- DIY (for example, how to make percussion instruments using household items)
- Music production
- Recording techniques
- Music theory
- Instrumental techniques
- Pitching your music to labels
For an example of what a tutorial post should be, check out this step-by-step guide to home music mastering from musician and producer Andrew Huang:
Andrew begins the tutorial with an explanation of the problem that his readers want to solve. In this case, it’s how to spend less time and effort on the mastering part of producing a track.
This is what he goes on to explain as he details his four-stage mastering process.
Throughout the post, he includes screenshots of his mastering setup:
This is a good example to emulate.
No matter what you’re writing a tutorial about, it’s essential that you use screenshots, video, and other media to illustrate your points.
You never want readers to be unsure about the steps they’re supposed to take.