00.toolkit

online tools

• Adobe Express

  • Social media content design for flyers, posts, stories, etc.

  • Free tier available.

• Airtable (Free to use! Feel free to copy my template)

  • Merch inventory tracking, budgeting, show calendar, etc.

• SquareSpace

  • Despite my background in tech, I decided to use SquareSpace hosting for the ease of use. They provide great tools for designing a decent site, and the higher plans even allow for drop-shipping.

• Square

  • Merch payment and inventory tracking. I’m working on configuring this to update our tracking in Airtable and will share a guide on setting that up once I’ve tested the functionality.

  • You can get a free Square reader (for accepting card payments) when you create an account.

hardware

• Apple M2 Pro

• Scarlett Solo

• AKG C-414 (Thank you Lola Regular for the killer deal on this mic!)

• Alesis v25

• Novation Impulse 49

• Bose QuietComfort II

• PreSonus Studio Monitors

software

• Ableton Live 11 Suite

  The tools included in this suite are everything you need to write music that sounds great. Don’t feel like you need to spend hundreds of dollars on VSTs to achieve the sound you want. Familiarize yourself with the tools available in your DAW and then you can identify what extras you might want to add in later.

  • VSTs

    • Arturia V 6 Collection (Thank you to Sam Trim for this amazing gift)

    • BABY Audio

    • iZoTope (Great collection of tools, but pricey. I was able to rent-to-own this software.)

    • Waves

      • Tune Real-time

    • Vital (FREE and amazing VST. Very similar to Serum)

live gear

• Shure SM-58

• VoiceLive Touch 2

• XVive U4 Wireless Monitoring System

• Basc In-Ear Monitors

• Kaossilator