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Short-form & content that finds listeners · Lesson 2 of 6

Making a clip people want to use

22 minPractitionerFree

A usable clip is one that makes someone else's post better. That is a different goal from showing off the song, and it explains why the most-used sounds are often not the chorus — they are the bit with space in it.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Pick the section of a track that works as a sound
  • Cut a clip that loops and invites participation
  • Leave room for someone else's idea
  • Test a clip before building a campaign on it

Inside this lesson

  1. 1What makes a clip usable
  2. 2Testing before committing

In the app

Take this lesson in the LUCY app

Open it in LUCY and the lesson rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Free with your account.

  • Rewritten around your genre and where you're at
  • A coach that can see the releases in your account
  • Narrated — put it on while you work
  • A badge for the track when you finish it
Start this lessonFree with your LUCY account · opens the app if you have it

In this lesson you will learn: Pick the section of a track that works as a sound. Cut a clip that loops and invites participation. Leave room for someone else's idea. Test a clip before building a campaign on it.

About this lesson

A usable clip is one that makes someone else's post better. That is a different goal from showing off the song, and it explains why the most-used sounds are often not the chorus — they are the bit with space in it.

What this lesson covers

Pick the section of a track that works as a sound

Cut a clip that loops and invites participation

Leave room for someone else's idea

Test a clip before building a campaign on it

Inside this lesson

What makes a clip usable

Testing before committing

Take this lesson in the LUCY app

Open this lesson in LUCY and it rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Finish the track and the badge is yours. Free with a LUCY account.