Producer Life (UK) sample packs, sounds, loops, plugin/vst reviews & more. These sample packs & loops will improve music production & are great for producers. Producer Life was created by music-makers with a passion to help others push their own productions to a professional standard. Click the button to learn more about us, Luke (the boss!) & other friends of Producer Life
Making music is our life and the life of a music producer can be very varied. Some of us have grand studios and spend all day in acoustically treated rooms, meeting and greeting fellow producers and singers. Some of us lurk in dark basements or attics cut off from society surrounded by empty takeaway boxes. Either way, we share a common love that brings us all together, and that, of course, is making music!
Producer Life offers resources to help you make music to the best of your capability. At the same time, we understand that sometimes working in a studio can be stressful. We hope our funky characters & useful videos remind you to have fun whilst you are creating and working away. Positivity always leads to better creativity and productivity.
Our sample packs and resources are great for seasoned pro’s and for people new to making music. Our free sample packs are brilliant for newer producers to build up their sample libraries without investment. But if you want something more exclusive then check out our premium sample packs and presets.
Meet Luke (The Boss!)
Luke Collins is the boss of the Producer Life world, and started the site as a personal blog. Around 2020, Luke developed Producer Life into the site you see today. Almost all of the content in the sample packs has been made by Luke. He is also in charge of the website, writing articles, YouTube videos and pretty much everything else!
Luke got into making music from a young age, studying classical piano at Yamaha Music School. In 2009 he took his first foray into electronic music production developing his skills in Propellerheads Reason. Later moving to use Ableton Live to create and develop his own sound.
In 2013 he had his first release and also started performing live sets as a controllerist and DJ. Playing on lineups with Bass6 and Mr Switch. Whilst using a Novation Launchpad to deliver his electro and techno-influenced, bass-driven productions.
A couple of years later his song “Turn On” was successfully released on Ayra Recordings. Then he had the first of many features on BBC Radio with his song “Dirty Happy People” released on Russia’s RunWest Records. His remix of ‘Miss Mants – Magic Powder’ also appeared in DJ Mag (Espàna).
Influenced by his friends, many of whom are producers, DJs and musicians. Luke spends the majority of his time in the studio creating. In 2016 he joined Plasmapool’s TRXX and Raise Recordings. Going on to make Beatport top 40 in 2018 with his song ‘Close To Me’, also appearing in many top 100 compilations such as Weekend Weapons, Press Play, and Straight Up! As well as featuring in Computer Music Magazine and having music showcased at SXSW Festival.
Over time an ever-growing number of people would ask Luke questions about music production. Appreciating how things like samples and presets can really help people learn the fundamentals of making a song, he decided it was time to start doing the same, providing resources to help people improve their music, and more importantly take the stress out of it so it’s fun to do. Consequently, the creation of Producer Life!
Meet John
Helping Luke with the artwork is friend John Driver Malpass. John illustrates the artwork and hands it over to Luke, who then digitalizes and colours the final piece. This collaboration creates the colourful and funky world of Producer Life.
John was always obsessed with drawing strange cartoons and characters as a kid. He had a healthy love for sci-fi and horror art, transitioning into more graffiti style comic book art. Finding the stories and pictures is a necessary escape from reality. Enabling John to develop a style drastically different to his peers in the scene.
John has been producing art consistently for a number of years. Whether it’s art on spray cans, canvases, cards or paper. His work has also been exhibited at Gallery 5 in Derby and he was invited to show some ink work at a gallery in Wakefield after a lead artist from Team 17 digital saw his work.
Disliking the generic nature of much mass-produced art. John is heavily influenced by a close circle of friends around him. Glass artists, graphic designers, illustrators, writers and musicians, each with a unique style of their own. All challenging him to keep learning, developing and producing his work.
He often finds himself looking at everyday objects and interpreting the lines and angles in his head into something very much different. Finding peace in his craft, John can almost constantly be found drawing or developing his ideas. Helping him to rein in and slow his manic thoughts. This often leads to lengthy sessions, late nights and hands covered in paint and ink.