Embracing a modified version of the pomodoro technique can be super useful for preventing that getting stuck in a loop thing. About an hour of hard work, and then an hour of sun shine running around with a little dog playing ball, and then repeat for example... (modify times to suit obviously) Apart from helping live with and manage AuHD as a musician, it really helps combat the neurological rutting that happens when we hardcore immerse ourselves in repetition for all types of people. Making time early, rather than after I'm spent for the day was a big shift too.
Now with AI... being a writer is the ultimate skill. Write music, then turn it into music. Make some popular songs and boom you can probably write music for other people. My entire channel is all AI music I've been making and writing.
@@AdamSliger For me? I'm not trying to be a music writer... I'm trying to be an indie music artist. So the plan is growing where I am and my following. I have some interesting strategies coming up that a lot of musicians don't think of. My goal is to be one of the first 6 figure AI musicians out there.
As someone who's figuring out what ADHD means in my young adult life, especially in relationships and professional consistency, this was really well put. Also, I need to get back to my research proposal, I should've waited to buy Ableton!
@@AdamSliger Oh degen country, it's like pop country, but swearier, and it's all the stuff you can't usually do or say in a pop country song... without being outlaw country or cowpunk, which both have distinct sounds. It's fun and subversive, a little proggy. The kind of songs I like writing. Sometimes, I experiment with the dark arts of jazz. But I'm up for anything :)
@@silverhandle Maybe, i dont remember their channel name.. They may not be terrible, I use to watch their videos from time to time and I never found value in them.. could just be me. I just remember them giving advice then they play their song that demonstrated the lesson and just thinking, im definitely not going for that
@@EremEdition yeah. Well, any songwriting rules are just ideas and can also be used in ways that diverge from the main thought behind whatever technique is being offered. As far as “how to write songs”, they very much focus on writing pop songs - which I do find quite helpful and resonant with me, as I write pop songs (Americana/Rock/Pop)
I actually love playing with plug ins for inspiration and for exploration reasons. There are a few foxholes you can fall down with that approach. Personally, it's my favorite part of generating an idea. Just flipping through everything. Turning things on and off. Mapping, automation... it gets the bug going lol Thank you for this video!
Thanks for a great video! I write music for tv and do mixing, I was doing it for years before I really started doing it more professionally, and I've been writing music since I was a teenager. I always say, you gotta be a sicko, lol. You just gotta do it.
So you didn't really answer the question though. Like, what inside that microphone are we paying for that costs 3500 to make? Is it a special metal? The way it's wired? Black magic?
Developing the first loop / part with all the instruments and fully tricked out before coming up with other parts can be a trap. I do my best to get one instrument all the way through first. I finish way more songs like that.
This has to possibly be the #1 mistake we all fall into. It's impossible to write a song with 50 layers going. It's useful as a proof of concept before embarking on a project to make sure it all works, but that type of repetition does some crazy things to the pathways in the brain that is super difficult to combat and be wary of. Another way of thinking about it: create a deliberate turd first, like a mandala you intend to let go of.
Getting distracted from this absolutely interesting and relevant video I was excited to watch I wanna tell you how important it is for them to understand this happens during our favorite activities just as much as one’s anyone would procrastinate. Proof that it’s not a practice of procrastination, despite having the same effect. They are just not the same to me.
Wow that works thank you so much. I took my other laptop and placed it on movies or just any crap with dramatization. using my Bluetooth ear buds. then i went to my other laptop and started my music production producing beats and songs. In the past years I havent gotten anything accomplished. However I can make up a song on the spot about anything or the current situation. Plus I can sing in 5 octaves well. No training but I can. Problem ive never gotten anything accomplished with these talents. I kept starting then doing this then doing that but none of it was related to my talents. I mean I can just hear music that has feeling and come up with the lyrics without even thinking. Yet everything turns to shit because i cant finish anything. But when I tried what you said I had lazer focus. I have the monitor headphones over the ear buds with the ear buds turned down. While I make a beat or practice a part to play. AND WHAT YOU SUGGESTED WORKED! OH SHIT!!!! Something told me to listen to everything you were teaching and sharing. And I DID! So thankful to you thank youvery very much! SUBSCRIBED FOR LIFE!!!!!
I think what ADHD has done for me that makes me better at producing is how it interplays with my taste in music. Every time I discover a new genre of music I haven't heard before, I become obsessive with it for a month or longer, same is true for bands or artists that sound unique from everything I've heard before - in their case I will listen to their entire discography on repeat for several months straight studying and memorizing their sounds and styles. All this while also easily getting bored of entire genres or artists within a few days to a month. The result of this is that I am very well familiar with over 4000 different artists according to my spotify and, I've even had my spotify tell me that some of my playlists are maxed out and that no new music can be added to them. All of this musical input enables me to come up with ideas and combinations that are unique as well as enables me to comfortably produce music of nearly just as many genres as I listen to. Or at least... I tend to think it does anyway.
Deadlines only work for me if the other person cares. If the other person doesn't truly care, the "accountability" is fiction and fails because there's no fear of failure. Headphones are definitely a thing. At work I trigger hyperfocus by listening to music. I pick an album for the day and put it on repeat. It keeps my "bored brain" busy while I get on with stuff.
I gain nothing by sharing this: Alpha GPC. NMN. Genius Consciousness (for the Lion’s Mane and caffeine). That cocktail has changed my entire mental life for three years now and it was noticed by the people around me who asked what I had been doing to increase my focus. They noticed the difference. I’m telling you.
This is a great video man, the consistency is probably the worst for me. I’ll work on a song for 8 hours straight or until I get it to a point that I can listen to on repeat for awhile and then play Terraria for 2 months. I love to do both but my brain hates Balance lmao
Yeah i can only focus with tv and or music playing because otherwise my head will be doing too much side projects in the background. Mixing with the tv in the back can be tricky at times depending on the program shown though.
I only got 7 minutes in b4 i had to pause and comment lol. But yea, i was a bedroom laptop producer for about 10 years in my very early teens and im not sure i ever actually completed a song. I have thousands of bits of songs and hundreds of gbs of smaples i made over the years but nothing ever felt good enough
your microphone and lens link are the same in the bio, mic is going to the lens. I was going thru the list lol not nit picking or whateva. thanks for the content, good stuff.
I love that you said the the, “auditory processing issues.” And then repeated it…because I fully processed it the second time. But to write this comment had to go back and replay it one more time. To remember, “auditory processing issues.” 😭😂😭😂
The puzzle analogy is definitely one I use often. Music is hard, not just the harmony, mixing, production, arrangement , but branding, image, story, etc etc. I enjoy the lot because I'm a geek and I make everything a puzzle to be solved. that includes reach, if your not getting the numbers then that's another puzzle to solve. (thats where branding comes in)
As someone with adhd myself I gotta say this was a very eye opening video. All those little examples of adhd like the rv and trouble with verbal instructions… I was like damn I didn’t even know that was a normal adhd thing I honestly thought that was just me.
I’ve never made music professionally, only personally. I like to write and produce my own songs but never felt like I need to put it out there because I have a steady full time job, and I only do music as a hobby. I’ve always felt like I’m missing out though, like if I spent my time with music I could do something with it. On the other hand I love my job currently, make good money, and couldn’t easily get it back. Anyone else sit in that crater?
That’s a tricky one. I don’t have much experience in that scenario but I think a good idea would be to try the weekend warrior thing for a bit and see how far you get. About half of my sessions are nights and weekends since a lot of artists are in your boat, so you could do a little double dipping and see where it goes! Might still cover this in a video but if not that’s what I got for ya 🤘
