As a producer having learnt these lessons myself the hard way over the last 12+ years, trust me guys this dude knows his stuff. Really great insights and very important info for new producers/working musicians.
I listened to the entire video and I totally agree that people get lost in looking for plugins and knowledge and forget to make music. I did the same thing over and over again. Some of the most successful people out there have the crappiest music ever but they have build a brand and connections. Certainly they have the ability to sell their brand.
"If you wanna know if you've got it in you or not, look at your daily habits, not your current skill level.". Thanks man, this is exactly what I needed to hear
Eating lunch at my studio computer, listening to this and frantically and guiltily closing all my 'plugins to buy' tabs that are open in my browser :) 100% great advice!
I'm getting my first MIDI controler in a few days (61 keys, the bigger the better I assumed) have no idea what DAW I will use (never used a DAW before) but thinking about Ableton because it seems to be the norm. What moves me is a tremendous passion for bonechilling melodic/ hypnotic techno dance music (for some reason, I already know that my bpm will be 128-130). I have a long history of not finishing things but I hope this passion will keep me going until I'm able to produce the tracks that I envision now. I know it's hardwork and perseverance and I've been postponing this for a while now but I'm 27 and feel like this is the time. Wish me luck!
Priceless information. There's a book that might help everyone who watched this to understand what you said about connections and relationships with people and it's called "How to make friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie. Gold value.
About 8 years ago, i ripped that video to mp3 for later and randomly listened to it in my car. I think some of the stuff you talk about is the reason I kept persistent at producing and prevented me from quitting a few times. I now realize this 14mn48sec was behind so many of my accomplishments, getting gigs, big editorial playlist placements and signing to dream labels in the deephouse/melodic/prog scene. Thanks ❤
Bruv, this is the best audio production video on youtube ... im watching it again .. its like you been in my studio ... spot on and the best advice for us bedroom guys ... i will say it again you legend ...thank you....
+Samrat Bee exactly, i agree with you.. its like a textbook.. Unless the info is really outdated, U wouldnt put it down just because is old and raggety. You are gonna read it if it had what you need to get to the next level
Brother, you have a bottom line, straight to the point, logical thought process that is very rare. I can dig it. My favorites are the individuals that feel you HAVE to know how to play every instrument for that instrument to be present in your work. The peak state is nuts also, especially being in the military (particual jobs), having a wife, and all of the available tech around me!!! Good listen. Thanks.
this is honestly one of the best videos i've watched in the last 12 months. This helped me out more than yo could ever imagine. Thank you for this video it really helped me out. You earned a subscriber
Very very good stuff. Throughout our lives we've been taught a certain way to learn growing up. But it's not very effective. Trust me it's what I tried to do. I focused heavily on learning all I could about producing the music I wanted to make. In fact in the end there were barely any RU-vid tutorials I didn't instantly recognize when reading the title bc I had watched them constantly....I also bought and read books and dedicated music production IOS apps to help me learn. In the end I had a lot of knowledge and could answer questions easily (u know...like u would on a test in school) and I probably seemed to be a good producer based on my knowledge.....but I couldn't finish a track to save my life. In fact I struggled to even get past the brainstorming phase bc I spent 90% of my time on learning ABOUT production instead of simply doing it. In my experience it takes 10x more discipline to open your DAW and work on music everyday than it does to watch tutorials and read books about production. Hardest part is simply getting yourself to sit down and DO IT. You always feel overwhelmed regardless of your book knowledge bc your still inexperienced.
So true... I'm an educated Sounddesigner. But even this didn't help to come out of this "i need to know more stuff"-thing. For any question i get answered, two new questions come up. And this book now helps me a lot now, to figure out, what my problem really is and to face is. It's clearly a psychological thing and i wasn't aware of that before. This book is awesome. 100% true speak.
Just bought your book and i´m reading right know... and while i am reading, i have that strange feeling like you know me very well... hehe. Great Book! Thanks for that!
Brilliant stuff. There's a severe lack of wisdom out there as far as the mental side of production and I'm glad you're here dropping truth bombs on us. People scramble for conventional production advice but don't always realize that mentality presupposes EVERYTHING, especially in creative endeavors. Will be buying your book once I'm not completely broke.
Number 10... everybody learn from someone too everyone from another.. dont steal??!.. tell’em who u learn from.. or tell’em u learnt by ure self, if people asked u... im sorry.. i just feel like being honest to our self its so important.. for me.. but the rest.. AWESOME... thank you thank you sir... bless u..
Just watching the first two tips of this video makes me give it a thumbs up, so true about the creative process! Great advice wish I'd known it younger!
hey i can't find words to express how happy i found this movie ... and you are 100% right. I will only say that for the last six months I have achieved more progress drinking a glass of wine while making music than for the last 4 years getting to know the joints will help me understand and produce music ... what I heard a moment ago is one of the best advice I have ever received and I can imagine that one day someone really great can be very grateful to you for these words. THANK YOU...:)
about number 2: on everything i love.. i get crazy inspiration every time im high, i don't know why, but it's the truth. my goal is to hear the same music while im sober but everything u say here is absolute truth.
Probably the most useful "music production" video I've watched all damn year. Thank you so much for this awesome wisdom! Great to have people out there thinking holistically, looking at the BIGGER picture rather than simply telling you which knobs to turn on your soft-synth :/ Please keep the videos coming, this really is the exact kind of advice I need right now. Love the down-to-earth yet no-nonsense tone you approach everything with too
That was greats advices and quite reassuring for me because i struggle alot with getting my projects finished and sometimes it litteraly destroys me.. Im gonna buy your book in few weeks for my birthday, thanks alot
this doesnt apply only to electronic music but just song writing in general whenever i don't feel like writing music i try to go for a mood or a concept. a total random one. but i still do it.
Words of wisdom thank you. Crazy when you're new to producing and have got caught up in a overwhelming downward spiral with all the information that's out there. It can certainly swallow up any creative flow! To find this video was a huge relief! Again thank you x
After learning all of this from personal experience, it's a great refresher to have pretty much all of it summed up in a short, concise video. Besides typical motivation, this video truly captures everything a producer may go through and really packs a punch with the advice given. This is a great video.
Great video. I agree with what he said about misery not being necessary for creating good music, but I wanted to comment that for me, my internal struggles, my pain and suffering, or just my internal battles in general, direct me to create things that I think only can come from the depths ive met. Not to say that knowing these dark places makes me a dark person, I am not, I am quite the opposite, but knowing those dark places makes me more dynamic. I've met with people who don't know that side and it made creating with them more difficult. If you can know the darkness and the light, it makes for a much better life and creation.
Ableton Tutorials & Music SoftwareTraining Blog hey man, does the book "The mental game of electronic music production" teaches how to use a compressor and stuff?
100% true.. been producing for about 2 years, got serious about it after my first year.. I really needed to hear about a lot of this. If youre new to production, do not take any of what he says here lightly. Everything he says here I can guarantee you is very valuable.
I overwhelmet myself with tutotiarls and plugins to buy and i lost my desire for making music .i made music with very little knowedge on the daw only basics and i felt amazing. Too much knowedge at fast rate can depress you so learn slowly little by little and create more with what you have! I was too ambitious in the beginning and got more real with 10 years of time.
The 10th point was always my problem. It was so intensiv that I have download no samples at all because I thought I need to make them all myself. I stoped it for now and hope it is getting better for now. The only good thing is that I am good at sound design now but truly I would like to have spend more time on the music itself. I am a producer for 8 years with no success at all. I made nearly zero money. But from now on I hope it changes!
