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It does! Out of curiosity, how many "bad" beats do you make for every good beat ? Does the ratio drop as you improve or is it consistent since you would likely set the bar higher for a beat to be considered good ? (if that makes sense). Thanks for the great content anyway!
Also nobody knows "bad beat" is actually bad. maybe it has full of potential and inspires artists, maybe you can make a hit with it. one man's trash is another man's treasure
I heard a story about Havoc. He made Survival of the Fittest beat and he thought it was trash and wanted to delete it. Then Q Tip showed up and he said that it was dope. Beat ended up being one of their best tracks.
imo the most difficult thing about good making beats is to stop overthinking, that moment when you just let loose and give your all to the craft is when greatness is made! STOP FUCKING OVERTHINKING!
Yeah I often get in my own way when I try to force my beat to go specific places. Once I just let the beat go wherever it wants and take my own expectations and intentions out of it, that's when I can actually be productive
DOTS bro DOTS. Don't OverThink Shit! 🤣 Let the creative juices flow. That's how new ideas that end up being amazing are born, but never happen when trying to get a "type beat" type sound. As Navie said, you just get in your own way at that point and ended up mentally putting yourself down. That approach has never breeded the greats.
Isn't it crazy how simple this seems, yet in the moment your mind feels as though it NEEDS to worry about something or that the beat MUST be made a certain way? Hate getting in my own way.
one man's trash is another man's treasure, try not to overthink and save/release everything - hope y'all get a lot of sales/placements/collabs/beats/whatever it is that you do this year
Beatmaking and music production in general is a deceptively philosophical topic. It really does come down to personal motivation, discipline, and mindset. Solid breakdown here Navie. I spend a lot of time focusing on my production workflow... but not so much on my personal discipline / schedule. This made me rethink that a bit., I think a good balance of the two will lead to success.
Been going through this lately, unmotivated, beat blocks. I'm just tired man. Also coupled with the fact that I've never sold a beat before lol maybe I'm in the wrong environment. Man smh
Sorry to hear it man. It can be tough to be motivated if you are tying your action to a desired end-goal. Cuz it can be devastating when you don't achieve that end-goal for some time. This is why using systems is better than using goals. "Goal-oriented people exist in a state of continuous presuccess failure at best, and permanent failure at worst if things never work out. Systems people succeed every time they apply their systems, in a sense that they did what they intended to do. The goals people are fighting the feeling of discouragement at each turn. The systems people are feeling good at every time they apply their system.”
We just need a place where we can share and get constructive feedback on our music. There is soundcloud and things like that but Im talking about for ideas that aren't fully fleshed out.
I been making beats off and on since FL Studio 5.. many, many times I have been like, F it.. hence the 'off and on' situation lol. Practice really does make perfect, eventually. I'm no Mozart nor Internet Money (or whoever is super popular to one's self) but I enjoy creating music now, more than ever. I never gave up, and I'm soo glad I did. I like to think I'm better than I used to be, anyway lmao. Keep at it, bruh!
I will never give up. I might not be fit to be a part of this whole story today, next month, next year, but boy i am having fun learning. Inch by inch, bit by bit, i will give my absolute best, and if i never make it, at least i know that i tried with all my might. It's cliche, but it works for me.
@@NavieD To add: i never considered myself to be talented in the first place. Nor do i think i am even now. I've just recently got into beat production and production in general. All songs i made i made with just the feeling what sounds good and what sounds bad. When i look back and when i look at my music now i can see a significant change in knowledge over matter. And that tells me that, with a lot more time and a lot more effort, in the future, i might improve even further and most importantly i don't see myself hitting my limits yet, not even close. I constantly have that subtle feeling that i can improve.
I really needed to hear this lately, please do post more content like this in the future, the mental side of it is just as important as the technical part imo
Great advice man. I've personally just been trying to make a complete beat everyday, regardless of whether its good or not. Just going through the motions and actually finishing it rather than just ditching it because I don't like it. Its been helping me massively
Man, I wish I had this advice a few years ago. My production channel suffered severely because of my beat block. I started doing something like this around 2019, going back to unfinished projects and finishing them up and now my niche channel is slowly getting there in views and support. Thanks for this video, as well as many of your videos that I've watched over the past couple of weeks!
Another technique i use is finishing my beats even if they are trash. Sometimes all I have is a drum loop, so I lay down the whole track... intro, bridges, choruses, verses outro made up of just sums. Then come back later and try to add melodies, chords, etc even if they suck. Then I render it and give it a proper name and archive it
Great video man! This is a struggle that I have all the time. Which then creates doubts and insecurities. When I have beat block. I just go at it the next day with a different mindset and that is "to have fun". Works everytime!
Yo this is actually exactly what has been going on with me! Thank u so much navie this is like something thats obvious but i would never think of it if it wasnt brought up
So I was suffering from the same problem I was making 3 beats in 6 months or so becoz I was chasing perfection ( even though all of the beats are trash ) and for that reason I wasn't productive enough...….. So I started as a challenge to make a beat a day and upload it on RU-vid just to keep an account of my beats ….. And here I realized that I have learnt more things in this month than whole 6 months … even though I am making trash beats everyday but those are improving pretty significantly...….. I think the only way to beat block is to show up everyday or something like that...… btw thanks Navie gave a whole new prospective on the topic ….
Damn dude. I'm not a hip hop artist in particular cause I love making future bass stuff like illenium but I'm suffering from similar beat block syndrome. This really helped me out. Thanks man subbed for life now.
I can relate so much to this what you saying I’m going through this right now, I’m thinking everything I make sounds the same or is not good enough so I scrap every new project and I’m so demotivated. I need get over this thanks Navie for vid I’m still fallowing you’re great content. Keep it up be safe !
This is very true, especially the fact that in order to build a repertoire of good beats, you have to make a bigger collection of bad beats. I learned this myself when I started, and I don't sweat the bad beats. I just keep doing what I love to do and that's enough to motivate me to keep doing it and hopefully improve with experience, advice and time. I, and others appreciate your videos and your advice man.
Man this is a really great video ! Even from my last few personal experiences i realized that some beats that I thought weren’t that good was just my own perspective. But there were still many people who enjoyed it a lot ! my main competitor is always myself . As long as I improved even by a slightest bit compared to yesterday , i am satisfied now cuz i improved . Just gotta keep grinding !
Haven’t been able to make a beat I like since last March when COVID hit. I can see now that it’s because I went from producing daily to picking it up maybe once a month. Also have put a lot of pressure on myself after getting 2 of my beats featured on an album. Thanks for the vid.
Great advice as always Navie. Consistency of effort is really a win in and of itself. Sometimes I feel like I am remaking the same beat over and over again.
As long as you're learning, that's what matters more. If it feels like you are stagnant and are going through a "routine" making the same beat over and over, I would advise pushing yourself into new territories. Most likely, you will fail and it won't sound good at first. But that's how you learn, but putting yourself into the unknown.
Naive, as someone who is trying to relearn and master an old craft of mine after a 10 year hiatus. I have found it to be extremely more daunting and confusing and frustrating than it was for me 10 years ago. It is like only being able to remember 1/2 of the quadratic formula, i know most of the elements but cant get the right structure or order down. I gotta say that the knowledge you put in these videos are things people thousands of dollars for at schools focused on music production. If anyone really pays close attention they can pick up that a lot of what you say is not strictly FL studio bound. The way you explain concepts and ideas and fundamentals without being to clickbait(y) in your titles or just throwing a stream up but calling it a "How To XYZ" is so appreciated and you have quickly become my go to favorite producer to learn from. Its a shame you only have 40k subscribers but i cant tell that you have bigger plans and short term adsense $$ isnt what is driving you. I just wanted to let you know that you are the shit, and im thankful for you being able to help me get better at my artistic outlet, i make music strictly for myself and you have helped me find that happiness again. Ight time to hope off this hype train i just wanted to let you now, and im on the waitlist for you academy im hella looking forward to it if im able to afford it! keep grindin!
Very helpful thanks! Something else that might help, I put down hours where I have to work and hours where I can work OR choose to chill out, which, for me, keeps creativity higher!
That's great advice, and something that I probably struggle with as of right now. It is really easy for me to work sunrise until sunset, so creating boundaries is something I am trying to get better at since I want more balance.
@@NavieD Thank you. I always feel like when I do that although I'm spending more time working, I'm getting equally or even less done than when I plan for some balance! Hope it helps :)
Excellent! Disciplined showing up for schedule and universe will reward us. After all we are creating love for planet and people, not sharing negativity.
Love your stuff @Navie D. ! Too mucgh respect for you. Thank you for this video, it's very reassuring to know that someone who is an absolute legend at music production, struggled in the beginning as well. Also you respond to people's comments, so much appreciated from all of us
Yo , i just figured that out for my self couple of days ago . Don´t put yourself under pressure , or else it doesnt make fun ! Btw thanks for the drumkit ! :P
Man. I'm in my first year, and while I've made a decent amount of progress since starting , I'm hitting a wall where I feel like I'm always over thinking before I sit down and try to make something. Very discouraging, and its been harder to enjoy the process because of how critical I've been on myself
