I learned from fucking around and doing covers from old 90s/80s electronic music. Doing covers definitely taught me about music theory and song structures. Those were more simple times so re-synthesizing those classic patches made it a lot easier to dive in and understand about all the functions on the synthesizer and how certain routes can change the sound.
that's a very good way of learning thing! I think many people leaning music through "mimicking" others, or covers. Because when we do covers, we have to have a deeper understanding of how the song is constructed, which teaches us a lot of cool stuff that's what we like. I feel honored to be in one of the people that can appreciate the happiness of learning through this way😉
Seamless I think it's pretty amazing how instead of just producing yourself you actually broadcast your skills out with tutorials so that other beginning and experienced producers alike can benefit and learn from watching your videos. I love what you do, keep being inspiring, man!
Yeah, learning through hands on experience and experimentation takes longer but is much more thourough and you start to understand the reasons behind things more. Definitely agree with that.
SeamlessR (stephen) watched most of your vidoes for the stuff that applied to me, I was recommended to you by an artist is sucesfully releasing tracks and I am glad he did there is wealth of information you have given and everything will taken into account, thank you for sharing all that.
Learning new stuff is awesome. One should always learn what's out there. But it's more important to actually execute on that learned information. Awesome stuff, Stephen. Thanks!
I would say don't go to college to learn any of this stuff. I went to college for this kind of thing and I learned more in my years out of it than I did in. I actually failed the ''Make a 30 second song using midi and audio'' module in my college course that I was doing. I would just say to people to stick at it. It all comes with TIME. Just be patient, you're not going to be a pro at anything in your first year or even more, or you might not get there at all.
Akshay Lakkundi If I could go back in time and not pay all that money to go to college I would spend it on books or masterclasses on production instead. Everything you need is on the internet. Don't think you need to go to college to write music.
What's your opinion on people having "signature" sounds, like the people that have a sound that they have made, and use it in pretty much every track. I personally don't mind it, I think it's cool sometimes, but I'm curious to what your opinion on the subject is.
Thanks for the information dude, seriously since i started watching your tutorials my sound design has gotten much better, and im getting closer to the sounds i wanna make! I also found college for music futile, its too much money for the dearth of knowledge id personally gain. Ive studied guitar and theory for way too long to go back to school to get my hand held through theory 101, and i dont give a fuck about clusters or 12 tone music or anything like that.
Hi Seamless! I've been watching your videos over last month, and studing the program. I learned a lot of things with your tutorials, and I came here to say thank you. I started a month ago, and now I created a channel to post my musics. I'll be honored if you give me your opinion and advices.
When you're making orchestral music and you're using different plugins, how do you learn how to use them? I watched "The making of Codename:hurricane" and I was just wondering where you learned how to use The Eastwest plugin, I'd really love to know how to work with it.
Hey mate - Speaking about the wealth of knowledge that's just overflowing from your channel (and we all appreciate that such a resource is available to us freely), do you have a recommended watching order for beginners? I've plugged my way through the FL Basics and Production Basics (And then the new FL12 series), but the How To Bass and the redesign (75k Tutorial xx etc) tutorials seem a little steep for me at the moment. Is there a certain section of your How To bass Series that goes a little deeper into the use of Sytrus/Harmor/Vocodex than the production basics, but doesn't just blast straight through to the finished product? Your method of teaching in all of your Basics videos is simply amazing and brings about a deeper understanding of how everything works, especially your Harmor series, but after that it's just kind of blasting me away.
People should notice that this is nearly always the answer to this question. I know there are many books, and online tutorials. They are very helpful, but experimenting on your own is possibly the best way to learn. It is art after all. Ask an exceptionally talented artist how he got so good. He won't give you a website or book to go to. There's not one concentrated source of knowledge. It's accumulated intentionally and accidentally over the course of years and years.
The problem with most colleges and educational institution in regard to music, is they tend to only teach what is in the past. Very, very little current information is offered. This is probably due to the fact that most people that know the most about current music are young people who are being schooled instead of the ones teaching. Kinda shitty, but its a problem that is likely not going away anytime soon.
producing forums are really helpfull sometimes (noisia expanded their sound design knowledge through music production forums. ofc not only from that but it was a part of it :p)
I learn a lot of what i know in different ways and places. Doing intensive research even silly things to learn how things work. Reading is very much your best friend because there is a lot of good material out there you won't find in every video. Being careful of strongly opinionated people and take it with a grain of salt and a saw wave. (not literally) . Look every where for ideas READ MANUALS lol (everyone hates manuals). Try to learn every side of music because one side will help the other grow. Follow the best youtube channels for you .Talk to people on youtube or where ever and help them out too ,but try not to get into silly dragged out debates. I've learned from people I helped as well because no one knows everything, but one can know a lot of stuffs.
+blood lord (Chaotic Sonics) *MANUALS ARE NOT BORING.* There, I said it. Seriously people, go read them. They're ridiculously easy to read through and you may very well get inspired by the new information you just got. One of the best decisions I've ever made in music production is to read through a manual of a synthesizer, as it has given me tons of ideas how to go on about making sounds. If you look at something that you don't know what it is, GO READ THE GODDAMN MANUAL ABOUT IT. It literally takes minutes or less. Be a humble learner, if you want to become an awesome producer in no time.
Xtrullor Yep lol. I Still read manuals especially for plug ins naming knobs weird Buzz words, like i'm suppost to know what a "sensitivity" knob is doing on a compressor when they could have said knee or threshold.
Hey Seamless, I was wondering if you've had any experience using the fruity video player? I've decided to attempt to teach myself scoring videos but RU-vid is very limited on tutorials for the fruity video player. I know the basics, but syncing key points in the video is what confuses me.
His process of learning is my process of learning, I fucked around in code for 3 years and became a pretty decent programmer with no training or tutorials whatsoever
everyone has their own path of how they learn stuff and how/when you learn things shapes how you produce. i say learn the basics of everything but dont stray too far from your own unique path =3
Bassgorilla seems good but I wouldn't know what their payed content is like. I do think that Luke from BG knows what he is talking about. He also has some awesome interviews. I don't see the need to pay for their content because the free information is already great!
Seamless, have you ever considered trying topursue a career of being a full time producer/DJ? I realize you're already a producer, but I mean in the sense that you go on tour, produce full length albums under the alias "Seamless", etc.
+EDM Faction He's mentioned in the past that he's considering doing a live show and going on tours. It's just a lot of time/money that he doesn't have just yet. But it sounds like he's getting there, which I'm excited about.
+Bass Face I did read up a lot on the FL manual. But manuals are real hit and miss. they aren't always sensibly written, or even right. Or even cover the things you want to know about the thing you're reading about. Like "what does the "grit" knob do?" "it changes the level of "grit" on the synth" "gee, thanks manual"
+SeamlessR I've heard Serum has one of the better manuals out there. Is this true from your experience? I have it, but I don't know if it's worth the read.
+Eric Carver I dunno, I haven't read it. I don't typically just read manuals. I usually use them when I want to find out something specific. In the case of Serum, I beta tested it. So if I had questions I just asked Steve directly ;p
+SeamlessR Do you mind making a video or telling me about acoustic foam for my studio? I'd like to get some if it would help, but I'm not sure which one(s) to get.
SeamlessR yeah youre right. manuals are great if youre just starting out i guess. because if you already know stuff manuals seem a lot lenghty and you lose intrest in reading them
hey man, why dont you and any other willing producers and writers create a "bass textbook" youre talking about in this video? Seems like a great legacy to leave behind?
The way I learned was through experimenting and buying presets. Buy the presets not just to use them.....but analyze them to figure out how they work. In the world of software synthesis with presets you literally have the equation and the answer right in front of you. If you analyze the presets you will learn. Just put some effort into it. Their is no easy way to learn this stuff. Takes time.
+SeamlessR Well he was much more focused on hip-hop than edm or other genres, but he also had a lot of stuff about music theory, melodies, and other more general things than your tutorials, which are more focused on specific things. This is not a criticism, by the way, just pointing out that his stuff was more for people with zero experience like myself, whereas your stuff seems to be for people who have more knowledge about creating music. Primarily what I loved was that he used Fruity Loops (now known as FL Studio) and there were absolutely no or very few tutorials out there using FL at that time (around 2006).
+ShalMusicFX I'm not sure exactly where he lives (pretty sure he's a little bit north of me-- I'm in the southeast US), but it was over 70°F here today.
+Opex Party For sure. Just gotta be careful thinking you know anything at any point. Three years from now I guarantee you'll look back at this moment in time and realize you knew nothing in comparison ;p
SeamlessR Honestly, I invite the fuck out of that. Im so curious to what the "next level" exactly sounds like for me. I hope this happens, cuz then my music will fukin kick all kinds of ass.
Seamless' account was limited to 10 minutes. One of his facebook videos goes over why. I'm wondering why he is allowed more than 15 minutes because we haven't been updated.
+DynamyteTV The limit was and still is 15 minutes. He just wasn't sure if it was 10 or 15 and couldn't be fucked to check so he played it safe and stuck to under 10 minutes. It seems though that he's realized it's a 15 minute limit, which is good for us because longer videos, yay! Even if it is only a few extra minutes :)
