This Process Will Elevate Your Productions 

Go stream the new track on Spotify! I put the link in the description

This advice is critical to take your tracks to the top level. However, this also takes a lot of discipline and experience to not get too lost in endless possibilities and options to the point you never can decide. 🤘

The baseline switch up is definitely god tier 🔥🔥🔥

Jack Conte describes this process of giving yourself as many different options to choose from/possibilities as "the funnel". Good advice for any creative project! Or things like job applications! Apply to 20 different jobs, five actually get back to you, two actually end up interviewing you, and one ends up hiring you. Doing the smallest amount of effort possible sets you up for the smallest probability of success.

Amazing advice, as always. One strong sound is always better than layering 10 average sounds.

You literally found the hidden gem in that track. Thanks for the tips. Yea, I'm really new (almost 2 years) in production but learning something new everyday.

Dope! That’s why I think it’s great to send over your stems to a mixing engineer who is not attached to certain stems and can judge the track with unbiased ears.

Great video; great song. I love that slide you do at 2:27 and then the way the song ends is super dramatic. It's also interesting to see how a fresh set of well trained ears can take something already good to a whole new level. Always love your videos.

More options do not always lead to a better result. The limiting factor is probably experience. When you are not experienced enough to know quickly wether the alternative sound that you just picked will work well for you in the final track, then more options can make you even more unsure. What I would recommend is bouncing out the idea with different sounds, perhaps even 10 to 20 versions, then closing the project for now and listen to the versions back a couple days later (at least 3 days, better 1-2 weeks or even more, the longer the better). At that point in time you may find it easy to pick a favorite.

Such a sick track! Love the sound!! Great job Z and thanks for making a video based around it !

This is brilliant work, Big Z. You did make something that sounded good, and turned it into something that feels good.

Always high-quality vids, straight to the point. Love it!

You gave great A/B examples which really opened up the track, plus the philosophy for which parts should or should not be the main focal points. Big up!

What i needed to hear. Awesome as always, your videos are gold!

Yesss, so happy to have a collab with the legend

Simple yet sick advice. Everything that was needed to make the song great was pretty much already there in the original demo, but the way you honed and focused it ramped it up several notches. The advice is presented in a way that I feel like I could easily apply it to my own demos. Thanks!

I've always loved your content from day 1 but your camera confidence has taken your videos to the next level bro 😎, great work!

Man the transformation was insane, well done!

Finding the lead, whether a vocal or a synth Line is probably the most important part of the track Great advice ❤

Blobby likes the lead synth nice work

Big Z let's goooo

Crazy how fresh ears can help with an arrangement! If this don’t tell anyone how important it is to collab…. But aye you made some great calls on the arrangement man. Definitely took the track to another level.

Wow! Amazing video and really great production skills man! Nice job. Thanks for showing us your process :)

Yoo! Congrats with release on Gemstone! Sick track, sick video as well!

You really elevated this song! Great work.

omg man, youre such a freaking pro! love what you changed!

OMG. This is totally brilliant. Thanks Z !

Bangggg !!!!! its just insane ......Need a MASTERCLASS of this track.!!

wow, nice track ! these modifications really shine

Another very helpful food for thought video on some great topics. Thank you Z. The tune is awesome. 🔥

wow, that track sounds hot! your final polish is just insane!!!!

Oh my goodness! You’re ridiculously great bro! ReDICKulous! 😮Good job!🥴

You give great tips and make great music. Much love from NYC

So much things to learn from this guy! Thank you!

You are a legend. been a fan for like 11 years now lol

This video give me a lot new idea for my old "demo" tracks) thank!

5-min master class. Don't get any better than that.

Love the song and great advice. Was listening on my computer, small Altec Lansing computer speakers, but with a separate sub-woofer, not great. Switched over to studio speakers, Rokit 5's through an interface and sounds great! Have to check it in my car.

Wow this is one of those things that sounds like a no brainer when you hear it out loud, but I noticed all of this in the track I'm working on now. Really awesome advice!

Stoked ⚡⚡ Amazing work.

the greatness of a producer cab be measured by how much he can get out of as few tracks as possible.

Big Z is a professional in his field

Such small tweaks making a huge difference! What a great lesson, you're really good at this man... appreciate it!

Great work! And great tips aa allways

the process: make the song better

Just ran across your channel during my daily morning ritual of discovering something new. Great suggestions, sir!!

This tune sounds amazing!

💯 Good stuff here..............thank you so much. 🙏🏾

Killer job Big Z!

Would love to see your kick side chain attack/release settings

Gold advice as always

Beautiful 💯

Thank you, Sir!

1:56 exactly

Nothing but quality!

very nice. The results are very good.

sick track! & thx for these amazing tips! keep it up

Amazing work as always

perfect, thank you!

Omg this sounds SICK 😍

Sounds awesome

At the start of the video.. Before the process sounded greater than after the process.. truth.

Fire track 😮‍💨

great tip Big Z, question do you mix in the box, or you have outboard gear that you mix into?

I would like to say thanks for your work ! i want to comeback to music After watching your video you advices are so well explained and you are a cool guy thanks for it 👍👍

That track is another level 💪🏻🔥

Big Z is *the* greatest music production tutor, irrespective of genre.

Please do a mix breakdown of this track! Sounds so clean! Maybe a Mixing Masterclass 2?

congrats on your release on Selected!! will you make a tutorial on your new track?

Great advice!

banger of a track

what a fat production my friend...i like it from the first note! bastian

Night and day difference! That advice about "feeling" the background synths instead of hearing it especially hit home. I was surprised at how harshly low cut they were, almost like they were coming out of a phone. I didn't think you could get away with that, but it really does work.

the king. loved this breakdown. If your ever looking for male vocals id love to throw some your way

very well done man

This is GREAT information - thanks!

Amazing. You are so talented brother

i think your the best mixing engineer in the world.

Wow I really love how you produce drums 🤩. Could you please a in depth tutorial about how you reason about drums. Most of your drums tutorials are about getting them FAT but not many about how to arrange them.

sick thanks dude

Great song!

That bass is 🔥 How'd you make it??

Bro you are a wizard

Legend 🙌

oh man, that shirt. ❤

Please do a video on how you mix and masters this track 😮

Awesome stuff, Big Z. I'm working with rock music right now and that means sometimes the focus is on different elements, but the overall advice still holds up: when producing a demo into finished song, identify the hooks and bring them out. It's useless to obsess over guitar tone or the sound of the snare if the overall song doesn't work.

U never disappointed me bro

Great stuff once again 👏 by the way a friend of mine looks exactly like you, true double being 😂 keep up the good work!

Awesome song 👌

What a tune, can you do full breakdown for this one please 🙌

You flipped this demo track to a RUFUS DU SOL banger... Incredible...

3:40 bro exactly haha

Your a beast bro holy horse nuts

🔥🔥🔥

i nice clean up !! 🧹

this dude is savage

Nice T-Shirt! haha

“This process” is literally a complete remix of the original song lol

song is sick where did you find the vocalist?