u can really make beats when u dont think u can talk to me in the comments or hit my DM on instagram @ nimiratio spotify i also been uploading loop vibes to rock out with @ nimiratio
Probably some of the best most simple advice tbh. I’ve killed so many projects overthinking and messing with it too much then never finishing it or letting it languish forever as a mess.
Bro got that bob ross feel fr “I don’t like it but it’s the first thing I made so imma just roll with it” gives off “we don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents”
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This whole “no expectations” mindset is saving my production, Nick. Just the other day things weren’t going my way with my session and it just felt completely and utterly awful. But because of these videos whenever I find myself falling back into those mindsets I remind myself that the goal isn’t to make good beats right off the bat, it’s simply to make them at all.
@@Reggi_Samplethat's what happens to me. I learned one sound and I'm making a rock guitar beat. Learned one jazz chord on guitar and made a jazz beat. Simplified and then it just got better.
love this comment. I too just started trying to make beats and the number one thing I'm keeping in mind is patience, however long it takes, it's all about where u end up.
@@boyarmira I had no clue where you were goin with it in the beginning with the first two presets then you slowly tied it all together and it made sense
Bro you reminded me how I started out making beats and why I was able to pump out so much back then. Just have fun and see where it goes, don't worry too much about a specific goal. Thank you
Ironically, a lot of those beats will bring out some of your best because you are making something based off how you feel, experimenting and just enjoying the production. When you think too much it can stunt your creative process and some times just stops you from creating an absolute gem. I've always had the mindset of just making as I feel it, but my struggles have always been with sound design and sound selection (mainly finding the sound I am hearing in my head). I'd always overthink it, but lately I've just been experimenting more and with the experience, I've come to just know where to look or what to do to get the sound I'm looking for.
here's a HUGE tip for anybody just starting out: buy a midi keyboard and actually learn to play. in time, you'll learn new chords, keys, and will eventually actually be able to improvise and jam. you'll get to the point where you can just play and have fun without making beats / producing, just straight up jamming out. and within those random jam sessions, you'll hit a melody that catches your ear, and boom. the beat will write itself after that. the point is, once you're good enough at creating original melodies & chords out of thin air, writing new music will organically come to you. you will be able to THINK musically, not just writing in random notes in hopes that some thing will hit. even if you have writers block, pulling out that keyboard and jamming out with a nice sounding preset WILL eventually bring you something to work off of and build on top of. i urge yall to become more musically minded by learning to play!! you have literally nothing to lose and everything to gain.
@@1odyssey he made a beat, then exported that entire project into a single audio track, and used some sort of plugin/vst to change the pitch / timing, and worked on top of that. this is what's known as "resampling". to simplify it, he created a bunch of melodies/chords, then chopped and screwed them, and made a beat on top of that. that's why it sounds so different. the entire tone of those melodies change when you mess with the pitch / timing.
@@weaksauce223like you can make a good song with any instruments if you compliment them nicely like how you can wear any color as long as you style it well
the way he shows how to create a context picking random sounds and make it work is good as hell, it's like he has trained that mind muscle that allows him to work with whatever he has and make it sound as a decent musical piece
It’s called knowing the slightest amount of music theory. Once you do, you literally do not need to think. I swear y’all dickride this guy for making the most mid shit ever. Fact is if you spent as much time practicing theory as you did watching videos like this you’d be better than him.
nah, i mean ik he doesn't think all of that when he's producing bc what's happening in his mind is unconsciously but, that's what's behind it @@aristology6912
Restrictions are the best creative decisions. Man I totally do random games like this. I just spent the past year restricting myself to only use Ableton stock ( Serum, Phaseplant and Vital - only synths I could keep ). This made me learn to build racks, mix and master 100% in Ableton. I was surprised how much I learnt. Anyways, love your methods! 🙌
Simple. Don't overthink Alot of producers will overthink by passing 100 sounds just to pick one, Make a melody and keep scratching it to make another or think to hard on what they putting down = Which all creates beat block. I see people look frozen while making a beat and it makes the process harder ngl
the sounds are the most important part. The problem is they look thru so many sounds and then still pick crappy ones and sounds that clash with other sounds 🤣
@@xyizsilver it happens. Just don’t overthink at all and you will overcome beat block. The moment you start overthinking or thinking to hard it’s a rap. Also ngl ear training and music theory helps as I know most people think it’s boring. It helps with not thinking to much with the knowledge you already know and your steps ahead
Seeing Nick's still bein a G and still helpin out the newbys as he should, he's actually the reason why I started getting into music along w Taz Taylor & Syn Beats, cuz of them i've been a musician for 7 years. W's all to Nick
Honestly that's how you've got to look at most things in life you don't want to do. Turn it into a game and challenge yourself, it suddenly becomes easier. Takeaway on this vid was awesome!👏🏼
I know this has been said a million times before but Nick and internet money are really the goat producers of our generation. What him and Taz created has turned into so much more than making music. They consistently create waves of inspiration, education and wisdom for producers all around the globe. They drop so much game for people they've never even met before. Big ups to them and big ups to all the producers who have become what they are because of Nick!
I literally overthink each song it sometimes takes me years to go back to periodically, etc. but creativity rly does flow. When we were kids we never overthought it all
I like how you just take whatever is on your mind right then and run with it. The act of spontaneously starting without a concrete plan can be freeing since the mere creation process itself is so vast that you really have no idea where you'll end up anyway
i started really making music because of you Nick, and you are still here posting videos and helping me get motivated to never stop doing this shit. thats why ur the goat
Dawg this was insane for me to watch, first time seeing someone explain how they make a beat and seeing them put it together, this was great, appreciate you
Thank you Nick, that's what I've had in mind and what's kept me going through these years, even when I keep putting myself down. Thank you for being an inspiration man
I just tell myself it doesn’t have to be good just anything to keep the forward momentum of improvement going every day will make you the person u want to be
this dude gives the most straightest facts and the best advice ong. Ive always tried making beats whenever i wake up in the middle of the night and i accidentally be cooking ngl
I used to be like this now I'm hyper focused on developing the idea i had in my mind, but it's really energy consuming. Sometimes simplicity and extreme spontaneity is the better approach in music.
So accurate. My best stuff comes from just kinda throwing shit at the wall and letting it flow by ear and just continuing to make new stuff all the time. The more you make the more you have thats likely to be decent, just make stuff!
Same goes for yall video editors out there, sometimes you just gotta throw yourself into premiere or vegas even if you feel like sh*t, you never know what you'll cook up and come out with, I've felt the same for both beats and video editing. You just gotta flow that shiii, don't give up on your own skillset ♥
Honestly amazing advice I like doing that too picking random sounds and forcing myself to use them when I’m uninspired , that beat came along FIRE too🔥
been following along closely and have also been challenging myself to improve. Your videos come in clutch and help me a lot with motivation. Just learned how to make poutine for the first time. made 3 beats. Amazing tase when its your own. Fucking wild how much life changes when you start making changes
Dawg this is insane my first beat ever was made with this mindset and it turned out great just gonna start doing this all the time cause whenever I start thinking shit goes south😭
This video just changed my life. It really shows that creativity is infinite, and there are actually no limits to what one can do. The restrictive creative method can lead to amazing and unexpected results, and the stoic approach to just stick to something and go with the flow without questioning the decision or circunstances is something that I find usefuld not only in beatmaking, but in life in general as well. Plus the end result is pure fire. What an amazing video.
the technique is great, super straight forward, applies music theory without getting too deep, shows how to blend audio and midi. lets you have fun exploring music instead of feeling like you need to be so in control of everything. really good shit.
This video is very interesting because the first idea wasn’t so hot but that didn’t deter you. You ended up taking the first idea by resampling, filtering, and mangling in a new and interesting sequence… and then you repeated the process with it, where eventually some magic happened As an heavy bass/electronic producer who feels very reliant in the need to find that “moment” in an idea and getting tilted otherwise,.. I found this profoundly inspiring since your way of working forces to just keep the ball rolling no matter if the first 8 bar loop maybe just ain’t it. In this case, you recycle seeds (and you do it tastefully). I need to do that more
Nick always amazes me with his creativity. I’m glad he gave us this perspective on making beats. I will definitely go in with this mindset when I go perfect my craft. Thank you Sir Nick Mira you’re definitely a G.O.A.T in my book 🔥🔥
Crazy!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 I struggle with when I have time to make a beat, I can’t put something together that’s decent… But when I CAN’T sit down to do it, I have the craziest ideas in my head.
This always happens to me as well. I’ll think of some good creative ideas while im just at work or driving and it helps to write the idea down immediately in the notes app or record a voice memo
I love how you did this. The best before the 808 seemed kind of mid but when you packed it up into a crystal ball and out an 808 under it I know it was gonna be sick. Took my by surprise
what’s funny is the beat was already listenable after not that much time, and had my ears been introduced to that version, i still would have been tricked into thinking it took much work than it did. but then you transformed simplicity into more simplicity by making it sound more complex. crazy how we create illusions for ourselves as if things were to be much harder than they actually are.
very skeptical at the beginning. but it came together so clean. I did the exact same thing you did. using first present I found. I feel like I made something decent. Nick always saving the day💜💯
Nick you helped me so much in a time of doubt. I don’t remember when but you said something like “you don’t make bad beats some days or good ones, sometimes you just like what you do and sometimes you don’t so just create” I started making so many beats daily after that, and when I come back to the ones I didint like I end up making some of my favorite songs finished with lyrics and all. A lot of love from Illinois! ❤️
Do you have any tips on not being happy with anything you make? I feel so far away from the sound I wanna make and that can be demotivating sometimes. Love the vids man
What helped me the most was stopping trying to arrange full songs and experiment with ideas instead. Try creating your own samples. Try some freaky bpms. Resample yourself. Stop following standard phrasing. Break the rules. I would be willing to bet your music is better than you think it is, and the truth of the matter is that we ALL wish we were better musicians. Every artist makes shit they hate on a regular basis but we keep pushing because we're constantly learning, and the beauty of learning is that you're never gonna stop doing it.
beautiful explanation, i feel whachu mean. the beat just comes to you. same with digital art i didn't know what i was gonna make, but i made it and most of my work is raw asl. Whenever i listen to beats i layer ts down since i do alot of editing too so i know how it feels to layer sounds, i know my shi gon be raw asl. I just have to put in the work in learning, then i'll be able to let my soul speak.
this is the best way for me to utilize "first thinking" and still throw 20-30x ideas at the wall and see what sticks. half the time I cut the og "first thinking" layers in favor of the better ideas that stemmed from them down the line. Just start doing it / keep practicing until you can get into a flow state thats essentially what this video was.
I started making beats on a ROM KEYBOARD , Legit had memory disk and space for 5 channels each and 1 mic. I started production at the crisp age of 13 just hitting random keys and putting down a drum beat, then got my first DAW. Anyone can make beats , it’s making songs that is a true art form, to compose a track that has emotional tamber and feeling, is a true talent . I salute you Nick, well worked in the composition of music theory and Composition , .
A tip for beginners that's helped me out: Look up different keys and modes (just the scales, not music), and pick one that you like the sound of, then only write using those notes. You can use those notes to build chords and keep whatever sounds good to your ear. Also, make sure you know how to switch your DAW's time signature. "How to change time signature in (your DAW goes here)". Also, learn automation clips. You can automate things like tempo and volume to allow for more emotional sounding music and allow for fade outs at the end of the song. There's lots of good tutorials on RU-vid for how to use automation clips.
so the hardest part is really just opening the software and deciding to begin, got it. i've been so scared of trying to make a beat for myself but this changed my perspective entirely. this video was great, keep up the amazing work
Thank you. Recently I've been playing with better VSTs and as a result, been making better stuff, but I kind of got stuck on that and thinking that whatever I am working on needs to be better than the last. This helped me realize I need to go back and start enjoying it again, and to not take it too seriously, as my best stuff comes from when I am enjoying myself.
