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@cesmcmyth8 ай бұрын
Hey Kevin. totally 100% accurate list. but I would say this is not for beginners. this is for non-musical people trying to make music.. come on
@KevinKuschel8 ай бұрын
@@cesmcmyth What is a beginner?
@Kadejones018 ай бұрын
Great advice, Kevin. I still hear experienced composers forget to let wood and brass players breath. I think they're sometimes too used to playing awesome synths and piano.
@5ammy138 ай бұрын
Hey Kevin, great tips for beginners. I think an important tip for beginners you missed would be how to handle reverb and how to make Samples from different libraries sit together in the same room. Early on in my music caterer my tracks sounded so weird and muddy, and finding the secret to correct reverb immediately made my music sound infinitely better.
@gilbo95768 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video ! I manage to escape most of them but I'm full in the 3rd one ! I even LIKED your overcomplicated example... 😅
@BenBerkenboschMusic8 ай бұрын
Eyyyy you added the Jacob Collier 30/31 polyrhythm hahaha. Great video Kevin!! I think this video is immensely valuable for beginner composers 🔥
@KevinKuschel8 ай бұрын
My head's still spinning 😵💫
@BenBerkenboschMusic8 ай бұрын
@@KevinKuschel after 500 tries trying to do the 30/31 polyrhythm, mine is still spinning as well
@jmmm27038 ай бұрын
Thanks, great tips! I often struggle getting the dynamics right, or ignore them altogether...
@Lamberilio6 ай бұрын
Indeed, overcomplicating is a very common tendency to fall into. Sometimes it's just the good simple things that are missing
@jenssieckmann8 ай бұрын
Thanks Kevin, That's a nice lineup of composing mistakes. Hm, although, they are not only composing mistakes (like reverb). Dynamics, velocity, lack of articlulations and overcomplicating are my favorites. Nevertheless I would have mentioned a few other mistakes that are more important to me than rigid timing, reverb, no breathing pauses and ignoring mixing. There are for example strucuring motifs, themes, phrases, chord progressions, chord voicing (depending on instruments). There's surely room for a whole playlist of mistakes.
@tregdemedia8 ай бұрын
I really appreciate you bringing all these tips into one video. These are all things I've sort of picked up here and there across composer KZbin, but it's nice to be reminded of all of them in one place. My biggest issues are rigid timing and mixing!
@KevinKuschel8 ай бұрын
Glad to hear!
@gatorsaw33158 ай бұрын
I will take this advice and never do this again. Great stuff
@jlbpiano26738 ай бұрын
Du ziehst zurzeit echt durch mit den Videos, dicken Respekt👍
@devagarwal22228 ай бұрын
really need help with how to unlock dynamic scoring thanks
@BenBerkenboschMusic8 ай бұрын
99% of the time you can edit the dynamics with CC01 / the modwheel. There's some libraries out there that don't have this recorded, often free ones, or solo strings, but the majority of sample libraries has these dynamics recorded.
@tutengenezemuziki6 ай бұрын
been BINGE watching this channel for 3 days....Awesome content
@glynnhodgesmusic31408 ай бұрын
Thank you Kevin. I have just subscribed to your channel. Some really great tips in this video. As an intermediate composer some channels are very difficult to follow and are complicated. You present clearly and very well. You mention mixing and mastering, have you an easy to comprehend video for this? Again, most channels are very difficult to follow on this subject. I am sure you would be much better. Thank you again.
@neilingle7942 ай бұрын
I've only recently discovered your channel. Great advice, and I like that you avoid belittling people with different agendas (e.g. you say it's ok if someone (not me) wants to reuse loops, even though there are better ways). These common mistakes are easy to understand - in the way that everyone knows them already, but really needs to be told / reminded, and your before and after sketches are so clear. Well done!
@KevinKuschel2 ай бұрын
thank you!
@NieR69918 ай бұрын
I really love the way you explain things so clearly! I can also listen to you all day haha SO happy to have found your channel
@NachtPiano4 ай бұрын
Brb saturation, TDR nova EQ, and Fresh Air. They’re amazing and free use them.
@luquesxannial22868 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff kevin! Thanks for the tips ❤
@King.Mark.6 ай бұрын
reslove and add the last note on the brass ,it hurt 😂 9:57
@AI.AnimalsChannel6 күн бұрын
Thanks for making this video. Incredibly helpful.
@phuphu31298 ай бұрын
Looks like Kevin "Terminator" Kuschel ;) great stuff
@MadHawkMoody6 ай бұрын
Hey, thanks for this list! This seriously helps! Also, in regards to loops, I never actually use them because they sound so.... uhhhh... fake? I personally enjoy having control over my own original rhythm!
@StefanoMaccarelli8 ай бұрын
Great Video and True mistakes !
@joegrint62808 ай бұрын
Excellent advice - thanks!
@mikemccormick16243 ай бұрын
Brilliant and very informative. Thanks for a great video!
@javierestevez96808 ай бұрын
Great Kevin!
@Shiraz-Aeternum2 ай бұрын
What is the name of the backgroundtrack at 6:31 please help
@johnhill7628 ай бұрын
Great video, great advice
@Roknix8 ай бұрын
Very good Video :). I often find myself writing the melody with only one articulation. Do you often use expression maps? How do you handle different latencies in different articulations?
@LidkaKAA8 ай бұрын
I love your channel, very useful advice
@KevinKuschel8 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!!
@JohnnyADi8 ай бұрын
I just bought pacific and the new strikeforce 2. I am now waiting for Vista 2 and pacific brass. Might buy a VSL piano vst or another drum vst like damage 2 or truestrike. Bad VSTs or improperly used, doesn't sound as good for things like classical or neoclassical.
@marcus_ohreallyus8 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@Emily_M812 ай бұрын
I was a former wind player thankfully, so that one doesn't catch me lol. Thanks for sharing
@Streamkiller16 ай бұрын
Hi! Thank you for your lessons! Can you tell how to make it on cubase? ( mistake 5 ) How can i pick few midi keys and change them with different styles? i mean just like you did. Thank you!
@KevinKuschel6 ай бұрын
Check out Expression Maps
@alyctro81582 ай бұрын
Which DAW is this? I like that you can draw dynamics so easily. Which i don't because it's guesswork in FL Studio.
@KevinKuschel2 ай бұрын
Studio One
@CraigRodmellMusic8 ай бұрын
In my opinion, one thing that takes away greatly from realism is using a scoring program for the sounds instead of a DAW. Myself, I do the composition using BBCSO Core in my DAW, and THEN I do the score in MuseScore. Or else, if I'm doing something for which the score already exists, I use that as the basis for what I do in my DAW.
@stepitup238 ай бұрын
awesome video
@thenorthkeys20 сағат бұрын
Thanks god after 1 year of experience, I dont do any of these mistakes anymore 😁
@jimmito8237 ай бұрын
Hi man. Blessings. How much ram and specs is you system to work with this large film scoring templates in SO? Thanks. I am working on that.
@KevinKuschel7 ай бұрын
I am now at 128GB of RAM on a Ryzen 5900. 64Gb will also get you a very long way, though.
@MBynum8 ай бұрын
As far as mic placement, should all my strings instruments have the same mic settings if I'm not doing solo lines? Example: tree mic at -5db and outriggers at 0db.
@SonicSoorcery6 ай бұрын
There is someone who make a video about kaboom anyone know his channel name?
@user-xz5mh2ev2e8 ай бұрын
10:48
@javierestevez96802 ай бұрын
Mistake 2 its a banger of ostinato hahaha
@gainsbourg668 ай бұрын
Using female choral samples in sustained unnaturally high range
@KevinKuschel8 ай бұрын
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@gooscomposer8 ай бұрын
I saw a video of a concert flautist, and she showed a technique, where woodwind player is storing some of the air in their cheeks to make this infinite breath
@sibe96138 ай бұрын
You probably mean circular breathing, which is also used when playing didgeridoos and zurnas, for example. This technique is possible with several woodwind and brass instruments. By the way: glass blowers also use circular breathing.
@gooscomposer8 ай бұрын
@@sibe9613 Yeah, I meant that. Thanks for correction