Expert Producers Don't "THINK about it"

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@HenningUhle 6 ай бұрын

That's true. When I came back to making music during the pandemic, there was a cheap keyboard first. Then, it was connected to an online DAW. And I had to figure out how on earth this thing works. After a period of around 1 year, I came to the conclusion that this online DAW does not work the way I feel comfortable with, so I've switched to Ableton 1 year ago. What a change! I could forget everything I knew about making music during the 90s. I started following this and that producer to improve my skills. What does this knob do, what happenes when I use that fader, how on earth do I clean up all the mud in my mix and so on. Little steps forward, I'm still learning. This is what everybody does. The struggle that I've experienced will stay in my memory, but now I know how to avoid it. So, I can now concentrate on other things, always to improve my music. And I think this is what you meant.

@IcemanTheDj 11 күн бұрын

Indeed it is! A friend came to ask me if I could reproduce something for him, I listened to what he wanted and in 10-15 minutes I did what he wanted. He was very surprised and exclaimed "bro you are very talented"! I told him that it's not that, but the fact that having been doing this for over 20 years, I know exactly what I have to do to get the desired result! I had a break for a few years, but during this time I accumulated some extra plugins, and now I've started to delete them because there are too many of them and they're ruining my workflow, aka "inspiration"! Instead of doing what I know and it's harder for me after a break of several years, I sit and keep looking at these new plugins... So I try to reduce everything to what I had when I entered the break so that I can evolve from where I left off, otherwise I feel like I'm starting from scratch!

@mukeshpathak7302 6 ай бұрын

Hello sir, I watched your video "do this to improve music production in a fast way" a few months back (a few others as well) and that video was a game changer for me. Following your advice helped me improve more in 2 months than I did in last one and a half year. And now this video, OMG, I needed this so bad, coz sometimes frustration creeps in. My song ideas are good, I write good lyrics, decent melodies but my final mix sucks, and I get so annoyed to not be able to make songs like other people, but this video just told me what I needed to hear, that the one's who are great at their craft, were once like me only. They have put years into practice. It's a relief knowing that if I don't stop practicing, sometime in future, I'll be releasing quality mixes. Thanks a ton for this channel and the knowledge you share, I'm your fan because you're honest and straight forward with teaching. You don't hide anything. May god bless you. And I truly hope that someday I can give you a grateful shoutout from a big stage. Respect and Love.

@NoVaCitrusGrower 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely. The more choices you make that succeed, the more you remember what works and what doesn't. You don't have to think about it anymore.

@majorwaveproductions 6 ай бұрын

I agree. I've been a musician for 11+ years, and through sheer repetition and experience (which kind of go hand in hand), I don't need to think about where to put my fingers on the fretboard of a guitar to play a chord, or if I want to play a F#m chord on piano, I don't need to first lookup which notes are in F#m, figure out where those notes are on the keybed and play it. I find it very similar to reading. I'd believe that most people here would know how to read and know that you don't need to read and sound out every letter and search up every definition for every word over and over and again. But you did at the start, and through that repetition, it then became easier to do. On the other hand, it frustates me when aspiring musicians think that their hands are 'too small' or 'too big' to play a musical instrument, and all of these ads show this 'one hack' to make it 1000 times easier, but the action of developing a healthy habit to practise is undervalued/underrated, which stings too because I know there's aspiring musicians who have heard the instruction of 'just practise' and give up early as they haven't developed a steady habit of practising that will last more long term, what makes it more difficult is that it's very easy to compare yourself to other musicians who are way more experienced and end up feeling like 'I'm not the one'. Admittedly, I struggle with this knowing I've played guitar for over 11 years and other musicians can 'shred' or 'improvise' better than me, and I need to keep reminding myself that everyone learns at their own different paces and follows their own unique learning journey.

@ShilohKeeling 6 ай бұрын

It’s so weird cuz I just remembered that I had to be taught how to use my MacBook and how to use the key commands and I would have to remember them and now I just do it without it thinking…thank you for this!! I make chords more quickly now. I’m able to build an arrangement (it may not be good) but I’m LEARNING. This is PROOF that you can improve and it can be this “easy”

@Eric-dd8bk 6 ай бұрын

And knowing your gear as well as the sounds of different VSTs you have speeds up everything cuz you know what to pull out the moment that intuition kicks in.

@MaximusWhyman 6 ай бұрын

Experience leads to confidence in your decision making. You find your taste and what you want to hear or feel and you move towards that direction.

@definfected 6 ай бұрын

I love how you explain things and the reality of it. Keep making great content bro!! Thanks for sharing!! Much ❤ Nathan!!

@MasterSongStudiosReal 6 ай бұрын

This is really true. As a developing musician myself, I can confirm that as I understand the fundamentals more, don't have to think as much about what I should do to get a sound I want. The more you internalize the do's and dont's, the easier it becomes to just "feel" what the song needs without thinking so much. (Also, nice beard! 😎 🧔‍♂

@Narumasano 6 ай бұрын

I had intuition for many of my productions and it helps a lot when it comes to choice making and can definitely make everything a lot faster!

@valdi7777 6 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS, actually this week I was thinking about how to spot a correct intuition vs a whim. Thank you so much!

@heartshinemusic 6 ай бұрын

It's a kind of muscle memory for the mind. It's not just "stand-alone" intuition, it may look like that from the outside, but I think it's much more based in experience.

@Kolivares7 6 ай бұрын

Green Arrow 😮

@MikeNeedlerMusic 6 ай бұрын

Great video 👌 makes me think of Robert Greene’s book on Mastery. The more we engross ourselves in an area, the more nuanced and detailed our understanding becomes, and the more intelligent and intentional our choices can be.

@EctoMusicus 6 ай бұрын

I definitely compare myself to pros even though I've literally only been "producing" music for months lol. I've played piano all my life and band in school and things just clicked with playing music, but I just assumed that would transfer to digital music production and writing my own music. It definitely doesn't haha. I got my own piano, found an old yamaha keyboard in the dumpster, got a little looping machine and I suddenly expected myself to be making beats like no other, but I always have to remind myself that it doesn't work like that.

@AlexFedoruk-music 6 ай бұрын

your beard is growing))) nice

@NathanJamesLarsen 6 ай бұрын

Longest it's been I believe haha

@blueeyedcat3443 6 ай бұрын

@@NathanJamesLarsen End of 2024 = 10cm, End of 2025 = 20cm,....

@Haxior5506 6 ай бұрын

Wow! That's long term plans.@@blueeyedcat3443

@JamesMolyneux62 6 ай бұрын

Was it intuitive?

@n8thegr139 6 ай бұрын

What tips do you have for producing for a band, and writing lyrics

@majorwaveproductions 6 ай бұрын

I haven't produced bands before but I have recorded real live instruments like guitar and vox, both myself and other musicians. I recommend learning the fundamentals of recording, making sure you're not recording too quiet and not too loud, and generally playing in a band will get you the feel for how music should sound which you can reflect in a recording. Aim to establish and achieve goals within the band too. In terms of writing lyrics, that will come naturally with time the more you practise and sometimes you might randomly just get a single lyric which you can note down and build on. If you want inspiration, you won't find it in the music room so there's a little 'hack' I guess. I currently play in a band (unprofessionally) and we often do covers for live performances, so even then you're referencing to other music for the fundamentals, and learning your own style in your own way which I think is highly advantageous when it comes to recording, because in the grand scheme of things, the goal of recording a band is to make it sound as good as possible, and if the band is already really well practised and you learn how that band should 'sound like' live, then recording becomes a breeze.

@n8thegr139 6 ай бұрын

@@majorwaveproductionsthank you