How To Write Music - In A Café

[@CarstenNeugebauer]

Officially the funniest, most entertaining and likable guy on the Internet. And on top very informative and educational as well. Thanks a bunch for all of that, please don't ever stop doing what you're doing!

[@aprendendocomgames]

I agree man! Awesome vids ❤🎵💡

[@aprendendocomgames]

@Darren Hirst yeah! By the way, could you see our newest content? I made it with my heart. Hope you like it. *it has English subs for sure. ❤🎮💡

[@soloco]

This guy is my absolute favorite. Makes me laugh, entertains me, and teaches me things at the same time. Perfection.

[@morpheusQ]

Yes, totally agree!! The best music teacher and tester on internet!!!!!

[@slimkt]

I wish I could bathe in this man’s energy forever. Such positive vibes.

[@joeharrisoncomposer]

"I've gotta get some reverb on that, or I'm gonna die." I want this on a T-Shirt.

[@mjgarratt]

“Today there was a guy in Carluccio’s staring at me whilst playing a small keyboard... It made me feel a little strange”.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

ha! I did think about that

[@marcel_schweder-composer]

LOL

[@The80sBoy]

What a great idea, Guy and so brave too! I love the fact that everyone got on with what they were doing in the café and were not disturbed by a manic, musical genius creating a beautiful piece of music. Bravo!!

[@scarletdawnmusic]

As someone that almost exclusively produces inside of coffee shops on a laptop, I enjoyed this video!

[@jakesidwellmusic]

Honestly, I'm here for that lemon tart.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Ha! Ill tell Vincent

[@dakayaerus]

I know this is an old video but this is one of the many reasons why I love Guy so much. He creates so easily (or at least he makes it look that way :D) with such ease and joy it amazes me and inspires me to grow. Love taking the short course he has as well!

[@iamtonisilvers]

I really love your energy !! You're such a positive person thank you man !!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you

[@agorgedslug]

Would love to see the clever mixing and EQ version of this, and also would LOVE to see the MIDI files switched for BBC Symphony to compare the quality with the factory samples.

[@west4coast77]

That was actually quite relaxing. Your enthusiasm and joy for your cafe composition is indeed something to aspire to. Thanks for sharing a bit of your day with us. It was fun!

[@didillomusic1271]

Although i don't make this type of music it is still such an inspiration to me. Thanks Guy for making these videos

[@SamBellGuitar]

Completely pointless comment, but....I just ran across another video on your channel, really enjoyed it, your videos incredible! super inspiring. Then clicked on this video, recognised the area you are in immediately, blew my mind. I live down the road. Bloody hell. Its a shame that Attibassi isn't there anymore. Thanks for the inspiring and entertaining videos, thank you!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Ah the late great Attibassi - it was best when they were just the single unit. Lots its mojo a bit later. A shame - but Carluccios and Vincent is really great! Take your laptop and go hang out!

[@SamBellGuitar]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation I agree! I'm now inspired to take my laptop there for some writing haha

[@monadyne]

What a lovely gentleman! And how essentially English he is, embodying all we love about the culture of the sceptered isle. (Minus the football hooliganism, of course.) Cheers, dear fellow!

[@bartvanriel]

Just revisited this somewhat older post for inspiration. Great tip on using double reverb. I have a collection of open source orchestral libraries which I couldn’t make sound much better with reverb, but I never thought of using TWO reverbs. Now they sound much better. Thanks,

[@eaglechildkeys]

The difference between a begginer composer and a professional one , is the workflow. While the first spend hours and hours in a loop trying to make it sound better (loop syndrome) , the second already finished one track, because he composed fast...without think too much if it’s good or not, or the prejudice from others. I include myself sometimes be trapped in 8 bars , ( layers, layers, and more layers of sounds) and don’t know how to continue after that. In Cubase folder I can have more than 1000 unfinished ideas!! But then I try to use this technique as you use , and many professional composers, and try to compose something FAST and FINISHED. Thanks to this, I could finish many tracks, and it really works!! THANK YOU ALWAYS GUY!;)))

[@montoyapd]

Really good I can just imagine this if the place had Christmas decorations and people were coming in from the cold very festive sounding

[@ringchamp6543]

I was just happy to see you spending more time on Logic Guy, good job dude!!!

[@muzikmystro]

Perfect use of the sticker. I’ll probably give the ones I have to some students.

[@dragun4422]

This man is sooo musical😊 Even his humor))) Thanks for content, congrats with buying the new Mac!

[@sef4610]

Simply wonderful! Let's make this a regular thing, and "get together" for coffee, tarts, and music once a month. Just lovely.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Why not!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you

[@guzidnb]

"I'm having a serious attack of the lion king" brilliant

[@deltavistastudio124]

LOL! Wasn't thinking it until he said it, then it was all I could hear.

[@DefinitiveWords]

@@deltavistastudio124 Me too!

[@muzikmystro]

Apart from modelling synths from scratch with the logic Es2 and such, my fave is Alchemy for the ready-to-go musical soundscapes that fill things in just ‘so’ or when you’re in a hurry :) Not feeling the best over the past week. Thanks for the informative giggle, Guy and for the Webinar last week.

[@aethervagrant244]

You don't have your own channel?

[@guitargod6997]

Brilliant and witty to boot! Great fun and wonderful instruction by example. As a DAW user initiate, pardon my jealousy of your command of the tools of your craft. Composing on a tiny keyboard is mind blowing.

[@x1thesoul172]

I used to dabble and especially explore ideas on the laptop (with a Launchpad and a notes mode, or just the qwerty) at a coffee shop where I’d just set aside the time to be stuck in that situation. I found the change of atmosphere to be inspiring. I had gone a good number of years without that routine and missed it quite a bit. About a month ago I’ve begun getting back to this practice every couple weekends. Instead of a laptop, I can now do things on my iPhone (incredible the possibilities on portable devices today). It feels like being out at a place with a buddy, and having a conversation with them. You would never allow something to interfere with your ‘conversation’. At home it is too easy to imagine you’re stuck and take breaks haha.

[@x1thesoul172]

Also, there is something to be said for the limitations. Not having all your home stuff at your disposal, to overwhelm the decision making process 👍

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

@@x1thesoul172 Couldnt agree more

[@josiebrown4380]

I love your passion and sense of adventure. I hope you are enjoying your new friend immensely ❣

[@hasko_not_the_pirate]

“Run Forrest, run!” I really enjoyed the video. It’s fun and educational and positive but i couldn’t help thinking of that theme listening to this.

[@soundseeker4643]

Yes!! The beginning with the leaf 🍃

[@NickBatinaComposer]

My thing for cafe sketching is either pencil and paper, or creating midi mockups with Dorico, it’s killer! I’ve noticed that having ambient sound and music actually helps me get inspiration lol! If you haven’t checked out that program, give it a shot, the free version just came out!

[@Retnuh1974]

Thank you for your music and your videos. That was amazing and it did fit the place.

[@Paszczakoformis]

Would be perfect as a theme song of some rpg farm style video game :-)

[@lawynfred]

I just discovered you and I can't believe my luck! I am just starting out in composition and am looking for some software to start out on. Your enthusiasm is infectious! Thank you!

[@ThePipster2]

You are simply awesome. How generous to share your vast knowledge, professional experience and encourage us to jump in and have a go. You are so much fun, enormously inspiring and incredibly amazing. Thank you so much.

[@nevertheless123]

Watching you It feels like everything is positive and happy in the world.

[@petersvan7880]

Lovely piece! And also this video put smiles my face, thank you :)

[@ashvitaramesh9034]

Too good. Thanks again. I enjoy learning the way you teach.

[@GunneroOfScots]

Very nice piece of music. Sounds very much like authentic instruments to me.

[@seviregis7441]

Oooh, it's even scoring what you play... I always love your compositions. This one is so pretty, sounds like the little birds feeding in my backyard. I was getting some really nice lyrics and vox lines to it. Originally I felt inclined toward a jazzy kind of vibe from the cafe scene, mellow alto sax, percussion, chord progressions... but love what turned out.

[@tobbebergman7583]

Brilliant as usual ! Thanks !, Guy !

[@johnleighdesigns]

Nice to see your process and bringing in some coffee shop inspired feelings and ambience , the result evokes a little Christmas or autumn style with its pace and instrumentation very nice thanks for sharing

[@sprkymrt]

That was just right to enjoy while I had my coffee this morning. Thank you.

[@enigmasounds]

Love it, love it Guy! do not stop doing these vids!

[@GrootsieTheDog]

I produced a whole ep for a label in Italy entirely using iPad apps - which I worked on mostly in cozy coffee shops. It was like hi tech, lo-fi music production. I’m a big believer in addition through subtraction. Nowadays I’ve completely subtracted DAWs from most of the creation end of making music and gone to a hardware set up with cheap tape deck for recording live performances. Using daws exclusively for editing and mastering. Music + computer screen is something i no longer have an appetite for. When I think of making music, I want to visual organic places - not surrounded by a cubicle and other square objects.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Wow that's amazing.

[@Woogadahoomph]

What a catchy little tune Guy. It’s 12.30am here in the Barossa Valley in Australia and I’m about to head to bed. Cafe dreams coming I think...with a music score! 😋

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Sleep well!

[@neilmacmusic]

I love this man and his exuberance- and can see myself enrolling in a course! as with any different persons perspective i could hear many different melodies and rhythms in the café chatter and would have come up with something 12/8 melody wise based on peoples chatter- easy to say from a sofa! great stuff

[@terrydoylemusic]

Really fun to watch. You were definitely influenced by your surroundings. Which shows that getting out and about can bring in ideas you would never have sitting in your room/at home. Would like to hear this piece as is but with sounds from the BBC SO for example

[@MyOwnWayMusic]

Loved this video Guy, reminds me of some of my times. I used to lug my MacBook Pro 💻 around with a mini keyboard 🎹 and headphones to public libraries and cafes but I found it too cumbersome, now I just take my iPad Pro with Cubasis and GarageBand and the Apple ear buds and i find it much easier and better for mobile/portable operation. I use the virtual screen keyboard and use chord pads to play the chords and then edit on screen. The iPad Pro seems to be a more fun way to make music in my experience, and probably quicker too when mobile/portable.

[@TalmoTheSell]

With Apple Silicon coming out hopefully Logic can be available for iPad!

[@bunkersamples]

Check out the new studio strings that come with Logic now - sounds WAY better than the old EXS strings. Runs in their own plugin, so although it’s actually EXS underneath, you can’t load them from the EXS menu! The new studio horns are also half decent! Also has it’s own instrument plugin.

[@lupac3193]

@Guy Michelmore, a laptop and a small midi keyboard enter a bar.... :D (sorry I couldn't help it)... You, Sir, are a GENIUS - you are a creator, an entertainer and a teacher, you make wonderful music, and you also seem to be having fun while at it...

[@RyanTheHero3]

Somehow watching your videos is more soothing than listening to David Attenborough’s voice...

[@photophilosophyRU]

The mood of melody for me was like a falling feather, and then... - Run Forrest, Run!!!)))

[@eaglechildkeys]

Your charisma is unique Guy. Thanks for share your knowledge always! ;))

[@xcessivebeats8667]

instantly hooked. I've watched most videos. Thank you very mutch these videos are very helpful, inspirating, educating. Thanks.

[@ggzzbb]

One suggestion for such excursions and to expedite the process is to create a template with some basic instruments already in place. I also don't know how far you are into Logic by now, but to switch between the samples from the same folder of EXS, instead of digging through the menus, you can click on the plus and minus buttons next to the sample name. And also, check the factory Studio Strings and Horns that were added maybe a year ago by now. They sound better and can be articulated.

[@BigHenFor]

He doesn't like templates.

[@doblofiber992]

The first marimba attempt was catching the atmosphere of the cafe best: smartphone ringtones. xD

[@adrianomarinelli6150]

Just love what you do . . .inspiring for me.

[@jibi9275]

If you have a powerfull Macbook pro and an ssd nvme you can use CUBASE and most of the ALL Kontakt Library pretty much as well as you do in your studio

[@rickbeats7898]

your work is amazing, thanks for sharing

[@lesfuller5984]

I like it Guy, Music for Coffee Shops! Limiting yourself in this way often forces you to be creative. 😁

[@AllyKerrmusic]

Great fun, thoroughly enjoyed watching this Guy. I love the idea of sketching out songs in different places to see what you come up with. Pleased to see that the new laptop keyboard wasn't swimming in coffee by the end of it too.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I hadn't even thought of that! That would have been embarrassing

[@robin_miller_music]

Ha, I was totally thinking about doing this but with with my 49 key! Chuckled that you still do the conducting thing when you listen back, even in the coffee shop. That would draw some funny looks I guess.

[@Gusrikh1]

Uniquely presented... and very, very nice

[@fercomposer]

How in the world you come up with such a beautiful melody line??? Simple and tender... and just from the Logic library!!! Now... put all that with the SPITFIRE BBC SYMPHONY and share us the result!!! Well done from Paraguay!!!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you!

[@AtelierOrgan]

This is the best MacBook unboxing video!! LOL

[@rahl1233]

Just loved it. I may have enjoyed watching this as much as you enjoyed your tart! 😀

[@philmarsh5593]

A joy. Wish I had the balls to do that (and even a bit of the creative talent would help). Hugely entertaining.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you. Strangely once I got writing I forgot about where I was!

[@NachoPiek]

You are freaking awesome in every single way

[@metus_fin]

Such a RuneScape vibe 😄 lovely video!

[@leonardosales526]

great piece! i loved it!!

[@frankwagner2161]

Always positive and enjoyable to watch...

[@timthacker63]

“Serious attack of the Lion King” This makes my day.

[@TheLibraryOfEmotions]

I keep coming back to this video, this is so entertaining. Do you need to connect your mac to the power? Could I write music with my midi keyboard on the beach?

[@stutty1400]

That lovely little melody would make a great 16 bar loop Guy :)

[@ferencav]

Why are you doing this to yourself you silly genius? Very brave to sit there with a mini keyboard and actually writing a very nice tune matching your surroundings. I love your videos.

[@52Cues]

The Akai LPK-25 is one of, if not the best, mini keyboard I've ever used. It feels great, is super portable, and quite inexpensive.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

It is surprisingly good for a pocket keyboard

[@chenhsi4188]

That’s an epic intro!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you - credit to Hugh the video editor and VFX person!

[@ChrisMHall]

Just right for that last minute Christmas special request

[@OriginalOrigins]

The sounds of the cafe work could be incorporated into the final product

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Yes thats a good idea

[@rogernewton7831]

The only time I ever look at my MacBook Pro is when I'm sitting in a café. And I sit in cafés quite a lot. It's an age thing. I must be about the same age as Guy. But I don't have a little keyboard. Haha. That took me by surprise.

[@mortenkalland]

Min datter og jeg likte veldig godt å se denne episoden.

[@badwave]

coming back to this video, im just happy guy seems to be the one channel who can escape the apple hate train in the comments.

[@nevebest]

Your music is so emotional and beautiful :) thanks for good music~

[@topliner1956]

I like your Video, they are so diffrent ... yesss 👍😉. May be I don't understand every single Word but the message is clear. Greetings from Germany

[@hemmelight]

You should try the new Studio Strings and Studio Horns instruments next time you open Logic. They’re much newer, and closer to modern libraries. They were added in 10.4.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

ah good point

[@estherphakathi240]

Absolutely love this dude💯💯

[@omarsowan4780]

Simply inspiring!

[@declanharrison4721]

Hi Guy, I think with a bit more time with Logic X, you will get a lot more from the library, even space designer, has so much more to offer.

[@martinhasak4739]

Guy, it is a lot of fun watching Your videos...Speccialy at moment, when deadline for my work is in 3 days...:) . ThanX

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Ha! Get back to work

[@freeelectron8261]

Any minute Hans Zimmer is going to be told to make the bloody tea!

[@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy]

I love when people prove that you don’t need fancy plugins or expensive sample banks to make good music.

[@tamburavadak]

5:07 "...half a dozen instances of ear sex..."

[@ElBeeEss]

OMG, get that coffee cup and crumbs away from that new keyboard! LOL!

[@dougaldhendrick3497]

If only the patrons could hear that!

[@butterflyj685]

Does anyone think this composition should be on the Hallmark channel for a movie or Hallmark Christmas movie! Great work!

[@sourcefor]

Nice vid, I do this often....Logic has new sounds in strings and brass, I don’t use them but they are supposed to be ok with more control, I think they are are called Studio strings and studio brass. The old orchestral sounds in logic are supposed to from the Vienna Library, but cannot confirm this! Anyway very nice video and good courses you have as I’ve taken a few!

[@thesoundvault508]

Guy getting that good coffeeshop Foley

[@karolavoss7325]

Einfach meisterlich 💯💪 😍

[@carlodevivomusicontent2138]

FANTASTIC

[@lesstraveledpath]

The final piece made me think of the soundtrack from Forrest Gump. Very nice, all things considered.

[@peteryoung9991]

you are so funny - I love to watch you in your vids. you could also go on stage of "New faces" LOL