I Became A Noise Musician to Prove It’s Easy

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make harsh noise music? Well now you can and you can see how I made and marketed my very own.
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0:00 - Intro
2:41 - A Brief History of Noise Music by ‪@FangTheWerewolf‬
5:18 - My Experience with Noise Music
6:41 - Making Noise Music
13:56 - Making an Impact
17:29 - Album Reviews by Mac McCall
25:22 - Understanding Noise Music
26:50 - Making Something Cool
31:07 - Making an Epilogue
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a l l m i s t a k e s a r e i n t e n s i o n a l

[@erbeilas4355]

The only genre with more artists than listeners

[@ChadKing69]

Sounds like SoundCloud rap

[@Nantosuelta]

I like noise music because by making it, you're basically giving up on being even remotely marketable so it becomes like raw expression. Its like the abstract art of the music world

[@Krebsmann343]

I like listen to noice and the feeling I get from it. Especially a combination from Noise and Black Metal.

[@mitchelllovett664]

Lol that and ambient

[@masonmcgowan2825]

I don’t really see how this is a bad thing, it’s a form that involves just kinda pure expression and nothing else, it’s not some grand art form you have to learn to master.

[@pqlamzowjsnxiejdbcurfhcbvg]

For me the sign of good harsh noise is the utilization of layering/panning different textures. I’m surprised none of the reviewers seemed to care or even notice this album was in mono.

[@gagechase1188]

most popular harsh noise is in mono

[@BigBoiAz]

Bro I don’t know if I should feel proud or ashamed, I listened to a man making a dumbass noise for 30 minutes straight and actually wrote a compelling review on it

[@eliasmg9144]

Both

[@sunburnedshirts3724]

noise maker here, noise can be really easy to make, as is ambient. whats harder about it is making your own fingerprint and getting eyes on you. both genres are inflated to the brim with copycats

[@mulu722]

This one is the truth^

[@donnienarco144]

Fr tho like in any genre specially with the saturation of media we have nowadays its really hard to find your own identity as an artist.

[@spawel1]

@@donnienarco144 you gotta make everything contingent to yourself and always try to listen to new stuff

[@CatFish107]

Doing it for my own enjoyment, and expecting nothing more than the experience works in my case.

[@JacksonBurnsYT]

Shoutout to the guy who gave an edited clip of me and jake screaming a 9.5/10. He’s a true fan.

[@jomomma4993]

LMFAO THAT WAS ME

[@maxmeggeneder8935]

​@@jomomma4993 Would you listen to it again for enjoyment?

[@Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX]

noise music is about texture, tonality, and nuance.. it is about being able to hear how the noise is shaped by the equipment that is used to process and create it. good noise actually conveys a lot of information in this way. sometimes it is about the dynamic passion of slamming massive objects around, breaking things, and screaming at the top of your lungs. always it is confrontational. and yes, you can tell good noise from bad noise. just listen to something like john wiese, aube, even emil beaulieau has more creativity in his pinky finger than anything you will find on some kid's bandcamp. it's not a "vibe" or "reset," it's a very established art form and has conventions and structure like any other.

[@ricobonifacio1095]

I am an noise artist named Red Vortex. Got a Bandcamp site. I like variety in my noise and not constant walls of sound that don't change. That's what I have created. Love noise music and if people want it, I will make more and upload it on my site. I probably will regardless.

[@ape2831]

i enjoy noise music in a very similar way to how I enjoy ambient

[@ABucketofJake]

I like your pfp

[@lewisbaitup6352]

@@ABucketofJake yeah it's pretty nifty

[@wormdamage]

It may come as a surprise to some, but there is effectively zero gatekeeping in the noise scene. If you actually like noise enough to go the trouble to make some noise, you're in the club. That's the entry fee - just going to the trouble of doing it. Haul your crap out somewhere, play some shows - you're self qualified. I wish everything was that easy.

[@ryans1273]

A big reason I am a fan of harsh noise is for just this reason. Anyone can do it. Literally anyone. noise isn’t about making profit or becoming famous and everyone has their own reasons for participating and enjoying it. I think everyone is an artist (whether they utilize their inherent creativity or not) and that art should be a thing everyone should feel able to do and express themselves through and that art or music or whatever that is made with fame and profit in mind is the true anti-art or anti-music. It’s weird being in these communities and watching others come in and out, Either you “get it” or you dont.

[@CatFish107]

Right on. When I first heard of the genre, then my first example, I thought, "Sweet, I want to make some of that!" I already was having fun with feedback in synths and guitar pedals,"without realizing there was a genre around that kind of thing. "What happens when I do this?", combined with a taste for abrasive timbres, seems like a good fit. Don't care if anyone wants to hear it. Nobody want to hear me learning guitar or piano either.

[@Juan-wo7zu]

when it was invented it was much harder to make noise music. they used to have to mess around for ages with bits of tape

[@FangTheWerewolf]

This was an amazing opportunity, thank you so much for having me in the video! Still watching it as I type but I'm enjoying it a lot so far!

[@frankgagliardi9568]

Gotta say you had great ENERGY… highlight of the vid .. good job Fang

[@onilink4286]

@@frankgagliardi9568 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4fWoJ6aqtxmaZI

[@lukehipkin3914]

My first introduction to noise music was bucket of piss and this was I wanna say three or four years ago and to this day I still can’t tell if he’s joking

[@suncity22001]

i love noise music, it sounds like it starts off where many records end, it just go's beyond. i love the speed of it, the chaos, it can be like a dot picture, listen hard enough and pictures and new languages emerge. i am 50 and listened to bowies low album and my dads psych records from 6 and went from there, ive done it all, italian prog classical acid folk , virtuoso stuff , but noise and ambient has been my fave genres for years. it can sound like a thousand piece orchestra, its very powerful and definitely deserves respect, albeit an aquired taste.

[@Wolfman-rd1pv]

Hey Jake, just a little editing tip that would’ve helped follow along with part of the video, during the reading of the reviews, since it wasn’t a straight read and it jumped around, it would’ve been easier to follow if you like slightly highlighted the sentence being read :)

[@ABucketofJake]

Tried to do that but it didn't look good so I scrapped it

[@Wolfman-rd1pv]

@@ABucketofJake How did you try to do it? I feel like making the read sentence bold or italic could’ve worked too

[@jameshampton3102]

This thing sounds like a broken and glitchy mission log found on a crashed ship in the arctic. Feels like some kind of Cloverfield level threat tore through the ship and it's crew, and that's all that remained.

[@DukeofItaly]

Might revamp this project by gifting this vinyl to my roommate. Mr. Jake in terms of noise music I recommend the merzbow and prurient collab from last year. It's very atmospheric and the textures are unmistakable in what they're trying to sound like. It's also a half hour

[@onilink4286]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4fWoJ6aqtxmaZI

[@fishboi7425]

You kind of just shat all over one of my favorite genres but also did a really good job of it 💀

[@felipo1778]

Bro the cover art is fucking amazing

[@SlyHikari03]

Noise music is super fun to make. I love taking audio and just shoving it to hell and back. Experimental music is fun as hell. And yes, I do make other stuff too, I’m a drummer and guitarist at heart, I grew up with metal, Jazz and progressive rock and stuff like that, it’s in my blood at this point Ps, what song is playing at 4:24? Is it from a video game or something? Love it. And I use fl studio too as well. Also, listening to noise before any melodic song DOES infect sweeten is. It improves everything.

[@FangTheWerewolf]

Haha hello there! The song I put for that part was called "FREE 6" from Shenmue 1! Amazing game lol

[@SlyHikari03]

@@FangTheWerewolf ah nice.

[@griffinw.5153]

It’s real fun to experiment. I just recorded a couple walls using my 4 track and I layered tf out of it. Used 3 distortion pedals and a fuzz with no input mixer audio running thru them.

[@elvencataccess7830]

Damn. I wish I discovered your channel sooner. The experiment fascinates me. As a noise music noob, this album is actually a good starting point imo

[@obsceneorchestra]

Venereology by Merzbow is peak noise for me. It has to have something that sets it apart. I was in a noise musician group run by my old label I was on. Noise walls were so dime a dozen it's ridiculous. That shit does not move me at all.

[@greencoffeemug12]

Did you mean that Venereology has something that sets it apart and makes it a great album or that it's "peak noise" in that it's a good example to you of how dime a dozen harsh noise albums tend to be? If it's the former I'd love to hear what sets it apart for you, harsh noise is something I've been exploring and getting into lately and it's interesting to hear people describe what they experience with it

[@obsceneorchestra]

@greencoffeemug12 It sounds like industrial machines turning human. For me, the album art also fits perfect with the sounds. Kinda the opposite of It's sound. An image of a human torn apart, with the sounds of machines turning into humans, is such a visceral combination. This was a lot harder to explain than I thought it would be 😆

[@njordmannen]

This gave a great insight into bandcamp, making music and just how a project like this can impact some people. Good stuff Jake, the reviews had me laughing, due to knowing what this really is.

[@Wolfman-rd1pv]

You should definitely make more videos like this, like trying to imitate styles of music Edit: you could try to imitate The Caretaker’s style to show that it is or isn’t just as easy as finding an old song and slowing it down

[@korneliusoderso]

Is there a way to buy this fricking vinyl I really need this!?

[@ABucketofJake]

Nah, nobody wanted it when it first dropped. If you get 199 more people I will do it

[@jacobwatson523]

This is my first video I’ve seen of yours and it was awesome

[@thefactthat3709]

The intro reminds me of Sean Beard's Hate Speech, a joke noise project with all of the albums consisting of the same recording of him filling up a bathtub. The "band" ended up gaining quite an audience.

[@jiisshh]

what a good video lmao im glad you went through with this idea

[@jakewade7477]

love your vids dude

[@adriansullivan4433]

I checked out the album and it is actually gnarly af, lots of crazy sounds to sample in there

[@nathann999]

the reading of clearly well thought out, mostly serious reviews absolutely killed me with the mental image of two dudes screeching into their mics on a call

[@Johna41223]

trust me if this didn't have that album cover this would not succeed, using that painting was a good move.

[@projectnoel]

This is a wonderful video. As a listener of noise, it's definitely a vine you need to be in the mood for. But yeah that sensory overload is a good distraction from daily life. That being said as a noise maker, i started as someone who juat sisnt know how to play the instruments i played at the time. Now a days, i can make much more intense and higher quality Noise that i used it. Also Funnily enough my most popular album (which isnt saying much) is harsh noise blended with regular music. Good times.

[@harlotgainsbourg8988]

listening to that review was more brutal than the record. good job.

[@johanvanhuyssteen9217]

That Pan Daijing share... just wow... thank you.

[@mr.champlinssciencechannel906]

Just goes to show, the meaning of art is in the eyes and ears (brain) of the beholder.

[@peepnox7747]

Nice video dude 👍

[@spicebag30]

DCs review was the best, hes the goat 💪💪

[@thatbassguy9502]

2 years late but it holds up fr

[@recordingerror]

my entire enjoyment of noise music comes from me trying to understand how the sounds are made, most peoples view of noise music is like the harsh noise of merzbow however noise can be ethereal too like "The Diamond Sea" by Sonic Youth.

[@ionescuflorin7307]

Noise rock =/= noise

[@recordingerror]

@@ionescuflorin7307 it has noise in the name lol.

[@bathory995]

at its best this is just a cartoon of what noise music really is.

[@joex-mn4we]

I think this might be ny fav video by you.

[@ABucketofJake]

Thanks I get that a lot

[@reapergrimlok1256]

I just made a record exclusively using sound from my workplace just layered and mixed into harsh noise wall and i think that the artistic factor that makes it interesting is the dynamics of it not so much the actual sounds created all of which were not made by me at all.

[@LukeOnDemand]

this is your best video

[@ConorOG]

Great video

[@coolguy8270]

Wonder if we'll get a second purified oil album, fingers crossed

[@ABucketofJake]

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see

[@coolguy8270]

@@ABucketofJake I guess

[@moose3471]

i love ur vids jake

[@driedspace3687]

It's good to see that wendigoon has become a noise artist, I love you wendigoon

[@Ransompie1]

do more videos like this with other genres

[@danielfanningjr8637]

I made some noise tracks using just bandlab and nessing with loops and any sound that would sound insane heavily distorted and stretched i even did one just using sounds of an MRI machine and piecing the sounds together i had fun making it

[@claudiasolomon1123]

I love industrial music, industrial metal, death metal, grind core, hardcore punk, & noise music literally confuses & baffles me. I don't hate it, I'm just trying really hard to wrap my head around it.

[@thetitleofthe]

As a noise musician myself, It's very easy, trust me

[@FlippinIdiots]

Oh it was. Cool.

[@obama281]

Green screen Jake is my favorite character :)

[@Juan-wo7zu]

you should restock some of those records, I wouldn't mind buying one

[@dylansabbath9085]

if u havent heard of gore noise i recommend that

[@vepply]

Obama saw this and reviewed it? You're going places

[@lifesoldier]

a bucket of jake is a noise musician????DOPE!!!!!

[@Anji1_]

As a noise musician, thats fire

[@headlesstoyallwarren5997]

A while ago pad chennington made a video on hannatarash and you know what I personally think you should make a video on the band boredoms who has members from that band there an amazing noise rock group and there quite weird but sometimes very accessible as well very outlandish tho too just all around really good noise rock and noise pop from japan

[@ABucketofJake]

Danger music video on the way

[@madvillainish]

hanatarash/boredoms is like top noise music

[@sammuelchong5600]

make ambient music next

[@adriansullivan4433]

The point of noise music tho is that anyone can do it, it’s about emotional expression and performance art so this kinda defeats the purpose and doesn’t prove anything as no noise musician would argue it’s difficult music to make, still, entertaining video, I’ll like

[@k.p.bolden7329]

I'm an Experimental Noise-Free Jazz Artist, too.

[@Caesar_Online]

This is dope, this might actually blow up lol

[@ABucketofJake]

Cross those fingers with me

[@unknownmemory645]

the making part of this video reminded me of a FrankJavCee tutorial

[@MontNavyat]

1:54 what is this song???

[@sickhorrorfreak]

As a noise musician, yeah, this is all true

[@yat_ii]

Would you consider lachenmann's music to be noise music or classical music?

[@trevor245]

Ok but the aesthetics of this album go lowkey hard. Also that album cover was so well picked.

[@redmondartwork]

Ive kind of pulled some things from making noise... the audio has to progress from point a to point b, and LIVE noise, is very very different than recorded noise.

[@electronicshaman]

I recognized that merzbow album cover as soon as I saw it. I don't know what that means

[@djm1cr0wav3hardcore]

"Merzbow is my Dad!?" Sounds like a great clickbait KZbin video title.

[@bootyblck]

did anyone get the vinyl

[@CatFish107]

Isn’t cassette tape the format for noise?

[@ikki1782]

i love jake.

[@FlippinIdiots]

Was that a Merzbow album cover? 🤔

[@angki_ang]

yoo lets do a split album

[@musicglenn]

you've inspired me. i've definitely got a noise album in me! i could probably compile about 10 albums worth from stuff i've already recorded over 30 years, especially from my years at KZSU Stanford station, participating in such "events" as the Day of Noise (several years), and my late-night "Insomnia/Playground" show with whoever showed up.

[@musicglenn]

listened to the "Sitting Still" track which sounded pretty cool. I wouldn't classify it as "noise" though - ambient industrial maybe. Mostly ambient overall. Which is a far cry from noise. Good track nonetheless.

[@mincecorejesus]

It's just fun to make lol

[@chain12bb]

Fangthewerewolf is like nakeyjakey’s awkward younger brother

[@the_padzer3456]

buckety jake (noise edition)

[@peterwallace3799]

Imagine this if you will: technical noise

[@YWLZ]

Aye what is that noise topster

[@pucas.11]

im not gonna deny and say its not easy asf to be a noise musician

[@k.p.bolden7329]

Don't Forget DreamCrusher.

[@GrimMetropolis]

thanks for helping me fix my xbox 360

[@ABucketofJake]

You’re welcome

[@thatfarmingguy]

Remeber wem ypu showed us how to fix the red ring of death 7 years ago

[@ABucketofJake]

I do too

[@davidjones7493]

I learned about Hijokaidan forty years ago.. they placed racket on an autopsy video.. really scary. I thought it was cool.. now all this just makes me angry 😆

[@gtsgasa]

it doesn't have to be hard to be fun to listen to. it's very diy and ephemeral.

[@ABucketofJake]

This is literally my entire point

[@girlswithgames]

i invented noise music

[@ABucketofJake]

Proof

[@kristoamadeus4441]

Thank u

[@julip8684]

I cannot wait to be in a species of intelligent others

[@nostalgia_noise666]

For anyone who like noise please check my depressive ambient noise, its nostalgia.noise 😊

[@safacollective2400]

lol

[@seamusrw]

The thing I hate about noise is it pretends not to be art.

[@GottfriedHassdenteufel]

Noise is Jazz

[@julip8684]

The point isn’t what’s easy or not lolololol

[@betterjackson]

bucket jabe

[@varis0843]

Yo