Chet Faker’s Go To Gear & Advice That Keeps Him Writing

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[@radio_zero]

Loved his last sentence: No one is looking at what you can do, they're just looking at what you do.

[@NinoZlav]

Yea, that advice is from pure experience, everyone can do anything, its what you actually do :)

[@deichkind]

The job is sharing your journey to trying to make the best art that you can make! BOOOM!

[@benjw37]

What absolute great advice, felt very genuine. Have been following Nicks work since the early days and to hear this advice gives me so much inspiration for my own music!

[@Carahal12]

Man, I randomly clicked into this. I have written a bunch of songs and I am honestly in the depths of despair now and just want to give up and move on with my life. Literally hours from messaging the mix engineer I started working with last week telling him not to bother. I needed to hear this. I needed the exact words he gave.

[@ModePhaser]

Random click turned out to be one of the best videos I've ever found on here. His advice really made my day. Thank you!

[@dariusmorgan8302]

Right on to this and it's vital to understand the distinction Chet mentions between the best work you can make and sharing your journey. Thanks. Resonated big time

[@sheenatrayte4398]

You found your “I can’t not do this thing” thing. The thing that you’ll do no matter what anyone else thinks or does. Letting go has allowed you to be the genuinely talented musician you are. So appreciative of your words and the journey you share through your music.

[@brunodandrade1934]

The best musical advice I've ever heard! thank you so so much!

[@LIFEWITHZIGHI]

Gold, these are the best advises I ever found in a youtube video, period. Thanks for the great content, Chet you're a legend, love from Italy.

[@sadpianos]

i gotta say i haven't listened to chet faker in a while but this vid makes me respect him alot and gonna go check out his new records

[@fabeskates]

im on the same boat! i listened to a few of his tracks in the past, but seeing this makes me want to listen to him

[@marioslazioannidis]

So good! Thank you 🙏

[@haschio]

Thanks King! I needed this

[@TheCamilocedeno]

I needed to hear this. It’s not the first time I’ve heard it either, just resonates more this time I guess… thanks

[@TheTray2003]

Profound advice. I wish I had embraced this approach 40 years ago lol.

[@fgpd7710]

I feel that part "even if your music makes it after you die - you can't control that" Makes me think about J dilla. How he is so revered today. Idk what the scene was like when he was "in his prime" but I doubt he was making the money or getting the attention he deserved while alive. Now I see his influence and music often.

[@takhian6130]

Starting to think that's my last chance lol

[@road2nowhere733]

That is some seriously powerful advice. Thanks for the insight Nick

[@seansley]

Brilliant advice, lovely to hear (and reassure). We share a birthday too, I learned. So, ... cool.

[@spiegelkind2387]

Nick’s a true artist.

[@braedonavants]

So many golden nuggets of advice. Big fan

[@BAWHEELER]

what a class act! nothing but respect for this guy. pocket aces all around.

[@TiernanCourellMusic]

This is some of the best advice I have heard in a long time.

[@itsdavidplanes]

Man, this just enlightened me. Bless you Chet Faker.

[@jaanaviit3847]

Thanks for the beautiful advice!

[@vroge3275]

Wow, that's some of the best advice I've heard with regard to music making. Just do it anyway. I hope the trumpet player got back to it.

[@LokidMusic]

Wow man what an advice !!

[@hrorm]

This is the truth about music. Well spoken !!

[@shamasnake]

Such great advice for sure 🙌🙏

[@palsheldon6520]

ok.. a bit off topic.. but the CD shelf behind you.. I have one exactly the same made custom by a friend.. he said he'd never make another.. great to see the design somewhere else.. uncanny.

[@zekielswheel]

Thanks, this was inspiring

[@chandeleerjet5637]

Holy shit his advice at the end is life changing. I’ve been trying to make the nest song, album, hit for the last 12 years and haven’t released anything. I’m literally insane but I’m really good at music and horrible and finishing things

[@Dion_Zeum]

Same thing! Hit me up if you’d ever like to make something together. We might be able to drag each other out of that mindset!

[@chandeleerjet5637]

@@Dion_Zeum sounds good! Thanks! Let me know where I can find you?

[@iamfleming]

amazing interview, loved it!

[@BTC_MIM]

4:25 mindblowing, thanx.

[@Sumarbrander]

Wow, this is very good advice. I am in exactly this position he described (as a small artist) but this really motivated me ♥

[@macaronafterparty]

Is the full video podcast available anywhere?

[@CharlieNorth]

What absolutely wonderful advice. 👍

[@BrentLane1]

Yes! I really needed to hear this today. Thanks Nick!

[@ndavies8]

Genuine advice. Needed to hear this

[@klinkske]

Great stuff right here!

[@TheInditribe]

Great interview!!

[@eddieraine8861]

these are fantastic - thankyou!!!

[@Thr3-Words]

7:28 that's exactly the advice I need to hear 8:30 and that!

[@thefloragod]

A bit of a contradiction - acknowledges the luck that comes with releasing music right after he says that good work and good music will automatically be shared. Or am I misconstruing this? I feel the sentiment could also be that in this way, artists can make their own luck (at least help it along) by continuing to produce good work. Regardless, I agree that continuing to buckle down and produce good art is the way forward. Really appreciate this clip

[@hynoah]

best fucking series for musicmakers ever

[@karanpandav5429]

I needed to hear this today

[@mmckmusic]

Top advice, thanks for sharing

[@jeremyfox7599]

Love his advice,superb.

[@us3r11]

Very good advice

[@ChrisDN]

It's like when you hear people say things such as: "They're a natural" "They were born with a gift" "God given talent" No. Work. It was work. Hours and months in to years of practice and refinement. It's literally insulting their effort

[@northernhemisphere4906]

Not really an insult per se. Just a point of view from someone unfamiliar with what they behold. Unless you acquire similar level of finesse within certain discipline or craft, there is some magic to it, you know. I think that is what people quite often call talent or whatever. They need that magic. Because it fade. Just like life dimming out over time. Giving a name to what you feel at the time doesn't really matter much, just helps us a little bit and acts as a subtle guidance to label things here and there. Alright, first chapter of my book is done apparently. Eyed any publishers yet, anyone?

[@jas_bataille]

@@northernhemisphere4906 While I do agree with most of this sentiment, magic do exist in music and art in general. I've been in many bands over 17 years. When I was 16 years old I cut a ballad, extremely slow, the bassist in that band hadn't played for more than 6 months. Without clicks, the engineer was able to take some of my fills and cut and paste them between takes - to this day I have never been in a band this tight, even if I played with much more professional musicians. I have a current punk project where the bassist reminds me of this guy, can't play more than 3 notes in a bass line, picked it up barely a month ago, but his sense of time is world class for some reason. The guitarist is crazy but ...!! What a talent!!! This... this is magic. I love the casino gigs and whatever I do to make a living, and there is a grueling amount of work that goes into this, but it still is magic; not one person, but what they create, and/or many together, at the right place and time.

[@northernhemisphere4906]

@@jas_bataille I like you brought a whole ensemble of emotion into the conversation. Memories are great, akin slurs tying what we call past with what we got now. Sometimes we tend forget that this is indeed continuous experience, much obliged for reminding me. Cheers!

[@SebastianLicausi]

Thanks for that Nick

[@DOMINIQUEHERROD]

YOUR VIDEO'S ARE AWESOME KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK !!!!!

[@newtension]

Awesome points I totally agree

[@moano3271]

Great advice !

[@ArloTarr]

Great interview 🤘

[@zachscohan]

GEMS! - here from BRONQUES

[@lllololoollollooolll8698]

Agreed

[@Cnd2Mn]

The great talk!

[@DRRNNDGL]

Some really nice bits in here - especially for us shit artists who never finish anything

[@rasmus.paulson]

This put me at ease. Just released my first album after 2 years work and almost nobody mentioned it 😅 I´m not complaining, but i feel like i should stop thinking about my backlashes as a music marketer and just focus at creating music.

[@TapeNotesPodcast]

Glad it put you at ease, it's all about the music

[@CentaurusRelax314]

He didn't understand his friend's comment about quitting because he would never be as good as he wanted to be. This speaks to variances in human ego. Not the 'bad' ego involved in narcissism. Just the differences in how people perceive themselves and their endeavors. I can totally understand that comment, because i don't have a 'healthy' ego, and certain works such as music cause intense feelings of disappointment. It's not enjoyable. But, i continue to try because i'm compelled to for various reasons. But, a person with a healthier ego can enjoy whatever they produce, and they can find inspiration and encouragement just because they are producing _something._ It's not about external criticism. It's about self-assessment and a persistence of inferiority.

[@maticherzog]

some very wise words here:)

[@ItalianCheeto]

i love this channel

[@papepcool]

Words of wisdom

[@koy_music]

Absolute Sensei ❤️

[@marcofioravanti4176]

Big, big like!

[@vegardyrnes1793]

"-the job is sharing your journey, TRYING to make the best art that you can make.....". Think about that for a sec. Wise words, in my opinion. If only more people into art, lived by those words. Yes, money IS important, how can you make a living without it? But it should NOT have a saying in what art is about,- or what kind of what art is more valuable than the other.

[@chocolatemoose7761]

Damn, solid advice.

[@F_________________]

I think the more criticism you get the more exposure you’ve reached in a way. It’s easy to focus on the criticism when you spend a lot of time on a project, just you shouldn’t give someone a second thought that doesn’t know you or the whole story. Don’t do something because you think it’ll make you famous. Do it because you love doing it. That’s the difference

[@RimaoroMusico]

Que bien me hicieron escuchar esas palabras.

[@theoracleknowsall]

I started making music because of Chet Faker

[@hiddennotesberlin]

i don´t know this guy or his music..the algorythm send me here:)...but that is some great advice.thanks for sharing that!

[@drklvmadethis.8009]

Glad I clicked on this today!

[@andrewusher1033]

Not what you can but what you do, damn

[@soundboy89]

This is Gold. No pun intended.

[@maxobra7267]

thanks chet

[@how_to_play_guitar_tabs]

🙏

[@flermusikk]

He is so cool

[@costdelaney]

❤

[@tim_odonovan]

👏👏👏

[@KiddFresh41]

Oh, look, I forgot that I own this $6000 reverb

[@sveinnsigururolafsson8314]

He kinda looks like Liev Schrieber with a beard.

[@LK-zd2mc]

brilliant advice thank you 🙏