Learn an instrument by making an album

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Jonny Mozza

Jonny Mozza

Күн бұрын

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@alexiscreatingthings
@alexiscreatingthings Ай бұрын
This rules, great video!! New subscriber :) I recently did a "make 23 songs in 23 days" challenge to learn production & all the stuff that goes along with it (basics of midi drums, EQing etc), learned SO much more than if I'd just watched a load of youtube videos. The great thing about learning by doing is that you run into genuine problems organically and then are very motivated to solve the exact correct problem at the correct time, rather than thinking you have to "study" everything before you even begin. (Vid of me ranking the 23 songs kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3ixqZmvlJiFjKs) Ira Glass says here in an addendum to The Gap "just create NOW - it can be the shitty version of the thing that you improve down the road" kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2jVdIKipqyJh7c
@biggSHNDO
@biggSHNDO Ай бұрын
My favorite part is how it looks like a high-res 1970s recording
@sammy-whirl8500
@sammy-whirl8500 Ай бұрын
Hair is my favorite musical
@sharityjoy2427
@sharityjoy2427 19 күн бұрын
Just imagine dropping music albums at the very beginning of ur musical career and the audience that finds you grows together with you along as you get better at ur craft…
@QKvox
@QKvox 13 күн бұрын
@@sharityjoy2427 That’s exactly what I’m doing, im 17 and recently released my third album and there is already a very clear improvement and development and I’m gonna keep going. I love that type of thinking.
@user-ym6dl8tq6u
@user-ym6dl8tq6u Ай бұрын
Amazing to be honest. No clue who you are, this video was an algorithm recommend but holy shit fantastic. This should be screened at schools. One of the best musical philosophical bits I’ve ever seen. Iconic.
@matteas1008
@matteas1008 Ай бұрын
literally doing this rn couldn’t have seen this at a better time
@rtsnto7877
@rtsnto7877 Ай бұрын
Same
@NickdaMutha
@NickdaMutha Ай бұрын
@@rtsnto7877same same
@NickdaMutha
@NickdaMutha Ай бұрын
Same same
@franksonjohnson
@franksonjohnson Ай бұрын
The way you swallowed your frustration with LoFi as a genre in the middle of this video is impressive and admirable
@sleekTele
@sleekTele Ай бұрын
😂
@spearl2498
@spearl2498 20 күн бұрын
IT MADE ME CACKLE AHHAHA
@krown1188
@krown1188 20 күн бұрын
Totally support this. This is exactly what I did. Wanted to write poetry, then rap, so I started making beats (had some music backround from playing trumpet in the school band) but basically had no idea what I was doing, wrote and arranged thousands of songs learning along the way. They were all quite bad for years, but continued to progress and I’ve learned and developed so much throughout that time.
@cantseenothing
@cantseenothing Ай бұрын
I think you may well be onto something. I've noticed that much rock and pop music, if you listen to it carefully, is frequently composed of quite simple parts.That is, each instrument is often quite minimally played, and it is the combination of all these instruments that can produce a much more complex and interesting sound. It isn't necessarily that hard to play a few chords on guitar or keyboards, finger a bass, hit some drum pads, and so on. Even solos, sometimes, can be quite simple to execute. Today's audio workstations can do wonders with the tonality and effects offered, and that's true even without using any of the preprogrammed loops and such. Of course learning the software takes some study, but there are tons of excellent demos on this site with knowledgeable people sharing their skills. Now classical music and jazz, is of course a whole other ball of wax. But I think you're providing a service, Jonny, in encouraging people to just get out there, experiment, and HAVE FUN!
@denizk0461
@denizk0461 Ай бұрын
love the advice. even as a teacher-in-training, I feel "learning by doing" is so crucial - the only things I ever got good at were things I made rather than studied. glad to see others share this viewpoint. thanks!
@Theactivepsychos
@Theactivepsychos Ай бұрын
Bass piano and organ all learnt Making ten demo albums. Now got our first proper album out hopefully this wee. Just waiting for the mastering. The single we released is on vinyl and I bloody love it!
@summercameron3505
@summercameron3505 8 күн бұрын
O..m..g.... the end of the video is pure gold! Definitely got huge laughs from me - please keep doing 'The Meta!' I have already released loads of crap that I have disowned so I am starting over again and these videos are inspiring and also hilarious - thank you! 💓
@pat7255
@pat7255 Ай бұрын
you fucking rock dude i really relate to what you’re talking about thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge, cracked up when u said glockenspiel, haven’t heard that one in a while. i began learning guitar two years, i got stuck into theory within the first 8 months w the goal of understand the songs i love and have been learning so i can make something myself, i haven’t really stopped digging into it since learning new theory stuff and songs to compliment that is so addictive. i feel like now is the time to relax with the theory and try and create more n have a little more fun.
@jodotgiff
@jodotgiff Ай бұрын
This what I did to learn guitar. I made an album and worked with a Grammy winning engineer and other talented individuals on it. It gave me so much motivation to make something amazing. It drops on Nov 23rd :)
@matthewbrown7572
@matthewbrown7572 Ай бұрын
I like it. I've taken this approach and have put out 4 albums and I'm working on the 5th. Best Jonny.
@nicolaischweizer3708
@nicolaischweizer3708 Ай бұрын
Are they on Apple Music?
@matthewbrown7572
@matthewbrown7572 Ай бұрын
@@nicolaischweizer3708 Yes, under the name Theophilus Grant. Thanks for asking.
@theenigmabegins
@theenigmabegins Ай бұрын
@matthewbrown7572 I'm working on some stuff myself, Checking out your stuff now! I'm always excited to hear new music and hear what people are doing with it!
@AsherLaFlame
@AsherLaFlame 17 күн бұрын
I love this man, I appreciate this day 🙏🏾💯
@seeco1017
@seeco1017 25 күн бұрын
Harmonica and glockenspiel being called out, directed at me woo
@yessiwolf
@yessiwolf 29 күн бұрын
Dude, love this. I'm working on an album myself right now, and this just made me feel like I'm on the right track. Thank you
@Lalavlogginglife
@Lalavlogginglife Ай бұрын
I think the background and the mud are beautiful it complements the message in a way ❤
@JohnTravena
@JohnTravena 26 күн бұрын
The b-roll is brilliant.
@JHendricks_Music
@JHendricks_Music 20 күн бұрын
Totally agree, ive been doing music for 4 years now and im about to put out my 2nd album and im not a perfect player but i pour alot of myself into my music and im really proud of where ive gotten to so far. Dont let people who are more studied stomp out your shine, be you and be okay with that! Music is all about expression so keep that as the essence of what you do
@ankit_mangesh
@ankit_mangesh 29 күн бұрын
Yes! Learning by doing and learning from direct experience is the best way to live the most genuine life in my opinion. As a more creatively inclined individual, only this makes sense to me, so I highly support this message!!!
@llRoBoBinHoll
@llRoBoBinHoll Ай бұрын
I think it’s good to keep in mind very clearly what your creative purpose is while going through the process of learning something. Otherwise you wander into this limitless space of things you need to learn and improve. I also think recording yourself is one of the best things you can do while learning an instrument. But I don’t think you necessarily should set out to create something when you can barely play anything. Because even simple things need to be played with some level of technique to end up with something coherent. If your timing is crap, or your tone is not articulate enough it will just sound like mush. Let alone instruments that require intonation. But I think that a beginner mindset is something of value, and it can be cool to listen back to what you were doing when you were starting out, and draw inspiration from those things.
@thebigjest
@thebigjest Ай бұрын
This found me at the right time
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza Ай бұрын
Doooooooooooooooo IIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
@natalyaros3
@natalyaros3 17 күн бұрын
I loved this video so much, & you're very charismatic- feels like you're from another time! Personally I needed to hear something along these lines- it's so easy to feel like you shouldn't even bother creating until you know how to make something perfect since most of the stuff you listen to is at that 'perfect' point. I mean if it wasn't, you wouldn't be hearing it... but I think it gives this sort of illusion that everything everyone makes is that concise, which isn't true and it took everyone time to cultivate that level of skill.
@architxct4168
@architxct4168 Ай бұрын
This is gold.
@nomsa.
@nomsa. 26 күн бұрын
I didn't realise I needed to watch this video. Thank you for this reminder that we just need to do stuff and learn as you go.
@luckyboy5nu
@luckyboy5nu Ай бұрын
Very well said and very inspiring.
@Ian_Coast
@Ian_Coast 13 күн бұрын
Definitely relate to that. Thanks, man. Paul McCartney has a song, "Do it now", it has same vibes. Lemme share my story. I was starting bunch of a hunch of masterclasses. Couldn't progress further 1st lesson in most of them. Then I realised: for me learning a guitar works, when play by ear actual music. It's is hard, but I remember sh*t way better(and having grand ol' time). So I pick stuff by ear, Robben Ford currently(freaking hard), and learn a bit of jazz harmony on piano at the weekend. Like, I'm happy that I play some existing piece of music, rather than just obscure exercise(when I repeat the passage slowly, it does fell like kinda obscure exercise lol). That's where I apply all that theory from books, doing best(or worst) to explain myself what I played. But when I learn the piece, I can play it, for my pleasure or people.
@TheLordsofMidlothianRVA
@TheLordsofMidlothianRVA Ай бұрын
You sir, are correct. I like your birds as well.
@enola.94
@enola.94 16 күн бұрын
Just love this video and this man! I will keep trying playing instruments and see if i can make a song someday. Thank you! God bless you! 💖
@VictorRamirezMusic
@VictorRamirezMusic 8 күн бұрын
What an excellent video, thank you so much!
@NaN-Dala
@NaN-Dala 21 күн бұрын
Exactly what I've been doing!!! Had a music course with Mike Monday who teachs this exactly, to learn by doing. I even released the songs I made as a super super beginner to motivate me to continue with creating and I have to say it helps even if the songs are crap lol, there are some good things about them though and I could even remake them in the future, when I'm better ...... :) :) :)
@bonesdiamond444
@bonesdiamond444 16 күн бұрын
This is awesome the will always outdoes the skill
@pwhrr
@pwhrr Ай бұрын
I really didn't expect to see young Werner Herzog explaining to me how to learn an instrument
@Aysha_fo
@Aysha_fo Ай бұрын
this is phenomenal
@smogtroll6007
@smogtroll6007 Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this, such a ground breaking process. Active learning approach, the way forward!
@MarshMakesComics
@MarshMakesComics 8 күн бұрын
Couldn’t agree more!
@mythicalfusion8605
@mythicalfusion8605 26 күн бұрын
Loved this video, very original and organic content with no hooks or bs
@sirbonple
@sirbonple Ай бұрын
this is exactly what i needed at exactly the right time. i’ve been wanting to do exactly that for a while now i’m just procrastinating and need motivation lol
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza Ай бұрын
@@sirbonple thaaaank yoooouu yeah make some make some music it's gonna be really good music I'm telling you
@DejaVou111
@DejaVou111 Ай бұрын
This was really helpful , I’m on the midi drums phase
@dm6295
@dm6295 Ай бұрын
beautiful color grading. how is this look achieved?
@llRoBoBinHoll
@llRoBoBinHoll Ай бұрын
My guess would be by stuffing the camera up your
@ggallin69
@ggallin69 25 күн бұрын
This was really cool Jonny. Just subscribed 👍
@hellothere7605
@hellothere7605 21 күн бұрын
This is exactly what I needed to hear!
@noakuu393
@noakuu393 25 күн бұрын
I suck at studying, suck at dedicating time to practice, just generally undisciplined in that sense. But I love making music and showing it to people, and so I've learned everything I've learned by just writing and producing songs. But it works cus ultimately that's my whole reason for wanting to get better at these things - so I can write more music I'm proud of
@FuzzyDancingBear
@FuzzyDancingBear Ай бұрын
A lot of words that made sense to hear. A sort of sense that has eluded me until now.
@itssnowing7258
@itssnowing7258 Ай бұрын
impeccable timing my friend. Great video
@atticusfinch6038
@atticusfinch6038 24 күн бұрын
As much as I appreciate this sentiment and do believe there's some huge benefits to this approach, a degree of some study will be unavoidable, If someone's a pure guitar beginner, they're not gonna have any map, they likely won't even know how to get a sound out of the instrument without some guidance, take a saxophone for example reed instruments or even a flute for that matter your embachure will likely have to be learned
@Steelclon_
@Steelclon_ Ай бұрын
Thank you ❤
@indianastoned8234
@indianastoned8234 16 күн бұрын
You may be right about the death of the artist but the fact you exist proves it was only temporary
@fernandogardeazabal930
@fernandogardeazabal930 Ай бұрын
High quality content, thank you for the video! Don't know how I got here, but I did, subscribed.
@NayshyraTahira
@NayshyraTahira 20 күн бұрын
This video tickled my brain
@dreikycaprice
@dreikycaprice 22 күн бұрын
I love this!
@HillHand
@HillHand Ай бұрын
This video pushed me to release kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn65oJ2Dnpl2iJI - arranged directly in Lightworks, with a combination of loops, FX, and vocals both bought and created
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza Ай бұрын
@@HillHand Just listened, amazing work! The bassline in the 2nd half is NUTS
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza Ай бұрын
Pinned cause yt can be weird about links in comments
@HillHand
@HillHand Ай бұрын
@@JonnyMozza I appreciate that! I felt weird about linking it at all, but yeah I've been NOT publishing this for like nine months.
@kezyne
@kezyne 17 күн бұрын
thanks. thank you. i will
@Gleb_Martynov
@Gleb_Martynov Ай бұрын
Glad to see some honest and brilliant videos like this without any bullshit. The ideas are so great, this really makes sense, I think the same way as you, but the way you presented it makes it much clearer for me now, thank you very much for this video. You have a good one too pal
@questionablenamingskills3325
@questionablenamingskills3325 Ай бұрын
loved this video exept the part you called bass basically a guitar
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza Ай бұрын
Lmao apologies for that oversight
@TheVibeVault23
@TheVibeVault23 Ай бұрын
I think I might try this bit out, maybe not a full album just a single or ep
@joshcrackedboooi2392
@joshcrackedboooi2392 Ай бұрын
i have been preaching a similar thing, i told people to learn art by making a comic, an animation or a conspt art book
@juliabrown1289
@juliabrown1289 16 күн бұрын
I LOVE THIS
@themusician216
@themusician216 Ай бұрын
This is amazing.
@BuzzLightYear-k8f
@BuzzLightYear-k8f Ай бұрын
thankful for u💯
@hugoacevedo4812
@hugoacevedo4812 Ай бұрын
First! Always wanted to do that.
@FelipeSSM
@FelipeSSM Ай бұрын
thanks for that video man.
@awakelingsignals
@awakelingsignals Ай бұрын
Thank you Jonny
@isabelleg8956
@isabelleg8956 24 күн бұрын
Hey what did you film this on? Love the look :)!
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza 24 күн бұрын
Canon c100 mk. 1, 50mm usm lens, thank you very much aye
@HansPeter-ov8vf
@HansPeter-ov8vf 23 күн бұрын
Bro i had just this idea today
@gliblygangrenous
@gliblygangrenous 15 күн бұрын
Because were talking about music I thought you were saying intervals instead of inside the rules. Then I asked, “did he say outsidervals?”
@sleekTele
@sleekTele Ай бұрын
thank you
@beexum
@beexum Ай бұрын
i fw this
@gabeygabey2144
@gabeygabey2144 22 күн бұрын
You remind me deeply of George Harrison
@natalyaros3
@natalyaros3 17 күн бұрын
I thought the exact same!
@prettyflanel6326
@prettyflanel6326 22 күн бұрын
Instant like
@pathfinder_official1526
@pathfinder_official1526 Ай бұрын
It’s what I do with obscure instruments on this channel.
@SkeletonTelevisionMusic
@SkeletonTelevisionMusic 23 күн бұрын
make an album!
@josiahbarnhart7932
@josiahbarnhart7932 Ай бұрын
Subbed my brother
@kingsleyhalland6469
@kingsleyhalland6469 Ай бұрын
I’m thirty seconds in and thank you I love you
@StratsRUs
@StratsRUs Ай бұрын
I have said Learn By Doing ! But I thought I was unique !! 😂
@sliver0fwhatsy0urs
@sliver0fwhatsy0urs Ай бұрын
looks pretty back ther. n i like the mud. or else.
@LikeABossX57
@LikeABossX57 Ай бұрын
I want to make a short film that looks just like this video. How’d you edit this to get that look?
@akalui007
@akalui007 27 күн бұрын
do you really feel like your music gets progressively better as time goes on?
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza 27 күн бұрын
most certainly
@akalui007
@akalui007 27 күн бұрын
@@JonnyMozza I hope to feel that again sir ! this has encouraged me to try new ways of doing things
@speeksasfada
@speeksasfada Ай бұрын
exaactly
@Knu1sed
@Knu1sed Ай бұрын
frank zappa!
@MIKE-TYTHON
@MIKE-TYTHON 17 күн бұрын
How did he get the picture quality to look like this? X
@noot007
@noot007 Ай бұрын
Hey! I loved the video, very sound advice (hehe). I'm curious as to what kind of camera you used to film this? I like the look.
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza Ай бұрын
Heyo, thanks for the kind words, I use a Canon C100 mk 1, I think this vid I had a 50mm usm lens on it (2nd cheapest one)
@noot007
@noot007 Ай бұрын
@ Thanks for the reply, it means more than you know! 😃
@heyystickman
@heyystickman Ай бұрын
lofi💀
@sharityjoy2427
@sharityjoy2427 19 күн бұрын
Chord progression maker link, anyone?🥹
@JonnyMozza
@JonnyMozza 17 күн бұрын
The one I use is called onemotion chord player
@sliver0fwhatsy0urs
@sliver0fwhatsy0urs Ай бұрын
thank you based jonny.
@kevin_dasilva
@kevin_dasilva 14 күн бұрын
I have a long story that might resonate with some folks here: When I was a teenager I started writing songs and playing music with friends. I had this dynamic mic for gigs (I was usually the lead singer in these bands) that I would use at home connected to a little white yamaha usb interface i forgot the name of. I also had a yamaha c45m nylon acoustic (yamaha, please sponsor me). That was all I needed. I would close my legs, place the mic towards my juvenile crotch and play away. I had no idea what gain staging was, clipping, boominess, harshness. I just wanted to hear my acoustic through Audacity. I vividly remember recording backing vocals kneeled down in between a dresser and a table, with the mic faced diagonally down towards where the floor meets the wall, and me singing into the butt of the mic. I would double track, fool around, record instrumental pieces, sometimes 1 minute, sometimes 5. I remember all this very fondly because the story is this.. I understood at 17, 18 years old that what I wanted to do was music, professionally. Yadayadayada after a while I enrolled myself into a long, very professional Music Production course that covered everything like how to project the acoustics of a studio, or a stage, how to fix electrical equipment, music theory basics, how to use studio equipment both analog and digital, including plugins. Foley and sound design. Even a class on surround sound I had. There was also a class on DJ techniques and how to prepare a set and worry about BPM, tonality, how to actually mic tracks together using EQ and other techniques. There were so many niche subjects I am forgetting. There were classes that focused on Protools, other teachers preferred Reaper for example (which is my favorite as well). The teachers all had differing amounts of experience working with famous musicians both in the studio or touring. I am describing an AMAZING experience. There was only one problem..... I wasn't well-equipped enough to take advantage of all that material. Instead of me doing what I do in other subjects of interest, which is allow my curiosity to take me on that path of learning, so that each piece of new knowledge gets absorbed, I instead went through this hyper-fast process of absorbing information and never applying it and truthfully absorbing it in the sense of making it part of my vocabulary and natural expression. Case in point: I have countless friends that have home studios, work in studios, and one friend who owns one. For years now I have grown the ability to listen to track they are working on and accurately assess, for example, the specific frequency range and how many dBs to change in a certain instrument. All that is is years of experience hearing something, hypothesizing on what it could be, checking and correcting yourself when necessary, and developing that ear. Moral of the story: What if I said that I have written probably something close to 200 songs in my day but I have basically never released ANYTHING... Especially something I am truly proud of... I admit that my knowledge of production has vastly outgrown my ability to apply said knowledge in a fun, digestable manner as I used to when I was 17. It was a veryyy goood yeaaaarr as Frank would say hehe I am on that path in just doing it.. Not worrying about the quality so to speak, as you said in your most recent video. When I think of everything that I COULD do, I end up not doing anythng. Anything I would do would seem insufficient. It's weird. It's not fun anymore. I know that magic existed within me once. I still have that passion when it comes to just writing and composing. I want to bring it all together again... Thanks again for the extremely insightful video.
@Cicatrixce
@Cicatrixce Ай бұрын
Thank you for this video!!!
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