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
@biggSHNDOАй бұрын
My favorite part is how it looks like a high-res 1970s recording
@sammy-whirl8500Ай бұрын
Hair is my favorite musical
@sharityjoy242719 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…
@QKvox13 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-ym6dl8tq6uАй 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.
@matteas1008Ай бұрын
literally doing this rn couldn’t have seen this at a better time
@rtsnto7877Ай бұрын
Same
@NickdaMuthaАй бұрын
@@rtsnto7877same same
@NickdaMuthaАй бұрын
Same same
@franksonjohnsonАй бұрын
The way you swallowed your frustration with LoFi as a genre in the middle of this video is impressive and admirable
@sleekTeleАй бұрын
😂
@spearl249820 күн бұрын
IT MADE ME CACKLE AHHAHA
@krown118820 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.
@cantseenothingАй 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!
@denizk0461Ай 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!
@TheactivepsychosАй 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!
@summercameron35058 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! 💓
@pat7255Ай 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.
@jodotgiffАй 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 :)
@matthewbrown7572Ай бұрын
I like it. I've taken this approach and have put out 4 albums and I'm working on the 5th. Best Jonny.
@nicolaischweizer3708Ай бұрын
Are they on Apple Music?
@matthewbrown7572Ай бұрын
@@nicolaischweizer3708 Yes, under the name Theophilus Grant. Thanks for asking.
@theenigmabeginsАй 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!
@AsherLaFlame17 күн бұрын
I love this man, I appreciate this day 🙏🏾💯
@seeco101725 күн бұрын
Harmonica and glockenspiel being called out, directed at me woo
@yessiwolf29 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
@LalavlogginglifeАй бұрын
I think the background and the mud are beautiful it complements the message in a way ❤
@JohnTravena26 күн бұрын
The b-roll is brilliant.
@JHendricks_Music20 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_mangesh29 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!!!
@llRoBoBinHollАй 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.
@thebigjestАй бұрын
This found me at the right time
@JonnyMozzaАй бұрын
Doooooooooooooooo IIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
@natalyaros317 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.
@architxct4168Ай бұрын
This is gold.
@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.
@luckyboy5nuАй бұрын
Very well said and very inspiring.
@Ian_Coast13 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.
@TheLordsofMidlothianRVAАй бұрын
You sir, are correct. I like your birds as well.
@enola.9416 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! 💖
@VictorRamirezMusic8 күн бұрын
What an excellent video, thank you so much!
@NaN-Dala21 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 ...... :) :) :)
@bonesdiamond44416 күн бұрын
This is awesome the will always outdoes the skill
@pwhrrАй бұрын
I really didn't expect to see young Werner Herzog explaining to me how to learn an instrument
@Aysha_foАй бұрын
this is phenomenal
@smogtroll6007Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this, such a ground breaking process. Active learning approach, the way forward!
@MarshMakesComics8 күн бұрын
Couldn’t agree more!
@mythicalfusion860526 күн бұрын
Loved this video, very original and organic content with no hooks or bs
@sirbonpleАй 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
@JonnyMozzaАй бұрын
@@sirbonple thaaaank yoooouu yeah make some make some music it's gonna be really good music I'm telling you
@DejaVou111Ай бұрын
This was really helpful , I’m on the midi drums phase
@dm6295Ай бұрын
beautiful color grading. how is this look achieved?
@llRoBoBinHollАй бұрын
My guess would be by stuffing the camera up your
@ggallin6925 күн бұрын
This was really cool Jonny. Just subscribed 👍
@hellothere760521 күн бұрын
This is exactly what I needed to hear!
@noakuu39325 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
@FuzzyDancingBearАй бұрын
A lot of words that made sense to hear. A sort of sense that has eluded me until now.
@itssnowing7258Ай бұрын
impeccable timing my friend. Great video
@atticusfinch603824 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_Ай бұрын
Thank you ❤
@indianastoned823416 күн бұрын
You may be right about the death of the artist but the fact you exist proves it was only temporary
@fernandogardeazabal930Ай бұрын
High quality content, thank you for the video! Don't know how I got here, but I did, subscribed.
@NayshyraTahira20 күн бұрын
This video tickled my brain
@dreikycaprice22 күн бұрын
I love this!
@HillHandАй 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
@JonnyMozzaАй бұрын
@@HillHand Just listened, amazing work! The bassline in the 2nd half is NUTS
@JonnyMozzaАй бұрын
Pinned cause yt can be weird about links in comments
@HillHandАй 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.
@kezyne17 күн бұрын
thanks. thank you. i will
@Gleb_MartynovАй 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
@questionablenamingskills3325Ай бұрын
loved this video exept the part you called bass basically a guitar
@JonnyMozzaАй бұрын
Lmao apologies for that oversight
@TheVibeVault23Ай бұрын
I think I might try this bit out, maybe not a full album just a single or ep
@joshcrackedboooi2392Ай 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
@juliabrown128916 күн бұрын
I LOVE THIS
@themusician216Ай бұрын
This is amazing.
@BuzzLightYear-k8fАй бұрын
thankful for u💯
@hugoacevedo4812Ай бұрын
First! Always wanted to do that.
@FelipeSSMАй бұрын
thanks for that video man.
@awakelingsignalsАй бұрын
Thank you Jonny
@isabelleg895624 күн бұрын
Hey what did you film this on? Love the look :)!
@JonnyMozza24 күн бұрын
Canon c100 mk. 1, 50mm usm lens, thank you very much aye
@HansPeter-ov8vf23 күн бұрын
Bro i had just this idea today
@gliblygangrenous15 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?”
@sleekTeleАй бұрын
thank you
@beexumАй бұрын
i fw this
@gabeygabey214422 күн бұрын
You remind me deeply of George Harrison
@natalyaros317 күн бұрын
I thought the exact same!
@prettyflanel632622 күн бұрын
Instant like
@pathfinder_official1526Ай бұрын
It’s what I do with obscure instruments on this channel.
@SkeletonTelevisionMusic23 күн бұрын
make an album!
@josiahbarnhart7932Ай бұрын
Subbed my brother
@kingsleyhalland6469Ай бұрын
I’m thirty seconds in and thank you I love you
@StratsRUsАй бұрын
I have said Learn By Doing ! But I thought I was unique !! 😂
@sliver0fwhatsy0ursАй бұрын
looks pretty back ther. n i like the mud. or else.
@LikeABossX57Ай бұрын
I want to make a short film that looks just like this video. How’d you edit this to get that look?
@akalui00727 күн бұрын
do you really feel like your music gets progressively better as time goes on?
@JonnyMozza27 күн бұрын
most certainly
@akalui00727 күн бұрын
@@JonnyMozza I hope to feel that again sir ! this has encouraged me to try new ways of doing things
@speeksasfadaАй бұрын
exaactly
@Knu1sedАй бұрын
frank zappa!
@MIKE-TYTHON17 күн бұрын
How did he get the picture quality to look like this? X
@noot007Ай 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.
@JonnyMozzaАй 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)
@noot007Ай бұрын
@ Thanks for the reply, it means more than you know! 😃
@heyystickmanАй бұрын
lofi💀
@sharityjoy242719 күн бұрын
Chord progression maker link, anyone?🥹
@JonnyMozza17 күн бұрын
The one I use is called onemotion chord player
@sliver0fwhatsy0ursАй бұрын
thank you based jonny.
@kevin_dasilva14 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.