Pacing Yourself (Working Smarter)

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[@MaximumRadical]

Honestly, your very frank expression at the beginning of every video, sets the scene for a serious, educational environment. I enjoy that a lot. "Hi. I'm Seamless." It's as if right off the bat you deflect the entire purpose of the video away from your ego and straight to the subject. It's a modest expression, imo.

[@JunkieMonkey321]

MaximumRadical i love his intro. and no "please like subscribe comment favorite and share all my videos and here are 8 annotations for my social media" etc. straight to the point and nothing more. not even annoying background music and its still not boring to just listen to him speak for 20 minutes

[@KillTheJester]

I was never really to pin this down until now. most importantly, this straight to the point kind of style creates an enviroment of trust. You just know he's not bullshitting you by any means.

[@AmityHardstyle]

Summary of the video: 1. Make templates 2. Don't go to college

[@ProdCharles]

Oh man I need this right now. Thank you!

[@sxpersport]

Wouldn't it be some shit if Seamless shaved his beard and cut his hair, and then did a video log without even mentioning the fact that he cut that shit lmaoo

[@SeanSullivanArt]

thanks for this one. I'm just now getting to a point where I NEED to schedule time for personal projects, samples, packs and preset packs along with running a website and the administration and marketing involved there. I know it would be beneficial to add youtube to my list and expand the social media reach as well as give back, by sharing what I've learned over the years, but I'm already spread thin. it's good to see its not just me haha.

[@Caved_Johnson]

Watching this video instead of working on EP. Story of my life.

[@BadBadtzBobby]

A Whiteboard is the most valuable piece of studio equipment you can buy!

[@BadBadtzBobby]

Oh, and also one of those giant coffee mugs

[@formatta7114]

***** True

[@tetsuqueen8769]

+BadBadtzBobby Why O.o

[@titanismmedia]

+BadBadtzBobby A can of Monster is a great alternative, too :D

[@cecilevans9247]

SeamlessR: Actually lazier than fuck, living the life.

[@brybaby89]

Yeah, I completely get this. I mean especially looking up to your favorite artists. I always feel lazy when I see Celldweller's work load. P.s. glad you explained how you're a video wizard. Thanks.

[@SeamlessR]

Burgundy Black When you get to Celldweller's level you also have to consider the concept of "expansion". Celldweller has staff. He's got a guy for video editing, he's got a guy who puts together samples he produces into packs and plugins, he's got his label and people who work in it who handle all the label stuff. That's how he's able to accomplish so much. Similarly, if I wanted to do more (as seen in my video "doing more") I'd need to also consider expansion. Most people at the tippy top high level super professional have staff for this reason.

[@brybaby89]

Understood. I am trying to back up from wanting to go from point A to point Z. Thanks for the response man. I find the fun compared to a lot of other tutorial stuff. I might have to sign up for one of your classes at some point.

[@frankalbanese6692]

Thanks for being an inspiration. You've taught me A LOT in the last year or so. Thank you for the insight.

[@brisky7589]

really inspiring stuff man.

[@tare_]

Would you ever consider doing a series where you analyze songs that people can send in? Perhaps even have the audio clips include the individual instruments too.

[@tare_]

***** He should reboot that series, honestly. I don't necessarily want my songs in particular reviewed, I mean I do, but just having his opinion on different songs and it's arrangement, sound design, etc, would be really helpful

[@omier]

***** He is gonna be able to do more viewer track reviews once his website is done.

[@mathyoooo2]

***** Xilent usually reviews viewer tracks at the end of his streams. Actually it's quite a big part of the streams. However you won't get as indepth of a a review as you would probably get from seamless.

[@Jay-407]

mathyoooo2 xilent has streams? Where the fuck have i been?

[@ithinkmynameismoo5e]

mathyoooo2 When/where/whatisisname does/is Xilent's stream?

[@itsaizzi]

can you do another video on pacing that shows your day/week/month and specific tips please (: especially for people who want to have intros and such?

[@Mn2rockxz]

Man you, have your half of the life in this internet.....sometimes I love watching your Documentary! you're great! & thanks for Helping! ....

[@distortedcreation]

What would be your recommendation with self teaching and getting yourself on another producers level? Would you focus on a specific subject for a while or work with several different subjects ?

[@grandzam819]

Yay seamlesslR is getting a website

[@sammiller2187]

So thankful for this channel.

[@RemmyMusic1]

i think the difference is when you're actually excited and having fun while doing these things.. because if a song took 8 hours to make, but only *felt* like 2, then it doesn't actually matter how long it really took. on the other hand if it felt like the *full* 8 hours to make the song then clearly you're going about things the wrong way which they aren't exciting.

[@OxygenBeats]

7:50 my sentiments EXACTLY! god... this is just so me and my thoughts.....

[@THEREALDATALORD]

Thanks for the words of wisdom.

[@SampleScienceSounds]

Very clever video, I tend to use automation and batch processing to work smarter. Reaper is good for "complex" batch processing, which is great when you work on sample libraries like me. :)

[@ShallieDragon]

I don't use a whiteboard. I use Asana. It's like a whiteboard, but it's cloud-based, uses a calendar, and doesn't get your fingers messy. Also, 3 videos a day is a LOT. I'm pretty confident even Markiplier only does 2 videos a day, and he has millions of subscribers.

[@whosmav628]

"An ordeal, a trial" yep

[@DanielJ]

I have been using the producer version of fl studio for almost a year and I've never finished a track. Not one

[@sSPACEBALLSs]

Nobody worth listening to will tell you that by the stage your at now (nearly a year as you said) that you should have finished a track. You're still Learning and you will be for a while, all that matters is that you know more than you did last month and then the month after that you know even more and so on... Learn about chords and scales, learn how your favourite synths work (signal diagrams can be really helpful), learn about different kinds of synthesis. Learn things specific to what you're doing to, like if you were making progressive house then learn about chords and chord progressions etc. Above all make sure you enjoy yourself

[@audiosabre]

You can spend hours programming custom arpeggios...or just use an arpeggiator. Nobody gives a shit.

[@WillyJunior]

audiosabre what lol

[@Jay-407]

K...( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Chrispoirier]

audiosabre depending on the pattern that isn't always possible without doingit manually

[@Twi66e]

I wish I had heard this advice 5 years ago haha trying to make tracks like koan sound and funtcase and then raging when I just couldn't do it

[@importedloser]

00:5 - SeamlessR.exe has stopped working

[@MistaProducaa]

Live performances? Hell yeah And what happened about the "doing more" Will you be hiring people for ableton? Anyways keep up the good work man 👍

[@VanDerGrub]

What are you doing about Porter Robinson :) ?

[@Jay-407]

Im not gonna lie i paused and looked for jay407 on there. Thought those where reddit usernames.

[@whosmav628]

Read my mind, this is just the topic I wanted How did you do that??? YOU'RE A WIZARD SEAMLESSR!!!!!

[@verticostate]

I feel these struggles myself.. but i can't slack... just do it :P. PS: could you link the video you mentioned about the other guy explaining his work load.. I don't know about it but seems interesting.

[@jordanloraas9291]

So seamless why did you not finish your music degree in college? Where you just not enjoying the classes?

[@SeanSullivanArt]

Landr?

[@stellarshores8565]

yea you gotta make a mastermind group with a few other people who are specialized in a way you arent

[@FlaksterMusic]

When ever I see someone like Renard make a track in 3 to 4 hours it just makes me feel like complete shit. My main problem is coming up with a half way decent idea that doesn't sound like complete shit.

[@xSh4dowNinja]

hopefully a lot of things have changed since you said this :)

[@FlaksterMusic]

Lots and lots of things have changed since then, and I’m much less self-critical :)

[@applesauce618]

CAN YOU DO KOAN SOUND - DYNASTY bassline?

[@RecklessRoleplayer]

Apple Sauce www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/3etbr3/hi_im_seamlessr_and_today_i_am_starting_the_75k/ If you're asking for a sound please ask at the right place :)

[@tromino2598]

I want a plugin that can excrete excite sound for my trucks. I also want it to bring back the missing particle. What should I use?

[@OmenAhead]

De Tromino Go to your nearest gas station. They will surely have a plugin to excite your TRUCKS.

[@acecatman]

De Tromino sausage fattener. the more you put on your truck, the more it will excrete.

[@stellarshores8565]

If you could afford it, why wouldnt you pay people to design sounds and drums for you? Then you could have additional new material to work with and focus more on writing and arranging.

[@riftdnb]

Are you working on any collabs?

[@luisnannini]

So what do you recommend to do when you are at that stage of spending months on every song ?

[@ORACLEBALL]

Kuis N Keep at it. I was there. The more you go at it, the better you get - just like he said

[@luisnannini]

ORACLE BALL Music thanks broh

[@ORACLEBALL]

No prob. keep at it, and dont be afraid to try new things and fail

[@jeruaxel]

seamless would you recomend buying fl fruity edition just for loading and saving?

[@Digitalmath]

I need a white board...

[@tverdyznaqs]

How many hours a day do you work?

[@KALONERD]

Seamless or anyone in general i need some help, is their a retrigger function on harmor?? thanks!

[@JunkieMonkey321]

Hi, I'm Junkie. was wondering, do you make a full living doing what you do or do you have a job next to the engineering and producing? thanks in advance

[@SeamlessR]

JunkieMonkey321 All of the things I do add up to a sustainable living. KZbin Videos Lessons Tracks Sample Packs Projects Tutorial Commissions Extraneous odd jobs Actual Merch The videos and the lessons are my two biggest earners. By far, the lessons are the largest.

[@JunkieMonkey321]

thats awesome. i hope to one day be able to do what i love doing for a solid living. thanks for the video

[@vigneshekambaram8503]

+SeamlessR - seam i want to be like u one day man... i know u preach originality and finding your own uniqueness . but just the way u work and make a living and being in the limelight yet not being so famous that it disturbs your freedom. ur a great guy to look up to man.

[@sahandAhari]

Can anybody tell me please , if it is possible to play the sound you've created in FL Studio and be able to play it with my keyboard i'd be thankful if you could answer this thanks.

[@cooxy245]

So what you can do if your keyboard has a MIDI-Output (look for one on the back) and just get an MIDI-to-USB cable (perhaps about 10-20 bucks) then connect the keyboard with your computer, and if you go to the FL MIDI settings your keyboard should pop up there. Click it, and then, down there, is a little knob with "enable". Switch it on (and set the input to "generic controller" in the drop down menu above) and you should be able to play on your keyboard and it will be transferred onto your synths in FL.

[@sahandAhari]

Great thanks CooxyLP thus i can play back the sounds i want from my keyboard speakers and yes i have a midi out and i also have a midi to usb thanks

[@obiwantschernobyl5650]

Basic Rule for studying :)

[@whosmav628]

Okay, this is a serious question...Given this vid, how can people like Skrillex and Diplo do what they do?? I imagine a crack team of people behind them trying to make sure they stay motivated. They do so many things that I couldn't ever think up. Do THEY even know that will doing or saying each day it seems crazy

[@Jay-407]

It is pretty crazy how skrillex does about 320 something shows a year. Thats almost a show a day and they are all over the world. Its mind blowing.

[@SeamlessR]

whosmav628 Staff. And, as well, smart production practices. They're able to do the kind of music they do easily on a laptop in a bus or a hotel and require not as much effort to make them into final pieces. Or maybe get sent off for mixing/mastering. Make no mistake, this still requires serious talent for even the most basic kinds of music. For the rest of it, it's that they have people on hand to help with things to reduce difficulty and make things flow easier. People who find and schedule gigs, people who load and unload gear, coordination from the bottom to the top that big artists like that probably aren't handling on their own. It's a whole army of people that allows such things to be accomplished.

[@Jay-407]

SeamlessR i need to get me one of those armies then. You down seamless?

[@calabiyou]

SeamlessR Great vids. I'm trying to use FL studios to do sound on videogames and animation I'm making whilst working as a kitchenhand. I've got a whiteboard. My head is spinning all the time. I've hardly got anything in common with anyone in my non-internet life. They are good people though.

[@noisestrikeofficial]

I'm glad you didn't go to college :p

[@zelder12]

ive had fl stuidio for a while and i never really gave it enought time bacause i didnt exactly know what i was doing, i know how to use the daw i just guess im stuck with the whole music making part, but it sucks because i can think of basslines and stuff in my head but i dont know how to get them into the daw with plugins and stuff its late as im typing this but any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated

[@dutare8255]

When you have that bass line in your head, place notes down where you think they would go in the daw, and press play. Find the notes that aren't where they're supposed to be, and tweak them as needed! That's how I started off haha

[@zelder12]

yeah i see what ur saying, but my sound design is lacking thanks for the reply

[@dutare8255]

zelder12 No problem man! I need to learn a lot about sound design as well, but I figured I'd try to help you get started

[@sammiller2187]

A

[@Jay-407]

Why are you awake?

[@jbizzle1998Rt]

time zones are a thing

[@AlexanderHartfelt]

***** Weirdest comeback ever read.

[@Jay-407]

Whoknows lol agreed

[@Jay-407]

***** what?

[@drunkgamerx]

first i swear