The 7 Biggest Mistakes Most Producers Make

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I hope you guys are able to avoid some of the BIGGEST mistakes I've made over the last 10 or so years.
If you have any questions or feedback please comment down below because I read everything (:
Thanks for watching!
Cheers!
00:00 Cover Your Bases!
00:20 Never Finishing/Releasing Music
01:53 Distractions (and how to get free)
03:44 Comparison (the bad kind)
05:10 Doing Things Alone
06:55 Producing JUST For The Monayy
08:35 Letting Your Ego Prevent Your Growth
10:07 Learning Without Applying Anything

[@denzemusic]

Summary as 7 corrects I noted for myself 1. FINISH SONGS AND START RELEASING 2. SHUT DOWN INTERNET & PHONE AWAY no distractions 3. DO NOT COMPARE 4. GET TOGETHER with producer friends , musician friends 5. Shut your EGO down and listen to criticisms 6. Take ACTION 7. Do it for other reasons than earning money I'm realllly -not- excited to try shutting internet down lol but i believe it's gonna get me the best results

[@CompleteProducer]

LOVE this! It's worth the sacrifice!

[@714FarLaneMusic]

"Trying and failing is a lot better than always wondering" - GREAT QUOTE! I'm keeping that! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@CompleteProducer]

keep up the good work!!

[@theTIREDman1]

As a person that has ADHD as well these are extremely helpful tips. All of these you listed have sent me down genuine depressive episodes because I can’t seem to get ahold of my attention which leads to me feeling like I’m wasting my time entirely. Releasing the first song has been an absolute struggle cause I fear rejection so much, and also constantly compare. Thanks for calling these out, and I’m glad I have someone like you to relate to brotha!

[@aonain09]

Glad I´m not alone fellow ND´ers.

[@CompleteProducer]

happy to help! you got this!

[@evanherrin6801]

This was mindful, helpful, and genuinely kind. This is the type of content we need!

[@CompleteProducer]

thanks so much Evan!

[@djha1nguyen525]

I have been producing for 6 years I wanna reach to some producers to make friends to take but too nervous to talk to. What u think I should do???

[@djpapakuma]

@@djha1nguyen525I feel the same… been in my own bubble for so long. What kind of music do you produce?

[@n_hpe4021]

@@CompleteProducer 😮😂😊

[@DerekStormmusic]

I never had the chance of meeting you when I booked Candyland in 2012. Your music changed my life then and your channel is changing my life now. I love how everythings coming full circle. Now I have the chance to get to know you there these amazing videos. Lovin the channel.

[@CompleteProducer]

wow thats wild! thanks for saying all that. and who knows, maybe Josie and I will tour again some day and you can come say hi then!

[@SliceofNashville-ex7ez]

Ive been an ableton user for years and super guilty of many of the things Ethan describes in all his videos. Plus Ive spent the last few years watching many others, but He and all the videos are spot on and easy to watch and absord. Perhaps the best I've seen on KZbin. As a Detroit DJ and now here in Nashville, I can't thank him enough. Gettin it done. X

[@CompleteProducer]

keep it up!!

[@Johnmadedaproducer]

nice bro

[@chasewilson9912]

You got a great heart man. Thanks for all you do for us ❤️

[@tragicgirl2000]

I love the way you talk so clear so calm and so positive and alot of experience and information...today is my first day to discover your channel and I am glad that I found it ...all the best for you. ❤🌸

[@vocalizingdreams]

I love how genuine you are. This video actually resonated with me a ton. Please consider continuing to make “philosophy” videos on your thoughts about growth. Ableton and production tips are super cool, but I thoroughly find you speaking on ego and things you’ve learned from your mistakes not only helpful but just enjoyable to listen to

[@CompleteProducer]

thank you!

[@THEHOLYBARBER]

Thanks Bro. I NEEDED THIS

[@caleb_xotwod3151]

I just want to say as a fellow producer with ADHD Stumbling upon your videos was very helpful in my journey as I have an extremely hard time focusing, Thank you for addressing the sides of producing nobody talks about bless you.

[@slysxge4196]

I really needed this tks Ethan!

[@EventHorizonUwU]

While I already actually am following all these things myself, I do think this is a very good video to talk about mentality and our monsters that can plauge us at times, it's still nice to watch it and find it reassuring that spending time understanding. These aren't just tips that can help with music, but just good life advice on how to live a healthier lifestyle and mindset.

[@ericdias4199]

The words that I needed to hear. Appreciation, bro! 🙏

[@gpac5960]

Bro is so relatable it’s not even funny! Thanks for sharing what everyone of us is thinking!!! You were a big part of my journey as a producer and I’m looking forward to continue✌🏻

[@OniGlitch00]

This video ironically popped up on my feed at the right time 😂. I love it, as for being alone, it does feel intimidating but hopefully I can find my group to grow together ❤

[@stephaam_music]

So nice. Thanks, Ethan!

[@jodyodomjr]

I really dig your energy man. These tips help man

[@JeremyShipley929]

Love your content. As someone who can't work i turned to music to help myself mentally and i just love playing around and see what i like.

[@daniellanz1769]

You are so right - thanks a lot 😊

[@makkan4353]

Thanks for this video, hit the spot for me

[@g_and_kikos_homestudio]

Dude I relate to this so much. The add part. The part about music being something that does get my full attention. The part about the distractions with the phone and internet. And I use Ableton. I can really relate man. I liked your Ableton tips video too

[@rockit2017]

I could listen to you forever! Your videos are truly inspiring. :) Thank you, keep it up

[@CompleteProducer]

wow thanks so much!

[@DrObvious111]

6:06 (cool time btw.) the arrow on the very right being peeeeerfectly aligned with the guitar neck is just so over the top edit. 11/10

[@blessZm]

Been making for music 6years now. time really flies by in a snap. Even though I have nothing to show for it, i regret nothing💯

[@notgodzod]

Great tips, thank you - really useful and from the ❤

[@martysmith2851]

You seem like such a great guy, I hope to learn 'not just music tips from you' but also how to have the right attitude. Thank you!

[@user-Chikotillo]

Thanks! Those are very useful advices, I wish I heard some of them earlier in my life…

[@DjGoBestMusicEver]

AWESOME advices!!

[@JOEYMAGGZNETIC]

Love your content man! Its truly inspiring

[@CompleteProducer]

Thank you Joey!

[@acoyajademusic]

I LOVE your videos Ethan, thank you for sharing your wisdom! I just got my first song on Apple Music and I’ve been so anxious about it, wondering if I was ready, and this video was exactly the message I needed. Thank you!

[@CompleteProducer]

happy to hear that!!

[@bryen6899]

Your content has really improved my production. I appreciate you!

[@CompleteProducer]

Happy to hear that!

[@onimisilovesonmusic4548]

I love this channel. The sound in abelton is lit

[@lukejbonner]

Another amazing video. Thank you, brother ❤

[@CompleteProducer]

thank you!

[@willievaughn6474]

THANK YOU 🎉

[@juliobernal4489]

cheers mate :) Ive been having these same thoughts in the last days. Nice to know we're not alone out here

[@CompleteProducer]

absolutely! so happy to hear that, youre not alone!

[@cdubmusic1]

Thanks for the info. I'm guilty of 1, 2, &7. I printed this out. It is going on my wall in the studio. Thanks again.

[@CompleteProducer]

Atta boy Charles, keep it up!

[@user-xd5he4ht4t]

bro I so much enjoying your tutorias Gracias amigo

[@morgancr1]

Great thoughts and well said. Really can be applied to any creative art. I'm a designer by trade and your thoughts are super applicable. Love it.

[@DJPastaYaY]

Great advice!!

[@telmwilson2167]

Good stuff!

[@martincraig2453]

Really loving your videos !!

[@CompleteProducer]

thank you!

[@danielkalamaras7252]

Super helpful! I don't have a network of producer's in my circle! I would love some ideas on how I can improve and meet this kind of people to my network!

[@officialnxtgnrtion]

Ive wanted to make good music and mix music at festivals and clubs and travel the world but 6 out of 7 things here apply to me. Its so easy to become insecure when you know you give it your all but never get the result you want. Ive wasted 9 years of my life i could have been producing and sharing my music due to almost everything on this list. Thank you for showing me all in what i struggle with and hope to get better and hopefully have people enjoy what it is i love to do

[@IanYeager]

i would add that musicians should learn to use their favorites tracks as references rather than comparison IMO

[@CompleteProducer]

yes that's way of putting it to make sure you're framing it right in your brain!

[@Aceofspades737]

I discovered you today and I'm happy I did cause your videos are so well presented and easily digestible. Thank you mate

[@ashharrisbeats]

Great video 🤍

[@bobbyculdesack2309]

I still cant believe you’re a part of Candyland.. so cool! Pretty sure I opened for you guys a couple of times in the DC/DMV area like ten years ago lol

[@CompleteProducer]

i wouldn't be surprised haha

[@carter_kelso]

amazing

[@mixcomobruno948]

What is your camera bro? Your lut is great!

[@codyperkinsmusic]

You're a boss!! Love your presentation style! One thing I realized recently is just how many producers/musicians/artists have ADHD!!! It's crazy. Just found out I had it last year and getting it managed helped 10000x!!

[@CompleteProducer]

love to hear that!

[@tremolo415]

This is really helpful, especially for someone who's new to producing like me! Thanks Ethan :D Also, I didn't realize at first that you're part of Candyland lol. Been listening to you since 2016 😊

[@CompleteProducer]

Wow thanks for the support! and yay, happy to help

[@your_chel]

Nice video :)

[@djha1nguyen525]

Nice info!!!!

[@CompleteProducer]

thanks!

[@LukeSly91]

That's crazy that Singularity went off to form Grey. I was a huge fan back in the day and always wondered what happened to him

[@EvanG.]

God bless you

[@IanYeager]

your videos are worth GOLD to musicians like me 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@CompleteProducer]

Thank you Ian!

[@arfff.animals7531]

I took this course he's talking about and it was the best best best!!!! I can ACTUALLY produce now even though I struggled for many years before finding this course. I'm so lucky I found it. If you are a course-skeptical person like me, I am here to let you know fellow friend this one is everything and more! I'm so excited for you to learn and have the overcoming feeling I've been experiencing :)

[@CompleteProducer]

yay, im glad you got all that out of it! i spent forever trying to make it as helpful as possible (:

[@bobbyculdesack2309]

Love seeing a fellow drummer become a “real” musician!! If you’re not a drummer, you may not understand this joke… But I know Ethan does lol

[@Theofficial2mb]

i have a flash-drive WB my passport. long story short,my computer dosent seem to be recognizing my flash-drive.. i had some of my sounds and files on the flash drive i was wondering is any one has ever gone though this and how you were able to get you passport to pop up on your finder and home screen to connect. and access files? i would really appreciate any insight!

[@Nar419]

I needed this I just spend 30hrs on my most recent “song” and as soon as I listened to it in the car I got annoyed af by it. I think its time I find a group of producers to join. Im just not that great a being social. 😅

[@evrypixelcounts]

This video describes me pretty well right now. Never release my music, constantly get distracted, compare my music to the music of artists I admire. . .yikes. I used to get feedback on my tracks from other producers, but eventually fell out of contact. Networking is hard for me, I only ever tried to collaborate once, but it never went anywhere, and I realized I'm not good at sharing my vision. I have no producer friends, and probably won't for the foreseeable future. I've been at this for about a decade, and I'm feeling kinda stuck. I can't see myself doing anything else for a living but have been getting no return on investment, and like I've failed already. I'm not looking to get rich and famous, just to do the thing I enjoy long term. The pressure to succeed is crushing me.

[@CompleteProducer]

I think you need to set a big goal IE releasing an EP in 6 months, then break that goal into smaller easily attainable goals and make a checklist, then apply items of that checklist onto a schedule. They say inner peace is reached when your schedule alines with your values. I have an album I'm trying to finish within the next 3 weeks, and I broke down each step on a checklist. Finish recording vocals for X song, finishing mixing Y song, stuff like that. Now I know if I just stick to the calendar, then everything will get done (: Hope this at least points you in the right direction. Stop making excuses, and start making music!

[@jasonthompson3586]

strange, ive produced wayyyyy over ten years. never released anything in my life. and im finding that the more i learn...and the older i get..... i hate my own stuff more. its like too much knowledge now im looking for perfect in more ways than the most producer... i was producing way back in the rusko loft studio days. problem is... no one produces music just like me in my area yet its so popular ( dancefloor dnb and neuro dnb ) its all coki sound dub and dnb

[@tnben6126]

Well said great vid @Ethan Davis. One of the best advice I've received is that you cannot run a business alone. The man who told me this broke it down this way, he used an island as the example, basically we all need help and it takes a team to grow a business, so if you act like an island you're away from the inland and eventually you'll need help because there isn't enough resources on a island. He said it differently than I explained lol, but basically it takes a team to succeed nobody just makes it on there own!!

[@CompleteProducer]

wow i love that analogy, thanks for sharing!

[@constmusic1]

Oh damn, you got that chess addiction as well 😅😅 just caught that new addiction a month ago hahah it’s a nightmare 😭😭 apparently it’s a thing for artists & producers lmao…

[@Sylis-Fantastic]

I want to be a producer and I’ve been making beats for about 5 years now if I don’t include lil drum pad apps lol but I use BandLab currently and I love the software but I use the loops and I wanna take all this a lot more serious and move onto actually knowing the instruments and making tracks from scratch so I can try some samples and explore my sounds more but I’m kinda lost on how to make the transition from loops to making the sounds I want from scratch any advice would be greatly appreciated lol

[@musicphenomenal1]

My biggest problem is that I love all kind of music and I’m learning many things at the same time I need anything to make me focus on something and be pro at it

[@FLAVMEDIA]

7 DO It for the PASSION:)))

[@Alexendrewithouta]

what do you think is better? Finish a song without starting new songs ? sometimes i make music but i stop a session because i have an other idea, that i dont want to lose, and then i never finih the first one ...

[@joerikabi-pz4sx]

Just a quick question, Where can you find producer friends ?

[@CompleteProducer]

that's a great question. if i didnt have any producer friends right now id probably start with looking on producer sub-reddits in genres that i wanted to produce! most people usually know 1 or 2 people who make music as well. if you dont know anyone, maybe that's a sign that you're supposed to be the first real producer in your friend group. in that case, find the singers, musicians, or songwriters that you know, and make music with them!

[@NorthernWrath66]

Comparison is the thief of joy

[@rayx5002]

Is there a Website where i can promote my music the real way? So Without bots or fake playlist stuff?

[@CompleteProducer]

Tik Tok, Instagram, and KZbin (:

[@jabez36]

Never released anything in my life…but ran a successful local band. Then ESPN knocks on my door for a whole ass album. I’ve never learned so much in my music career.

[@michaelduffproductions8976]

Singularity tho

[@CompleteProducer]

haha rightttt?

[@BerakObama]

All of these hit me in the balls. Thanks for hitting me in the balls

[@CompleteProducer]

anytime!

[@vidoemakenoke2424]

tips laten zien trukjesc mochen laten zien aan de mensen

[@solariatrecords]

Who’s tryna move into a producer house

[@CompleteProducer]

i've never done that, but everyone I know who has got exponentially better

[@philissogers4272]

I am using a lot of cpu on my computer how can I use less ?

[@CompleteProducer]

try increasing the buffer size in your settings (command + comma) under the audio tab. also try freezing plugins that use a lot of CPU like Kontakt, Serum, and Omnisphere.

[@philissogers4272]

@@CompleteProducer I will and thanks

[@MrYellosno]

I’m new at producing Drum and Bass. Anyone likes to team up, or review each other’s work?

[@CompleteProducer]

Drum and Bass is such a cool genre. Some of the best sound designers in the world produce primarily drum and bass. Maybe I'll make a video on it one of these days (:

[@MrYellosno]

@@CompleteProducer Awesome! I listen to DnB whole my life, but now I’m making it myself, feels really nice.

[@CompleteProducer]

@@MrYellosno that's awesome, keep it up!

[@Rainer01]

You don´t have Adhd the inner being just tells you this shit does not interest me. Do what your heart beats for and you can focus. Most People live a life doing things they hate like being an employe. Follow your heart and you can focus.

[@CompleteProducer]

thanks for sharing this !

[@Rainer01]

@@CompleteProducer you´re welcome i been there too. Diagnosis are given quickly but not many doctors feel the heart of a person.

[@razemmusic]

WHO want make song with me????!!!!

[@FyzioMusic-pz4vm]

Great, I make it all 🥸

[@wile-e69]

I agree 100% Feels a little like therapy watching this.🥲

[@CompleteProducer]

i love to hear that!