Why You Don't Sound Like a Pro (YET!)

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Thanks to Serge Dusault, Jean Paul Grobben, Parsa & Robin van Rhijn!
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🎸Guitar Looping: www.loopschool.com
0:20 Step 1
1:03 Step 2
2:03 Step 3
3:51 Step 4
5:07 Step 5
6:06 All Layers
6:47 The Little Time I Have
Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on KZbin.
If you want to know more about me, check out PaulDavidsGuitar.com or check out my guitar courses at: learnpracticeplay.com and nextlevelplaying.com, and acousticadventure.com
Thank you for watching!
Paul
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[@becksvlogs9057]

I love how after one of Paul's lessons, the techniques he shows feel so simple. They probably took him years to figure out and fine-tune, and then he just hands all of the tricks to us for free, complete with a guide on how to use them.

[@ajmusic4500]

It’s beautiful selfless isn’t it. He’s just a great guy tbh 😂

[@joeb3590]

Tom buckovak is the same way, tim Pierce is too, Tyler Larson has great ideas, Rick beato has some handy information as well. KZbin is cool

[@becksvlogs9057]

@@joeb3590 I've never heard of Tom Buckovak, but all of the others that you mentioned are fantastic. The KZbin music community is so wholesome and willing to share their knowledge.

[@vipersb1]

He's getting paid, just not directly by us...

[@Incountry]

You better have given Mr Cat a rub when he rushed the video….

[@PaulDavids]

He gets all the rubs he wants 🥰

[@sroycze9284]

Does your cat love music?some cats love music,like one of mine's ​@@PaulDavids

[@Incountry]

@@PaulDavids Good man…👍🏼

[@KevinMerinoCreations]

Truly appreciate you showing these aspects of your workflow! Very inspiring! 👏👏👏

[@Ashley-jp4nn]

Honestly I love the sound of distorted close intervals

[@aumenarys]

Step one : look like a sea captain from 1900.

[@rahulbanerjee9968]

Paul can simplify the guitar like a magician! Thanks, Paul.

[@eatingsound373]

What a beautiful track, Paul. Great video- love your channel.

[@echsecutioner]

Nicely done! Thanks for your quality content!

[@noahanderson1238]

always makes my day when you drop a vid, thanks paul.

[@diegowagnerpio9958]

Melhor canal sobre guitarra na Internet.

[@theshimmeringcarnelians]

Thanks Paul. I would love to see more of your studio process.

[@jimmccall8030]

Gorgeous! This is so cool. Thanks very much Paul!

[@davidcook1057]

What a gorgeous track, wow. Those vocals with your guitar - just blissful. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and inspiring us on this journey with you.

[@allengoeddey2719]

Great video! Nice sounds. Thanks for the insight. Great to see MrCat again

[@Shane_Bozelie]

At Step 3, when you pulled the tracks to left and right. It really gave me goosebumbs

[@tylerjae0622]

It’s so awesome to see your production/guitar methods on display! More of this content if you could, it’s very helpful :D

[@TomStrahle]

Great video Paul and most excellent song!

[@SecurityBagels]

Such an excellent video. Thank you Paul. That riff is awesome too.

[@Eternalvigilance1776.]

I love the way the wanny bar sounds with a good warm reverb 🥹🥹🏄

[@TheEliteGuitarist3456]

step 1 already helped me already. the mellow sound!🔥 Thanks man I have a riff I love but it just wasn't sounding right, but these steps just took it to the next level! Paul is one a legend!🔥

[@kevinfitzpatrick2695]

This solo reminds me so viscerally of a music box of my dad's and i absolutely love it!

[@DrewHughesMusic]

When I listen to your videos with headphones it highlights how amazing your sound skills are.

[@DaveDickens]

Very atmospheric, great stuff! Cheers Dave

[@noponder]

Love those guitar sounds and the way they combine to make all those overtones! Very nice. Love your cat, too.

[@eduardocarrillo5669]

La suma de capas crea una conjunción genial, que unida al resto del tema genera una atmósfera hermosa. Gracias por compartir el tip 👍🏻

[@shalomshalom735]

What a GREAT video. This is so helpful.

[@tusleplopp1]

It does sound incredible! i love the mellow space you created there!

[@pork_friedrice]

Paul…just discovered your channel. As a Dutch expat in the US, keep it up, echt kwaliteit man!

[@honestlynuts__]

I needed this video just now

[@Petixo7]

i had to jump on spotify to listen to the whole thing, and it's beautiful. I hope you keep dropping pearls like this every now and then, both the great layering tip, as the song!

[@jortreitsma2982]

Thanks for these tips! Awesome riff and overall sounding piece of music 😊

[@nuelkadosh7287]

I love everything about how you play to how you make music. ❤

[@adyuriar]

Thank you, Paul. Always inspiring and encouraging!

[@markcafebrown2883]

Amazing info. As always you rock my friend

[@j.t.2722]

I am always so impressed with your creativity. You are a superlative artist. Keep doing what you do because you inspire a great number of others.

[@PolinomioP3]

Oh wow, this was the definition of magic! Outstanding job Paul!!

[@mattygamache]

Paul, I've bought all your courses. And now I see grey in you beard! Welcome to the club! I remember your walk to the river where you played outside... cheers.

[@BigusRiccus]

Lovet it. Great tips aswell!

[@malcolmhodgson7540]

Lovely track, great tips👍👏

[@gulzadahalliyeva3381]

I love your videos so much!

[@francotrucco]

Absolutely hooked with the song but this interlude makes it all ❤ I love your channel and thanks to you I've grabbed my guitar again

[@boblittmann5721]

Great insight into recording this wonderful song!

[@scottyharp]

Beautiful!

[@nateh9917]

I'd love to see more guitarist production stuff. I moved to Ableton about a year ago, and it took me months to get really good guitar sounds.

[@a1paulh911]

Great explanation, now I understand why the Boss Oc5 octave and chorus pedals sound so good. Thank you!!

[@Howard961117]

I appreciate this video so much, you explains it simple and it works.

[@alkitzman9179]

Thanks Paul I never thought of putting 4 Guitar sounds together to play the same notes. You are amazing. I know how I will record my next original song

[@santiagovanegas3812]

Beautiful! Not much else to say. Just beautiful.

[@N3gativeR3FLUX]

Beautiful work.

[@82superawesome]

Gorgeous, I was wondering what I could add to my own stuff to bring the full magic of anything I wrote out, this showed it great. Thanks as always Paul 🙏

[@l6srob990]

beautiful thanks for sharing

[@mat992]

Cool song and great playing. Gorgeous 🎶

[@seanthomasmusic]

Beautiful music Paul. I h🎉ope that your musicianship becomes as recognized as your teaching abilities

[@sordavie]

Great video. I also love that orange guitar strap!

[@peppy_pepper_player823]

THANK YOU!

[@sassyallure]

Thanks🤗💖

[@umaduro]

Jezus wat een lekker nummer op de zaterdag ochtend 👌🏻

[@andrewgonzalez5411]

Thanks for sharing all this

[@lbarj]

helpful thank you. Familiar to me working in Ableton.

[@DennisVedel]

Wauw it sounds awesome. Pure magic ❤

[@crisbajcrisbaj468]

perfect for the stuff I' m working on

[@eaglepass5170]

Excellent!!

[@robphillips8351]

Well done sounds awesome and huge 👍👍

[@Trit_Leflore]

It's sounds amazing

[@stefandrechsel]

Nice inspiration, thank you 😊

[@oooomz7578]

I would love one of these tutorials for the ambient sounds in the track, everything sounds great

[@jamesball9623]

Finally a good way to use shimmer besides harmonics… thank you paul

[@bastiaandenhartigh5701]

Great vibe recording with the Crocs on

[@jakeodell880]

This is the first time where I heard stereo amps and I really understood how I want to incorporate them in my sound. Thanks

[@tislota_f]

the new track sounds amazing! it’s a vibe! and the tricks you’ve outlined in this video really make it shine!

[@jay64j]

Shine is the right word.

[@garydiamondguitarist]

Cool, I knew all of these and use them all the time. Nice to see someone explain them to those that didn't though.

[@jonathandepaula2989]

Brazil HERE!!!

[@AnotherJoe]

Awesome 😎🙌

[@WillDixonMusic]

Step one: be a pro level guitarist! Lovely video, some great production tips and beautiful end result!

[@THEOmusicoffish]

Little producer trick, you can put an instance of Soothe2 on the inst bus in the mix, set it to sidechain mode, and trigger it with the guitar track. It'll carve out only the frequencies the guitar takes up in the mix and brings whatever track you want (in this case the guitar) forward in a way thats subtle to the ear but still powerful. I use this mainly for bringing vox more forward but would work beautifully for your guitar part here. This also allows you to use less gain + verb + other fx and lets you get closer to that original tone you fell in love with when writing. Hope this helps, and beautiful job!

[@Barkosaur]

And Soothe2 costs how much? ;)

[@rymdlego]

@AlphaVlk Check out Wavesfactory Trackspacer for a more affordable plugin that does a similar technique (sidechaining input to carve out frequencies).

[@ChrrZ]

yes, soothe2 is amazing, it can do so much!

[@LennonStephens]

@@Barkosaur check out trackspacer

[@_RLP]

Stellar!

[@MrBonzoMan]

Beautiful ❤❤❤

[@evetsiksatu]

killer tips and a great sounding song

[@gamst777]

Inspirational video, I really enjoyed it! I would love an instructional video of how to do the basics of recording. For me, I have to lower my main volume when recording music, or else I clip the limit. No matter what I do, I have to choose between clipping or having a low sounding song. Some beginner tips I’m sure would go a long way.

[@joshmurphy1942]

Agreed! Would love some beginner/foundational recording tips from Paul. In the meantime, for your issue, I believe the answer is compression! You can use a little during recording to prevent clipping if you like and then add more in the mix, but having a "low sounding song" is actually what you want with a dry recording. That way it maintains all the dynamic range and tone that can be manipulated to taste in post. I'm still a novice so take this with a grain of salt lol.

[@therealroga]

We def need a love button as well as a like button. Just wonderful.

[@kennethchikankabe5729]

Really awesome, appreciate the ableton part very much

[@ChrrZ]

beautiful!! i love layering too when you are using differentt guitars/amps and you pan them hard left & right, you should also check the volumes, as sometimes oen side is louder than the other one and can itcreate an imbalance and good luck to the person that tries to figure out whats going on in all these layers if he wants to learn how to play it 😂

[@bluepetrix]

Thanks Paul! Are you using yours own Kemper profiles?

[@mycatiseatingme5269]

Thank you so much ! I couldn't count how many times i whatched your videos and went " Wow , that's how you do that !? " . Very inspiring and make me grab my guitar everytime. Also , is your cat like mine and how many time did he mess up one of your recording like when stepping on your keyboard or actually one time rubbing his head against the Time knob of a delay pedal ahah ? Thanks again , cheers from France !

[@vynthage2385]

Great video. Note that you can also delay the left or right guitar by few millisecond to add more spatial sound

[@OneYoniDa]

Hi paul i love your videos and i know how you love scales especially the pentatonic and the blues so i like to ask u to make a video about the Ethiopian pentatonic scale I'm sure you will love them and do something creative Tnx

[@Om-jo8eu]

Wow!

[@MattagastTheGreen]

Great video - very tasteful and appropriate to the song; Always better with a cat cameo 😹 I love that Ziggy included him on the Learn Practice Play poster so he can accompany me in my jam room too =) Cheers 🎸🐈‍⬛☕

[@johnbrennan7938]

Great video! Is that the McCready strat???

[@guydouglas6094]

I thought hard-pan left and right 🤩- I watched then I just heard. That was magic along with the shimmer reverb. Very nice Paul D, very nice. Anymore emails from Paul Simon? 🤣

[@WestCoastProf]

Use multiple microphones at different distances and angles. Nice, roomy effect. Great video, Paul.

[@AdityaKumar-qi5yy]

It sounds like you put a reverb when you just played it over the other . Sounds beautiful

[@nedim_guitar]

Sweet part!

[@PateeSarasin]

Great track

[@shalomshalom735]

Can you do same for some blues tone and perhaps also for some rock tone? meaning how you record them and make the guitar solo stand out in these situations?

[@aaronjoseph9014]

By watching this amazing channel I went from "Gimme the tabs bro" to actually understanding what Mr. Paul is saying.❤

[@hollywoodactress]

Nice Strat! Btw has your guitar collection thinned down over the years?

[@petertrast]

More studio process, please!!!

[@alphamegaman8847]

Thanks Paul! Beautiful.👍 You're Cat is Asking to share what little time it has (compared to us), with You! 🥰 Mike in San Diego. 🌞🎸🚀🖖

[@jochemvanderzwan7432]

Just Sooo gorgeous, that Strat!! Can you tell us more about it??