why you’re not getting better at making music

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@anthonycarson1048 8 ай бұрын

I want to preface this knowledge, it is really is all up to you. I remember nights literally crying because I felt so shit at music. I pushed through it every day I worked on music whether that be mix practice or beat practice for a whole year. I listened to my shit music and vocals over and over again, I pointed out the things I didn’t like and I chose artists that I liked and the mix they had on vocals. I highly recommend figuring out what you want to do with music. Do you want a career, do you want to have fun and just make music for yourself ?. If I could go back and learn what I do now and maybe learn it faster honestly i wouldn’t be as experienced. It is all about time in your DAW and playing and tinkering with plugins. Learn about the basics of how to mix and implement them in your own beats and or vocal projects. I used to focus on one thing per week, I spent a week learning about eq, then the following week I learned about compression and so on. I also recommend to take breaks for your mental. Making music is draining when you don’t get the results you want right away. It is all up to you and how bad you truly want it. I always live by nobody wants this more than me. You have to want it and you have to already vision this music before you’re ready to make it. Good luck best wishes

@jasonmc8011 9 ай бұрын

Great video! I like the point about knowledge vs skill. Now I know why you always say go create (that’s where skill comes from).

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

*exactly* 😉

@zach7322 9 ай бұрын

wow. this is everything i needed to hear, and more. amazing advice that can applied to so many aspects of life, thank you so much

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 🙏

@SaulDeAnda 9 ай бұрын

Very good video! I’ve been doing this (produce/arrange/mix/master) for about about 4ish years now so not too long. During my first year, I dove so much into the knowledge portion that I would think I knew absolutely everything (fundamentally) there was to making music and I just needed to practice it. While that was true, I “knew” everything but I didn’t actually “know” what that information meant. I’ve gotten to the point where I just open my daw and and play/sing anything and it just sounds good and A LOT of that came from literally just applying everything I learned continuously to demos and payed gigs… but also rewatching videos about information “I already knew”. I can’t stress enough how much “you don’t know everything”. After applying knowledge for a long time and then coming back to old videos, you relearn what those videos mean and then get to reapply that “new” knowledge and get better. Then you do it all over again until you die. You never stop learning, even if it’s all the same things all over again!

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

Love this! 🙏

@nerds-nonsense 9 ай бұрын

Personally, we judge how well we know something by our ability to communicate the idea to others and/or help them do it.

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

I agree. If you can’t simply explain it to a 12 year old, you don’t understand it yourself

@famouswww 9 ай бұрын

Great video! This is really helpful. Thank you. ✌🏻🍻

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@ItsJustOakleyy 9 ай бұрын

Was writing a comment and realized it was way too long and now I want to make my own KZbin video. GREAT video, I can’t express that enough. Everything you’re saying is KNOWLEDGE. Many may not improve from this video because the amount of actual information is going over there head. The ones who really listen are going to find great value in this video. YOU earned a subscriber. Would love to reach out and get to know you! What’s the best way to reach you?

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

Shoot me an email. It’s listed on my page (for now hahaha)

@skogangcobra4604 9 ай бұрын

my music is sounding better since i started wacthing your vids

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

Let’s Goooooooooooo! Glad I could help

@nerds-nonsense 9 ай бұрын

Great video, every video on this channel has genuinely helpful, actionable advice.

@nerds-nonsense 9 ай бұрын

We actually have a suggestion for a video: what to do when you feel like you’re plateauing

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@DreamingWhileAwakeMusic 9 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@Bradleybrookwood 9 ай бұрын

I feel like a lot of music guys on KZbin that produce or demonstrate different plug-ins that they use they rush and they rush and they rush, they go way too quickly and they just don't have that calm about them. I've had to unsubscribe or rather remove their videos from my feed so that they never show up again. I left a comment on this one guy's videos telling him that he moves way too quickly and he speaks way too quickly and he needs to slow down and he needs to actually take time and speak to his audience. He wasn't very nice about it either but Someone had to tell him. I love that you keep a calm pace and you speak to your audience and you're never condescending or rude or harsh.

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

I love my audience and love helping them make music. I love hearing music. Therefore, I love slowing down instead of trying to make myself feel smart. Thanks for this comment. It’s nice to know it’s working

@Bradleybrookwood 9 ай бұрын

@@AndrewBarrMusic it definitely is. Channels like yours as well as audio university explain things so well. I think what I love about you guys the most is that you talk to people like me as though i'm a human being. There was a channel that I guess was talking about how to double vocals and the guy was going way too quickly and I told him to slow down a bit when he spoke because he was moving way too quickly and then he was all did you even watch the video, and I was like no I didn't watch the video because it was unwatchable because his aura was just so unapproachable like he thought he knew everything and he was just he just had this attitude of I know it all. He basically told me in so many words to shove off. When I watch KZbin content I want to feel like I belong in that community and that I can be part of someone's audience. I want to actually learn something and feel like I can be a part of a community and to where I can ask any question I need to ask and I won't feel like I'm asking a stupid question. There are loads of KZbinrs who make music that when you ask them questions you get the sense that you don't belong or that they feel like you ask stupid questions and that is a huge source of trauma because when I was back in school and in college that's how everybody treated me like I didn't belong or that what the hell was I doing there or something like that. I'm glad that you don't do that and I'm glad that audio university also doesn't do that either.

@unclemick-synths 9 ай бұрын

Things are so much harder with all these unlimited tracks and plugins. It's too easy to do too much. Also there's no necessity these days to make demo versions and although demos were a pain, they gave the opportunity to objectively refine the arrangement and instrumentation before committing to recording the real thing.

@AndrewBarrMusic 9 ай бұрын

I agree. Option paralysis is a real Thing