You Are NOT A Producer (most of the time)

[@declanknapp6663]

Whenever I’m making music my gf has to step in every so often and say “what are the audience going to be doing at this point in the track” - especially during breakdowns in my tracks. I usually have to be reminded to keep something rhythmic in there. She’s definitely the producer, I’m just a knob twiddler!

[@MidnightUnity]

Greet feedback that she is giving you!

[@Bthelick]

Keeper!

[@reytus]

I just realized i need a GF way more than i thought

[@Ravix0fFourHorn]

i mean look at classic disco tracks, their breakdowns are basically drumloops until the chorus or the verse comes back

[@declanknapp6663]

@@reytus 😆

[@BenCaesar]

In Japanese rock gardening the philosophy is “curate till there is nothing left to take out” I think that’s a good analogy for producers.

[@DjRosG]

I wish I would’ve had this video 15 years ago. I hope all the new and old music makers see this! Thank you for all you do!

[@joethompson9124]

So true and important for people to be reminded of! The background music throughout is so loud though, I have to really work to hear what you are saying.

[@Scatman119]

srsly, its so frustrating

[@PNUTTAY]

Always providing top class lessons and references, glad to see the channel grow as well... thank u for this!

[@DJFINKMUSIC]

Man I love your videos so much. I often will watch a video of yours before I start working. You always help me get into a proper artist mindset, remind me of important tips, and get me excited to start producing. THANK YOU. Your effort is appreciated and respected!

[@chema__gonzalez__]

The knowledge you're giving us for free man... thank you so much! Absolutely love your channel 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@necroticpoison]

I think moving far beyond self-indulgence, and playing a forest-through-the-trees producer role every time it's needed is one of the biggest ways of making likeable/popular music. Taking a genuine step back. Getting actual listener feedback (not a mixer on a forum with 3,000 other mixers) I think compounds the benefit from playing the producer role, and they both feed into each other.

[@DeanKennyMusic]

Another example of this type of responsibility is in tech. I am a product manager. A PM doesn’t build or design any software but they are responsible for the overall vision, planning and decision making of the product. I think that’s why music production resonates with me so much. Same value as a manager or coach is sports

[@drimdram]

this really revolutionized my personal outlook on the creative process. show how much you need a team to thrive and really get to something great

[@Zer0Spinn]

It really is hard to do everything at once. We all know the feeling of finding something (be it a sound, chord or whatever) and instantly knowing that that was IT. But after 4 hours working on a track "a thing" becomes almost just as good. It's not lazyness exactly, it's not ego, it's kinda both and none. That's why people pay someone like Rick Rubin, he will always remind you when that's "it" and when it isn't haha Awesome video as always. Also, I've been using your racks lately and I'm loving them ❤

[@Bthelick]

Absolutely! That's ace thanks for support 👊

[@2ofA]

Insane video - definitely changed how I think about what being a "good producer" means

[@yaboyfaek7919]

hey i just wanted to say that i really enjoy ur advice and videos and wanted to tell u ur a wonderful content creator plz keep up the good work and dont stop much love man

[@lesdodds6491]

after giving up messing around with edm, i Ive just rekindled my fire with fl studio after a 12 year break. things have moved on but Im enjoying messing around. you have made it so much more enjoyable,. you are helping me produce stuff i that sounds much better than i could have done and im loving the knowledge you share . you have great experience, talent and teaching ability. a friendly, engaging manner,. a great big thanks, ill defo buy tou a coffe as soon as i learn how to do. that. thankyou x 1million

[@morizanova]

Awesome video . Crystal clear and easy to understand . Thanks for sharing those knowledges and your experiences with us

[@CTheRobot]

This is one of the most eye opening videos I’ve ever watched about making dance music

[@DennisWilliamsDJ]

You and Dan Worrall are my favorite people to listen to regarding music and everything related, thanks

[@AgnusDeiSoldier]

Going to say you give me faith as I'm only 3 months in. Your knowledge is key. Thank you.

[@Bthelick]

Early days! Keep at it and enjoy the journey, you'll be fine 👊

[@MORRILL_MUSIC]

This channel has made me a better producer by giving me a broader perspective on electronic music as a whole.

[@TUTarc-sq6fr]

Maybe you could make a checklist, Of those different jobs and within each job What should be the main focus while working in that mode.... I'm sure everybody would gain more understanding from that And have a guide to follow while trying to achieve all those different jobs alone.... Great video man, just like all of your others keep up the good work ❤

[@DjRenect]

I think the point is doing it all.

[@etiennejulius1179]

Thank you Sir. All Gold. 🙏🙏

[@drimdram]

how does this have less than 100 likes bruhj. you are speaking secrets of the whole industry here

[@Beatsbasteln]

That's why I prefer to refer to myself as a beatmaker. It's a term that is often negatively connotated nowadays due to all the people who just make type-beat trap bangers from splice loops, but to me it just means that you are a music producer, someone who has all these roles from start to finish of a production, but without the need to sell out, without the goal to maximize income, but with the goal to maximize the quality of the music

[@Bthelick]

Well I think the term "beatmaker" and "bedroom producer" is what started some of the confusion. Because people would see timberland making a beat for Missy and think that's production, but it's not (mostly).

[@Impuhlz]

This may be the most informative production video I've ever watched- thank you for helping me take a break from studying trees and catch a glimpse of the forest :)

[@johnviera3884]

He answered the “what is a producer” question. I have asked that question many times without an acceptable answer

[@cassetteo]

Music gets created, people get produced. A producer is rarely creating something, but rather shaping something that is already created

[@johnviera3884]

@@cassetteo sometimes

[@eliosix]

This video left me feeling as empty as a doughnut hole in a desert! I mean, seriously, I'm so clueless right now, even a goldfish has better memory than me. My brain's doing a fantastic impression of a tumbleweed rolling through the wild west. So here's the big question that started to plague my newly discovered existential crisis: "Who am I?" Am I a potato disguised as a human trying to blend in at a salad party? Or am I just a cosmic burrito floating through the universe, searching for the meaning of salsa? At least I now know that I'm not who I thought I was, the producer 🤣 Jokes aside, great video as always Bthelick! 💪🏼

[@thisisj88]

Awesome video! This is a great lesson on how important it is to have a real world perspective on what works and what does not. Real world experience matters. Keep up the great work.

[@DJSlaughter]

For so long I've been just a beat maker. Eventually I put music making on pause. Now that I'm trying to get back in, I want to be an actual producer, with a team of writers and musicians under me. It's just hard to do that with no money.

[@markdafunky1]

You could try collaborating with other beat makers sending files back & forth until you get the outcome you want in the mean time

[@jawvees2585]

Serious Education here thanks 🥀🙌🏾

[@kilochee8399]

GREAT advise thank you

[@Bthelick]

NEW VERSION UPLOADED (without audio issues); kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2fLoINtg5iXpqssi=MJczto_ZSNu4nbcl

[@Bthelick]

​@thailandertravel what's the challenge? Is there a question in there you forgot you write?

[@Asyouwere]

Your phone uses compression/limiting, like an optimod, so checking a mix on it is not recommended at all.

[@Mtaalas]

100% THIS!!! I've been saying this for a decade! Composing, arranging, mixing, producing are all different disciplines (for good reason) and focus on completely different parts of the whole. Too many call themselves producers when they're actually not, maybe composers/arrangers or sound designers. Producer is someone (hopefully ELSE) who tells you what's wrong with your current ideas and how they could be better. Because you as a composer and arranger are completely blind to your own creation and you NEED that outside pair of ears who has never heard your track, has never worked on it, has not worked on it so closely that they already love it like their own child and are ready to go "nope, that does not work... " And good producer is not just anyone. You need a person who knows you,m who you trust and who understands your artistic vision and style and goals... it's not that just anyone out there can be your producer nor that a producer can work for just any artist out there. It's intimate, important and delicate relationship that brings fort the best in your artistic skills and pushes you to be the best you can be.

[@MadelnMachines]

What are the track names for this video - especially the one at 10 minutes? Great stuff! Are they yours?

[@Bthelick]

Yeah they're mine. Last one is called the basement.

[@in.stereo]

Yay a new Bthelick video what a great start to the week 🤩

[@beandinner1262]

I'm subscribed to quite a few music KZbin channels but yours is one of the 2 (Venus theory being the other) where I have to watch the video as soon as a I see the notification. Very good stuff mate!

[@Bthelick]

Thankyou 🙏 Grumpy beard face is great isn't he!

[@beandinner1262]

​@@Bthelickoh yes, absolutely. His philosophy on "amateurs just enjoying the process of making music" is similar to yours I feel. It's easy to get lost in all the technical tools we have on our modern DAWs we have these days and forget about just having fun in the process. Good thing we have videos such as yours to fall back on for motivation!

[@bigmanmike12]

Thanks again for the video, have a good week

[@theunconciousmind7314]

i love the house of kush! so cool you also watch that channel! he's amazing this guy!

[@AutPen38]

*Leaves comment to remind the algorithm to show this to more people with similar interests to me.*

[@sleepyxboy]

Nice thoughts, thank you!

[@lennyblandino]

Interesting. I think people like us who grew up in the 80 and 90's, back then you had the Engineer, the Producer, the Executive Producer, etc...nowadays a lot of people wear a lot of hats and it's hard to excel at everything. The producer is/was the guy/gal who said: this sounds good, we'll keep it 🙂

[@potatoes-ni3lr]

Folks be pirating Fruity Loops = I'm a producer.

[@Worrelpa]

The insights are golden. Thanks for that. Remebr folks just because the technology gives you the ability to wear all the hats, doesnt mean you should try to wear them all and you won't look good in all of them. Collab with folks find your strengths and weaknesses to find out what works and doesn't.

[@Bthelick]

I like that hat line, stealing it!!! I ran out of time, but I did have a bit which quoted a great talk by Matt Ridley from his ted talk called "how ideas have sex" where he mentioned "no 1 person on earth knows how to make a computer mouse" . Meaning the people who made the plastic don't know how to make the lazer and those people don't know how to drill for oil and those people don't know how to code the drivers! in other words when we collaborate we elevate! I love that notion and it's so applicable to music too.

[@Worrelpa]

@@Bthelick I am going to have to go learn about copyright and how I can I apply it to comments online now :) I just really enjoy listening to your stories and explanations of how the industry (sort of) works. Been a big dance music fan and some times DJ for decades. The whole music creation process still fancinates me. Keep up the awesome work and telling like it is.

[@cs6xuk19]

very interesting and informative 👍

[@_Soutch]

Great video like always!! Always good to know what position to take in a track

[@LOWKEYOfficial1]

I have been producing under various aliases for many years and my fellow music lovers - WE CAN COUNT OUR BLESSINGS that this musician has graced us by deciding to share clear musical and industry knowledge on this channel. The BEST channel for this music genre I have come accross in MANY years. Take note peeps of every second of these. Thank you BtheLick - chaffing awesome. This channel is off to the moon.

[@MrAngeloDy]

Musical producers number one channel on KZbin

[@THOMASTAYIMOEHL]

Wow! Amazing video my friend. I think you're ready to step in front of the camera. 🤓 Especially in this kinda videos where you don't have to show anything inside the programm it'd be super nice to see you talking. Thank you so much for these videos.

[@NeglectedGoattt]

bthelick with another great video!! 🔥🔥

[@Nova_Afterglow]

i thought i had been producing for 3 years now. turns out i havent produced a day in my life thank you for the fantastic video. i appreciate it!

[@ApexDubb]

Very well said… Today’s musicians have to wear many hats to reach the final product and get it out into the crowd and heard… I look at it like this… Much like Rick Ruben I am very decisive about WHAT I LIKE and WHAT I DON’T LIKE… And if the final product doesn’t make me me dance and groove or it doesn’t invoke an emotional response It won’t end up being played in my dj sets or uploaded to streaming services Too many people however take themselves WAY too seriously for their own good and completely miss the objective of what “dance” music is meant to do Make people dance

[@Bthelick]

Well said 🙏

[@ttttiiimmy10bit]

-7:46 this 'glitter' track is sick

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Sunday funday was ready and I missed the drop lolz #LetsGo

[@KavVerhouzer]

Great video! you are providing the best music making information in my opinion!

[@stereokuuji]

Damn, this channel has grown since the last time I was here Anyway, you know what the funny thing is Someone I know in the music production space talked about this in his music feedback live stream yesterday.....well, not this topic in general but something along the lines of sometimes we become the producer and forget about the audience and in the end there's a very big disconnect whereby the track is good but it doesn't resonate with the audience

[@DjRenect]

I suspect this is one of those things I don't fully appreciate until a few years for now.

[@Bthelick]

Well As long as you are aware there are different processes, and that when most people talk about production, they probably mean writing/mixing not actual production then you'll be ahead of most in the game 👊

[@samiirai]

Really depends what kind of tree we talking here, if the forrest is overgrown with devils weed, I'm going to be blind for days.

[@KRAMEX_]

incredible information. love it.

[@MDullahan]

I enjoyed that, good insight. Your nearly 25k mate, been boss to watch your rise. 💙

[@Bthelick]

I know that's crazy isn't it? 🙏

[@MDullahan]

@@Bthelick It's well deserved mate, 50k for Chrimbo! 🎄🎉

[@johnviera3884]

another Fantastic show

[@Bthelick]

Thanks John

[@DanHaycocks]

Spot on 🎉

[@7ars471]

would be nice instead of sidechaining the music just lower it by a few dbs so you don't get that constant pumping sound. other than that great video!

[@13Skribbles]

So I have been playing with more samples after communicating with you. But I do have a question regarding the sound engineering. You yourself said you can’t create an acoustic sound on the synthesizer, but aren’t all sounds just a sound wave? And if that’s the case, why can you not make an acoustic or analog sound on a digital synthesizer? What is the difference in characteristics between synthesized sounds acoustic sounds and analog sounds and why can they not be reproduced in digital?

[@Bthelick]

It is possible, I was referring more to a 'traditional' synthesiser like the ones we typically use. (wavetable, subtractive, FM etc) Recently physical modelling technology software like Pianoteq and SWAM can successfully model a realistic sounding piano and string/wind instruments respectively. That's a form of synthesis, but it's bespoke for task. Because acoustic sounds are inherently much more complex than oscillator -> filter etc. For the piano you need to synthesise a model for a felt hammer hitting string, then another for that string existing in a chamber with other strings that might resonate sympathetically, and also wood material reflections of said chamber into room space into a virtual microphone etc etc etc . All sound is waves yes but a wave isn't one type of thing. There are millions of them and they interact. And our ears are extremely sensitive to their differences. For example It only takes a few hundred frames per second to fool the eyes into fluent motion, but our ears need 44,000.

[@13Skribbles]

@@Bthelick So AI needs to identify, categorize and list em for our serum synths lol Thanks I thought it was like that but I didn’t account for the difference in audio perception for the human ear

[@AutPen38]

Acoustic sounds are far more complex than typical synthesised sounds and thus have more complex waveforms. Even if you compare something that's relatively simple to model/approximate like a drum hit, a synthesised version is "simpler" than an acoustic one. If you hit a real drum, it literally sounds different every time, because it exists in the real world, where each part of the 'skin' is in a unique place in the world, subject to unique harmonics, resonances, reverberations etc. If the synthesised drum consists mainly of a digital sine wave, it's basically going to sound the same every time. Or look at a guitar. It can't be modelled accurately with just two oscillating saw waves. The electric guitar is made of wood, wire, magnets, tuning pegs, and frets and it responds to how those physically interact in the real world depending on where you place your fingers, how hard you pluck the strings, and any movement of the instrument through the air of the room. Even if you just keep plucking the low E, it sounds slightly different every time. Synthesized waveforms, by contrast, are entirely predictable and controllable, because the synth's CPU is doing maths in a box. Real world instruments, by contrast, are subject to the randomness of real life; atoms bouncing off other atoms etc. That is much more complicated and unpredictable, and not the sort of thing that can be reduced to a few knobs and a simple waveform on a subtractive synth.

[@13Skribbles]

@@AutPen38 awesome articulation of words. You clearly communicated a complex idea and it was awesome

[@pfeiferwithap]

I learn something every video!

[@Itszahdiel]

Very good video, it is very useful. Sometimes we don't choose the right mindset at certain times of production. P.S: Could you tell me the name of the fourth song? it's great!

[@Bthelick]

Thanks! its Called "The Basement" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp-tk3Vjpd9qnbM

[@julesmusicproduction]

Love how you tagged baddadan in the frist clip, more DJ clipps/bthelick dnb songs pls

[@Bthelick]

gotta rep my Manchester crew init! 👊

[@sweetpo1]

Great video, well said!

[@daveryan-kv4wx]

Top quality stuff as ever 🙌

[@carptackula7536]

Awesome thought provoking stuff! And 1.4k views given video was posted 5hrs ago tells you that others also agree! 👍

[@valiokeys]

As a musician/arranger, I have quite a gripe with more and more people who call themself "producers" on the internet recently, because it's trendy and that makes them feel on the "top of the food chain", while simultaneously being completely clueless of the meaning of that word, and what it takes to be a producer. With all my respect to all ACTUAL producers, their role in a way narrows the musical scope of the average listener, and led music to become a for-profit product, rather than what it is in it's pure form...an artistic expression.

[@Bthelick]

Yes that's the case on the industry side, but I don't think that's a producers only role. I speak from a professional perspective, and music being my sole income certainly makes that the goal for most of my output. But regardless the goal the producer is still valuable in guiding any creative work in a consistent direction and over the finish line.

[@valiokeys]

@@Bthelick Sure, a producer is a valuable guide to perfect a musical project and making it a perfect fit in a particular situation, but I guess I'm looking it from a slightly different point of view, because that's not my main or sole income, and I simply enjoy the whole process of making a full arrangement. I'm relatively easily driven and effective in terms of taking a musical idea out of my head into a DAW, and then perfection it to the minutest detail. And since I am the one that's creating it with my own brain and hands, I MEAN every chord in it's inversion, every sound, every reverb setting...etc. I guess that topic could be very subjective as well, as music itself is. "The beauty is in the eyes(in this case, the ears) of the beholder." Thanks for the great video!

[@drtitus]

Great insight

[@markdafunky1]

Bro, beat making/producing by yourself is difficult af especially when you have a typical 9-5. Ask me how I know 😂

[@luke1978]

My audience knowledge is limited to after hours techno clubs from 15-20 years ago cos I’m waaaay too old to be staying up past my bed time these days.

[@MadelnMachines]

I still go out to techno and house nights - maybe once a month - often daytime terrace parties or clubs but only stay for 3 to 4 hours. Most of the people I want to see are finished by 1 or 2am anyway. I’m 38 now and can’t be arsed staying just for sake of staying. I’m very selective in what I go to. I don’t drink or take anything either (It’s so cheap!) Each time I go out I’m reminded of what really matters on the dance floor, how the audience reacts to different elements. How arrangement works, how DJs play live vs studio mixes and hot they enhance breakdowns and drops. It refreshes and reminds me of what really works and what is important. Get yourself out to something for a few hours. You can’t beat listening to techno on a huge stack of funktion ones!

[@YOUNGGIOTTO]

Seriously incredible stuff

[@stijnvanbalen5234]

Fenomenal insights!

[@secabrepheox5450]

Nice video, once again very clear explanation!

[@VinceMenger]

Thanks man 👍. What would be the correct term for someone doing everything by him/herself then ?

[@Bthelick]

Solo artist?

[@VinceMenger]

@@Bthelick Not sure about that one, because it doesn't describe much. Usually when people ask "what are you doing ?", an artist can make any art, so one may respond "I make electronic music", but then they usually think you are a DJ... then, "Not really, i make the music"... Well, it lacks a proper name, "music maker", or "musician" ? Though musicians are seen as people playing live instruments. We would need a term encompassing all these jobs, because usually musicians are not sound engineers, they just play something...

[@DaveChips]

Highly agree on the importance of roles... I can't believe that it was so much easier to do audio work for someone else. Someone request XYZ... I deliver XYZ... Now when I'm trying to push my own music... It's freaking hard man. From generating Idea... Keeping that idea in focus, sound design, sound selection,performing, composition, engineering, mixing, mastering... While trying not to choke and bloat the track with all unnecessary things. And also there emotional and time investment. I feel like I'm doing worse for myself then I did for anyone else. :s I'm not even going to start about marketing, possible video editing and promotion etc. It feels like I need to fill in like 15 roles at once.

[@ianmcgarvey3694]

Love ur videos.. 👍

[@money-n-thabankproduction5541]

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[@San7hos]

Is that gypsy woman remix in the background?

[@Bthelick]

Kinda, it's a Gypsy woman tribute. Made with the principles, it's from the jazzy chord video. I released 2 of them under the names "last summer" and "glitter"

[@San7hos]

I also wish I would have realised all this when I was a dj.

[@1ammusic729]

Thanks blake ❤️

[@Bthelick]

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[@DG-ss1gc]

It’s not all that different from film. But your doing it all these days. No teams until you have this little thing they call: a budget!

[@ThePhantomJack]

another gem!

[@timowijngaarden6944]

Great video mate :-)

[@rmndnb]

Nice vid!!

[@jesulona7651]

8:10 Could I take a peek at the session file for this? 🔥

[@Bthelick]

I showed it in the loop hero video no? Anything In particular you wanted to see?

[@jesulona7651]

@@Bthelick I skipped that one, but I’m caught up now. I guess I wanna know more about the sound design. Really like the lead

[@Shronkey]

Great video!

[@yoyoma4424]

i love it ❤

[@djanishanand]

SO true

[@W4ll_fl0w3r]

lol omg i have sent that exact clip of rick to a few of the artists i mentioned didn’t know the difference lol

[@danmclennan7026]

you can get span in dark mode????!!!!!

[@Bthelick]

Yeah voxengo plugins have colour settings. Check the menu

[@RDH.85]

Fantastic content new subscriber.

[@Bthelick]

Thankyou and Welcome 👊

[@ДимкаДа]

For me (not native speaker) this video will be much better without background music.

[@Bthelick]

Yes sorry the audio balance is a mistake

[@kleeenco]

who's the woman in the thumbnail?

[@Bthelick]

it's a viral clip at the moment of a girl asking "wtf do djs actually do"

[@MORRILL_MUSIC]

How does a bedroom producer doing it all by themselves get to the point where they can outsource other people for specific parts of a song. Sounds very expensive and you would need connections in the industry.

[@Bthelick]

We're all connected by the same amount though. That 'exclusive club' of industry connection notion was perpetuated pre-internet, I believe since then the industry is eating itself, and I've not seen any evidence of that model working. They are reliant on the advertising model which is of ever diminishing returns. it costs around 2 million to break a new artist now according to some sources! The industry has no greater reach than you or I any more. That's why the modem contracts are including clauses stipulating you must be viral on tiktok before they will release anything, In other words they need you to be famous already before they are willing to share you income 🤦‍♀️ There's no easy solution to self production, the number of top artists in history that have arguably managed it is very few (Prince maybe? ) But its not a barrier to success overall. The best you can do is be aware of it, study your audience more and use it to inform why and how you create music. It's like any other role, You don't need to be a great producer , musician, or engineer , dj, or brand to have success in music. If you make good music consistently for long enough you can gather enough real fans to make a living. It's just that being better at any of things tends to help.

[@Metro6am]

That really only happens at the very highest level of crossover dance music where the artists are better off playing live than sitting in the studio tweaking. Just get good at writing and production and pay someone else to mix and master.

[@aviewerman]

i love yuor videos but here i don't think we needed the background music or at least not that loud

[@Bthelick]

Yeah sorry I don't know what happened I kept turning it down in the edit but it still came out messy. I think I have to be extra careful with piano music and big claps haha

[@redpillbulgaria-v2.063]

Bruh... that background noise is intolerable

[@ethanpelton7555]

???wym the background music is great

[@redpillbulgaria-v2.063]

@@ethanpelton7555 It could be just me, but I get distracted by background music. Especially if I like it and it is a bit too loud as it is in this particular case. Even when I was a kid I couldn't study and listen to music at the same time, while I know a lot of people who could, including my teenage son. When it comes to music I usually give all my attention to it and am unable to multitask when music is involved. The only exception to the rule is driving, but that's due to driving being a "second nature" and not requiring concentration or learning... Nothing against the Bthelick bruh... Love his channel. 👍

[@Bthelick]

@redpillbulgaria-v2.063 agreed actually, I pinned my apology in the comments as I do believe I messed up the mix on this one (oh the irony). it sounded ok at typical levels on a good system but anyone listening on tvs / phones (anything with built in compression / processing) it turns out the choice of organ/piano background was much more invasive vs my vocal , and I used the wrong level, I normally have the music higher in music tutorials vs opinion peaces and this was accidentally left at the tutorial level. I was actually considering re-uploading with a corrected mix on one of the weekends when I'm struggling for time.

[@redpillbulgaria-v2.063]

@@Bthelick It's all good bro...👍👍👍... Love your channel... ♥ I actually finished watching the video with some breaks in between... It is an interesting take, but at the end of the day most of us just want to share the melodies in our heads with the rest of the world. The process varies depending on experience, professional involvement in the industry and financial possibilities, but for the majority of the bedroom producers we have to be jacks of all trades including being a "producer" whatever that may mean to different people.

[@greedokenobi3855]

The producer is: the person that buys the track from the ghostproducer. 🤣😜🤪🤪 Kidding! Well… sometimes 😜

[@RevIsnot]

if your broke you gotta do it all

[@stevenshaneyfelt]

noice

[@disciplethepoet]

Strange to have a Video about production with such bad audio production

[@Bthelick]

Haha ikr! 🤣

[@disciplethepoet]

Next time lower the music. Great video idea though.

[@Bthelick]

Yeah I don't know what happened there. I checked it 3 times vs my other videos because I was worried it seemed loud but it was fine. I must have chosen bad points. Those piano house tracks are really overbearing on small speakers. Lessons learned. I had been working on it for like 12 hours on little sleep by that point that too that's likely a contributing factor haha. Thanks for putting up with it 🙏

[@JayM928]

Someone who sits in their bedroom and makes a video game single-handedly is still a “game developer.” This is just a language limitation or a semantic differentiation, however, it’s good to hear an explanation of what that music rat race actually looks like for people interest in “the biz.” In the future, for clarity, I will start referring to myself as “one who occasionally makes music which gets uploaded to various places as a hobbyist solo not-for-profit endeavor.” That way I’ll just be seen as some random dude that makes bad music instead of a guy that doesn’t know anything about it and is world famous for only having opinions about it… ? It’s possible that I may have misunderstood the message here 😅

[@Bthelick]

I'm not saying it's necessary at all. 1 person on a bedroom setup can (and has ) make a total banger. But In my experience I find it extremely useful to know where you are in the process so you can keep perspective. And yes this advice is skewed towards those hoping to make music for a living, not a hobby. But regardless of ambition, who doesn't want their work to translate? It's extremely stressful and demoralizing being a self proclaimed "misunderstood genius" 🤣

[@Metro6am]

No one in the real world would call those DJ types producers even if they are useful to have in the room.

[@Metro6am]

Another point - do you think they would describe themselves as producers to other people? 😅

[@Bthelick]

Well like I said in the intro, the point of the video is not to argue semantics. Doesn't matter what you call it, it's an established roll for over 80 years at this point, the important part is being able to compartmentalise it.