Learn to Produce Music 10X FASTER... (no one does these)

After producing music for almost 12 years now, my message to newbies is this: There is no substitution for actually doing the thing. You can watch every tutorial vid on YouTube, but until you roll up your sleeves, put in the time and do the thing, you’re on the wrong track. It’s no different than any other worthwhile endeavor. Be prepared, the learning curve is like climbing Mount Everest and I wish you best of luck on your journey.

1. Quantity over quality in the beginning (for familiarization & learning purposes). 2. Spend time more for practising than watching tutorials. 3. Active listening, be analytical, be a detective. 4. Implement/imitate what you've analyzed from your active listening. 5. Find a mentor or find a structurized course (not just randomized tutorials).

I'm guilty of spending more time watching online tutorials than making music/beats. This video just changed that.

The problem for a lot of us is that when we try to make music we have doubt that we can’t make music without being reassured that what we’re doing is correct and so we just watch another tutorial and listen to another song. And then before you know it your listening and watching tutorials more than making music. It’s very very hard to train yourself to trust yourself and make music without feeling the need to reference and make sure what we’re doing is done by the pros.

0:45 Tip 1 2:40 Tip 2 4:39 Tip 3 7:00 Tip 4 7:56 Tip 5 1. Quantity over quality in the beginning (for familiarization & learning purposes). 2. Spend time more for practising than watching tutorials. 3. Active listening, be analytical, be a detective. 4. Implement/imitate what you've analyzed from your active listening. 5. Find a mentor or find a structurized course (not just randomized tutorials).

To the "get a mentor" note. People like having something you want, they like being asked nicely for help, they like being helpful and they like being thanked for it. They will actually start to really enjoy associating with you if this is the relationship you offer. So, when trying to "get a mentor" remember: Tell them you think they are wise and knowledgable enough to help you. Don't just ask a question; ask for help. Don't just thank them; tell them that they helped you. This has helped me earn my mentors interest.

“Stop watching tutorials” Me: ahh yes, I like what this guy is putting down. I’m gonna watch more of his tutorials!

"Good artists borrow, great artists steal."

Watching tutorials actually help me start my work day, because it is way easier to convince myself to spend 10 minutes on youtube than to start with projects I will spend hours on. So every time I sit down at my studio, first I watch a tutorial and take notes and then when I am already there, why not open up a project and the next thing I know I've worked on five songs for five hours. There are some videos that I've seen seven times because I really want to understand the concept. It's nice to live in such times.

I really, REALLY wish this ep's thumbnail had an actual bar graph showing the 10x increase in learning speed. My disappointment is now up 83%, as seen in this chart 📈 Seriously though, this channel rocks...

Life is way too short to learn it all on your own 💡

Thank you so much for these tips but also at the end not trying to advertise your course. The fact that you said that your course may not resonate with everyone is a testament to your character whether you're a seen as a good producer or not. Thank you for the advice and much love!

Dude! This is the best, feature packed yet concise advice for anyone starting with music production! We live in a "paralysis by analysis" worldwide pandemic caused by never seen before information overload and very little guidance on how to handle it. No matter what you might get into (may not even be music related) there's an immediate temptation to "learn" as much as possible by watching tutorials and reviews and soon you find yourself being sort of an "expert" without an actual expertise and your artificially acquired "expertise" inhibits your creativity because you now have become your own worst critic - you have made yourself into a perfectionist. Perfectionism kills talents.

This kind of honest content is the shit that I’m always looking for. Gotta support the real 💯

Your honesty is so inspiring. I kinda figured most of the things you said. But hadn't been so motivated to follow them yet. Thanks for being a voice for me and a motivator. I wish everyone heard this from here. Sometimes I can really be lazy to listen to other producers' songs and imitate. But as soon as I get over that my improvement is tremendous. (Also remaking/replicating a song that you're potentially enjoying sonically and structurally can change a life forever.)

This was a really good video. I have been majority self taught as a producer, and to get to the point I am now it has been about 10 years off and on. Having these tips when I started would have been very helpful. To this day one of the things that I think has improved my skills the most is recreating beats I would find on YouTube I really liked or even finding a drum loop on splice and trying to make my own loop that was identical using mostly stock sounds and plugins. This not only helped benefit from a sound design perspective but it allowed me to start really identifying panning as well, another thing which drastically improved my abilities.

Structure!!! That was one of the biggest things I lacked before the course. Everything here is 100% spot on 🔥

This has to be one of the most influential music production lesson I had & will have in my life for sure.

I love that active listening tip!! One thing that has helped me a lot this year was not just using reference mixes, but coming to understand what those references were doing in the different freq bands by isolating them, and then applying those arrangement/balances in the professional mixes to my own mixes. It's weird how just isolating one section of the freq band can really open your ears to mistakes in your own mix!

I only just recently found your channel and it has already helped me more than 80% of the other videos I’ve found on yt. This video in particular is super great, lots of straightforward advice. I’m a noob to all of this so it really helps to find a good channel like yours. Thanks for all you do!