Every producer must watch this video on production

[the4thImpulse]

I just finished this video after seeing it on another forum. It is worth every second of your time to watch, its 42 minutes long and possibly the best video on production I have ever seen. It does not focus on the technical side of production but how you should spend your time when you work to maximize workflow and creativity.

heres the link incase the embed doesnt work..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQ8c19u ... r_embedded

[Random111223]

Oh wow, i have every problem he addressed on that video. Probably the best tutorial i've ever seen. Thank you.

[qJesse]

Outstanding. This guy is incredible.

[Navron]

First goal...buy a journal.

[bartekko]

First goal...buy a journal.

Not a cheap one.

Second goal: make a big library of synths, kicks, snares etc. ready to use

[colortwelve]

When I came home today, I was going to finish up a track I had started on last night. Now I'm going to spend all night just getting my shit together.

[the4thImpulse]

When I came home today, I was going to finish up a track I had started on last night. Now I'm going to spend all night just getting my shit together.

I bought a journal today and tonight its organization time, Yay! I'm glad everyone is enjoying the video.

[Navron]

He didn't cover it in the video, but my Dad gave me some great advice that sort of ties in with the mindset recommended in the video.

As we all know, we draw our own composition style from our inspirations. If you listen to nothing but death metal, chances are you will have a lot of death metal influence in your music. I happen to listen to a lot of game soundtracks, so it's no wonder a lot of my music sounds like something out of Metroid, or other electronic/industrial soundtracks.

I've seen many people recommend listening to music they like. Analyze it, find out what makes it sound good, etc. A very good recommendation, but here's what my Dad added on to it:

"If you only listen to what you like, then the best you can accomplish is getting to the same level of what you listen to. It doesn't break any new ground, or create something new, and while you may have a personal sound, overall you won't be able to differentiate yourself from the rest of the genre."

"Listen to music outside your comfort zone. Analyze it the same way you analyze the regular music you listen to. After awhile you may appreciate certain sections that sounded off to you before, and because you'll be listening to music outside of what you normally listen to, your creativity will start implementing those ideas into what you like, and you'll end up broadening your creativity, and have more at your disposal."

[Random111223]

Haha, other people started that journal thing aswell i see. I just wrote my first lines a few minutes ago. I'm going the cheap way though, writing it on a text file. He laid it out kinda ruthlessly on the video; "Get a journal or don't be an artist".

How are you guys organizing a library? I have the folder called "samples" filled with stuff which he said wasn't enough, but i just can't imagine how to make it better because i have memorized where everything is in that folder.

Btw, when is chapter 2 coming out?

[the4thImpulse]

I don know when chapter 2 will come out, I saw it and thought it could help a lot of the musicians here so I dont know to much about it.

As for my libray right now my folders are sorted this way :
Samples - (Complete sample packs from various people/places) ex.StoneBridge Sample Pack - (type of sample) ex. Kick, Snare, Stab, Loops - Individual Sample.wav

This way works well for me but I hope to sort it out even more by something like this - Favorites samples, Generic Samples, Weird Samples, and so on.

[5COPY]

Outstanding. These tips are really great

[PrincessAddictia]

While some of the tips are good, others might not apply to you personally.
Creating music is a very inividual process, so please don't just follow everything you hear professionals say blindly.

[Navron]

I followed blindly, and ended up making a whole 5min song in 1 day.

I bought a journal, and write first thing when I wake up. Usually I'll recount a dream I had, or something like that, but anyway, after only doing this for 3 days:

- I've been recalling more from my dreams.
- I ended up creating a song in 1 day (previous record: 2, average: 14-21).
- Melodies and ideas seem to come quicker.

Granted, I can't really say if this is a result of focusing on my creativity as an issue, or if I just got a string of luck.

[BronyTuber]

I'm really new to all of this but when I watched this video the first thing I did was run out and buy a couple journals, one I write in every morning and the other I write down any ideas I have or just what I should work on learning next. Since I've started doing that, I'm finding I'm a lot more focused on music, I'm not watching television while I'm trying to learn something or anything like that anymore. Now I sit down and dedicate hours to learning whatever it is I set out to learn for the day.

So from a newbie point of view, the journal part definitely helps!

[the4thImpulse]

I have completed one week now doing the journal and I must say that in the mournings I feel much more focused on completing as much as possible every hour. 2 days ago I went without breakfest and had luch at 3pm because I was to into my work and I knew if I left I would com back less motivated.

[Navron]

2 days ago I went without breakfest and had luch at 3pm because I was to into my work and I knew if I left I would com back less motivated.

Confound this music production, it drives me to starvation.

Yeah seriously, some days when you've got an idea going on, you don't want to stop. When I made a full track in one day (Sunday), I was definitely in the "zone," so I ended up going from like 10:30AM - 7:00PM without eating anything.

Definitely not going to be making that a common thing. After all, on top of keeping your creative side exercised by writing ideas down in a journal, you also need to keep yourself in top physical shape. Good diet, good sleep, and plenty of exercise.

[LunchBagMusic]

While some of the tips are good, others might not apply to you personally.
Creating music is a very inividual process, so please don't just follow everything you hear professionals say blindly.

This. Princess has it right, some of the stuff the stoner said made sense, but didn't suit me personally.

As for that whole get up and journalmusicmusicmusicmusic thing, I would so do that but I have school (Which I love. TwilightSparkleTwilightSparkleTwilightSparkle) I'm going to get up 30mins earlier and write the journal, but nighttime/weekends is only when I can work. And this is my final year, so even then my time is tight :/
I must admit just watching the video gave me inspiration that I haven't really felt before. My journal is filling with melodies I'm proud of, and I have that warm, exciting feeling of knowing you've got a song that's going somewhere.

I want to bake you cupackes, 4thImpulse.

[Triple_B]

This was a stunning... thingy. Self- help thing for artists, I'll probably be using the nighttime/daytime session thing immediately and work toward the notebook thing, that's going to have to wait until summer.

[Sugarholik]

This video should be the new Ira Glass thing!
Bought a journal already and have a good feeling I'll get to producing decently in no time. ^^
Just damn this school!

[Triple_B]

This video should be the new Ira Glass thing!
Bought a journal already and have a good feeling I'll get to producing decently in no time. ^^
Just damn this school!

I agree with this post in is entirety.

[the4thImpulse]

I want to bake you cupackes, 4thImpulse.

Do it take a picture and email them to me!

It makes me so happy to hear this video is helping all of you! We got to keep this video near the top for new people to see.

[the4thImpulse]

I am going to bump this thread because I believe this video will help some of the new people here who have not had a chance to watch it.

I have been keeping journal since the video and I believe some of you have tried and I would like to know if your still doing it everyday. I haven't missed a day yet and if my counting is correct today was entry 64 and this journal thing has made a bit of an improvement to my creative thought process. Its not huge or a 'night and day' effect but it has helped me get my ideas into Ableton more efficiently. I am certinly going to keep writing in my journal first thing every mourning as it can only help.

[BronyTuber]

I am going to bump this thread because I believe this video will help some of the new people here who have not had a chance to watch it.

I have been keeping journal since the video and I believe some of you have tried and I would like to know if your still doing it everyday. I haven't missed a day yet and if my counting is correct today was entry 64 and this journal thing has made a bit of an improvement to my creative thought process. Its not huge or a 'night and day' effect but it has helped me get my ideas into Ableton more efficiently. I am certinly going to keep writing in my journal first thing every mourning as it can only help.

I am also still keeping my journal every day. I have to agree as well, it is definitely a huge help.

[natsukashi]

^ That's not exactly a very lucid statement. Do you not approve of his opinions, do you approve of his opinions? You are being very ambiguous.

I am totally going to try out Daytime/Nighttime sessions. Then I'll go and buy a nice lil' journal when I can afford it. =w=

[colortwelve]

I still need to buy a journal... And start differentiating day and night sessions... Actually, I could stand to pretty much just watch it again. I think all that I got out of it was that I'm never going to go anywhere unless I actually commit to doing music... Which I still need to do