Brilliant!! 💯. Great reminder to go make music with what you have. I, being a recent music producer (started in January 2024) fell down that rabbit hole of getting all the free samples and plugins. I've finally started backing away from that mindset. I'm pleasantly surprised to see and hear all the music I'm making without all that "stuff". Thanks for reminding and sharing this with us. Talks Soon. ✌❣
This is a beautifully honest upbringing story... I started with a "Boss DR-660 Dr. Rhythm" and a "Boss rc-50 loop station"... Later on, with thousands invested in plugins, monitors, room treatment, and other stuff... you are right! Your creativity is the most important! Love you Brian!
I guess in the 1990s many ppl didn't know that there were other ways of making music than the 4-track? In the 1990s I was rocking the 32 channels in the Fasttracker II on my Pentium 200 mmx.
@BrianFunkMusic It was really primitive by today standards, it lacked filters and effects, all you had was volume and pan envelopes, and simple vibrato. But it supported multisamples and had a sample recording capability, but it wasn't really geared towards performers playing acoustic/electric instruments. Most people probably ripped the samples from other modules.
I was literally making another new Bitwig template to integrate my MPC and synths together "perfectly" when this video dropped... And it inspired me to just stop with the tweaking and just start playing something
I know that feeling! I get into trying to reorganize things all the time. A lot of times it helps, but sometimes I am avoiding the act of making music. I'm glad it inspired you to play!
I feel like all the friends I knew who had a 4 track (which was very few among the musicians I knew) all had that exact Tascam 4 track back in the 90s. It's funny how that seemed like magic back in the 90s early 2000s even, to be able to record on your own without an expensive studio. Also, this video is a great reminder, thank you... I remember my Native American Studies professor saying "worrying is like a rocking chair, you go back and forth but you don't get anywhere" and maybe that's the story of 'optimizing' too much in music production. I think also the whimsical, beginner-mind creates the best so it's good to just let loose and, in a way, hope for flaws and textures that come from not being perfectionist aka the transformer we call, Optimizing Prime. In this era, it's wild how one DAW can basically be what would be the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars of equipment back in the day (100s of thousands when you think of a professional studio needing all that physical gear back then) and you can get some of them free now or way under $500.
That was the least expensive 4-track at the time... maybe like $150 or $200. That's how I picked it! I love that rocking chair metaphor! We are really lucky to have the tools we have. I'm glad I came from the old 4-track days. It reminds me how lucky we are and also the benefit of having such extreme limitations! Thanks for sharing those thoughts!
Hello Brian and thank you! As you said: we never had as much powerful tools available as nowadays to make music! I’ve started just like you, with a dictaphone and recorded my first songs with a double cassette deck in the late 80’s. My own first rule is: just make it with what you already have ; there’s always a new way. The most important is to have a purpose, then all the tools and techniques will follow.
I really needed to hear this as lately, for a long time actually, ive not been making any music. Ive been lost in configuring and reconfiguring and optimising my studio and workflow. Thanks
Yea I get into that a lot too. There's some part of it that is necessary, but sometimes I'm just trying to make every perfect and probably avoiding the scary part of creating!
I concur! I am in exactly the same place... thinking "I just need to do this to get going.. I just need this plug-in... I just need need to treat my room... I need different monitors" etc etc... coupled with crippling depression and anxiety making me hate anything I even attempted to do...
@@Paul-gp5om It can easily go from the pure fun of making music to the worry that we aren't doing it right. There really is no "right" way to do it, and most innovations happened when people didn't do the "right" thing anyway!
100% agree with the downsides of collecting Software, and constant optimizing. It can change you from being a musician to being an IT guy. One thing i want to add to this video: Always love yourself, "despite" being stuck in weird anti-music-making-habits. It’s all just a journey. Appreciate the learning from that journey, It’s ALL worth it, the ups and downs, It’s just learning by doing. My own journey for instance: building a live performance setup for Bitwig which took me over 2 years to "complete", haha 😅 The downsides obviously were that i fell out of the habit of actually making music, because i became more of a programmer and UI designer. The upsides: i did it, and built the first/only audio looper for Bitwig [vid about it is on my channel] Now It’s time to recover from the downsides and enjoy the upsides 😅
Great point! The worst thing we can do is get down on ourselves. That will do us no good at all. And sometimes some optimizing is certainly a good thing, no doubt about it. We just need to find a healthy balance. Thanks for the additions!
Yea, I love his work. I think he also knew when to accept an emotionally powerful take over getting it perfect. There's definitely a balance we need to strike!
I respect the thoughts behind this video, but I cant even listen to it because the high hat is way too loud and killing my ears. Its interfering with my experience. I had this on in the background while mixing and was like what is that clicking noise. Oh its the video high hat sound track
I'm sorry about that! I thought that during editing and lowered it. Should have probably just picked a different track or left the music out altogether. Thanks for the feedback.
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Brilliant!! 💯. Great reminder to go make music with what you have. I, being a recent music producer (started in January 2024) fell down that rabbit hole of getting all the free samples and plugins. I've finally started backing away from that mindset. I'm pleasantly surprised to see and hear all the music I'm making without all that "stuff". Thanks for reminding and sharing this with us. Talks Soon. ✌❣
I think most of us do! There are so many cool tools, but most of the work gets done with the basics.
This is a beautifully honest upbringing story... I started with a "Boss DR-660 Dr. Rhythm" and a "Boss rc-50 loop station"... Later on, with thousands invested in plugins, monitors, room treatment, and other stuff... you are right! Your creativity is the most important! Love you Brian!
optimize your mindset.... 👍
@@DoktorP I like that idea!
I bet those early days were incredibly productive! More stuff more complication!
These are amazing - thank you
I'm glad to hear it; thanks for stopping by!!
So true
I guess in the 1990s many ppl didn't know that there were other ways of making music than the 4-track? In the 1990s I was rocking the 32 channels in the Fasttracker II on my Pentium 200 mmx.
That's pretty sick! I barely knew how to turn a computer on back then!
@BrianFunkMusic It was really primitive by today standards, it lacked filters and effects, all you had was volume and pan envelopes, and simple vibrato. But it supported multisamples and had a sample recording capability, but it wasn't really geared towards performers playing acoustic/electric instruments. Most people probably ripped the samples from other modules.
I was literally making another new Bitwig template to integrate my MPC and synths together "perfectly" when this video dropped... And it inspired me to just stop with the tweaking and just start playing something
I know that feeling! I get into trying to reorganize things all the time. A lot of times it helps, but sometimes I am avoiding the act of making music. I'm glad it inspired you to play!
I feel like all the friends I knew who had a 4 track (which was very few among the musicians I knew) all had that exact Tascam 4 track back in the 90s. It's funny how that seemed like magic back in the 90s early 2000s even, to be able to record on your own without an expensive studio. Also, this video is a great reminder, thank you... I remember my Native American Studies professor saying "worrying is like a rocking chair, you go back and forth but you don't get anywhere" and maybe that's the story of 'optimizing' too much in music production. I think also the whimsical, beginner-mind creates the best so it's good to just let loose and, in a way, hope for flaws and textures that come from not being perfectionist aka the transformer we call, Optimizing Prime.
In this era, it's wild how one DAW can basically be what would be the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars of equipment back in the day (100s of thousands when you think of a professional studio needing all that physical gear back then) and you can get some of them free now or way under $500.
That was the least expensive 4-track at the time... maybe like $150 or $200. That's how I picked it!
I love that rocking chair metaphor!
We are really lucky to have the tools we have. I'm glad I came from the old 4-track days. It reminds me how lucky we are and also the benefit of having such extreme limitations!
Thanks for sharing those thoughts!
Hello Brian and thank you! As you said: we never had as much powerful tools available as nowadays to make music!
I’ve started just like you, with a dictaphone and recorded my first songs with a double cassette deck in the late 80’s.
My own first rule is: just make it with what you already have ; there’s always a new way. The most important is to have a purpose, then all the tools and techniques will follow.
Yea, it can seem like there's so much more we can have or get, but we already have more than enough! A little direction makes all the difference!
I really needed to hear this as lately, for a long time actually, ive not been making any music. Ive been lost in configuring and reconfiguring and optimising my studio and workflow. Thanks
Yea I get into that a lot too. There's some part of it that is necessary, but sometimes I'm just trying to make every perfect and probably avoiding the scary part of creating!
I concur! I am in exactly the same place... thinking "I just need to do this to get going.. I just need this plug-in... I just need need to treat my room... I need different monitors" etc etc... coupled with crippling depression and anxiety making me hate anything I even attempted to do...
@@Paul-gp5om It can easily go from the pure fun of making music to the worry that we aren't doing it right. There really is no "right" way to do it, and most innovations happened when people didn't do the "right" thing anyway!
@@Paul-gp5om yes it is crippling
This is some good knowledge 😊❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
100% agree with the downsides of collecting Software, and constant optimizing. It can change you from being a musician to being an IT guy.
One thing i want to add to this video: Always love yourself, "despite" being stuck in weird anti-music-making-habits. It’s all just a journey. Appreciate the learning from that journey, It’s ALL worth it, the ups and downs, It’s just learning by doing.
My own journey for instance: building a live performance setup for Bitwig which took me over 2 years to "complete", haha 😅 The downsides obviously were that i fell out of the habit of actually making music, because i became more of a programmer and UI designer. The upsides: i did it, and built the first/only audio looper for Bitwig [vid about it is on my channel] Now It’s time to recover from the downsides and enjoy the upsides 😅
Great point! The worst thing we can do is get down on ourselves. That will do us no good at all. And sometimes some optimizing is certainly a good thing, no doubt about it. We just need to find a healthy balance. Thanks for the additions!
I’m in full agreement. Suggest you pull the plug on the background music which detracts from the wisdom you’re imparting.
Yea, I agree! I appreciate the feedback. I've heard that a couple times on this one. Just trying to sneak some of my music in there :)
Albinis stuff was always great, he knew his shit to an obsessive degree. I do agree with you though
Yea, I love his work. I think he also knew when to accept an emotionally powerful take over getting it perfect. There's definitely a balance we need to strike!
I respect the thoughts behind this video, but I cant even listen to it because the high hat is way too loud and killing my ears. Its interfering with my experience. I had this on in the background while mixing and was like what is that clicking noise. Oh its the video high hat sound track
I'm sorry about that! I thought that during editing and lowered it. Should have probably just picked a different track or left the music out altogether. Thanks for the feedback.
@ next time just leave the music out if you hear something like that. Thanks for being awesome! 😁
@@LukeIcardMusic I felt like it needed something behind it. Thanks for putting up with it! Cheers!
yeah right you "uninstalled" the "illegal" plugins 🤣🤣🤣
I swear it's true!
Use an SP-404.
I've almost picked one of those up on 10 different occasions! Everyone loves them.