15 Mistakes Every Music Producer Makes
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- Save Hundreds of Hours By Avoiding these Beginner, Intermediate and Professional Mistakes!
In this video I'm going to show you the biggest 15 mistakes every beginner intermediate and professional music producers make.
Some of the mistakes we will be looking at will include printing out DAW shortcuts to have in front of you, find other musicians to work with or shadow, learn some basic music theory both in rhythm and melody, learn how to write song structure including a verse and chorus, learn how to use automation, learn how to use buses in your DAW, follow your ears and not your eyes, don't overmix, record some real sounds, chop up samples, be careful with your external storage and doubling up project locations, learn how to promote your music production business, document your music creation, practice getting onto spotify playlists and local radio, and make sure that you are looking out for mistakes that you make.
I really hope this video helps you in your own music production journey!
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Timestamps
00:00 Save Time & Stress
00:30 Mistake No. 1
01:09 Mistake No. 2
02:04 Mistake No. 3
02:47 Mistake No. 4
03:10 Mistake No. 5
03:37 Mistake No. 6
04:16 Mistake No. 7
04:27 Mistake No. 8
04:54 Mistake No. 9
05:38 Mistake No. 10
06:06 Mistake No. 11
06:56 Mistake No. 12
07:25 Mistake No. 13
0:55 Mistake No. 14
08:08 Mistake No. 15
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What mistake would you add to this list? 🤔
Not knowing that you can curve the automation in logic 🤦♂️😭 is there a chance you can make a video or already have one on this? Even if it’s just a short on how to switch it from a line to a curve. I’ve been just using latch and kind of performing my automation while playing the tracks to get more interesting results but, being able to use that curve would speed things up
@@Bittamin in ableton is shift click or alt click and drag, i never remember, both DAWs have many similarities in shortcuts so i'd give that a try
Dont keep everything on the grid, having stuff a bit off grid makes it sound better and more natural.
Not saving every project you start, no matter what's in it. Every once in a while reopen projects from some time ago. A meaningless silly 4 bar loop you made a year ago, could be the spark you need to finish it or make a new song. Or sometimes you find it was not good any way. In that case delete it, and save yourself some drive space. win win 😉
@@JayKayz0r thank you I’ll give it a try!
Another mistake, don't ever buy Bluetooth headphones for music production, it'll cause a lot of latency
Absolutely! Bluetooth latency is a nightmare. Speakers as well 😅
@@93Acres yes, man, I tried to produce with my bluetooth headphones and it was a nightmare
@@blindmelonstubbly ??????
@@blindmelonstubbly oh, I'm so sorry to hear that
Bluetooth isn't a wide bandwidth either so you're not hearing full quality audio
Seriously the suggestion of learning and mastering the key of C for beginners is genius because if you master one you'll understand the others. So genius. RIP Avicii
Absolutely ATAM. Really makes keys & chord theory much more approachable. Avicii will always be a legend 🙏
Learning how to mediocrely play an instrument like the guitar or piano will even help you understand keys and scales. Also a guitar is great way to fast track basic melodies. Record into DAW -> Transpose to midi file -> copy midi onto your synth track = Magic.
@@datapusher- Love this, super solid advice DP!
If you learn c and Am you can transpose to perform absolutely anything…cheating, but hey….
Mixing on high volume will give you fatigue quickly. Mixing mainly on average/low volume helps you make better decisions.
Great shout that Tanely!
"Finish the damn song" has been my mantra for a couple of years, now. That is probably the most effective over-all philosophy that I've adopted. Oh yeah, The native LOGIC plug-ins are fantastic....Once I bought gobs of expensive gear and found this out!
One hundred percent Sherpa! I've heard the phrase "Honour Your Vomit" used to encourage finishing tracks even if they don't seem perfect 😄
Something I learned from someone I collaborated with is to take a break from the mix and meditate or just chill while hearing the mix in your mind. This is especially handy for coming up with new melodies or section ideas. Also learned to keep pushing with new ideas and variations of the groove, melody, etc. and save them on the outskirts of the main mix. They can be brought in later or used as ideas for completely different tracks.
Great advice that Synchro thank you for sharing!
Whenever I keep pushing new ideas in a project file I wind up with a 7 min song with three key changes 😂
"The best way to learn is to teach": this is so true! I learnt parking well my car only when I was teaching it to my girlfriend. Having to explain something forces you to thoroughly think things through and discover its essence. In the programming community there is the common advice to have a rubber duck sitting on your desk to which you then explain the problem you are facing. (Having a colleague you can talk to is much better of course.)
Love it 😄
Music is art. When it is a solo effort, especially, there is no wrong, just what sounds good to YOU. Its your art. Now if your trying to commercialize it, and that is your goal, your art will always reflect that goal and can sometimes make the process a grind. Instead, let your art be your art, if it hangs it hangs, if it falls it falls. At least you will never be wrong, and always enjoy the creation process and your art.
Love this S&S 🙌
For me, my art is all about expressing myself without caring at all about what people may or may not think; about what their opinions may be. My messages to the world (and myself) are what motivate me. This world (humanity) needs to feel the presence, power and the love of Life. Our positive, harmonious art helps carry us through the process of growing up as a species.
@@blindmelonstubbly Yeah, messing with the "formulas" if you want to call it, is what we enjoyed the most. As in verses, chorus, bridge, pre chorus, interlude, leads, etc. Always trying to see if a formula we haven't heard yet was viable. The order, structure, repetitiveness, length's etc. You wont get that with the commercial stuff.
Learn the 3D aspect of mixing. Don't just use volume to make things more prominent or obscure in a mix - learn to use reverb, compression, panning and other tools to consciously place elements where they fit best to suit the material. Thinking of music recordings as a 3D exercise rather than a 2D loudness war will allow you to put the listener in the place where the song is happening, rather than just having it come at them.
Great advice that BD!
Another great video! Thanks!!
One mistake to add: deleting or not saving musical ideas. I didn’t save many of my trial runs only to later hing to rediscover a tune sound or melody that I knew I had fiddled with earlier.
Yes, absolutely agree with that one Andrej! Thank you 🙌
I mean, there's nothing "new" in this but the whole video just a friendly slap in the face to focus on music production and not in "using software".
I'm here for those friendly slaps! 😄
I love your video!! To the point, no bragging, practical advice and friendly. Great job!
Glad it was helpful 57! Thank you 🙏
Man, you're rocks! Thank You for your course !!! I've learned so much!!!
Happy to be of any help Norma!
Thanks for this Hugh! Really enjoyed your presentation style and friendly vibe. I’m definitely still intermediate and the automation tip is something I’ll experiment with this week! Cheers!
Ah thank you Lian, really delighted to hear that! Best of luck with your experimentation 🙌
You're amazing thank you
"or even reaper"? Man, youre talking about the most loved piece of audio software out there. It may not have been around for 30 years but it sure is up there with the rest
I love Reaper! Genuinely poor wording on my part
Thanks for the tips kind sir!! God Bless you on the journey!!
Happy to be of any help Richard!
Very well put together young man.. You are absolutely right with this advice.. Thank you and outstanding video..
Really appreciate that JT! Thank you
Thank you I’ve learned so much from your videos
Wow thank you so much Boris, I really appreciate it 🙏 Delighted you’re finding value in the videos!
Love it!!
Thank you AMXA! 🙏
Greats stuff dude. Thank you!
Thank you CW!
Thank you for this helpful video brother !
Happy to be of any help Tawix! Thank you 🙏
Hey man, for me, an absolute beginner in the field, these points are GOLD! they solve most og my current questions about fear of spending too much money on equipment, never being able to master my daw an stuff. Great job, thanks a lot!
I know exactly how that feels BD. Here to try and help as much as I can! We all keep improving one day at a time 🙌
I’ve released on a few labels- never had a shortcut printout for Ableton because after like 2 weeks I should really know all the shortcuts, saves literally 100s of hours in your lifetime
Shortcuts are the best time saver for sure!
Thank you for this informative and educational video!
Happy to be of any help at all Tomas!
So so so so good thx for all the Tipps!!!
Happy to be of any help Peter!
Thank you!
Thank you Jae!
Very straight to the point and no jibberrish!!! or unnecessary stuff. Thank you
Thank you Jerrie!
Thank you for making this very inspiring video
I’ve started to really dive into my Logic stock plugins because of your videos and been pleasantly surprised at how good they really are
That’s so good to hear Boris! The stock plugins & instruments was the main reason I switched to Logic. Some really great stuff in there 😄
Great Tips! Thanks! 🙏
Delighted to be of any help RGLFOG!
👏👏👏👏 Excellent suggestions!! It's so easy to get caught up in buying tonnes of plugins that you in many cases never end up using more than once or not at all. I've even begun to strip down what I install as it gives me choice anxiety. And once you find a sound, render it to audio in order to make a commitment. This helps with computer performance as well.
You can say that again Tito!!
Great video, very useful
Delighted to hear that TPL!
I appreciate that you reached out to others for their perspectives!
I think my biggest pro tip I could give anyone that is serious about producing or mixing is by taking a class. (Preferably paid for and if they have well establishes courses) in my classes for example, they critique my mixes every month which is almost vital for my learning.
UA-cam is great at giving you the information for free, but because there's so much abundance of info, its almost impossible to get a proper timeline constructed for learning.
Solid advice Mimix, thanks for sharing!
Amazing suggestion for all of producers Great job
Delighted you think so Shen!
Great vid ... good tips and nice presentation ... I watched it twice :) thanks
That's very high praise! Delighted you enjoyed it Greg, thank you 🙏
always listen to the basics (again) mixing and mastering since 2000
Makes total sense! Thanks Almark
@@93Acres welcome
Great advices man thanks. I point to try to finish your idea when it comes. You mentioned it. When idea comes for a part of the song, don't think you will have a better idea the next day, move forward your idea at maximum, it will trigger another ideas. Best ideas arrives when we compose music...and sometime making mistakes 😀 strange low of creation. Thanks again for all your vidéos !
Yes absolutely DCo! Thank you for sharing that too 🙏
Important: Be nice to everybody, in fact be extra nice to people who may not be your cup of tea. It’s a tough game, and insecure or competitive people *will* try to tear you down if you’re making anything good. So you need to not be an easy target for other peoples’ hater tendencies. How do you do that? Be kind and low-key treat everyone like they’re a friend, even if they’re new or don’t seem ‘important.’ You know: be a decent human being. 😉
Also. Treat socializing like work if you’re a musician. Don’t get sloppy drunk at a club and do something upsetting; this is your workplace.
Love this BWTW! Be kind, and don’t get too drunk. Solid advice 😄
非常感谢，我觉得我需要先掌握这些，这对我的帮助很大，再次谢谢你！
Happy to be of any help Hu!
Great tips, you have summarized it great!!
Now I have to convince my friend to follow this. 😂
And me also..
Haha the hard part is always implementing good practices! Slow and steady, until it becomes a habit 🙌
100% correct! 🥰
Thank you Mike!
You're a brilliant human great knowledge and advice, you've help me tremendously reconfirm my abilities. Thanks for your motivation and time. A Truly splendidly put together piece.
Happy to be of any help at all Rc! Thank you
love this video 👌👌👌
Thank you PBSPR! Hope you're keeping well 🙌
Rare to see Irish production videos. Nice job dude. Shout out from Limerick
Could be that Irish fear of what the neighbour might say 😄 Thanks James, hyup Limerick!
Awesome! Obviously daws are amazing but I think there’s a lot of fun in having a little piece of gear to inspire you and tinker around with away from the keyboard. Like you can take that notation circuit with you on vacation or to the park and just sit and have fun
Couldn't agree more Michael! Really great idea for getting the creativity going. Thank you for sharing 🙏
Great video. Subbed!
Delighted you enjoyed it EE!
As a sketch artist and 2D animator that business skills you mentioned are really handy for my stuff as well. Good explaning, it tells so much about music producing community. Keep it up Acres!
Aww class, that's super cool Harshil! Hope you're keeping well bud 🙏
Nice one mate.
Thank you Terence!
WOW!!!!!**** Thank You So Much!!!!**** Philippe Bouchard!!!!!***
THANK YOU PHILIPPE!!! 🙏
0:30 thank you so much for not mentioning fl studio, omg you legend :D
That wasn't on purpose I promise!
I thank God for this channel. I’m a musician who wants to produce his songs. I’ll definitely keep this channel as #1
Thanks for the kind words Rojas! Hopefully you'll enjoy the upcoming videos 😄
0:35 "or even reaper." I took that personally lol
A lot of people have said this! I actually didn’t mean it as a jab at reaper 😅 I love Reaper, it was my first DAW!
@@93Acres I was like. it's ok to hate on fl users cuz they deserve all the hate in the world but hating on reaper users is like wtf. haha Logic and Reaper are like homies
@@eegoal I try not to hate on anyone, but I’m obviously failing pretty badly 😄😭
Inspiring!
That's the aim Juan!
Number 5 is so real. I've been trying to teach myself since February but just moved so I don't have any friends that are into music or production. Gonna try to be uncomfortable and try to meet people though. Thank you for the tips, I appreciate your help!
Take a look to see if there are any FB group pages for local musicians there, could be of some help. Best of luck with it Alex! 🙏
yeessss thank you
Thank you Umage!
Learning to mix low end properly will change your game
Couldn't agree more F! I'm still working on that 😅
Hi! Great video!
I’m 11 and I’m trying to decide what plug-in to get for Christmas:
The sound toys bundle 5 or the autotune plug-in.
I know that they are both great but I don’t know which one to get first.
Also we remade the Left and Right music video and the backing track thanks to you 😁
Soundtoys is great as it encourages creativity. It’s a super exciting bundle of toys imo! That sounds be my suggestion. You can always tune vocals in the DAW with their free plugins 🙌
@@93Acres Thank you!
You so... Good.
Best tip ever. Just start ! You'll never progress if you keep just thinking about music production but not producing music.
Absolutely NA!
People confuse finding the right sound with fitting something in a mix. Those are two different stages of production. You can solo an instrument while you add effects and processors on it to find the right sound, but when it’s mixing time, those sounds have to fit together.
This would be the one thing I would love every beginner to know! Don't mix the Production & Mixing stage up. So so true. Thank you for that Carl 🙏
For me, my art is all about expressing myself without caring at all about what people may or may not think; about what their opinions may be. My messages to the world (and myself) are what motivate me. This world (humanity) needs to feel the presence, power and the love of Life. Our positive, harmonious art helps carry us through the process of growing up as a species.
Mistake 14's timestamp basically restarted the video for me lol
Me when I add crickets and bird chirps to my ambient track: "yes, that's a record!"
Perfection every time 🌟
HI Bro, lovely tutorial ... Just need another information. as a beginner what is the best book or pdf to know everthing about sound engineering... Kindly suggest somthing... God bless..!!!
Happy to be of any help Prathip! I'm afraid I've no PDF currently.. Perhaps something I should work on 🤔
Thx, will take note! Also, is remaking celestial from ed Sheeran gonna happen? Would love to see that
Oh yes great suggestion depmoon! Not 100% certain, but another Ed remake is always on the cards 😄
Listening to people like him
Genius
Another one that helps me time to time is to assume you know nothing about music production, and not being afraid of being wrong ❤
Thank you for the invaluable information❤
Totally agree. All the experts in any field never stopped learning!
Master the key of C and then pitch it up and down? What about all the modes? Only ever using the Ionian (Major) mode can lead to melodies and chord progressions sounding predictable and bland. There are lots of videos on UA-cam that can teach you all about modes and I highly recommend watching them.
Absolutely! Could add this to the pro tips section for sure
One thing no one ever seems to talk about is how much time is spent scrolling left and right in a track. It's much faster to use a 360 scrolling mouse. I use the Mighty Mouse from Apple but Microsoft makes the Arc which does pretty much the same thing. It saves loads of time instead of clicking and dragging or using the track pad.
Or just use shortcut markers, one key - voila
Ardour has a window that shows your shortcuts within the DAW, so you don't need to print them out.
Ah that's pretty cool! Just thinking now that if you were lucky enough to have a second monitor (or your phone) you could have the shortcuts open on that screen. I probably should have included that 😄
@@93Acres Well, we can't think of everything, all of the time 🤣
@@BoDiddly I’ll get in it next time 😅
Judicious use of saving and discarding. When first starting out the tendency is to want to keep every peep and meow that gets laid down. Save everything at first yes, but remember to go back and weed out that which is not worth keeping. Just went through and am still curating 12 years of 'save everything no matter what it is.' over 600 files later I can safely say: learn to be your own best friendly critic and sensibly decide to keep what's worth archiving for the future value and discarding oppsies and junk.
Along those same lines, learn to build and reuse templates. I guess this applies to those of us in the symphonic field especially where we end up building large templates with lots of orchestral palettes only to discover there's only so much space in the virtual stage for a limited number of sounds.
Eight French horns, six trombones, 3 tubas?! Really?
However, having the right vibes from sampled sounds is critical for me as I'm moved to quite writr off if the sampled sound strikes me as cheesy or something akin to a ballet dress on a monkey.
Stay in your lane as to which genres you're familiar with and producing for. For example, I'm not familiar enough with most of the popular styles (reggae, blues, Afro-Cuban, Funk, Hip-hop, Heavy Metal) so I'm staying with songs written in the Broadway musical style along with Classical influences.
Super advice Ray! Thanks for sharing that
Stock Plugins...so underated!
Totally agree with you Lety!
I use 5 DAWs. Every one of them does something different. Most have different vsts, and they all come in handy. I learned every part of them, because I didn't want to buy upgrades, or spend anything extra.
#11. My Dropbox for desktop syncs to the cloud. All of my files. Presets. Plugins are ALL in there. If my house starts on fire. I can spin up a new computer in a day and not lose anything
Wow, that's a huge game changer. Must set that up myself!
works gj
Ty Sanjay!
Dude... begin by using a pop filter on your microphone in order to avoid those "booop" sounds, and engage the low shelf filter on the mic. That should be enough. If not: Eq Down everything below 75hz
Yes great advice this Vincent! I once had to solve this issue automating out the low cut on the EQ every time the P or B came up 😅 Very time consuming...
@@93Acres It's so easy to automate those things...
Don’t solo tracks for intense mixing scrutiny too often… especially vocals, remember context… that the tracks are all meant to be played together!
Yes absolutely, love this one Watch!
Why would you say "or even Reaper" as though it were a black sheep of the DAW family?
Poor choice of words! I love Reaper
Because Reaper is like Emacs
Stock plugins are great because you can open the project on different computers without missing plugins.
That’s a great point SHT!
What studio Is at mistake no. 13?
I'm not actually sure sorry Bando! It's BRoll I found...
'Latch" is a complex beat rescued by one of the greatest vocalist of all time...Sam.
Oh now that's a hot take! But no question, Sam's vocals are insane.
I made a mousepad out of the cubase shortcuts lol
Wow, that's genius Mart!
Freeing storage space does not equate to a speed boost, computers will not run faster if you delete all your sample libraries.
HDD's & SSD's dramatically slow down performance when they're full up on storage! Could have been clearer on this point for certain though for sure. Sorry Eddie 🙌
You the reincarnation of Rick Ashley, aren’t you? Admit it!
I can’t confirm or deny. Just know, Nick, that I’m never going to give you up 💜
It would be grt if u make a video on "there's a first time for everything" by Charlie puth
More Charlie remakes incoming! Thanks Felix 🙏
Ngl, idk how people have trouble wit this stuff…
If ur using headphones, you need to know them well. If you don’t, the mix will sound different depending on where you play it. Like a friends car. You should know how the frequencies act with the headphones.
Also, no one hears with their eyes. Don’t pay attention to visuals (especially with EQ).
When you compress dynamics, it’s almost impossible to make it normal again.
When it comes down to it, people need to actually put the work in. Its extremely easy to recognize talent vs amateurs.
If you think ear training, music theory and other necessary things for making music are boring and you skip it, I highly suggest you give up the thought of you making it “Big”. It won’t happen. Have fun doing what ur doing of course, but making a living will be extremely complicated and unnecessary.
You will only get out of it what you put in for sure! Same for any skill 🙌
damn its work
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it!
1st mistake is using a daw, I have never used a daw and never will. P.S definitely some good tips other than that.
Haha love it
Hello! I love your videos and I see you make remakes of different songs. I was thinking maybe you can make remake of Sam Smith's new song unholy. I love it and I think you are going to do it great! Waiting to see your next video!
Super suggestion SP thank you! Sam is great
Not a fan myself but my Mum looked after him in toddlers school. Fun fact I got.
"Or even Reaper" ? A mistake a lot of people make is underestimating Reaper. 😁
Crickets? I made some right in Alchemy synth. Click the crow and they start The Sands Of Summer. 🎉
Big up Crows and Crickets 🔥
ANOTHER MISTAKE NO FANCY EQUIPMENT NEEDED!
You got it Mehul!
@@93Acres yess!!!!😃
Please please PLEASE, if you haven't already, do a video on hotkeys and tips navigating Logic Pro X. Your videos are my new favorite thing to watch and I love when you do something so simple like, "just command+D to duplicate" and like, stuff like that changes my life hahah
Absolutely Patrick! I try my best to include all of the shortcuts I use in every video 🙌 That's a good idea making a video solely focused on my favourite shortuts. Maybe even a couple of shorts on it could be useful?
@@93Acres Absolutely! I've learned more in the few videos of yours I've seen than in the years of playing around with the thing. Shorts would be great too, maybe with a little playlist of them stitched together? For sure you'd be the one to do it, your instructions on that stuff are so clean and concise.
Razer trinity mouse is the best thing I got so far
based
Thank you BasedGod
Using GarageBand at 100% is better than using Logic at 15!
GarageBand is definitely underrated! Such a great DAW
Learn music theory? Bah! The "Scale" button in Ableton means I don't have to! 🤣
Seriously though, the Scale button is great.
Ableton has many nifty tricks 🔥
Successful people are not always the best .
True Paul! Hard work beats talent if talent doesn't work hard 😄
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day!!!!!
Positivity!!!
CHARLIE ALBUM IS OUT NOW ....PLEASE PUT BREAKDOWN VIDEO OF ALL THE SONGS !!!!!!!!!!!
Yes great idea Fahim! Next Charlie remake coming on Sunday 🙌