I'm very glad to hear you say composition over production. That's exactly my view too. These days it almost always seems to be the other way around: production over composition, especially when you see the amount of YT videos on the subject. But as far as I'm concerned, the music comes first. I'll gladly listen to a bad production of great music rather than a fantastically produced boring composition.
Thank you for this. This is like a holistic approach to making wonderful music. You don’t push your products but allow each viewer to make the conscious decision to support. I pray that you know we appreciate and support you
As someone still very new to all this, but with a history in playing music in a band. This is extremely helpful. It's really helping me break down and understand why things we did sounded the way they did. At the time I just learned the music and played it lol. 🤙
As far as starting with realistic drum patterns goes, one thing that really helped me is: remember the physical limitations of the player/instrument. For example, a drummer only has 2 arms and 2 legs, so playing 6 notes at the same time is a bit harder. For a guitarist 6 notes aren’t a problem, but for realistic bass it might. Likewise key players have trouble playing chords of more than 10 notes at the same time, so keeping the physical limitations in mind when programming gets you a long way IMO.
I really appreciate the audio version, I'm so strapped for time that to be able to listen in the car or while doing other things is really valuable to me.
Ok good to know. The audio is available in the description, for anyone that doesn't know. If this series becomes a regular thing, I will host them on some streaming service.
You hit 20k subscribers! Congrats Max you deserve it, I found you last summer and you had 10k at that point, glad to see you growing. Keep it up my friend, 50k is around the corner :)
Max, this show is great. You touched on well-known topics, but so important in our music production. I am very impressed by your musical sensitivity and I absorb each of your productions like a great lesson. Thank you very much for all this. 🙏
Thanks for your informative and honest approach to teaching. For a future Q&A: what about repertoire through sheet music? The next paragraphs are my thoughts: I really love playing piano repertoire from various periods of music, but also want to compose a lot and improve my skills in that realm, but sadly as many others, don't have many time in a normal day (maybe 1 hour, max 2 hours). I found (maybe others too) that in order to compose with ease and freely is nice to have a good foundation in theory, aural skills, knowledge of your software, a nice understanding of your instrument (ideally the piano), and ideally practice a lot of improvisation and transcribing. The thing is in that set of skills I don't necessary see the importance of reading sheet music, which is specially truth with the emergence of DAWs and the facility to write using the piano roll or recording yourself, unlike the old method of writing using sheet music. And in the end, the time is limited, and is impossible to dedicate time to all of that. How do others approach this? Maybe practice a bit of various things in one day during a period of time, or maybe dedicate more time to one or two of them and then the other. This concerns me because when I dedicate time to learn sheet music I also dedicate a lot of time to improve my reading skills, using apps and doing excercises, but maybe that's not the most conducive way to develop the skills to compose well and with ease. I would like to know what others and Max think about that.
That was great, Max. listening to this while making breakfast on a sunday fit perfectly. Id love to hear your deeper thoughts on the topic of harmony/music/sound and their effect on humans or even further, their role in life.
this QnA was lovely to listen to! I would love watch more videos like this because hearing you talk about music is just so inspiring! and your voice is very relaxing :-)
Your passion for music and music-making is contagious. And I really appreciate this Q&A. I think once a month is good. I have a question for the next Q&A. I don't play keyboards (I keep threatening to learn!) - therefore, I get really frustrated programming in the piano roll. Do you have any tips for programming in the piano roll, regardless of keyboard skills? NB: I use Studio One.
I am very interested in your thoughts on ear training as this is the most difficult part of music I have experienced. The subject of ear training is just not discussed between band mates, it is almost like it does not exist. I have to admit, I struggle following the flow of music by ear in real time like when a band leader takes a request for a song that I never heard before. I have been recording scale degree exercises in relation to a key center and this seems to be helping a bit, but the process is so slow that the only way I am going to learn ear training is by sheer will power. Anyhow I am not complaining, I just thank God there are musicians such as yourself that give me hope to keep working on ear training. So thank you so much for the encouragement to carry on.
I can relate to this for sure. I will be releasing some more videos on ear training very soon with specific exercises and tips. Thanks for the detailed comment!
I ripped off the audio and store it into my phone so I can listen to it at the gym. I hope you don't mind. and just my personal opinion you should make these well mixed Q&A episodes into a podcast series
Hi Max really enjoy your videos! Really awesome to see any side of you outside of Udemy. At 1:04:35 onwards, you mentioned that "if that was difficult for you or for me to get to some form of music then whatever, that's what it is". Do you mean that in the context when compared to people exposed to music at a younger age(as in we should not compare our music with others since it's not a composition) or do you mean in general that we should just move on an create other types of music(if it is difficult for us to express)?
I think he is saying your natural limitations can lead to a kind of creativity. Keep creating within your possibilities. Don't be afraid you can't do it all. Work with what you have. That's my understanding from 1:04:35 to 1:09:50
I've been thinking of doing a listening session video/stream soon - just listening and talking about a bunch of music that has inspired me... In the meantime, some important artists for me: - Pat Metheny - JS Bach - Debussy - Ravel - Ted Greene - Take 6 - Bonobo - The Rippingtons - Anomalie - Cory Henry - Snarky Puppy - Robert Glasper - Noisia - Dirty Loops A wide variety of artists in these genres: - Gospel - Fusion - Hip Hop - Dubstep - Drum & Bass - House - Metal - Film score - Video game music Could go on and on!
First what is your Discord channel, Second I am most interested in Orchestral or cinamadic music so the more videos you do on this subject the better for me simply because the way you do your videos I seem to understand better.
Nope! But that one is wonderful as well. The one I was thinking of was Opus 10 Etude 4. I posted a link to a random performance of it in the description. Not a big fan of that performance honestly, but it gets the point across!
Nope, but it can definitely be very helpful. Depends on who you are and how 'good' your ear is already. Some people can compose music without any theoretical knowledge at all and others need some kind of mental framework to help.
Do you have a question or topic you'd like me to speak on? Leave a comment here and I will try to include it in next month's Q&A!
I'm very glad to hear you say composition over production. That's exactly my view too. These days it almost always seems to be the other way around: production over composition, especially when you see the amount of YT videos on the subject. But as far as I'm concerned, the music comes first. I'll gladly listen to a bad production of great music rather than a fantastically produced boring composition.
Agreed!
Thank you for this. This is like a holistic approach to making wonderful music. You don’t push your products but allow each viewer to make the conscious decision to support. I pray that you know we appreciate and support you
Thanks! Happy to hear it 🌞
I've been approaching chords (and life) all wrong. "Thicc" chords are where it's at!
Correct!
As someone still very new to all this, but with a history in playing music in a band. This is extremely helpful. It's really helping me break down and understand why things we did sounded the way they did. At the time I just learned the music and played it lol. 🤙
Thanks for letting me know!
@@maxkonyi You're welcome, I appreciate the content.
Thank you for all the work. Your videos are not only super informative but tremendously inspiring!
As far as starting with realistic drum patterns goes, one thing that really helped me is: remember the physical limitations of the player/instrument. For example, a drummer only has 2 arms and 2 legs, so playing 6 notes at the same time is a bit harder.
For a guitarist 6 notes aren’t a problem, but for realistic bass it might. Likewise key players have trouble playing chords of more than 10 notes at the same time, so keeping the physical limitations in mind when programming gets you a long way IMO.
Absolutely!
This is great material; the way you describe the motivations for playing and making music. A program for life as well.
Thanks for the feedback! Glad it resonanted
I really appreciate the audio version, I'm so strapped for time that to be able to listen in the car or while doing other things is really valuable to me.
Good to know!
Max, I am on board with this series! I will throw some questions your way when I come up with some!
Thanks J!
Thanks for answering my question, this was extremely helpful!!
My pleasure 🌞
Great video and series idea Max, I always learn so much from your content. I’m very interested in this in audio as well.
Ok good to know. The audio is available in the description, for anyone that doesn't know. If this series becomes a regular thing, I will host them on some streaming service.
Hey max, thank so much for your content, it's amazing heard somebody with years of experience, you give us many shortcuts ! Your channel is amazing...
Happy to hear it! Thanks for letting me know
You hit 20k subscribers! Congrats Max you deserve it, I found you last summer and you had 10k at that point, glad to see you growing. Keep it up my friend, 50k is around the corner :)
Thanks Patrick! 🙌
Max, this show is great. You touched on well-known topics, but so important in our music production. I am very impressed by your musical sensitivity and I absorb each of your productions like a great lesson. Thank you very much for all this. 🙏
Thanks for the support and feedback Deejay 🙏🏼
Thanks for your informative and honest approach to teaching. For a future Q&A: what about repertoire through sheet music? The next paragraphs are my thoughts: I really love playing piano repertoire from various periods of music, but also want to compose a lot and improve my skills in that realm, but sadly as many others, don't have many time in a normal day (maybe 1 hour, max 2 hours). I found (maybe others too) that in order to compose with ease and freely is nice to have a good foundation in theory, aural skills, knowledge of your software, a nice understanding of your instrument (ideally the piano), and ideally practice a lot of improvisation and transcribing. The thing is in that set of skills I don't necessary see the importance of reading sheet music, which is specially truth with the emergence of DAWs and the facility to write using the piano roll or recording yourself, unlike the old method of writing using sheet music. And in the end, the time is limited, and is impossible to dedicate time to all of that. How do others approach this? Maybe practice a bit of various things in one day during a period of time, or maybe dedicate more time to one or two of them and then the other. This concerns me because when I dedicate time to learn sheet music I also dedicate a lot of time to improve my reading skills, using apps and doing excercises, but maybe that's not the most conducive way to develop the skills to compose well and with ease. I would like to know what others and Max think about that.
This is a great question! I will add it to the list for next month...
Man you are amazing!
That was great, Max. listening to this while making breakfast on a sunday fit perfectly. Id love to hear your deeper thoughts on the topic of harmony/music/sound and their effect on humans or even further, their role in life.
That's a good one! So glad you enjoyed it.
Insightful video. Thank you Max
MORE Q&A'S PLEASE :)
this QnA was lovely to listen to! I would love watch more videos like this because hearing you talk about music is just so inspiring! and your voice is very relaxing :-)
Thanks Shish! 🙌🏼
Your passion for music and music-making is contagious. And I really appreciate this Q&A. I think once a month is good. I have a question for the next Q&A. I don't play keyboards (I keep threatening to learn!) - therefore, I get really frustrated programming in the piano roll. Do you have any tips for programming in the piano roll, regardless of keyboard skills? NB: I use Studio One.
Thanks for the feedback! Good question. I'll get that into the next one...
Damn dude, 22:00 was something I needed to hear.
Edit: 01:18:13 had me 🤣🤣🤣
🙌🙌🙌
always!
For me composition hands down.
I am very interested in your thoughts on ear training as this is the most difficult part of music I have experienced. The subject of ear training is just not discussed between band mates, it is almost like it does not exist. I have to admit, I struggle following the flow of music by ear in real time like when a band leader takes a request for a song that I never heard before. I have been recording scale degree exercises in relation to a key center and this seems to be helping a bit, but the process is so slow that the only way I am going to learn ear training is by sheer will power. Anyhow I am not complaining, I just thank God there are musicians such as yourself that give me hope to keep working on ear training. So thank you so much for the encouragement to carry on.
I can relate to this for sure. I will be releasing some more videos on ear training very soon with specific exercises and tips. Thanks for the detailed comment!
You are so helpful. Thank you!
Another great video, albeit short by a few hours. And don't give me none o'that bullship about being busy with other things ;)
Thanks el-bo! 😎
what is your main source of income? you once said you were a online composer. Love to hear more about that!
Thanks! Will address this in the next one...
man i shouldve gotten IN on this
I ripped off the audio and store it into my phone so I can listen to it at the gym. I hope you don't mind. and just my personal opinion you should make these well mixed Q&A episodes into a podcast series
That's the plan! Also, there is an audio version aready available for download. Just check the description of each episode!
hey can you please make an ear training course for udemy aswell loved your other courses
It's in the works!
@@maxkonyi oh damn excited 🙏
Hi Max really enjoy your videos! Really awesome to see any side of you outside of Udemy. At 1:04:35 onwards, you mentioned that "if that was difficult for you or for me to get to some form of music then whatever, that's what it is". Do you mean that in the context when compared to people exposed to music at a younger age(as in we should not compare our music with others since it's not a composition) or do you mean in general that we should just move on an create other types of music(if it is difficult for us to express)?
I think he is saying your natural limitations can lead to a kind of creativity. Keep creating within your possibilities. Don't be afraid you can't do it all. Work with what you have. That's my understanding from 1:04:35 to 1:09:50
This is what I mean!
@@patrickm.4469 This makes a lot of sense and definitely clarified my question! Thanks Patrick!
cant join your discord bro its saying invite expired
Oh damn. Thanks for letting me know. Should work now...
good lecture. examples of artists you listen to would give me a better idea of your "inner mind" you so often talk about but not in those exact words,
I've been thinking of doing a listening session video/stream soon - just listening and talking about a bunch of music that has inspired me...
In the meantime, some important artists for me:
- Pat Metheny
- JS Bach
- Debussy
- Ravel
- Ted Greene
- Take 6
- Bonobo
- The Rippingtons
- Anomalie
- Cory Henry
- Snarky Puppy
- Robert Glasper
- Noisia
- Dirty Loops
A wide variety of artists in these genres:
- Gospel
- Fusion
- Hip Hop
- Dubstep
- Drum & Bass
- House
- Metal
- Film score
- Video game music
Could go on and on!
First what is your Discord channel, Second I am most interested in Orchestral or cinamadic music so the more videos you do on this subject the better for me simply because the way you do your videos I seem to understand better.
Sonic Sorcery is the Discord
There is a link to the Discord in the description of this video. Thanks for the content request! I will do some more orchestral stuff soon...
Do you mean chopin's etude no.1 op.10?
Nope! But that one is wonderful as well. The one I was thinking of was Opus 10 Etude 4. I posted a link to a random performance of it in the description. Not a big fan of that performance honestly, but it gets the point across!
both are unplayable 😂 (at a young age at least)
So one really need to study theory to become good at composing?
Nope, but it can definitely be very helpful. Depends on who you are and how 'good' your ear is already. Some people can compose music without any theoretical knowledge at all and others need some kind of mental framework to help.
the most important skill for music production? learn to play a chording instrument competently.
Just too much time and work man.
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