Dood, this is cool I’ve been doing musical stuff since 4th grade. Now I’m 58, and a maintenance guy at a Las Vegas hotel. That’s my life, my wife my son are #1 always. Outside that is MUSIC. The beautiful thing…my son is an amazing musician, Drums,Bass, vocals and teaching himself guitar now. Me guitar, bass, tracking,mixing and production. No matter where you are at, enjoy the ride man. Dig the channel!!
Genesis P Orridge once said: "Art and life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with a supreme creator, with god, with the divine; and this is true no matter how unlikely, how strange, how unorthodox, one's particular life path might appear to one's self or others at any given moment."
This is great. The honesty and lack of pretention makes you more immediately likeable to internet strangers. keep going. "My process is my art", indeed.
Wtf you talking about? You are one of coolest dude in internet! I whis i had my shit togheter same way that you have. I am 32, never got real job. Just trying to make music and i'm suck at it. 😅 You support your family and be so creative and doing what you love to do same time! If you need help video editing or something just let me know!
I'm 34, wife and 1 child. Digital Marketer. Used to make beats in high school and varsity, but the 9-5 life took over. I went back to it 2 years and I'm hooked again. I regret stopping because I'd be far skills wise, but I'm making the best of it now and loving it!!!!
Thank Tho' I'm manager in social job research company, musical since 20 years and I appreciate your honesty, and your beats to; Keep on you inspiring people. peace
Awesome channel my man, I'm a father of 2 kids, I'm a DJ and I work all the time in the music industry as an album approver at a distributor. I also deal with the duality of being a simple person and passionate about music, I've lived off music and today I live off music even if indirectly (it's an operational job, but my job still consists of listening to music)... But I also feel that 24 hours a day are not enough to do everything I want to do, sometimes I feel bad about it (for not being able to invest more time in beats and my music) and sometimes I only understand the current context of my life... I felt represented by your videos, congratulations on the endeavor, I'm even thinking about making vlogs like this
This is amazing. Super inspiring as someone who works six days a week and tries to still find the time to make music. The video production is too tier. God bless
Just found your channel this week and love the content and dig your beats! I’m almost 47 and still grinding. I’m a dad and a husband. I run a gym, train clients, lead classes, building superintendent, DJ on the weekends and try to find time to make beats. I’ve been djing for 26 years and still love moving a dance floor regardless of what I’m spinning. I guess you can say the act of moving a crowd is my passion. I almost get high off it. I love the energy of rocking a dance floor and dream of one day playing my own music for a crowd! Keep the content coming.!.!
This year, I will be turning 40 and I'm still creating music like you guys. Right now, I'm learning finger drumming on my MPC1000. I always wanted to play some instruments and took some steps to learn piano, but I find finger drumming a lot more enjoyable.
I am a trainer for jobless people and just love to create what ever musical nonsense comes out of my experiments... time flys by so fast while playing around, so that's a good sign ... it even pushed me back to school because I wanted to understand the electrical circuits behind my modular synth... so for my diploma I created something for this system... music is life... your sh*t is dope mate... big up!
I really resonate with you Homie. I also work 6 days a week doing property maintenance and delivering landscape supplies, while still taking time when I can to fire up the sampler and cook up some beats. I definitely have a more flexible schedule though cause I don’t have kids. But I certainly respect your technique with the samplers and the string trimmer.😆 Your beats are dope. Keep ‘em comin Bro. Peace.
This is awesome and refreshing to see, have followed you on insta for a long time - great work man! I'm in the similar boat - I'm 45 now and have always been a creative, I have a family, kids, a full time job, play in a psych rock band and also try to work on my own music too (though it doesn't get out there much) It's not how I pay the bills, but it's my passion and I'm lucky to be able to do it. I look at it like - I fund my own creativity and therefore I can do exactly what I want with it, which is the best feeling. It's FULLY about the process. You are doing IT! Sometimes life gets in the way and it is hard trying to make time, but it can also create a much needed spark. You've inspired me to try the early morning thing! Thanks.
My Brother the first piece of music I ever listen to as a kid I was 6yrs old and it was James Brown Live At The Apollo. That album came out in 1962, I was born in 1962, this year in November I'll be 62 and still groovin!😂 Never let go of the fight the passion and the desire of what makes you happy because it'll also extend your life cycle. I'm not trying to sit on a park bench feeding Pigeon!😂 I've got a MPC One a Maschine Plus and a SP404 MK2 and they keep my wheels turning but i got to admit I'm a little jealous of the OG MPC'S you have. But at the end of the day it's not the gear it us as Producer's and beat make and how we use the gear that makes the difference. Stay up My Brother, Keep It Live! Have a Great Day Fam!😎
Hey man, your video really opened up my mind. I used to think I had to make my music fit the market, but turns out I don’t. Funny enough, I’ve been making more money from something I don’t even enjoy doing that much. But hey, life goes on, right? Eventually, I realized the music I create isn’t for anyone else, but for the monsters within me. So yeah, your video really hits home with what I’m going through right now! 🍻🍻🍻🍻
Yes! This is the message, the result is not what is important, the feeling you get / state of mind during the process of creating is why we should be creating in the first place.
Man there is nothing wrong with being a landscaper. That doesn't define you or limit you. You are also an artist. I am an industrial maintenance technician, and at night I come home and hit the studio and the MPC. I used to feel shame that I wasn't a real artist, but really all I wanna do is make things, and who cares what happens?
Same boat here man. 20 years on you and the reality is work and family are the priority so music and other things get what’s left. It’s a gift to have the time to spend on something that brings us inner joy so it’s all good. 🙏🏾
You are where you are supposed to be. Thanks for sharing as it is really relatable. I work as an electrician the last 4 years but music is my passion. Started drums when i was 15 ( 34 now ) and then later production. Ain’t nothing wrong with having a real job to support your passion. Also thanks for bringing us together, its cool to be apart of. Happy music making yall
Most important thing in life is to enjoy it, not to make it bigtime and start touring. It's cool and all, but having the skill to make music in itself is a gift all in its own. As long as it bring you joy to create, you are more rich and successful than most
Hey man, I love your videos! I’d like to show you a different perspective: I’m a full time session musician and producer based in London UK. I tour and record with two major artists and have my own project and get to see the world and perform at incredible places. The fact is that most of the cats in my scene all teach, play hotel and restaurant gigs on the side, which they never talk about. We can afford to live this life cause most of us do not have families or a house and land (or even a car). If they do, they often have rich parents. So to me, doing music full time is for most people as much of a trade off, as it is talent and luck. I had to move to the shitstorm which is London as for me this is the only place for most people in the UK where you even can find enough work. Keep it up homie! Your creativity and spirit behind your videos is amazing
Funny I just had this conversation recently with an artist I work with, that the process, the passion, the moments of flow, that is the reward. Not this arbitrary outcomes we attach meaning to. Anyways, I’m 38, working my regular job making music when I can. Really glad I found your videos today. Much love and keep doing what you’re doing!
Sick music and video brother. Never quit being creative. It's all part of this experience. You're not alone either brother. Music is a universal language. We can use it to convey any emotion or audio experience to any person of any background or ethnicity. There are no barriers to interpreting those vibrations : ) It's beautiful really. Subscribed.
Legit the most engaging format for making music and sharing music on YT. Process, Life, Perspective. Subscribed. Totally inspired by the everything you're saying, doing and the music you're making bro. Mad genuine.
@@ThePinkLadyAppleHouse Average people don't do much. Being able to reflect isn't average (at least not for me haha) Creators creating is always above average, always~ I'm not good with the camera but it's inspiring how you're sharing more than just your music and how it all gels. Thanks for sharing
Man, you’re doing it. Half the fun is discovering our personal process. Turning the creative ideas in our heads into something we can experience is part of the reward.
just stumbled upon your channel and i can assure you, you are the definition of cool. you provide for your family and still manage time to work on your craft. i’m 22 years old and also do landscaping/lawn care for work full time and every second i have for music im pretty much going at it. lets keep it going man!
Thank you man for this video. It‘s always inspiring and I love it. I think struggling and doubting with the things what we do as an Artist ist Part of the way and process. No doubt is no depth in your life and so in your music. Thats my experience and my sight of view. Keep on going dude🌈☀️🤙🏽❤️
fellow dad here, really resonate with this. I work in social media as my daily job, so I know my way around making content. but I never got around to apply that to my own stuff. truthfully I can't deal with the pressure of not having a stable income mentally, so I try to work around my schedule. at some point I just realized that UA-cam, for me, doesn't have to be the shiny videos that show a perfect outcome. the struggle is part of my journey and the videos and musical scribbles are my creative journal. we show up everyday because we want to, and I feel more and more comfortable knowing that I don't have to explain myself to anybody simply because I don't owe that to anyone. the people that care enough to not judge are the people that are going through the same things in different ways. cheers dude, you got a new subscriber. excited to see your journey.
i'm 23, started producing at 11 but feeling like it's going nowhere. writers block for my own art. can't sell a beat for shit. want to move to LA to chase music, working on it. feeling very stuck rn. my daily grind is waking up and not doing much. gone through some big life changes and i guess i'm still getting adjusted. thought i'd be doing this artist thing by 17 lmao. nowhere in sight. what matters is the music in the end though, and it's good to see you're still doing dope shit and chasing stuff. motivating to me to get out there too, hopefully i'll get on it
Yeah I have felt stuck several times. I’ve created for around 16 years now. Mostly kept it to myself and close friends and then about 8 years ago I started posting on social media, instagram really. And did that consistently and then bam one day I made a beat that kinda went viral, got over 3 million views and that changed some things for me. Started selling some beats, met some cool people and gave me some real confidence. What I’m trying to say is to keep going man. Fail until you don’t.
It's pretty refreshing to watch someone keep his routine and be passionate about it. It is not only about the music that makes your content interesting. It's everything around you, your personality and scenery as well. Keep doing what you do!
Dude you’re a real fucking artist. It’s HARD to hold on to passions and hobbies you love as an adult and your out here doing it awhile taking care of work and he fam. That’s always admirable. Inspiration to me and may others forsure. Keep it up dude!
I'm 26, and I've been chasing music since high school 2017. I've graduated college, have a steady girlfriend, and have my first real job working 40 hours a week. I'm very passionate about making music and trying to do it every day. You still getting after it is so fucking cool and given me lots of inspiration thank you. 🙏🏼
Man I feel a lot of this. Two kids full time grind and family time. I love the process of jamming and making something on my Mpc live 2. I don’t normally save my stuff I just fully whole heartedly enjoy the process. Thanks for sharing this really resonates with me.
this video was dope. your video cuts are clean. i'm coming up on 32 and did not think this is where i'd be, for better and for worse. the process and figuring out how to fit everything in the day, is def art in itself. keep on grinding and keep the passion lit.
Brother you inspire me. I'm 46 and have been making beats and hobby producing for well over 25 years. When I started out I was sure I'd blow up and make a name (and a living) for myself. Came close a couple times (in my mind) when I produced a couple local artists in my area. Nothing more ever really came of it. Pretty social media selling CDs out of the trunk. I have a family and do construction and a musical "career" doesn't seem likely in the cards for me. I'm ok with that simply because I enjoy making music. It's been a long and winding journey of ups and downs almost hung it up a few times but I seem to always (eventually come back to my roots of flipping and ripping beats. It's been awesome to find your channel my man. It's refreshing to know there are people out there just like you. Thank you!
I hear that man, I’ve came close a couple of times to and then it didn’t happen and it’s been quite disappointing in those moments. But like you said you just keep coming back to the roots which is why we do it in the first place. Keep on keepin man 🤙
Ran across your videos on Instagram and now on YT. You’re on your way to doing creativity for a living bud. Your stuff is just too good. I’m 41- live in small town Texas and just bought my first mpc. You’re like my spirit animal, so thankful the algorithm put you in my feed. Keep grinding. And I’m going to figure out a way to start rising at 4:30am 🙏🏽
52 year old here, i started making pause button mixes in the mid 80s, started DJing around 1988, first beats around 1989, still making beats but I’m in the grind 6 days a week, I’m a fire risk assessor alongside CCTV / intruder alarm / tv system installation contractor. I work an average 80 hour week as I’m trying to build up business so I can get enough passive income to step back and just relax more and make music, but Jesus it’s hard…. Love the video, peace.
3:10-3:40 relatable. i started making beats in 2007, sophomore year of highschool. had dreams of making beats for a living, didnt even want to be rich/famous, wouldve been totally fine in a dingy apartment in a big city making music with cool rapper dudes and other prods, digging in the crates and making beats 24/7. now im a father of 3 with a "regular" full time job and beat making is just a hobby, something i do for fun. im having way more fun and making better (imo) music now then when i was actually hungry and putting more effort into putting my stuff out and trying to turn it into a career.
Yeah, I feel the same too. I had similar visions too, but life happened. I do though like being home and in my creative space and working at my own pace.
Bruh ! Keep being you, never let what others think or feel stop you from the Music of you. Hopefully others will began to understand the music they create is first for whom created it. If by chance people monetize their music fine but if not ,OK! Life continues. The tragedy happens when one stops their creating, thus not serving themself the joy and balance music brings to their lives and those around them. Grinding and Creating is balance in life. You'd be grinding just as hard if you were in the Crappy music industry. Music has literally been a part of my life since birth, I'm 61 enjoying life , still creating music. I'm inspired by you to create video content now. You working 6 days and can do it, I have no excuse now. You seem happy and healthy , that's what we all want anyway. Right?
This video gave me a higher level of respect for you, Taking care of your family and maintaining a job while still creating is no easy task and deserves the ultimate respect.
nice vid man, and I agree about the process, its therapeutic in a way To set up your 1000 the way you want id recommend looking into the AUTOLOAD feature. I think u will need a card for it to work tho, definitely worth picking up a cf card, essentially you create a folder named autoload and set all your settings etc then save (save entire memory) into that folder. It’ll load whenever you boot up. Nothing wrong with sticking with default akai os if u like it, but JJOS (even the free version) offers a load of useful bits I never even realised I needed
"We are all one thru consciousness" I'm right there with you. I'm 39 and still stuck and scared to show the world my music I've been making for 15 years. Don't ask me why. But I do know that I love every minute of my creative process!!! Have a great day brother.
Thanks for this. I completely resonate with this. I work, have a family, kids, responsibilities, but the compulsion to create music is too strong to ignore. Thanks for putting this out there, thanks for creating (we need more people creating art!), and please keep this up. It inspires me and reminds me that creating is important, along with all the other important things in my life. Take care.
Thanks for sharing man. Every day, we've made it, whatever we're doing. I'm resonating with you here, I've got three kids, a partner, and a regular job and love making things too. What you make, how you are even when you're not making, is worth a shit and is worth sharing. I guess I'm trying to say your take is underrepresented here and it's refreshing to hear it.
Love your videos...because I think we somewhat share a same mind etc when it comes to this...I'm 49 and LOVE! the culture (music..beats..life..family etc) and have struggled to find the time to create...I love the process...more than anything...but I work in the auto industry and get up at 4.30am everyday..5 to 7 days a week...have a family..wife and 5 cats😸..no kids though..but love to make beats and the culture of sampling/production.. But yeah..keep it going man..nothing that can stop us but us🫵🏿💪🏿
Honestly bro, it's super hard to make a living off music. Side money is more viable, but even that is extremely difficult today. 100,000 streams will fill your gas tank up a handful of times (maybe) at best. Create for yourself, and push it as much as you are comfortable with/have time for. If it pops, bet. If not, you still are doing something you love.
Dude! Very cool to a little behind the scenes of the real life stuff. You are a true chaser of passion and still making a living. Love you sharing this part of your story. Love the multi talented approach with film and music. I’m 38, been building a video and photo biz over the last 4 years and burning out on the regular. I don’t have the kids, the 9-5, or a partner to give time to and I’m still expecting a long road ahead with no sleep and little time. In short, I don’t know how you’re doing it, but keep the momentum man! Love the stuff you’re producing and you yourself are interesting to listen to and your perspective.
Hey man. Found and follow you on instagram. You deliver a great message here and you have a great outlook on both music/creativity and life. Keep on going and making content like you are. It sounds like you have a beautiful routine worked out. 🙌
Programmer here. Huge respect for your landscaping job. Working outside is underrated. I’ve done a lot of work in the music industry over the years and I have huge respect for people who do that day to day, but it’s not for me. I have to keep music as a creative outlet where I can just do weird stuff and leave songs “unfinished” and not feel awkward about it.
im 23 and i clean out trashed apartments and garages while i listen to my beats from the night before. lifes tough but i feel like id be down to live in a shoebox as long as i can make my music bro (maybe im just being nieve lol.) much love from oregon!
I watch yr videos and rly enjoy them, very inspiring. I hope you know yr authenticity and showing yr life and process are very cool and captivating and tbh this is the kind of content the internet needs. more videos on authentic working class musicians chopping beats with vignettes of their life instead of video #3,938 on whatever new sequencer just came out. please more :)
You're on the come up brother! Groovy beats, great video style, I subscribed about 10 seconds into your Creative Regular Guy video. Excited to watch you blow up!
The algorithm brought me your channel awhile ago - and I was pulled into your incredible aesthetic, color grading, and dope tunes. Absolutely love the content that you have been putting out, and I for one - would love to hear more around your process as long as we also continue to hear the tunes. Keep on creating man! It's beautiful.
The period of time where recorded music has been the end product measured in sales is very short in the history of music. The rest of the time the action of making the music was all there was, I think we are coming back to that as music creation is more accessible. Ableton have a new podcast called Doing Music which eludes to this. I teach music production for my daily grind and find your channel, process and music inspiring. I also have a family and struggle to find time to work on my own music. Keep going mate you are cool. Also my 2yo son absolutely loves lawnmowers and garden tools so that is a huge part of my life at the moment too
I needed this! Thanks man!! Keep doing what you're doing! We love it!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 this is inspirational. I'm definitely going to keep at it as well. And you never know what other opportunities will come from you staying at it! God bless you man! And your family! 🙏🏾
Homie I'm 36 and thought I would be doing music for a living, too. Here we are. I'm still working on that, though. I'm gonna get there. I need to do the whole YT thing like you. My day job is actually marketing and PR for a professional association of home designers. I've struggled to get people to buy downloads of my music, and streaming pays out crap. I'm working on going analog. Bought a cassette dubber that will be here next week and I'll be producing limited drops of my music...maybe that will make some money. At this point I'm happy to stick w/ the day job for a while longer and instead just get money to put back into gear. Switching from all midi/software to analog is pricey but it will be worth it. Then I'll get back to performing and that will help too.
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Dood, this is cool I’ve been doing musical stuff since 4th grade. Now I’m 58, and a maintenance guy at a Las Vegas hotel. That’s my life, my wife my son are #1 always. Outside that is MUSIC. The beautiful thing…my son is an amazing musician, Drums,Bass, vocals and teaching himself guitar now. Me guitar, bass, tracking,mixing and production. No matter where you are at, enjoy the ride man. Dig the channel!!
"My process is my art"
That's beautiful, I feel the same way!
Genesis P Orridge once said:
"Art and life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with a supreme creator, with god, with the divine; and this is true no matter how unlikely, how strange, how unorthodox, one's particular life path might appear to one's self or others at any given moment."
Wow! That’s a pretty cool way to look at it. And I’ve thought similar things, that life is art no matter who you are or what you do.
@@ThePinkLadyAppleHouse yeah dude, Art is life and living it is practice. Pure Magic
This is great. The honesty and lack of pretention makes you more immediately likeable to internet strangers. keep going. "My process is my art", indeed.
Board certified optician grinding lenses in a lab, 32, been making music for over a decade 🤝 Feel this man 🔥🔥🖤🖤
I have a strong feeling that the community around this channel will be a great bunch of people ♥
Keep it up man. You are great.
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Wtf you talking about? You are one of coolest dude in internet! I whis i had my shit togheter same way that you have. I am 32, never got real job. Just trying to make music and i'm suck at it. 😅 You support your family and be so creative and doing what you love to do same time! If you need help video editing or something just let me know!
I'm 34, wife and 1 child. Digital Marketer. Used to make beats in high school and varsity, but the 9-5 life took over. I went back to it 2 years and I'm hooked again. I regret stopping because I'd be far skills wise, but I'm making the best of it now and loving it!!!!
Bro I respect your hustle, start a grass cutting video channel too those channels do craaaaaazy numbers
@@kirkstate Word. Al Bladez has millions of subs making those property maintenance vids.
@@eddiethetruhead I watch those its relaxing 💯
Fuck yeah dude! The process is the art and we are all in together! Aloha from a french producer in hawaii! 🤙
Thank Tho' I'm manager in social job research company, musical since 20 years and I appreciate your honesty, and your beats to; Keep on you inspiring people. peace
Awesome channel my man, I'm a father of 2 kids, I'm a DJ and I work all the time in the music industry as an album approver at a distributor. I also deal with the duality of being a simple person and passionate about music, I've lived off music and today I live off music even if indirectly (it's an operational job, but my job still consists of listening to music)... But I also feel that 24 hours a day are not enough to do everything I want to do, sometimes I feel bad about it (for not being able to invest more time in beats and my music) and sometimes I only understand the current context of my life... I felt represented by your videos, congratulations on the endeavor, I'm even thinking about making vlogs like this
This is amazing. Super inspiring as someone who works six days a week and tries to still find the time to make music.
The video production is too tier.
God bless
Thank you 🙏
Just found your channel this week and love the content and dig your beats!
I’m almost 47 and still grinding. I’m a dad and a husband. I run a gym, train clients, lead classes, building superintendent, DJ on the weekends and try to find time to make beats.
I’ve been djing for 26 years and still love moving a dance floor regardless of what I’m spinning. I guess you can say the act of moving a crowd is my passion. I almost get high off it. I love the energy of rocking a dance floor and dream of one day playing my own music for a crowd!
Keep the content coming.!.!
Heck yeah, sounds like you’re a busy man. And I feel ya on the energy thing, it’s a transcendent experience. And you will!
Your videos are so great. Trying to explain your process and your life is so cool. The music + landscaping together is also weirdly satisfying.
Thank you! Yeah it feels unique and interesting.
Massive respect 👊 You're living right
Thanks for being so vulnerable & honest!
This year, I will be turning 40 and I'm still creating music like you guys. Right now, I'm learning finger drumming on my MPC1000. I always wanted to play some instruments and took some steps to learn piano, but I find finger drumming a lot more enjoyable.
That’s cool man, and yeah finger drumming is cool. There’s some cats out there that kill that. I’ve did it a little, but not too much. 🤙
I am a trainer for jobless people and just love to create what ever musical nonsense comes out of my experiments... time flys by so fast while playing around, so that's a good sign ... it even pushed me back to school because I wanted to understand the electrical circuits behind my modular synth... so for my diploma I created something for this system... music is life... your sh*t is dope mate... big up!
glad i found this channel, you're awesome. love the honesty.
Bruh you just got cooler! Mad respect to you sir! You definitely inspire my procrastinating mind.
I could relate to this on so many levels.. thank you! gratitude
I really resonate with you Homie. I also work 6 days a week doing property maintenance and delivering landscape supplies, while still taking time when I can to fire up the sampler and cook up some beats. I definitely have a more flexible schedule though cause I don’t have kids. But I certainly respect your technique with the samplers and the string trimmer.😆
Your beats are dope. Keep ‘em comin Bro. Peace.
This is awesome and refreshing to see, have followed you on insta for a long time - great work man!
I'm in the similar boat - I'm 45 now and have always been a creative, I have a family, kids, a full time job, play in a psych rock band and also try to work on my own music too (though it doesn't get out there much) It's not how I pay the bills, but it's my passion and I'm lucky to be able to do it. I look at it like - I fund my own creativity and therefore I can do exactly what I want with it, which is the best feeling. It's FULLY about the process. You are doing IT!
Sometimes life gets in the way and it is hard trying to make time, but it can also create a much needed spark.
You've inspired me to try the early morning thing! Thanks.
My Brother the first piece of music I ever listen to as a kid I was 6yrs old and it was James Brown Live At The Apollo.
That album came out in 1962, I was born in 1962, this year in November I'll be 62 and still groovin!😂
Never let go of the fight the passion and the desire of what makes you happy because it'll also extend your life cycle.
I'm not trying to sit on a park bench feeding Pigeon!😂
I've got a MPC One a Maschine Plus and a SP404 MK2 and they keep my wheels turning but i got to admit I'm a little jealous of the OG MPC'S you have.
But at the end of the day it's not the gear it us as Producer's and beat make and how we use the gear that makes the difference. Stay up My Brother, Keep It Live!
Have a Great Day Fam!😎
Keep what you doin. Your beats are sick. Peace ✌from Poland
Respect from Chicago man. This is super dope.
Thank you 🤙
Hey man, your video really opened up my mind. I used to think I had to make my music fit the market, but turns out I don’t. Funny enough, I’ve been making more money from something I don’t even enjoy doing that much. But hey, life goes on, right? Eventually, I realized the music I create isn’t for anyone else, but for the monsters within me. So yeah, your video really hits home with what I’m going through right now! 🍻🍻🍻🍻
hell yeah dude you just became more cooler and relatable! keep up the grind!
Thanks for sharing these thoughts man… That “process” perspective really helps to calm my over-analytical mind when it comes to beat smithing 👍🏾
Thank you for listening/watching. And yeah I feel you.
Good lord! Smacking beat. Great content. Awesome channel! Subbed.
Yes! This is the message, the result is not what is important, the feeling you get / state of mind during the process of creating is why we should be creating in the first place.
Really cool video man, really refreshing and looking forward to more💪
Man there is nothing wrong with being a landscaper. That doesn't define you or limit you. You are also an artist. I am an industrial maintenance technician, and at night I come home and hit the studio and the MPC. I used to feel shame that I wasn't a real artist, but really all I wanna do is make things, and who cares what happens?
Same boat here man. 20 years on you and the reality is work and family are the priority so music and other things get what’s left. It’s a gift to have the time to spend on something that brings us inner joy so it’s all good. 🙏🏾
You are where you are supposed to be.
Thanks for sharing as it is really relatable. I work as an electrician the last 4 years but music is my passion. Started drums when i was 15 ( 34 now ) and then later production.
Ain’t nothing wrong with having a real job to support your passion.
Also thanks for bringing us together, its cool to be apart of. Happy music making yall
Man putting the production with everyday life is so fire!
Most important thing in life is to enjoy it, not to make it bigtime and start touring. It's cool and all, but having the skill to make music in itself is a gift all in its own. As long as it bring you joy to create, you are more rich and successful than most
Hey man, I love your videos!
I’d like to show you a different perspective: I’m a full time session musician and producer based in London UK. I tour and record with two major artists and have my own project and get to see the world and perform at incredible places.
The fact is that most of the cats in my scene all teach, play hotel and restaurant gigs on the side, which they never talk about. We can afford to live this life cause most of us do not have families or a house and land (or even a car). If they do, they often have rich parents.
So to me, doing music full time is for most people as much of a trade off, as it is talent and luck.
I had to move to the shitstorm which is London as for me this is the only place for most people in the UK where you even can find enough work.
Keep it up homie! Your creativity and spirit behind your videos is amazing
Hey, great videos. For the 1000, JJOS really is a game changer, and opens the machine up to another level. Creating a template is very easy.
Funny I just had this conversation recently with an artist I work with, that the process, the passion, the moments of flow, that is the reward. Not this arbitrary outcomes we attach meaning to. Anyways, I’m 38, working my regular job making music when I can. Really glad I found your videos today. Much love and keep doing what you’re doing!
Bro you make regular life look like an action movie
It’s inspiring
Keep it up👍
Tooo dope 🔥🔥🔥
Sick music and video brother.
Never quit being creative. It's all part of this experience.
You're not alone either brother.
Music is a universal language. We can use it to convey any emotion or audio experience to any person of any background or ethnicity. There are no barriers to interpreting those vibrations : )
It's beautiful really. Subscribed.
I only found your channel recently but I fw your videos bro. The beats are good and your perspective is relatableb
Legit the most engaging format for making music and sharing music on YT. Process, Life, Perspective. Subscribed. Totally inspired by the everything you're saying, doing and the music you're making bro. Mad genuine.
Agree that UA-cam it the perfect place to air out. Truly a voice for average people. And thank you so much for the kind words!
@@ThePinkLadyAppleHouse Average people don't do much. Being able to reflect isn't average (at least not for me haha) Creators creating is always above average, always~ I'm not good with the camera but it's inspiring how you're sharing more than just your music and how it all gels. Thanks for sharing
man I can't believe you like underground hip hop,. lol,. it's so beautiful,. : )
I can relate to this on so many levels. Glad I found this video.
all about the process! thank you for sharing yours! never stop creating.
Bro, go through the journey and get the JJOS it’ll change your life
I’ll do it, have to get a card first.
JJOS is necessary.
Man, you’re doing it. Half the fun is discovering our personal process. Turning the creative ideas in our heads into something we can experience is part of the reward.
Great beat. Good vibes.
Dope beat Cheers 🍺🍺
just stumbled upon your channel and i can assure you, you are the definition of cool. you provide for your family and still manage time to work on your craft. i’m 22 years old and also do landscaping/lawn care for work full time and every second i have for music im pretty much going at it. lets keep it going man!
Thank you man for this video. It‘s always inspiring and I love it. I think struggling and doubting with the things what we do as an Artist ist Part of the way and process. No doubt is no depth in your life and so in your music. Thats my experience and my sight of view. Keep on going dude🌈☀️🤙🏽❤️
Oh, this comment should be to your video „No rest for the wicked“ 😀✌🏽
fellow dad here, really resonate with this. I work in social media as my daily job, so I know my way around making content. but I never got around to apply that to my own stuff. truthfully I can't deal with the pressure of not having a stable income mentally, so I try to work around my schedule. at some point I just realized that UA-cam, for me, doesn't have to be the shiny videos that show a perfect outcome. the struggle is part of my journey and the videos and musical scribbles are my creative journal.
we show up everyday because we want to, and I feel more and more comfortable knowing that I don't have to explain myself to anybody simply because I don't owe that to anyone. the people that care enough to not judge are the people that are going through the same things in different ways.
cheers dude, you got a new subscriber. excited to see your journey.
i'm 23, started producing at 11 but feeling like it's going nowhere. writers block for my own art. can't sell a beat for shit. want to move to LA to chase music, working on it. feeling very stuck rn.
my daily grind is waking up and not doing much. gone through some big life changes and i guess i'm still getting adjusted. thought i'd be doing this artist thing by 17 lmao. nowhere in sight. what matters is the music in the end though, and it's good to see you're still doing dope shit and chasing stuff. motivating to me to get out there too, hopefully i'll get on it
Yeah I have felt stuck several times. I’ve created for around 16 years now. Mostly kept it to myself and close friends and then about 8 years ago I started posting on social media, instagram really. And did that consistently and then bam one day I made a beat that kinda went viral, got over 3 million views and that changed some things for me. Started selling some beats, met some cool people and gave me some real confidence. What I’m trying to say is to keep going man. Fail until you don’t.
Keep Going I’m 51 they Gonna have to bury me with my Mpc 😂 Remember the Gold Must Go Through the Fire 🔥 in order to Shine
It's pretty refreshing to watch someone keep his routine and be passionate about it.
It is not only about the music that makes your content interesting. It's everything around you, your personality and scenery as well. Keep doing what you do!
Hey thank you! Glad it resonates with some people, I plan to keep it going.
Dude you’re a real fucking artist. It’s HARD to hold on to passions and hobbies you love as an adult and your out here doing it awhile taking care of work and he fam. That’s always admirable. Inspiration to me and may others forsure. Keep it up dude!
I'm 26, and I've been chasing music since high school 2017. I've graduated college, have a steady girlfriend, and have my first real job working 40 hours a week. I'm very passionate about making music and trying to do it every day. You still getting after it is so fucking cool and given me lots of inspiration thank you. 🙏🏼
Yeah dude, ok… you are healthy, you are alive, you do your job, had your family with you and a studio to makin music…. Best Life! ❤️✌️
Iam 45 by the way.
Man I feel a lot of this. Two kids full time grind and family time. I love the process of jamming and making something on my Mpc live 2. I don’t normally save my stuff I just fully whole heartedly enjoy the process. Thanks for sharing this really resonates with me.
this video was dope. your video cuts are clean. i'm coming up on 32 and did not think this is where i'd be, for better and for worse. the process and figuring out how to fit everything in the day, is def art in itself. keep on grinding and keep the passion lit.
Thanks man.🤙
I’m 51 and work at a lumberyard driving CDL trucks, but I’ll never give up on my dream for creating music!
❤ Keep it up! Loving the process is bliss.
Brother you inspire me. I'm 46 and have been making beats and hobby producing for well over 25 years. When I started out I was sure I'd blow up and make a name (and a living) for myself. Came close a couple times (in my mind) when I produced a couple local artists in my area. Nothing more ever really came of it. Pretty social media selling CDs out of the trunk. I have a family and do construction and a musical "career" doesn't seem likely in the cards for me. I'm ok with that simply because I enjoy making music. It's been a long and winding journey of ups and downs almost hung it up a few times but I seem to always (eventually come back to my roots of flipping and ripping beats. It's been awesome to find your channel my man. It's refreshing to know there are people out there just like you. Thank you!
*pre social media selling CDs....
I hear that man, I’ve came close a couple of times to and then it didn’t happen and it’s been quite disappointing in those moments. But like you said you just keep coming back to the roots which is why we do it in the first place. Keep on keepin man 🤙
Ran across your videos on Instagram and now on YT. You’re on your way to doing creativity for a living bud. Your stuff is just too good. I’m 41- live in small town Texas and just bought my first mpc. You’re like my spirit animal, so thankful the algorithm put you in my feed. Keep grinding. And I’m going to figure out a way to start rising at 4:30am 🙏🏽
Hey thank you man! Which MPC did you get? And yeah the 4:30 am thing is tough, but worth it.
@@ThePinkLadyAppleHouse mpc one retro. Feel bad for the guy I bought it from. Auction ended for $370 on eBay. Insane tool for the price.
@TheRuralOnes nice man, an MPC is always cool. Good luck with it 🤙
52 year old here, i started making pause button mixes in the mid 80s, started DJing around 1988, first beats around 1989, still making beats but I’m in the grind 6 days a week, I’m a fire risk assessor alongside CCTV / intruder alarm / tv system installation contractor. I work an average 80 hour week as I’m trying to build up business so I can get enough passive income to step back and just relax more and make music, but Jesus it’s hard…. Love the video, peace.
3:10-3:40 relatable. i started making beats in 2007, sophomore year of highschool. had dreams of making beats for a living, didnt even want to be rich/famous, wouldve been totally fine in a dingy apartment in a big city making music with cool rapper dudes and other prods, digging in the crates and making beats 24/7. now im a father of 3 with a "regular" full time job and beat making is just a hobby, something i do for fun. im having way more fun and making better (imo) music now then when i was actually hungry and putting more effort into putting my stuff out and trying to turn it into a career.
Yeah, I feel the same too. I had similar visions too, but life happened. I do though like being home and in my creative space and working at my own pace.
You’re super cool bro. Wholeheartedly respect your grind.
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Bruh !
Keep being you, never let what others think or feel stop you from the Music of you. Hopefully others will began to understand the music they create is first for whom created it. If by chance people monetize their music fine but if not ,OK! Life continues.
The tragedy happens when one stops their creating, thus not serving themself the joy and balance music brings to their lives and those around them. Grinding and Creating is balance in life. You'd be grinding just as hard if you were in the Crappy music industry. Music has literally been a part of my life since birth, I'm 61 enjoying life , still creating music. I'm inspired by you to create video content now. You working 6 days and can do it, I have no excuse now.
You seem happy and healthy , that's what we all want anyway. Right?
hey man I just discovered your channel, super relatable, and I love your style of videos and beats, keep it up bro, good vibes all around
Thank you! Glad you dig it.
Really appreciate the realness of your videos. Reeespect. 👊✊️
Those pressure washing and lawn care/mowing videos are super captivating too, sounds like you found your niche combining your passion and your career!
Love your workflow and process! Beats are sounding Dope! Keep at it!
This video gave me a higher level of respect for you, Taking care of your family and maintaining a job while still creating is no easy task and deserves the ultimate respect.
Man, you ARE cool! Keep up creating!
mad respect brotha! im also in my 30's, make beats and felt this video 100%
nice vid man, and I agree about the process, its therapeutic in a way
To set up your 1000 the way you want id recommend looking into the AUTOLOAD feature. I think u will need a card for it to work tho, definitely worth picking up a cf card, essentially you create a folder named autoload and set all your settings etc then save (save entire memory) into that folder. It’ll load whenever you boot up. Nothing wrong with sticking with default akai os if u like it, but JJOS (even the free version) offers a load of useful bits I never even realised I needed
"We are all one thru consciousness"
I'm right there with you. I'm 39 and still stuck and scared to show the world my music I've been making for 15 years. Don't ask me why. But I do know that I love every minute of my creative process!!!
Have a great day brother.
Thanks for this. I completely resonate with this. I work, have a family, kids, responsibilities, but the compulsion to create music is too strong to ignore. Thanks for putting this out there, thanks for creating (we need more people creating art!), and please keep this up. It inspires me and reminds me that creating is important, along with all the other important things in my life. Take care.
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Thanks for sharing man. Every day, we've made it, whatever we're doing. I'm resonating with you here, I've got three kids, a partner, and a regular job and love making things too. What you make, how you are even when you're not making, is worth a shit and is worth sharing. I guess I'm trying to say your take is underrepresented here and it's refreshing to hear it.
Very awesome! i make safety shoes 5 days a week and making music and painting is my stress killer. Best therapy to me there is.
You are CREATING -- nothing cooler than that. Artists need to create.
Love your videos...because I think we somewhat share a same mind etc when it comes to this...I'm 49 and LOVE! the culture (music..beats..life..family etc) and have struggled to find the time to create...I love the process...more than anything...but I work in the auto industry and get up at 4.30am everyday..5 to 7 days a week...have a family..wife and 5 cats😸..no kids though..but love to make beats and the culture of sampling/production..
But yeah..keep it going man..nothing that can stop us but us🫵🏿💪🏿
Honestly bro, it's super hard to make a living off music. Side money is more viable, but even that is extremely difficult today. 100,000 streams will fill your gas tank up a handful of times (maybe) at best. Create for yourself, and push it as much as you are comfortable with/have time for. If it pops, bet. If not, you still are doing something you love.
Dude! Very cool to a little behind the scenes of the real life stuff. You are a true chaser of passion and still making a living. Love you sharing this part of your story. Love the multi talented approach with film and music. I’m 38, been building a video and photo biz over the last 4 years and burning out on the regular. I don’t have the kids, the 9-5, or a partner to give time to and I’m still expecting a long road ahead with no sleep and little time. In short, I don’t know how you’re doing it, but keep the momentum man! Love the stuff you’re producing and you yourself are interesting to listen to and your perspective.
Hey man. Found and follow you on instagram. You deliver a great message here and you have a great outlook on both music/creativity and life. Keep on going and making content like you are. It sounds like you have a beautiful routine worked out. 🙌
Programmer here. Huge respect for your landscaping job. Working outside is underrated. I’ve done a lot of work in the music industry over the years and I have huge respect for people who do that day to day, but it’s not for me. I have to keep music as a creative outlet where I can just do weird stuff and leave songs “unfinished” and not feel awkward about it.
im 23 and i clean out trashed apartments and garages while i listen to my beats from the night before.
lifes tough but i feel like id be down to live in a shoebox as long as i can make my music bro (maybe im just being nieve lol.) much love from oregon!
Keep at it dude.
I watch yr videos and rly enjoy them, very inspiring. I hope you know yr authenticity and showing yr life and process are very cool and captivating and tbh this is the kind of content the internet needs. more videos on authentic working class musicians chopping beats with vignettes of their life instead of video #3,938 on whatever new sequencer just came out. please more :)
Haha for real. I know what you mean.
Cheers fellow artsy grass cutter here! Inspiring thanks man!
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You're on the come up brother! Groovy beats, great video style, I subscribed about 10 seconds into your Creative Regular Guy video. Excited to watch you blow up!
The algorithm brought me your channel awhile ago - and I was pulled into your incredible aesthetic, color grading, and dope tunes. Absolutely love the content that you have been putting out, and I for one - would love to hear more around your process as long as we also continue to hear the tunes. Keep on creating man! It's beautiful.
The period of time where recorded music has been the end product measured in sales is very short in the history of music. The rest of the time the action of making the music was all there was, I think we are coming back to that as music creation is more accessible. Ableton have a new podcast called Doing Music which eludes to this. I teach music production for my daily grind and find your channel, process and music inspiring. I also have a family and struggle to find time to work on my own music. Keep going mate you are cool. Also my 2yo son absolutely loves lawnmowers and garden tools so that is a huge part of my life at the moment too
Hell yeah brother, keep killing it. You definitely have inspired me to fire up FL Studio again with this video and the last. Thank you 🖤
I needed this! Thanks man!! Keep doing what you're doing! We love it!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 this is inspirational. I'm definitely going to keep at it as well. And you never know what other opportunities will come from you staying at it! God bless you man! And your family! 🙏🏾
Mannnn, thank you so much. Keep keepin
I think you are pretty cool. Keep creating and being you!
awesome video. super inspiring
Homie I'm 36 and thought I would be doing music for a living, too. Here we are. I'm still working on that, though. I'm gonna get there. I need to do the whole YT thing like you. My day job is actually marketing and PR for a professional association of home designers. I've struggled to get people to buy downloads of my music, and streaming pays out crap. I'm working on going analog. Bought a cassette dubber that will be here next week and I'll be producing limited drops of my music...maybe that will make some money. At this point I'm happy to stick w/ the day job for a while longer and instead just get money to put back into gear. Switching from all midi/software to analog is pricey but it will be worth it. Then I'll get back to performing and that will help too.