Become a better producer by deeply analyzing other tracks
Added 2024-01-04 07:05:04 +0000 UTCLittle bit of a new year ramble (and tutorial) on how valuable it can be to analyze your favorite songs. This is an exercise I try to do often, and a process I also use to learn how to produce in sub-genres / styles I'm not 100% familiar with (ALA: a lot of the "make music like" series) In my opinion it flexes a different part of your brain - and only contributes to becoming a better producer. What do you think?
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Pretty cool to hear about artists taking a similar approach in other genres: "To create our own artistic voice, we have to first learn to emulate our heroes" - agree 100%! Regarding the last piece, definitely had that happen before too. In the electronic music world when that happens I find it's usually from a sample / preset another artist maybe used - I'll even hear a sample on an old sample CD and think - "Huh...feel like ive heard this before..." - you end up even playing the same (or very similar) notes unintentionally. kind of odd how the human brain works sometimes
Thought-Forms
2024-01-07 15:35:26 +0000 UTCNice video! I used to take a similar approach when I first got into drum programming. I would throw my favourite Meshuggah tracks into my DAW, pull up an instance of Addictive Drums and just use my ear to the best of my ability to recreate what I heard on the album. To create our own artistic voice, we have to first learn to emulate our heroes. It’s also funny how the audience sometimes picks up on what they hear to be clear influences in our music, when we actually never even heard or listened to the artist in question. I had someone once do that when comparing one of my atmospheric black metal projects to Mesarthim (whom at the time I had never listened to). The worst thing to deal with is when you come up with an idea that sounds strangely familiar but you just can’t put your finger on what it sounds like until you stumble across a song months later only to realise that you were subconsciously stealing an idea from somewhere else. Fun stuff!
Brandon Tadday
2024-01-05 22:31:08 +0000 UTCLove to hear it Treyce! This tactic is one of the best ways to evolve, as you're really learning by doing - and training your ear to hear things. Tutorials are great and you can get a lot of insights from them no doubt (I watch a bunch myself, knowledge is always good), but you definitely need to go out and chart a path yourself in tandem, that's where the real growth happens (imo!) Avith Ortega is awesome! He has some great videos on the silent hill stuff
Thought-Forms
2024-01-05 15:26:18 +0000 UTCThis is honestly my favorite way of learning, like I will always be drawn to videos that show just how to emulate a certain style or sound, which is why I started following you! Another youtuber I enjoy watching for the breakdowns / how to’s is Avith ortega, who has made several videos on how to recreate certain songs from the silent hill series.
Treyce Hanlon
2024-01-05 04:50:18 +0000 UTC
