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I think it really goes down to how many songs can you write and record while working a full time job, taking care of your house or apartment, sleeping, eating and just doing other non music things to stay in balance. Most of us aren't playing music for a living. It can take me 2 weeks to go through the whole process for my solo material on top of working on music for the band I play in. That also mean not everything I write or record should be released not to mention taking time to let people know it's out there. I would rather release a good song when I can than 3 or 4 shitty ones just to have a large catalog.

Thanks for this video. We always see people online talking about their journey to huge numbers, but it’s nice to see someone talking about reaching a number that is probably the next realistic goal in someone’s journey

Who else is here before 1 million daily plays? 🖐️

Yessir, congrats man..im calling it rn more is coming this is only the beginning stay consistent 🚀❤️

Well done! Every little step counts. Its good to see some real numbers on TH-cam for once.

I simply cannot understand how is it possible to release one song a day without concluding that 90 % or even more is simply crap. To find a good melody, harmonizing it in an appealing way, with a pair of sophisticated chords here and there, looking for the right patches on keyboards, making a sexy bassline (not to mention interesting lyrics), mixing all it up, mastering, making a video........ Are you all geniuses or what?

I've followed these and others and tried all the permutations of release schedules. They all make NO DIFFERENCE at all. Some tracks hit, others don't. The schedule is not the deciding factor. There are far more important aspects.

I like your metaphor about reading the dictionary to write. I feel like studying scales too much is very similar to this. the thing i dont like about theory is it can sometimes seem like its focusing too much on the math instead of the sound. Trying to understand theory has taken a lot of fun out of music for me at times. The part i do like about it though is its way to communicate chords. I think im at a point where I mostly just want to learn lots of chord shapes, but primarily play and create by ear.

Your heart and your mind are in the right place. You want to help. Unfortunately, the very nature of most musicians is that of vanity and narcissism. I've hung out with lots of musicians in my time, and my experience tells me that their "friendships" a lot of times, are very superficial. As a group, they are very interested in themselves. This is just reality. For the most part, it's a vain and narcissistic bunch. This is particularly true of the ones that perform. If you want to have fun with musicians, find the ones that stay home, and just want somebody else to jam with, in their living rooms. These musicians are less likely to be self absorbed.

Kurt Cobain really said THAT?? I am shocked ...

interesting idea that doesn't get talked about much - thanks for making this video!

Thx for the info. Perfect example of supporting the local scene.

Since uploading this I've already made a couple of changes... and I expect more will happen before it's recorded! 😆

With respect to Tyler, he is a good dude, and his content is solid. Dudes who paid for music school and put that work in under someone's judgemental oversight will always feel like its the best way. And I don't blame them. If you know "I am roughly in F," you know enough to start communicating. You don't need to know it's a Fmaj7/N9

Good analysis. I need to get serious about merch

Your Band Is A Business, You're so talented! I had to hit the like button!

What Kurt's saying is true for the 0.0001% of super innovative geniuses (ie it's true for him) if Kurt respected proper chords would he invent a new style where you use the power chord shape for everything? it's wrong and lame for most people (the other 99.9999%) who could be way better if they complimented their instrument practice with some book learning

The secret is Practice. Theory is just what you need to communicate with other musicians. Thanks for your thoughtful review. ❤

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I'm releasing a song every day. Things are changing, and the bar is rising.

every (non jazz) musician could compose better with more knowledge of theory while still doing cool minimal modern music whatever they're doing. they would just get it right at the first try instead of having to try every note to see which one they wanted. but where are the examples of the opposite? in what way could morton subotnick or debussy or stravinsky or charlie parker or duke ellington, john coltrane, james jamerson etc et have done better if they knew less? sure, deejays (used to) have knowledge that musicians lack, but they usually have muso studio guys to make the music for them

I have released almost 10 years and every friday last 3 years. When i started with every friday i had about 40000 streams in a month but now almost 140000 streams... for me it works.. im making Future Garage / Jungle / Liquid DNB / House / Deep dubstep etc.

*Congratulations!!* I just came across your video and wanted to tell you that. I hope it goes really well for you, I know how hard it can be to share your art with other people. I believe in you & hope to stumble across your content again. I really wish I could go watch your band. If you can, please post videos from it!

I have no idea where you dug up these two (similar-looking) guys (looks like you spend too much time paying attention to people talking about music), but the answer is that they are both wrong. I'm not impressed by Jesse Cannon's "DIY" past... he seems to have been involved with the more commercially-minded US indies of the 90s/00s punk scene (and there were plenty of shitheads around there). The fact is that what they are concerned with is _marketing,_ when you should concentrate more on just working hard and trying to make music that's not crap... these guys have the mindset of the major labels, who put their effort into trying to get you to buy inferior products. Remember that Fugazi managed to achieve a pretty high level of success (selling millions of records) without releasing singles, without music videos, without cooperating with MTV or the music press, without advertising. They worked hard and made something worthwhile which, over time, gained momentum. Led Zeppelin did not release singles... their career consisted of releasing a record a year and playing live. I guess they did a pretty good job at both, considering the scale of their success. TH-cam is full of videos for crap bands. I keep giving videos a chance and do you know what it results in? "Don't recommend this channel". They try to peddle me crap, they get blacklisted for good. And note that there _are_ bands these days that manage to gain traction by just working hard and putting out the occasional music video. Further, you can even manage to attract an audience with lo-fi recordings (see Noko's demos, or a band like Parannoul, whose production values seem to match early black metal...).

Bro, there is no info in your youtube page about what your band name is, the spotify link to your music and there is no music in this youtube channel. How you want to blow up if you are not promoting your music here. It is mindblowing.

I think theory is a great tool for appreciating music in a more studied way. I don't think it's necessary for anyone who plays an instrument to develop a useful understanding of music.

Great! As said my process is not that dissimilar; I give a song a title based on words that fit the melody like you and often that drives the story. However the lyrics that mean the most to me, usually start before I have a melody. I'll have a thought, a story, a couple sentences, and then that drives the song, which in turn drives the rest of the lyrics. One last point which I think you also occasionally do: I like introducing a different perspective or a different person or a twist in the chorus or the bridge. Eg if the song is "why did you leave me" then the bridge could explain exactly all the reasons. Makes it all the more poignant (if it works). Mostly I'm impressed on how you really refine the lyrics... It really works!

Sing sing sing. Like you said, Cobain sang along with his favorite stuff for years. If you sing along with your favorite music, you literally feel music’s vibration in your body. Through singing, you develop a completely intuitive way to create that comes from within, from the heart. Theory is all in the head, completely cut off from the heart.

I agree that Cobain was trolling he knew definitely some basic stuff.But I believe that talent and creativity is more important than knowledge

I have a few points to make on this subject. Regarding the "music theory: good/bad" matter, the same thing exists in the world of cinema, where I believe film schools have killed Western cinema. Here is my point of view: film schools do not produce artists, they produce engineers -- people who are experts at the manipulation of the audience through cinematic cliches. It is no coincidence that both Spielberg and Lucas were from the first generation of filmschool graduates in the US (UCLA, I believe). I read the intro to a book about screenwriting and the writer (a filmschool teacher) raised the fact that people say "but this is supposed to be art" and I find the counterexample he gave to be very telling: "A star athlete does not rely on his talent alone, but also on training." The problem with that? An athlete is not an artist! An athlete is someone who specialises in optimising the performance of certain actions! So he trains to strengthen the relevant muscles and improve his technique, to make his moves as efficient as possible. So what we get from this is that film schools produce people who _are optimised to producing certain products:_ you study screenwriting? You can quickly churn out scripts that are "well written" (based on the Robert McKee template of "how to write a script"). Talent? Originality? Innovation? Those words are not relevant. The same goes for music schools: the theory nerds will tell you that if you want to convey a certain emotion you should use such or such scale or chords. But this limits people's expression and pushes them into the use of cliches. (Bryan from Critical Reactions said he finds "post-hardcore" like ATDI fascinating, because he doesn't understand how the music is written: if he wants to write a pop-punk song or a heavy metal song etc., he knows how to go about doing it, but not with "post-hardcore". But the moment you say "I'm going to write a pop-punk song" and you have a template for how it should be structured, you're going to make bland, cliched crap! And this is what happens when you get over-analytic about art and try to qualify things, rather than going by feel.) This brings me to another point that's worth raising: making the distinction between "music theory" and "music school". Zappa knew music theory, but did *not* study music: he went to the library, borrowed a book about composition and sat and learned on his own. So what he did is learn a _language_ that helped him execute his ideas. But when you go to music school, you are basically indoctrinated in How Music Should Be™, which means limiting creativity and opting for cliches. And there's another problem with music schools: homogenity. You talk about training one's ear. Well, in music school all the students have their ear trained _the same way!_ All the students are given the same examples and the same exercises to do... so their idea of what music should sound like is similar. Another point is that I take issue with the wide use of the word "genius". I really don't know if Curt Cobain was a musical genius... Zappa yes, but Cobain? Saying that is a copout for the theory losers, to avoid a proper explanation for why he is good and they are not. I think something worth keeping in mind is the importance of _character._ Here is a good example: nearly all Christian rock is complete shite; a lot of "Satanic" and occult music tends to be good or interesting. There's a good reason for this: religious people are, by definition, conservatives who are looking to walk in line and live like people lived in the past. OTOH, people who are attracted to mysticism, occultism, radical politics, tend to be people who are not satisfied with mainstream society and are looking for something different -- so when they make music, they'll also tend to be adventurous and look to break rules and boundaries. If you take Cobain, he didn't just listen to punk and pop, but also metal and things like Daniel Johnston and the Pastels and all kinds of underground music. Add to that a hard life and mental illness and you have a person who is a little more complex than the average cliche punk or metalhead, with a wide spectrum of emotions and musical influences, which results in unique songwriting. I completely agree with you about music school bands being identifiable and bland and I think that is not just because of what music school does to people, but also because of what kind of people go to music school! I had several friends who studied music and they'd always talk about fellow students being "so talented", but do any of them ever do anything interesting? Pfft. Nada. They're basically boring middle-class people who listen to jazz and classical music and like to sit around smoking pot. Pretty bland and boring people. So bland and boring music. And one last point worth making: most people who play guitar learn how to tune the guitar to the "standard" tuning and how to play some chords... so they've learnt a bit of music theory that helps them a lot! Even Cobain!

Tyler's a great songwriter, for the record.

The Beatles didn't know theory either, they used their ears and years of playing cover songs to create their music. Kurt had a good ear, but he didn't know the specific terms, modes, keys and scales that were underlying his own music. And he didn't care. He didn't have to know that. He played what sounded good. Theory simply helps explain *why* something sounds good. It really should be a limit the restricts the music. On the other hand Kurt was a snob who attacked Pearl Jam for not being "real Alternative" because they used Blues based solos. He didn't know keys or modes, so he didn't have any idea of what to do for soloing - which he sucked at. What's he's doing here is trying to justify his being a crappy soloist because there were a great many soloists from Vai to Satriani at that time. (Coincidentally, Eddie Van Halen didn't really know theory that great either. He also just played what sounded good to him.)

Musicianship is why Stone Temple PIlots had a more sophisticated sound and NIrvana was three chord music for middle school kids. Unfortunately, most music theory nerds don't write more sophisticated songs, but rather show off with fast, BS guitar noodling, like horrible LA "Metal" dumbness.

Hey this was a very interesting video and introspective analysis, Subscribed! B.S. degree in audio engineering, business, and theory. My songwriting has most of the time come from a flow state and habitual methods. Theory was always there to help me out of my writers block.

Hi, I really think Kurt was a genius. 13 years ago I met a guitarist who is now my best friend. He has no ideas of what is music theory (I did study classical guitar for 20 years and I can’t do anything else than just interpret) he is a huge fan of Kurt and as soon I heard him, I saw Kurt now. I have a home studio and I give him access to it whenever he wants and magic happened. I did work in recording studios and show him how to mix, record, and master his music. He is doing all by himself, all the instruments. After all those years I don’t understand how he is doing all of that. Well, the theory is not necessary, I have the proof of it every day at home. His name is Mister Weirdman.

Everybody forget the fact that music has existed long before theory...Every musical instrument can be learned by a good ear...Theory doesn't make a good musician and good musician doesn't need theory...

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You can watch Eddie Van Halen's criticism against Music Theory

it's nearly impossible for small name artists playing live.

If you're not already aware of them, you should look into how Bob Vylan have approached the problem. Proudly 100% independent, they've taken on (and rejected) the corporate musical establishment and have flourished.

Annie Leibovitz joked that people interested in photography would ask her what kind of camera she used. She said, "If you're thinking about cameras, you're not taking pictures." Something like that. But at the same time you can bet your ass she knows about cameras and all the technical aspects of photography. Sting was asked why he chose a certain outside chord at one point in his song and he said it was where he thought it should go in his head. He wasn't thinking theoretically when he wrote it but at the same time Sting knows theory. That makes perfect sense to me and that's how I think of theory.

Lithium is absolutely in a key, lol Sure it goes off the rails on flat 6 & 7 as did the Beatles. What makes it strange is the order of the chords in the progression is disorienting. Theory helps us to understand the world of music around us. It might help in writing when you get stuck but that's a left brain activity. While the creative part is left to the right brain:) Pun intended! Nirvana Lithium D F#m Bm G Bb C A C I iii vi IV bVI bVII V bVII

super interesting video ! loved your insight

No one would say that an engineer may know too much about building bridges to build bridges or the engineer say that knowledge compromises his creativity.

If Music Theory is not entangled with Ear training, Practice & Applicability, then, Music Theory becomes a useless Dead Language...

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TRUTH nobody really knows what the next guy ACTUALLY knows. "Really good ear" really indicates a knowledge of the sound of intervals and chord progressions not neccessarily knowing the lingo. Whether you want to admit it or not every player or singer does use theory in this way. Music is for the soul. It doesn't need words to describe it. Just because you're not thinking of it in a grammatical/mathematical way does not mean you're not using theory. Every person knows what gravity is. You don't have to know anything about physics for the rules to apply.

1:56 while there are no “right” or “wrong” ways to do music, there are certainly best practices. There are efficient and inefficient approaches. Sometimes improving has to come from unlearning ingrained bad practices and Shedding past incorrect assumptions. That’s why it’s helpful to have a coach/mentor to help guide you.

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What about the left/right brain dichotomy? Math(logic and theory, basically) and matters of the heart lie in different hemispheres of the brain. Apollo/Dionysius. I think the root of the discussion is an ancient argument and spans all art forms. “We artists are tightrope walkers over the void and our critics are shaking the rope.” -Cocteau, “Diary of an Unknown”