The 100 Do's & Don'ts - Fantastic advice and it can pretty much apply to a lot of different disciplines and careers. Remember, "common sense" isn't very common anymore!
@@zachary4670 If you listen to music , you're gonna be influenced by it subconsciously , so if you want to sound like you and not anyone else it's best that you stay away from music when writing
@@Kaeilios film music is dumbed down and theres not much to learn from it in terms of what a real orchestra can do, now if youre writing some score with synths and thats what youre listening to then fine but most film music with orchestras just use them for long sustained notes and drones and comepletely boring uninspired chords
I think we have so much to learn from film music - I mean, the film music I listen to are mostly orchestras recorded live, such as the Harry Potter soundtrack. Gotta say, I was taken aback when he said that!! Film music is some of the best!
@schmidchrs yes, but what if what inspired them doesn't inspire you? what if what THEY created inspires you? if we all draw on the same inspiration, wouldn't THAT result in similar music being created everywhere? Music is heard and responded to differently by everyone, no matter how subtle the difference may be, and we should all listen to ourselves and focus on what inspires us. Of course, we should do this with a broad knowledge of musical genres so that we may THEN choose what inspires us.
Dear Christian (after this video you shall let me call you like that). I'm a Brazilian producer and composer. Brazil is going through hard times. Sometimes, living here make me loose confidence on human behavior. Your 100th video was a big support on helping me to return to one of the most beautiful Brazilian characteristics: tenderness.
As a music producer just getting out of college, this is one of my favorite videos on TH-cam. Thanks so much for your insight, it's so so so valuable to a clueless 21 year old :-)
This must be one of the most inspirational and hilarious videos of this type and field that exist out there. I am grateful that people like you exist and are sharing insights and "mentoring" the community; in this "flood" of click-bait channels and videos of "How to..." "This is the secret of making killer music" "5 mistakes producers do" and all that sort of crap, there are few outstanding channels with human and organic content which truly share and inspire. So for this, again, thank you for existing and for inspiring!
Met Christian at GMC 2015, nice man....and over the years even though I never bought any of the Spitfire Audio stuff I came back to some of the tutorials because they're really useful...... but tonight I really needed to hear the "don't kill yourself" bit multiple times because it really is crucial.....maybe you're working another job too to pay the bills and killing yourself, your relationships and all to make that music....or maybe you are freelancing full time for the first time ever and hadn't had a day off in months.....these things aren't good ideas and it's really important to treat yourself well and if you don't treat yourself well nobody will....your client won't respect you any more for killing yourself, it doesn't make you look successful or hard working or anything....you will just look stressed, tired and distracted.... thanks Christian, I really needed to hear this tonight...... 👍
The best video, on the best channel, on TH-cam. No doubt. And definitely don't send emails after a Peroni or too (remember that one? Still makes me smile).
This will become a timeless classic! Henson at his absolute friggen fabulous best! Thank you Christian. Really just thank you for the time and love you put into your vlog. with much gratitude and respect. Peter
Being a self employed creative for 27 years (not as a music composer) I have to say, this is the most profound, concise advise for everyone who wants to make it in any sort of creative business.
There is so much wisdom in this 14:29sec.. That could be applied to all arenas of life and professions...this will become a new Fave.."Be yourself, Everyone else is taken" about knock me down.. Thank you so much..very inspiring..Cheers..
Beauty! The Christian Henson difference: great advice offered by a foul-mouthed Poet Laureate. There's always at least one turn of phrase or metaphor that makes me laugh out loud. Timing on the advice re: stemming out before sitting on the beach couldn't be more timely. Thanks for 100 fantastic entries - and here's to many more!
This video is absolutely amazing!1 I am at a place where I really needed to hear this......I just want you to know how much you pushed me....God , Thank You!!
Hey, Christian, we actually happened to talk on the spitfire customer support chat not that long ago. I was looking at your Albion One pack for a business plan and you complimented me as being the first musician you had heard of doing such a thing. Anyhow, thanks so much for all the advice and encouragement. Your videos have been an inspiration for me to actually try and make some money at music. But, as to the last few minutes of your video where you are saying that you need to maintain a proper work-life balance so that your family can see you. Well, I have a family and I am wondering how it is that I should be keeping a healthy distance from my work when it sounds like so many folks in the industry seem to have a "work like a dog" mentality. This is something that seems to be a problem in many modern industries and I think the science bears out that this just doesn't work out for us as human beings, health-wise. It seems as if you can hamstring yourself pretty badly by having the mentality that you need to be there for your dependents. Or is it more that you have had an opinion change on this recently in your life and are working on trying to be different in an industry that largely finds dependents as inconvenient? Do I just need to be diplomatic about saying "No" to opportunities? It seems this hasn't generally hurt your brother in his ventures as a video game composer. Sorry, btw, I know that this is an "old news" post so to speak, but, it would be great to hear more on this. Thanks so much again, it is because of your encouragement and a generous friend who introduced me, that I have recently had an amazing opportunity to actually start talking with an established video game composer and start getting advice and begin my sojourn of networking into the industry. Merry Christmas and I hope the new year finds you and yours happy, healthy and refreshed.
Christian, your channel is so much of what so many of us students out here look for to hear and understand in music. Thank you so much for your work into these videos, they have enriched my life and given me more structure to how to lead the next few years of my life to give my best attempt to become a media composer. -Alden
I'm not a film composer but I've spent a lot of time in theater as MD, arranger, and composer. My resources have mostly been limited to piano-centered scores with drums and bass as luxurious additions. I'm well-versed in counterpoint and have always composed with an ear to make harmony the result of voice leading. So, when writing for piano I often imagine orchestral instruments or vox to create singing lines. But that's a very different beast from writing orchestrally from the git go. I'm retired now, and in the Covid bubble I've been experimenting with digital orchestration and creating short mockups in cinematic style. First off, your posts have been enormously helpful and I'm very grateful for the access to your experience. Thank you! In this initial bit of my learning curve, (contrary to your admonitions) I'm finding the computer to be a terrific place to compose. Placing orchestration (unavailable to me in my former career) in the forefront has dramatically changed how I think about musical gesture as a composer. My internal templates are developing over time and my ability to imagine orchestrally will increase, but for now I'm in a glorious sandbox - at the computer. The other related admonition which gave me a slight pause was, "Don't listen to film music." There's a tongue in the cheek with that one, so I take it as a caveat against the trap of imitative writing. Well, in my initial steps, I'm doing a lot of imitating in order to better understand, for example, how Johannson created such lovely, transparent but deliciously warm sounds. I'm writing a short piece which borrows from a cue in his score for "The Theory of Everything." I began with an identical orchestration but because of the diferences in the meter and trajectory of my experiment, I'm having to find my own answers to moving forward. I'm trying to push the evolution of imitation to personal sound in each attempt. Sorry I went on but perhaps it's of interest to others. Cheers!
"Don't drink too much, but if you do drink the good shit. Don't take too many drugs, but if you do, take the good shit". Had me laughing my ass off but at the same time it's like, how fucking true. Like if you're going too it might as well be good and fun.
I think I understand, so make sure you upgrade your operating system in the middle of a project?
I mean you would want the best, most recent OS for a project right? RIGHT?
You understood wrong. You have to upgrade to a beta operating system in the middle of a project.
LOL!!!! The best comment
hahaha! Deserving of more likes.
Reading all these...dead haha
Great episode! thanks mate.
"Be yourself because everyone else is taken", great Oscar Wilde quote.
"don't drink to much. and when you do drink, drink the good shit. don't take too many drugs. and if you do, take the good shit" love it
I love this video because you know each sentence was hours, if not days of effort, leading to months, if not years of lessons learned!
The 100 Do's & Don'ts - Fantastic advice and it can pretty much apply to a lot of different disciplines and careers. Remember, "common sense" isn't very common anymore!
I usually don't watch these kinds of vlogs but this channel is just pure gold.
This channel is my new happy place on TH-cam! Thanks Christian
I will never be a film composer due to many reasons. However this content is still great for myself and everyone else. Please keep them coming!
Those final 2 1/2 minutes are perhaps the most profound things you've given us in your 100 videos. Cheers Christian.
SpeaksForMe.
I NEEDED to hear this... It has done nothing for my confidence or my imposter syndrome, but it literally covered everything else.
Wow! This is pure Gold, Christian!
Love this Guy, so down to earth and a real dude with experience, 👏🏼👏🏼🎹🎹👌
How can I give this a thousand thumbs up??? Awesome reminder to common senses that escapes a looot of us for reasons unknown.
Nice one ! I would love some more about "Don't listen to f***ing film music"
madkeim music interesting point. Why is this something important?
@@zachary4670 If you listen to music , you're gonna be influenced by it subconsciously , so if you want to sound like you and not anyone else it's best that you stay away from music when writing
@@Kaeilios film music is dumbed down and theres not much to learn from it in terms of what a real orchestra can do, now if youre writing some score with synths and thats what youre listening to then fine but most film music with orchestras just use them for long sustained notes and drones and comepletely boring uninspired chords
I think we have so much to learn from film music - I mean, the film music I listen to are mostly orchestras recorded live, such as the Harry Potter soundtrack. Gotta say, I was taken aback when he said that!! Film music is some of the best!
@schmidchrs yes, but what if what inspired them doesn't inspire you? what if what THEY created inspires you? if we all draw on the same inspiration, wouldn't THAT result in similar music being created everywhere? Music is heard and responded to differently by everyone, no matter how subtle the difference may be, and we should all listen to ourselves and focus on what inspires us. Of course, we should do this with a broad knowledge of musical genres so that we may THEN choose what inspires us.
i watch this every few months. always great to watch i think.
The right words, the right time. Thanks so much for this hilarious and inspiring gem.
I just watched this, again, today. It's always an inspiring bit of counseling. Thanks, Chris!
Cheers...that was really useful. 4 yrs later...
Lovely view from Arthur's Seat.
Dear Christian (after this video you shall let me call you like that). I'm a Brazilian producer and composer. Brazil is going through hard times. Sometimes, living here make me loose confidence on human behavior. Your 100th video was a big support on helping me to return to one of the most beautiful Brazilian characteristics: tenderness.
Genuinely saved to my favourites.
Thank you Christian. Well said.
Want to watch this every day now!
I watch this regularly. Helps a great deal.
As a music producer just getting out of college, this is one of my favorite videos on TH-cam. Thanks so much for your insight, it's so so so valuable to a clueless 21 year old :-)
This must be one of the most inspirational and hilarious videos of this type and field that exist out there. I am grateful that people like you exist and are sharing insights and "mentoring" the community; in this "flood" of click-bait channels and videos of "How to..." "This is the secret of making killer music" "5 mistakes producers do" and all that sort of crap, there are few outstanding channels with human and organic content which truly share and inspire. So for this, again, thank you for existing and for inspiring!
this man preaching, Lord have mercy. bless your heart Christian
Met Christian at GMC 2015, nice man....and over the years even though I never bought any of the Spitfire Audio stuff I came back to some of the tutorials because they're really useful......
but tonight I really needed to hear the "don't kill yourself" bit multiple times because it really is crucial.....maybe you're working another job too to pay the bills and killing yourself, your relationships and all to make that music....or maybe you are freelancing full time for the first time ever and hadn't had a day off in months.....these things aren't good ideas and it's really important to treat yourself well and if you don't treat yourself well nobody will....your client won't respect you any more for killing yourself, it doesn't make you look successful or hard working or anything....you will just look stressed, tired and distracted....
thanks Christian, I really needed to hear this tonight...... 👍
Thank you Chris - you are too generous in what you give
So many nice T-Shirt slogans in this one.
Just beautiful
One of the best episodes!
As a person who experienced at lest a half of what was said on my own skin, watching this is a real blessing! Thank you Christian!
Thanks Christian, Very true about operating systems, been there done that.
"Be yourself, because everyone else is taken." Brilliant!
Such a good reminder to come back to. Thanks Christian! :)
Required viewing. Super insightful!
congratulation Christian !!! and thank you ......
Thanks Christian, amazing...
I have this sudden urge to upgrade my operating system in the middle of a project.
what was the price 😂
great stuff. honest. funny. slick.
This is probably the single best video to watch for any composer at any stage in their career. Now i'm going outside for a run.
The best video, on the best channel, on TH-cam. No doubt. And definitely don't send emails after a Peroni or too (remember that one? Still makes me smile).
Impressive! Thank you!
This is one of the best videos on the internet, I will be coming back when I forget what to do
Very good. Enjoyed that. Thank you.
"Do you really need to quantise that?. Did you click save?" 😂 Brilliant episode Christian.
I love your perspective on music. I always appreciate it!
This will become a timeless classic! Henson at his absolute friggen fabulous best! Thank you Christian. Really just thank you for the time and love you put into your vlog.
with much gratitude and respect.
Peter
Thank you for #95, it is the mantra of the assistant guidebook I wrote last year. Carry on, CH! 🙌🤗
Brilliant. Thanks.
These are all brilliant!!! But 60-80 are so close to home
6:24 I'm so dead with that sequence
Excellent!
Being a self employed creative for 27 years (not as a music composer) I have to say, this is the most profound, concise advise for everyone who wants to make it in any sort of creative business.
Great as usual, Christian. Thanks!
This video is GOLD.
Fantastic video, Christian.
Brilliant !!!
Great tips! Fantastic delivery! Not the least, genuine. New fan.
There is so much wisdom in this 14:29sec.. That could be applied to all arenas of life and professions...this will become a new Fave.."Be yourself, Everyone else is taken" about knock me down..
Thank you so much..very inspiring..Cheers..
Thanks Christian. Enjoyed that video enormously.
Fantastic video Christian, so many great tips!
Wow, I'm floored by how helpful and clear this is. A massive, massive thank you
Thanks for this. Much appreciated!
Such an inspiration. Thanks for all the great videos!
Recently discovered your channel. Your videos are so much fun. Very creative and educational...
Made me think, smile, laugh, and restart a project. Perfect. Couldn't ask for more. Thanks!
Beauty! The Christian Henson difference: great advice offered by a foul-mouthed Poet Laureate. There's always at least one turn of phrase or metaphor that makes me laugh out loud.
Timing on the advice re: stemming out before sitting on the beach couldn't be more timely. Thanks for 100 fantastic entries - and here's to many more!
This is the best advice on composing I’ve EVER seen.
This video is absolutely amazing!1 I am at a place where I really needed to hear this......I just want you to know how much you pushed me....God , Thank You!!
You forget to mentionned that noboby should upgrade his operating system in the middle of a proect.
@John Paesano
Great! Thank you!
Very entertaining vid. Good wisdom and funny too. I watched it a couple times.
“Be yourself... Everyone else is taken.” I think I’ll watch this one about a dozen times.
Thank you so much Christian. No matter how often one might have heard any or all of these tips, they’re all worth hearing again and again.
This is just awesome
Really enjoyed your advices, quite inspiring and honest, thanks for sharing
Absolutely sage advise. Not just for musicians and composers, for everyone in any career.
Wise words you speak, sir!
pure gold mate, thank you
best one yet!
Alot of great points I can attest to!
This is lovely Christian. Your channel is a jewel found on a windswept beach.
Hey, Christian, we actually happened to talk on the spitfire customer support chat not that long ago. I was looking at your Albion One pack for a business plan and you complimented me as being the first musician you had heard of doing such a thing. Anyhow, thanks so much for all the advice and encouragement. Your videos have been an inspiration for me to actually try and make some money at music. But, as to the last few minutes of your video where you are saying that you need to maintain a proper work-life balance so that your family can see you. Well, I have a family and I am wondering how it is that I should be keeping a healthy distance from my work when it sounds like so many folks in the industry seem to have a "work like a dog" mentality. This is something that seems to be a problem in many modern industries and I think the science bears out that this just doesn't work out for us as human beings, health-wise. It seems as if you can hamstring yourself pretty badly by having the mentality that you need to be there for your dependents. Or is it more that you have had an opinion change on this recently in your life and are working on trying to be different in an industry that largely finds dependents as inconvenient? Do I just need to be diplomatic about saying "No" to opportunities? It seems this hasn't generally hurt your brother in his ventures as a video game composer. Sorry, btw, I know that this is an "old news" post so to speak, but, it would be great to hear more on this. Thanks so much again, it is because of your encouragement and a generous friend who introduced me, that I have recently had an amazing opportunity to actually start talking with an established video game composer and start getting advice and begin my sojourn of networking into the industry. Merry Christmas and I hope the new year finds you and yours happy, healthy and refreshed.
Christian, your channel is so much of what so many of us students out here look for to hear and understand in music. Thank you so much for your work into these videos, they have enriched my life and given me more structure to how to lead the next few years of my life to give my best attempt to become a media composer. -Alden
I wish I could see the rest of this inspirational video, but I have to go and upgrade my operating system in the middle of a project.
lovely stuff. Watched these before, but just going over your videos again cause they give me a lot of inspiration
Brilliant.
Thank you. I’ve saved this video
Like button smashed.
I'm not a film composer but I've spent a lot of time in theater as MD, arranger, and composer. My resources have mostly been limited to piano-centered scores with drums and bass as luxurious additions. I'm well-versed in counterpoint and have always composed with an ear to make harmony the result of voice leading. So, when writing for piano I often imagine orchestral instruments or vox to create singing lines. But that's a very different beast from writing orchestrally from the git go. I'm retired now, and in the Covid bubble I've been experimenting with digital orchestration and creating short mockups in cinematic style. First off, your posts have been enormously helpful and I'm very grateful for the access to your experience. Thank you! In this initial bit of my learning curve, (contrary to your admonitions) I'm finding the computer to be a terrific place to compose. Placing orchestration (unavailable to me in my former career) in the forefront has dramatically changed how I think about musical gesture as a composer. My internal templates are developing over time and my ability to imagine orchestrally will increase, but for now I'm in a glorious sandbox - at the computer. The other related admonition which gave me a slight pause was, "Don't listen to film music." There's a tongue in the cheek with that one, so I take it as a caveat against the trap of imitative writing. Well, in my initial steps, I'm doing a lot of imitating in order to better understand, for example, how Johannson created such lovely, transparent but deliciously warm sounds. I'm writing a short piece which borrows from a cue in his score for "The Theory of Everything." I began with an identical orchestration but because of the diferences in the meter and trajectory of my experiment, I'm having to find my own answers to moving forward. I'm trying to push the evolution of imitation to personal sound in each attempt. Sorry I went on but perhaps it's of interest to others. Cheers!
Thank you, Truly.
Great episode Christian!
Real talk and I love it. Earned my subscription 👍🏻
Wonderful.
Gold, thank you
Amazing, thanks man!
"Don't drink too much, but if you do drink the good shit. Don't take too many drugs, but if you do, take the good shit". Had me laughing my ass off but at the same time it's like, how fucking true. Like if you're going too it might as well be good and fun.