I spent 30 years studying, practicing and ultimately, teaching architecture. For the last 6 years, I've devoted myself to music. The most important thing I learned in architecture school about presenting my work was to never apologize or make excuses for it. Ever. Always make your best effort. Never present work that fails to communicate your ideas clearly. Always share what does with as many people as possible. Nothing is ever perfect. Dissatisfaction is part of being an artist. If you make excuses or apologize, you prejudice your audience, and rob them of the ability to evaluate it and form independent opinions of it. If you only release work you consider perfect, you'll never release anything. Strike a balance between the volume of your output and it's craft. and put it out there. Listen to criticism, but don't take it personally. Use criticism to improve your work. Disregard outright insults. They are not helpful. Above all else, make it about the thoughts and emotions you are trying to elicit from or communicate to your audience. If you have something to say, someone will hear it. If it's something profound and beautiful, it will connect with them. If it's well crafted and universal, it will be timeless and important, regardless of it's popularity, because it will be an authentic product of humanity.
I've been listening to Andrew Scheps' podcast for the last few months and he's become one of my favorite people in the industry. He's such a kind, generous, and wise human being. He really listens to what others say. And when he does offer his own opinion, it's always from a position of genuine humility.
Definitely not my first time listening to Andrew. Why do I keep watching his videos? ... he seems to always make so much sense, in an honest and candid way. And .... he’s a genius.
So incredibly informative. If you are an aspiring engineer you need to watch the entire thing. Andrew touches on things here that took me years to learn on my own
Brilliant! Andrew is a great teacher, he explains things simply and concisely, and gives you real world examples. A true teacher of audio, instead of hiding secrets behind closed doors like others. you have to think about his techniques and approaches and apply them to your own workflow, but if you listen carefully, the answers are revealed
@ lol - many of the things we take for granted now were invented or discovered by people who went to those two universities.. and by ‘music production’, what do you mean? Creating music, sitting behind a desk and mixing records, or the more old school version of a record producer? All three are covered, but the first one - I mean a 30 second look at Wikipedia will show you the number of world famous composers, bands and musicians that went to oxbridge over the past few centuries.
Thank you for this. All you need is indeed love. And the only way to get that scale and impact of the Cy Twombys - or Mark Rothko, my personal fave - massive and dominating the room, overwhelming the senses - is dynamic contrast within the music. And that of course is part of what was wrong with the loudness wars, contrast is usually subsumed.
The audience is either asleep or afraid to laugh or express any emotion. Not great for artistic creativity. Let yourself go, kids. What will happen when you get older. Have fun. Don’t worry about what people think. Andrew is so good and even better at getting things across to others. Good video. Thanks
I like how he describes the difference between himself and someone like R. Rubin toward the end of the lecture, very eye opening. If you think a little more about that, it gets deeper yet... Very cool, thanks for uploading this.
extraordinarily musical advice from a true veteran behind the mixing console. I lost track of all the insights but most of all, I sense he is driven by the power of the EMOTION of the ACTUAL FINAL PRODUCT. everything else (e.g. "analog or VST?"... "laptop speakers vs. giant amps") - it's all based on successfully creating that emotion for the listener, with no excuses. loved it
very awesome and true. but then he proceeds to not follow his own advice/lesson (referring to the trouser thing) by saying his argument was pretentious a couple times.
I would agree that Music is also a very necessary tool for humans. At many levels, from tribal worship, religious worship and for people to dance and have (needed) fun, to movies and music to support image, theater etc...
It's all connected,first you need a great talent as a musician,second great instruments,gear,audio interface,DAC ,good monitor speakers and then yes it will come a very good sound out of the speakers.
Author intent..... Art is what results when someone intends to create art. Vs.. The role of the spectactor.... It's what comes out of the speakers, but even more, it's what the listener brings to the experience.
23:27 I’d say an example in visual art would be the lighting, and what it does to the colors and shading of a painting. If an artist paints by the light of a candle, their experience of light and color would be radically different from something like open sunlight.
47:15 I usually use the Notes track in Cubase (things like brighter lead / volume ride choir / add strings etc.) and find I usually feel I have to add that without looking up the notes. When it's "something is missing" I will look at my notes again. Often times other things take priority, like that huge bottom end or the inconsistency in the Chorus etc. large scale stuff usually helps not to get lost in minor details.
Thank you for putting (some) of the questions asked in text up on the screen. More videos with an instructor like in, this setting, need to realize that the crowd is rarely mic'd up and sometimes you have to watch the answer several times to figure out what the question even was, should the speaker not repeat it themselves.
In my opinion, John Cage’s 4;33 performed for an audience who’ve never heard of it without context is one of the most silent experiences one can have. The complete absence of a sound (the performer’s instrument) that everybody assumed was coming without a second thought. In that sense, I guess MJ’s technical failure on Black and White was its own 4;33.
I spent 30 years studying, practicing and ultimately, teaching architecture. For the last 6 years, I've devoted myself to music. The most important thing I learned in architecture school about presenting my work was to never apologize or make excuses for it. Ever. Always make your best effort. Never present work that fails to communicate your ideas clearly. Always share what does with as many people as possible. Nothing is ever perfect. Dissatisfaction is part of being an artist. If you make excuses or apologize, you prejudice your audience, and rob them of the ability to evaluate it and form independent opinions of it. If you only release work you consider perfect, you'll never release anything. Strike a balance between the volume of your output and it's craft. and put it out there. Listen to criticism, but don't take it personally. Use criticism to improve your work. Disregard outright insults. They are not helpful.
Above all else, make it about the thoughts and emotions you are trying to elicit from or communicate to your audience. If you have something to say, someone will hear it. If it's something profound and beautiful, it will connect with them. If it's well crafted and universal, it will be timeless and important, regardless of it's popularity, because it will be an authentic product of humanity.
Thank you so much for writing this! It's really wonderful
Well said.
I've been listening to Andrew Scheps' podcast for the last few months and he's become one of my favorite people in the industry. He's such a kind, generous, and wise human being. He really listens to what others say. And when he does offer his own opinion, it's always from a position of genuine humility.
This guy is so brilliant. I love how he gets away from the technical side of mixing and goes right into art.
He sounds like a real professor, natural speaker. So much value here
This is pure gold, thanks for putting this out there!
I agree
It's pure shit actually. But you are one of those people in the crowd that agreed, when the Emperor (naked) said he had new clothes.
What do you disagree with?
@@leanderhoffmann9976 thats what i would like to know
His prolly one of those assholes who dont want others to learn
This isn't music or even art, it's philosophy. Brilliant.
Definitely not my first time listening to Andrew. Why do I keep watching his videos? ... he seems to always make so much sense, in an honest and candid way. And .... he’s a genius.
Sure is. GENIUS
So incredibly informative. If you are an aspiring engineer you need to watch the entire thing. Andrew touches on things here that took me years to learn on my own
If it took you years to learn nothing, which is what this is, then you should be stacking shelves in a supermarket.
If you go school in engineering you can catch up in a fraction of years
You must be stacking shelves then!
Wow! What an uplifting, inspirational, insightful presentation. Impressive. Thank you Andrew Scheps :)
Probably one of the best mix lectures I've ever heard or needed. Succinct and inspiring. Excellent video, many thanks
What a dead-set legend - many pennies dropped while listening to these pearls of wisdom. Thank you!
Great lecture Thank you Music Faculty of the University of Oxford and Thank you Mr. Andrew Scheps
Mr. Sheps, you are so entertaining PLUS you have so much to say AND it all makes sense...Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
Such an amazingly pure, positive vibe coming from someone who loves what he does. So glad I happened upon this video.
I love listening to super-intelligent people give lectures. This is wonderful, and yes I've been a fan of Andrew Scheps' work since "99 Problems..."
I never would have imagined that I would see John Cage 433 played by Andrew Scheps!
I always liked the orchestra version but this... no joke! :)
meh, sub par playing all around
I play it everyday!
He chickened out half way. :-)
What an informative, laid back, funny lesson. Just brilliant
Brilliant! Andrew is a great teacher, he explains things simply and concisely, and gives you real world examples. A true teacher of audio, instead of hiding secrets behind closed doors like others. you have to think about his techniques and approaches and apply them to your own workflow, but if you listen carefully, the answers are revealed
Fantastic lecture, thank you for sharing it!
This lecture was outstanding. Thanks for posting.
not everybody has money to subscribe in such expensive universities.. so thanks for posting this video ;)
Even if you had the money you still need to be accepted by the school. Its a sham and these schools are built for the privileged kids of society.
Whatever they charge is too much. Much pretentious blah blah.
@ rubbish - look at the list of former students at oxbridge and tell me none of them achieved anything!
@ lol - many of the things we take for granted now were invented or discovered by people who went to those two universities.. and by ‘music production’, what do you mean? Creating music, sitting behind a desk and mixing records, or the more old school version of a record producer? All three are covered, but the first one - I mean a 30 second look at Wikipedia will show you the number of world famous composers, bands and musicians that went to oxbridge over the past few centuries.
Andrew Scheps one of my favorite mix engineers-producers! This guy is awesome!
Thank you for this. All you need is indeed love. And the only way to get that scale and impact of the Cy Twombys - or Mark Rothko, my personal fave - massive and dominating the room, overwhelming the senses - is dynamic contrast within the music. And that of course is part of what was wrong with the loudness wars, contrast is usually subsumed.
This was amazing! He elucidated so many things I've been thinking about for years
"What Comes Out Of The Speakers, Stays Out Of The Speakers."
I could listen to him all week.
Brilliant guy! 👏👏👏 Thank you for sharing! 🤗👍
Thank you Andrew it is very inspirational .
This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you for sharing :)
The audience is either asleep or afraid to laugh or express any emotion. Not great for artistic creativity. Let yourself go, kids. What will happen when you get older. Have fun. Don’t worry about what people think. Andrew is so good and even better at getting things across to others. Good video. Thanks
Absolutely brilliant.. I learn so much every time I listen to Andrew talk.. be it about music or otherwise. Thank you for this!
This guy is a diamond, so rare to combine an artists ear with a technicians mind.
Really great info here! 💯
This is some serious stuff right here. Thanks for your insight.. Gb
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awesome lecture. appreciate the Oxford folks sharing this. I didn't know Scheps has so much DEPTH..
I like how he describes the difference between himself and someone like R. Rubin toward the end of the lecture, very eye opening. If you think a little more about that, it gets deeper yet... Very cool, thanks for uploading this.
Knowledge is power! He’s awesome
Thank you so much for sharing. It is like having been there.
Thank you so much, what an absolute treat this lecture was. Thank you for sharing!
Brilliant. Especially the Q & A.
Life changing lecture. Great stories about his life and work.
Love this guy.. outstanding.
extraordinarily musical advice from a true veteran behind the mixing console. I lost track of all the insights but most of all, I sense he is driven by the power of the EMOTION of the ACTUAL FINAL PRODUCT. everything else (e.g. "analog or VST?"... "laptop speakers vs. giant amps") - it's all based on successfully creating that emotion for the listener, with no excuses. loved it
thank you! Andrew is the man! so much truth
Wow. This is great. Thanks for the deep inspiration
The amount of times I went to scroll down and hit the like button again.
What an great guy. Pretty amazing how cynical can still be positive, I like his life approach, I enjoy many of his cerebral ramblings
This was a brilliant talk, both educational and inspirational!
Thanks for publishing this!
i have always admired your work ethics
I love his definition of art. Emotion!
And now he's onto Rothko, and awe. Thank yo. Loving it!
This was so goood. Thank you very much for sharing it!
glad to see my speakers up there :)
"thinks stormy thoughts and talk sunshine". thank you
Increíble conferencia. Gracias.
That bit with the stick figures was unexpectedly deep. It sorta gut-punched me. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that
awesome lecturer!
Amazing insights, thanks.
Brilliant stuff Andrew.
17:48 "It doesn't matter what they were trying to say. All that matters is what you think they said, because that's all you get out of it." Awesome.
very awesome and true.
but then he proceeds to not follow his own advice/lesson (referring to the trouser thing) by saying his argument was pretentious a couple times.
@@ssccaappeeggooaatt 😆👍🏽
Andrew Scheps is the BEST mix engineer ever exist so far!
Shah Daniel lanois, mutt lange
Wonderful lecture. I wish you'd had an audience mic for the questions -- glad some of them had supers.
Seeing him give the talk makes me think he would make a good Dumbledore.
Him or Rick Rubin?
The Master of Audio
I like listening to music, interesting to know how it is put together...
Elvis. Come back. Music needs you.
I would agree that Music is also a very necessary tool for humans. At many levels, from tribal worship, religious worship and for people to dance and have (needed) fun, to movies and music to support image, theater etc...
In the box! I love it
Andrew is brilliant!
Andrew Scheps gives a lecture and there are empty seats in the house. What the...
14 people hate how he compresses
Great video! Lots of good advice in there from a pro.
Why isn't this in an auditorium with hundreds of students...geez !
Incredible points. I was struggling with the philosophy and the “why’s” of creating music and Andrew helped clear my mind. Thank you for this.
As I switch to headphones to hear wtf is going on, Scheps smashes it!
16:27 I though I had finally lost it, and I was just seeing everything as a video game now
Oh shit, Andrew's about to get sniped!
In a word, excellent!
Very insightful
Can't believe the room didn't burst out laughing, or even let loose a stray snicker a few seconds into 4:33.
26:48 forward really helps one understand the concept of 'What Comes Out Of The Speakers' with a magnificent analogy!
THIS GUYS A GENIOUS
It's all connected,first you need a great talent as a musician,second great instruments,gear,audio interface,DAC ,good monitor speakers and then yes it will come a very good sound out of the speakers.
Author intent.....
Art is what results when someone intends to create art.
Vs..
The role of the spectactor.... It's what comes out of the speakers, but even more, it's what the listener brings to the experience.
He is the Woody Allen of music! Brilliance!
23:27 I’d say an example in visual art would be the lighting, and what it does to the colors and shading of a painting. If an artist paints by the light of a candle, their experience of light and color would be radically different from something like open sunlight.
47:15 I usually use the Notes track in Cubase (things like brighter lead / volume ride choir / add strings etc.) and find I usually feel I have to add that without looking up the notes. When it's "something is missing" I will look at my notes again. Often times other things take priority, like that huge bottom end or the inconsistency in the Chorus etc. large scale stuff usually helps not to get lost in minor details.
Great info!
Thank you for putting (some) of the questions asked in text up on the screen. More videos with an instructor like in, this setting, need to realize that the crowd is rarely mic'd up and sometimes you have to watch the answer several times to figure out what the question even was, should the speaker not repeat it themselves.
What a room your facing away from the Mic the dynamicks are the same , am i going crazy sounds good
thank you for posting!
In my opinion, John Cage’s 4;33 performed for an audience who’ve never heard of it without context is one of the most silent experiences one can have. The complete absence of a sound (the performer’s instrument) that everybody assumed was coming without a second thought.
In that sense, I guess MJ’s technical failure on Black and White was its own 4;33.
Good. The first 30 minutes describes perfectly why my cat doesn't hate me.
There isn't a single plugin or hardware I can't work without.....that says a lot to all the gearslutz in the world
#wellsaid - keep the storm inside, and let the sun shine
good stuff, thanks
28:30 i must remember this advice!
Legend.
whomever put the the audio in this video missed the whole damn point because my left ear is lonely af.
Perception vs. intent-Human's art