I make music because I can’t stop making music. I’ve tried and it’s boring and sad. Particularly sad because having the gift of creating music going to waste, is a sad thing to do
A good friend of mine that I'd known since we were just toddlers committed suicide on New years day in 2020. He sent me an email containing a video and a message. It was tremendously heartbreaking, but one of the things that has been running through my mind ever since has been the last little bit that he directed to me specifically. He said basically that I should take some risks and do what I love with the chances that I have, then said "love you bro". Still breaks my heart. I don't want to get too in detail here but it was a rough time for everyone who knew him obviously. While learning to cope and manage stress I ended up learning transcendental meditation and I've been cutting out bullshit and focusing more on what I love ever since, getting back to the root of things. I'm kinda a decade later getting into music than I'd like to be, but I owe it to my friend. There is clarity that comes when you face death. If you're reading this and you're 20 and you're broke and you have no direction, just know that you matter and that if there's something that you love -not because of what others think or because of expectations, but something that truly gives you joy, then face your fears and give yourself a chance. Edit: oh and I lost focus on why I was writing this comment. I just wanted to say that my motivation is exactly the same as yours. I kept having a vision of myself on my deathbed looking back at my life and I knew that if I didn't give what I love the best shot that I can, that would be the thing I would regret. I don't want to be that old man looking back in regret.
Thanks for sharing this comment man, I'm genuinely sorry for your loss but I'm really happy and proud of how far you've come today - take it one step at a time!
My condolences. Do you know the book "The Little Prince" written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery? If not, maybe you can find it? It´s a short book and don´t be fooled, that it looks like a book for children. Best regards
@@NormanTiner Thank you too and I would appreciate if you would thank me at a later date after you have read it. Because then I will know that I could really help you with this beautiful book. I give you on the way that it will cost you tears to read it, but it will help and strengthen you with every line. I am very sure of that and wish you the best from the bottom of my heart.
When I’m making music, it’s the one time in the day I get the chance to feel “flow”. and that I’m making something I genuinely like. The act of MAKING music is the reason I make music. The making is the end, not the means. How do I know this? Because I don’t give two shits how many people hear what I release (I do not promote my music as I can’t be arsed!). What I do worry about is if I lose this flow, which in the last 14 months I’ve been able to find consistently. Ask yourself this: if your DAW could produce a complete track at the push of a single button, and it was completely unique and sounded amazing and that’s all you had to do (push a single button), would you be happy with this style of “making music”? I doubt it. It’s the struggle, the creativity, the discovery … that makes it worth doing.
This, nicely said! I’ve never thought about it in those terms, but I can relate, there’s something about the process itself and seeing it through that’s truly fulfilling.
Your vids are are like therapy for me, touching all the sensitive subjects about me and my struggle of making music or not. Thanks, you help me on a level you have no idea of.
I’ve always loved music since I was 5. Didn’t have a desire to perform until the early 70s so I learned tenor saxophone to play in a big band someday. Well life had changes and I stopped playing but didn’t stop listening. I had a much better appreciation for what it took. In 2007 I decided enough was enough. I needed to play! Bought a guitar with one goal in mind. Learn a little fingerpicking and a few chords so I could amuse myself, no one else. My wife who was a good guitar player already said “bout time dude”. So we bought a few and started just having fun. Dream met! My wife passed away in 2018 and my doctor asked me one question: what do you enjoy doing the most. Answer: play music. Then do that! So now I play as often as possible, record, learned to mix to help me record better tracks, built out a home recording studio. I don’t have a desire to perform or release music, only play for my enjoyment. I have recorded a single and had other professionals add parts to it. It was a blast. My recordings will be for my kids and grandkids in hopes they will continue on their own musical journeys as they all play an instrument now. Life is short. Make more music while you can.
I love making music, I dont like everything that comes with it such as selling it, selling a brand and feeling unsuccessful because I'm not making money off it. Stuck in a crappy day job that sucks the life out of Me.
Same here in a way... i also stuck doing something im not interested while i have chance to do music in my free time... maybe we both need to learn something here... maybe we are not facing our fears...either so i know life is hard and we do our best... sorry if i identify too much on your comment but i feel you bro.
@@guilletiger There are other issues that make My music life alot more difficult such as the nabor (Raper producer) regularly blasting out his own music at random times day or night from the other day He was going from 3pm all the way up till 3am. Last night to this morning He was going 9pm to 6.45am. This literally drives Me Fxxxing mad, keeps Me up on edge all the time and disrupts My own music creations and ruins My recordings. I have to deal with that ontop on 40hour a week job getting up every day at 3.30am.
I make music because I'm passionate about it, because I feel sad and bored and simply not inspired enough to live my life when I'm unable to explore and experience music in a way that satisfies me. There are so few things that makes me feel like that in my life and, honestly, I think that none reaches the power that music making and sound in general has to me.
As a music lover, I got tired of buying stuff that I like, so I decided to start making my own. And my creations are tailored to my taste. The rest is all just icing on the cake. It’s also a lot healthier than droning out on Netflix and drinking the night away. Thanks for your existential questions!
When you are actually faced with death (in my personal experience) you tend to look at all the things you did rather than what you didn’t. There isn’t a sense of regret for not having done but more one of gratitude for what you did. It’s a rather serene place rather than one of angst about what never occurred. Thank you for your interesting conversations.
Why make music? My answer is that I've always felt drawn to it. I was fascinated by the sound of analog synths as a child, still love it. Music has shown me a lot about myself, has helped in my personal development. I enjoy making music, and its SO satisfying when you finish a nice track. I agree 100% with the mortality thing. I've lost my Mother and almost lost my Brother in the space of a year... makes you face up to death, but that's a good thing IMO!
I’m seeking music as an adventurer. My perspective started from 20th century blockbuster stage musicals as a teenager, progressed through musicianship and eventually standard broadcasting. I eventually traded for “kids” that handy syllable to represent decades of trying to build your dependents’ futures. Sure, it was my choice, and it was an investment. Now as a grandpa a few weeks ago I experienced my first granddaughter (who named me “Yata”) emerging from her nap, hearing my live ambient music stream and singing out “Muuuuuusiiiiiiic!!!” then running up to the screen, watching my graphics then proclaiming “Yata Music!” That’s in a world where 2-yr olds have the panoply of online music to bathe in, and it feels like my biggest satisfaction in music. But lifting this little girl up on my arm because she asked me to, to enjoy her beautiful innocent personality, is far more important to me. Wide perspective is very hard to obtain and it takes a very long time. And this doesn’t supplant my satisfaction in my music. It’s not an either/or choice it’s a both/and combination. I’m grateful I didn’t succeed at chasing music and nothing else.
Holy shit! This was literally like listening to myself talk. Although I have never had to wrestle with the topic of what I must do in this life, I sure as shit reflect on my own mortality now that I’m 67. Music has been my whole life. I started playing trombone in the 3rd grade and continued through high school. When I was 13 I picked up guitar and have not stopped playing to this day. I have played guitar in almost every style and setting you can imagine. Music is really all I think about. When I started producing it was just another experience that involved music and I’ve spent thousands of hours learning it, and every day I can’t wait to get back at it. Sadly, some people never discover what they must do, to others it was never even a question. Funny how that works.
I am in my early 40's and started making music in when I was about 15 with an Amiga and Protracker. Why do I do it? I was really impressed back in the late 80's and 90's of hearing sampled sounds coming out of a computer and then discovered the incredible Amiga Demo Scene.. and I just wanted to be able to do what they did. Later on I got more serious about music making.. and learning and experimenting etc.. you all know the drill.. But fast forward to now.. Thinking about it. I am in competition with myself. Each song I finish , I am working towards impressing myself. It makes me happy. Back in the 90's and mid 2000's I thought it was about impressing my friends. You figure out that they actually dont care. or downplay it in a way that is "oh well if you can do that.. it must be something that anyone can do".. discarding all of the unseen time and effort and experience you have and the nuance of shaping sounds. Dont make music for your friends, they wont understand.. and its not their fault.. Make it for you. Impress yourself. (oh and BTW.. They started to notice.. once I began singing.. "Oh who's the singer" .. lol)
I’m willing to be convinced otherwise, but I thoroughly believe this is the video all of your detractors will call to your attention when they wish to bash you again. It touches on so many philosophical and fundamental points that most people wish to ignore because of the patients required to climb the Mountain of abstracts, only to realize they must descend to a profoundness to reach resolution. In someway, shape or form, we’re all on a quest; The question has always been and will always be”Why Complete it?” Settling for answers that temporarily satisfy the psyche May achieve short-term success, but are an overall distortion of the greater picture. A lot of the videos on this channel are more about self than they are about making music, which truly is of the greatest importance, as it is essence which will determine one’s existence. Thanks for the video; hopefully we can all remember how necessary it is to step back from all of the fact gathering and instead focus on a concise answer concerning who we are, so that we can set about what to do and how to do it.
Because music moves me more than any creative medium. It's been there for me during the darkest times in my life. Nothing compares to creating something that didn't exist before you breathed life into it. It's a drug I can't live without. It's the one thing I know I'm good at and even if I never make a dime from it or amass a huge following I'll never stop doing it.
I want to believe im doing it for the LOVE of art... of expression,... i have a more religious view... everything is nothing... so might as well do a beautiful creation as long as im alive... i believe that is my way of saying thank you to the creation... if im creating im doing the job that the creator also did to put me here in this world... and even if my creations are never heard it gives me warm of hearth feeling im fulfilling a soul purpose far beyond my egocentric goals in life... i want to feel connected to GOD through my own music productions... i want to feel im expressing his wish as a creature developing sound realities for the expression of creativity itself nothing more... at the end i know i wont take nothing with me and nothing would have sense but in the present i want to be part of creating... im not perfect... but i feel i can give something to the universe back... after all they did it with LOVE so i will return to the cosmos a beautiful music production with LOVE. nothing more. and i will buy you definitely a coffee. THANK YOU.
What people will regret in eternity is the fact that they could've believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and be in Heaven, but they knew that if they would believe on Him, it would mark them in the eyes of all the other people and out of fear and because of multitude of other excuses, they never believed on Him! Honestly this day and age of, "let's find a purpose for your existence in something that you can or might want to do", will turn out to be nothing but a satanic spiritual joke played on the people, when it is all over! The spiritual evolution of a soul unsaved is to burn forever, no matter how rich and rewarding his or her life was on this earth! This may not be what people want to hear or think about these days, but it is true nonetheless!
someone once said "its smart to think about death from time to time, otherwise, if you dont, one day, when youre real old, and death is around the corner youre going to say to your self,,,, oh, oh ya, oh shiiiit"
Exactly. It's a spiritual journey to find who we are and accomplishing something of value in this life. I believe we have chosen to be here to go through the dark to understand out spiritual nature and embrace the light. Find inspiration. Well done man!
Honestly, from personal experience, I have been realizing that once the music happens, IT HAPPENS! I mean, if you can turn on the radio and hear music, there it is. The thing that could be standing in most of our ways IS this technological way of life some or most of us may be living in. I stepped away from the computer today just to play my guitar and I played more music then I did all of last month trying to manipulate software with a mouse and a keyboard. Getting in touch with our humanity comes first. No humanity, no music. It's just that simple. If we're not making music, we're not human. : ) And, if we don't want to make music, then being human is all we have left. Cheers.
I gave up a shot at a band "career" in my 20s. I stopped playing music for nearly 10 years. After a further 10 years of noodling, I realised music is "the one". I ask myself, if music was so important to me, why did I quit? I have no good answer. But I just know writing, playing, and listening to music does more for me spiritually (shudder) than any other thing. It doesn't matter what my energy levels are, I'll do it. I'm equally proud to know our music will be out there for a very long time, whether people listen to it or not.
I think I make music because whatever mental condition I have (OCD or ADHD or whatever it is) is so satiated by the trance-like state making music takes me to. I've had many other past times that give me that feeling but none as consistently or prolonged as just working on a beat for a few hours and letting my creativity just do whatever it likes. If anyone else enjoys my music then great, but I ultimately make it for myself. Recording it is never as satisfying as the time I'm just jamming out but it's cool. Just record it and move on. Cheers for the video!
one day i was just doing my homework and i recently discovered martin garrix and edm, i listened to songs all the time, music was like my therapy so i searched up martin garrix live set and tomorrowland martin garrix 2018 set came up. that video changed me, when i saw that huge crowd singin his song, that huge set those bright lights and lasers i was in aww my mouth open and goosebumps all over, thats when i decided i want that.
You are the kind of "teacher" I would prefer to see the most on making music topics, and not just the " 5 tricks EQ that you need to know". Thanks for answering this existencial questions, for me is just hard
Thank you for this man. I have pondered the question before" If you were the last person on earth, would you still make music" It's a bit of a mindf**k to consider, and it worried me that my answer was "probably not". Basically I couldn't see the point if I had no one to share it with. About 9 years ago I gave up making music, I left it for 7 years, then 2 years ago I started again. I was so disappointed in myself for not seeing it through, knowing I hadn't explored my own music making abilities. I'm still learning, I'm still trying to find my sound, and recently I have been considering leaving it again because it does affect my emotional state so much when it isn't going well. Watching your video is keeping me on track. Thank you.
Agreed! It is a challenging question. Similar to you, I do have a worry that my answer may well be "probably not". But then I probably wouldn't be bothered about writing a novel, learnign a language or answering the questions of life, the universe and everything, either. Probably happy to find some vintage guitar left behind, and strum on that all day, sitting on some Mediterranean beach.
I'd regret not making music that feels true to myself, the problem is that I don't have the skill nor know how to attain the skills I need to be able to make it. I'm very conscious of my inspirations, yet I really struggle putting it together. Thanks for this video
Studies into the subject of "creative genius" seem to show a convergence of several traits and circumstances. Higher than average intelligence (manifesting in talent) an ability to block out distractions and persistence in the face of detractors are common traits in successful artists. But studies of geniuses reveal another component that really seems to make the difference. Death. Those who suffer the loss of a parent, those with severe childhood illnesses, survivors of accidents, or anything else that teaches a child at an early stage that life can be short and brutal seems to trigger something in some people. Perhaps it's the early realisation that "you're only here once, better get on with it" that allows them the necessary focus to be good at what they do. Not only that, but they perhaps nurture the ability to take risks we ultimately have to take in order to succeed; both artistically and business-wise. Fear of failure is diminished when the ultimate fear has already been confronted. Sadly, the same attitude towards risk taking also extends to other behaviour that can ultimately shorten the lifespan of these anomalous, precious beings. This may account for the long, bewildered list of successful artists and performers continuously lost to drugs, drink, sexual promiscuity, etc. Anyway, downloaded any good VSTs recently?
5:34 not trying to make it into the music industry not trying to make the best music that I can create not being good or at least put the effort into being good at something I love. The answer that I can give to why I create music is pretty simple it's the only thing that I felt that I can control it's the only thing that I feel that gives me the power that I crave it's the only thing that makes me genuinely feel happy within the three to four hours that I'm creating it's so rewarding from start to finish to have an idea like a topic for a song write the lyrics study what I've written record what didn't exist before but then at the end of the session I have something new I may not like it I may love it no matter what I always love the process.
I couldnt agree more. In fact that’s exactly why I make music. I want to leave a legacy and have no regrets later in my life. I lost 10 years thinking I couldnt do it and regretting every day for not taking the first step that would take me to achieve my goal. The pandemic made me look at things from different perspective and help me changed my priorities in life. Cheers
Nailed it - in the end, with the scope of life ephemeral in mind, one has to abide by what matters most. This is why I subscribed - you relay your best thoughts and perspectives unfiltered and, I think, your views are correct and apt. Do what you love. Cheers!
Why perform? To try and provoke emotion in others. Why build a studio? To try an provide opportunities for others, especially those with love for music and no "privilege". When anyone approaches their studio/instruments/pedals/plugins etc I encourage the question to sit with you be "what am I curious about today?". It could be a certain combination of instruments, a certain chain direction of hardwiring, a plugin you've not yet used, whatever it is that you feel like you're discoving something along the way whilst you're being creative. Good luck with your music everyone!
Another great one dude. I have a similar motivation or more something I discovered: I realized that the more room I give music in my life and center it around it, the happier I am. As easy as that. That is what gets me out of bed earlier and do synth sessions before I start my day job. Or makes me reduce my day job to make more room for music. So again feeling you here 100% - cheers mate!
One thing i realized and motivates me today is in order to fully experience music, my passion, i need a job that gives me good stability, and sustanibillity. I guess it depends on what do you expect, what currently is your situation, because in the end in your life if you get in a place where you can't experience it the way you wanted to, then you missed a step, it can always be fixed but you have to be objective about it. I've been doing not enjoyable jobs and this is what motivates me to learn a new job that i can like, don't have to be passionate about it, but if all this time I've been able to do those crazy jobs, i think i will be fine with one that i can enjoy enough, and also pays better for me to not feel restricted for music. Everyone should try to plan this as much as they can, it's important! Although I don't have to think much about why i've been droved to music in the first place and why i am doing it right now, because it always have been my calling, it might have a more specific answer for each one of us, but as long as you're fufilling your passion, i think it's enough, we as humans tend to overcomplicate things, so stay simple and honest with yourself. If you kept pushing away your calling it will always come back to you so that you finally see it for what it is, and realize you can't escape it, so embrace it and live it for as long as you can!
Feel like I spent my 20s figuring out exactly what I needed to do in life, then avoiding it with all my strength lol great way to discover the joys of anxiety attacks, btw In my mid 30s now I'm finally on the path and its just this warm thick feeling of joy and excitement every day and every night :)
Dude another great video , your so right , ‘music is it’s own reward’ another’s quote but so true , to play and record to allow that which has never before been expressed in this reality to flow through us is to connect in real time with the divine in all of its artistic forms, if we can then allow another soul to share our work in positive ways is to enrich all party’s concerned and changes our actual life path in timelines just because we took the time to create and listen and in doing so changed our imagination about the future 🔥❤️
It is funny because I truly asked myself this question in the past and...the answer was exactly the same as yours, unbelievable....and I was thinking that something was wrong with me :D
Oof, man that was deep. Again, as a hobbyist piano/guitar player looking into making music I have a completely different motivation behind. First off, as a software developer (which is my main job), my ultimate goal and the reason why I do this is written in my resume, right beneath my name: "Aiming at making everyday tools easier and more efficient to optimize our most important nonrenewable resource: time." And I still have some stuff I really want to study and look into, couple more projects to go before I can say "ok, I'm done, I'm good here, if I die tomorrow, I can rest easy". Music, on the other side, is my escape from the world of computers, from my main job. It's a way to regain stamina, relax and put my mind at ease. And, yeah, if you've been wondering, I'm one of those "DAWless" guys who refuse to use a computer to make music. When I want to play or make music, I want to stay away from PCs, tablets and smartphones, so dawless it is. Thanks for the video, those are always a big source of reflection for me.
As a software developer myself, I have wondered how it is that the more time saving software (and other gadgets) we have, the less free time we seem to have. The more hurried and fast life becomes. Some weird paradox going on there, like we can't really cheat life and "save time". Take music as an example. It seems songs were written and recorded faster back in the 1950's and 1960s' than now. The time saving devices mean more is expected to be done in time available, perhaps.
Thank you for making these vids they make me feel like I'm not alone in this And to someone who doesn't know anyone who makes music that means a lot :)
Your last video was the first of yours that Ive seen and damn it was so true. For me it comes down to this, What am I using the internet for? Am I using the internet to a solve a problem? ie, how to export an audio file for sampling? OR Am I using the internet to solve a problem? ie, Im bored and I dont want to work so I will justify it by watching endless educational videos. Use the internet to find answers to actual questions/problems you have. Use the internet actively not passively. Cheers!
I've been dancing around why I make music for a while now. Each time I tried it came out a little differently but never fully captured it in an elevator speech much less one word. Hit home for sure. Appreciate these videos, thanks so much.
I make music bc all my life I have wondered what music I would create. I have good ear and understand some theoretical things happening in songs even before I studied music. Also the “no regrets” idea. I am too old tosucceed (almost 40) but I dont even care. I enjoy making music and improving my skills. When I get bored or dont feel anything I will stop. If this moment ever comes who knows.
I guess lying on my deathbed someday and asking "what's this for?" isn't my approach, my approach for doing music is the loss of my parents and the fact, that everything in life somehow has a purpose. I just met a girl, who takes me as I am, it's the first time in my life, I feel how she manages to feed me the energy to be myself and who really digs for what I've gone through. Yes, the bottom of a bottle is just one side...
This is something I’ve been going through recently. I think maybe someone else could relate to this. I think we tend to set this image of a ‚model musician’ in our heads to serve as some reference point to set goals and to have something to work towards. For me, this image was so misaligned with my ambitions, lifestyle, etc, I was constantly experiencing blocks, anxiety and I had zero confidence in even calling myself a musician despite being one for over 10 years. So what I did is I took a good look at every part of this image I had and asked myself if this is really coming from me or this is some bullshit that I’ve overheard or seen in some ‚helpful tip video’ and never gave it a thought. And it turns out that I threw out a lot of bullshit in the process that just didn’t work for me.
It gives me the feeling that I am here for a reason. Improvising and flow is one of the most delightful feeling I know. I agree that I want to leave behind music as a legacy when I die. I would always make music no matter what, I do it to make myself happy first and foremost. The question I have is, should I try making a living of this instead of keeping my comfy job.. Its a hard decision and not one to take lightly. But in the end, what am I doing with my life if I do not try it and give myself a chance. I just feel like I am not disciplined and prepared enough.. Thanks for your thought provoking content!
Thank you so much! My philosophy is to build a life that supports your music. A little side hustle is usually necessary in order to get the wheels turning. But taking a good hard look at your values might help re-org some of you life structures. A 9-5’er might allow for some luxuries but perhaps there is room to cut back and free up more time to spend on your craft. It takes time to build for sure. But little by little we can move more towards a life that supports what’s most important.
Just came across your channel today and your videos are great! I changed my major to study music years ago and have recently got a PhD in music and started teaching in uni. The questions you asked in this and other videos are important reminders to me why I decided to change my life path at first place and what I should do now. Thanks!
These videos are a refreshing break from those that promote GAS or the learn x, y, or z in 5 minutes. I do think there are good gear reviewers like @loopop but this is a very helpful series of videos.
Awesome vid, it’s very important that we do some introspection and reflection to see why we want to do what we do. It’s nice brining practical day to day life advice in a music channel. You are the man, keep up the great content 🤙🏼🙏🏼🔊🙌🏼
Thanks for talking the real talk throughout your videos. You're imparting some real meaning in your work, and it's inspiring me to start doing the same.
This exactly describes my life as a starting producer. I’m studying at point Blank music school in London an earn lot of knowledge. But still to fight against this feeling to not be good is hard but I know where I wanna go and it takes his time.
Hello sir, I really like your channel, the messages you choose to emphasize on are really important to me and I guess it helps a lot more people as well. Good continuation and thank you. Blessings
Interesting topic. Going through some life-altering events led me to music as therapy, and since then to this channel, which is really awesome. Your message might sound harsh at first, but if people reflect on it, I’m sure they’ll see the value & wisdom.
Damn bru what ya said about feeling good that youve left behind a solid catalogue of music. Fuck thats the only thing i havent done in the music game and ive been in everything else. Im about to turn 30 in 20 days, im finally stoked on my tracks. Im going to do my first release on or before then. Youre right, hell yeah
Loved this video! Also just finished Marcus Aurelius’s meditations. And found a lot of similarities in the way he views mortality to this video, highly recommended read!
@@mredrollo Sure! i answered it two times and cant see the comment . On my soundcloud and yt channel you get similar podcast videos. On yt there is a podcast closely related to this theme, called what does free time mean for an artist
I know my why but I needed this to polish it up some more and realign some of my strategies that may have veered off path a bit. Time for you to consider a podcast. I’d listen to you talk about the business and your challenges as a producer. Keep at it brother. 👍
why make music? Because since my early twenties I wanted to hear a banger I'd created, loud and seeing a crowd going crazy to it. I lost my path for twenty years or so then covid lockdown gave me the oportunity to try. If I didn't try, I would have regretted it to the day I departed! Not released anything yet, but I'm close...
Nice video, we are getting deeper. 🥰I like it). Recently, I have started expose myself in OF, will I regret? Rather No. We should try, if we can, but don't trying violate the freedom of choice the others...
Too deep for me and overthinking it. I simply enjoy the process of making music. Stumbling on a patch for example that inspires me to create a great chord progression then melody. Simply enjoying the process of sitting down at the keys and jamming and recording simple ideas to develop at a later date. Yes this is self indulgent but so what if it is something that gives you pleasure like any hobby. The cherry on the cake would be to get my music out there and develop a fan base and perhaps even the opportunity to collaborate and perform my creations live. But even if this doesn’t happen at least I had fun simply creating music.
@@mredrollo I appreciated your honesty in the vdo. I hesitated for a while as I saw your thumbnail and headline cause of my fear and somehow once I made a decision to listen to your vdo, there’s no going back. Thank you for trying and I am buying you a future coffee!
I agree 100% with that philosophy, but also if you create music, you create something that evolves, therefore you contribute to human evolution, i don't know if make sense (with my limited english speaking)...
I just found your videos the other day. You have an interesting outlook on music! Can I ask though, do you ever find that the dust covers on your gear at the back ever deter you from wanting to make music? I have dust covers for most of the gear in my studio too. Although I found that when the gear was 'out of sight, out of mind', I noticed myself using it a lot less, and sometimes not even making the effort to remove those dust covers.
Ohhhh great question. I’ve only recently put them on as this is a new studio but an old building. It is an action that needs to happen in order to start creating. But I haven’t found it effect much flow at this stage. I’ll definitely keep this in mind! It gives me much satisfaction to know my toys are covered from specs of plaster and paint but you make a really valid point!
Why make music? Because I can’t do much else 😂 Seriously though the idea of living with no regrets by doing music regardless of how “successful” i become speaks heavy. Recently been severely unmotivated to make new music and whenever I’ve tried to jump back in just been faced with a blank page and no ideas sucks. Feel creatively drained atm but still not giving up. I know when I get that drive back I will fall back in love with music again.
I make music because I can’t stop making music. I’ve tried and it’s boring and sad. Particularly sad because having the gift of creating music going to waste, is a sad thing to do
A good friend of mine that I'd known since we were just toddlers committed suicide on New years day in 2020. He sent me an email containing a video and a message. It was tremendously heartbreaking, but one of the things that has been running through my mind ever since has been the last little bit that he directed to me specifically. He said basically that I should take some risks and do what I love with the chances that I have, then said "love you bro". Still breaks my heart. I don't want to get too in detail here but it was a rough time for everyone who knew him obviously.
While learning to cope and manage stress I ended up learning transcendental meditation and I've been cutting out bullshit and focusing more on what I love ever since, getting back to the root of things. I'm kinda a decade later getting into music than I'd like to be, but I owe it to my friend. There is clarity that comes when you face death. If you're reading this and you're 20 and you're broke and you have no direction, just know that you matter and that if there's something that you love -not because of what others think or because of expectations, but something that truly gives you joy, then face your fears and give yourself a chance.
Edit: oh and I lost focus on why I was writing this comment. I just wanted to say that my motivation is exactly the same as yours. I kept having a vision of myself on my deathbed looking back at my life and I knew that if I didn't give what I love the best shot that I can, that would be the thing I would regret. I don't want to be that old man looking back in regret.
Thanks for sharing this comment man, I'm genuinely sorry for your loss but I'm really happy and proud of how far you've come today - take it one step at a time!
My condolences. Do you know the book "The Little Prince" written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery? If not, maybe you can find it? It´s a short book and don´t be fooled, that it looks like a book for children. Best regards
@@Analoque444 I'll check it out. Thank you
@@NormanTiner Thank you too and I would appreciate if you would thank me at a later date after you have read it. Because then I will know that I could really help you with this beautiful book. I give you on the way that it will cost you tears to read it, but it will help and strengthen you with every line. I am very sure of that and wish you the best from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for sharing.
When I’m making music, it’s the one time in the day I get the chance to feel “flow”. and that I’m making something I genuinely like. The act of MAKING music is the reason I make music. The making is the end, not the means. How do I know this? Because I don’t give two shits how many people hear what I release (I do not promote my music as I can’t be arsed!). What I do worry about is if I lose this flow, which in the last 14 months I’ve been able to find consistently.
Ask yourself this: if your DAW could produce a complete track at the push of a single button, and it was completely unique and sounded amazing and that’s all you had to do (push a single button), would you be happy with this style of “making music”? I doubt it. It’s the struggle, the creativity, the discovery … that makes it worth doing.
This, nicely said! I’ve never thought about it in those terms, but I can relate, there’s something about the process itself and seeing it through that’s truly fulfilling.
It’s therapeutic. Nothing puts you in the same head space 😎
Your vids are are like therapy for me, touching all the sensitive subjects about me and my struggle of making music or not. Thanks, you help me on a level you have no idea of.
He's becoming one of my favorite music Chanels. This video is further conformation for me about what I must do.
Same
I’ve always loved music since I was 5. Didn’t have a desire to perform until the early 70s so I learned tenor saxophone to play in a big band someday. Well life had changes and I stopped playing but didn’t stop listening. I had a much better appreciation for what it took. In 2007 I decided enough was enough. I needed to play! Bought a guitar with one goal in mind. Learn a little fingerpicking and a few chords so I could amuse myself, no one else. My wife who was a good guitar player already said “bout time dude”. So we bought a few and started just having fun. Dream met! My wife passed away in 2018 and my doctor asked me one question: what do you enjoy doing the most. Answer: play music. Then do that! So now I play as often as possible, record, learned to mix to help me record better tracks, built out a home recording studio. I don’t have a desire to perform or release music, only play for my enjoyment. I have recorded a single and had other professionals add parts to it. It was a blast. My recordings will be for my kids and grandkids in hopes they will continue on their own musical journeys as they all play an instrument now. Life is short. Make more music while you can.
I love making music, I dont like everything that comes with it such as selling it, selling a brand and feeling unsuccessful because I'm not making money off it. Stuck in a crappy day job that sucks the life out of Me.
Same here in a way... i also stuck doing something im not interested while i have chance to do music in my free time... maybe we both need to learn something here... maybe we are not facing our fears...either so i know life is hard and we do our best... sorry if i identify too much on your comment but i feel you bro.
@@guilletiger There are other issues that make My music life alot more difficult such as the nabor (Raper producer) regularly blasting out his own music at random times day or night from the other day He was going from 3pm all the way up till 3am. Last night to this morning He was going 9pm to 6.45am. This literally drives Me Fxxxing mad, keeps Me up on edge all the time and disrupts My own music creations and ruins My recordings. I have to deal with that ontop on 40hour a week job getting up every day at 3.30am.
@@HOLLASOUNDS Amount goes before the quality then....
I make music because I'm passionate about it, because I feel sad and bored and simply not inspired enough to live my life when I'm unable to explore and experience music in a way that satisfies me. There are so few things that makes me feel like that in my life and, honestly, I think that none reaches the power that music making and sound in general has to me.
As a music lover, I got tired of buying stuff that I like, so I decided to start making my own. And my creations are tailored to my taste. The rest is all just icing on the cake. It’s also a lot healthier than droning out on Netflix and drinking the night away. Thanks for your existential questions!
Also I'm just running out of stuff i can find that i like.
Lowkey, asking "why do you wanna make music?" is like asking why I'm attracted by women. It's just what I love.
When you are actually faced with death (in my personal experience) you tend to look at all the things you did rather than what you didn’t. There isn’t a sense of regret for not having done but more one of gratitude for what you did. It’s a rather serene place rather than one of angst about what never occurred. Thank you for your interesting conversations.
Why make music? My answer is that I've always felt drawn to it. I was fascinated by the sound of analog synths as a child, still love it. Music has shown me a lot about myself, has helped in my personal development. I enjoy making music, and its SO satisfying when you finish a nice track. I agree 100% with the mortality thing.
I've lost my Mother and almost lost my Brother in the space of a year... makes you face up to death, but that's a good thing IMO!
Simple question but far from an easy one... damn man, it's like taking a train right in the face !
I’m seeking music as an adventurer. My perspective started from 20th century blockbuster stage musicals as a teenager, progressed through musicianship and eventually standard broadcasting. I eventually traded for “kids” that handy syllable to represent decades of trying to build your dependents’ futures. Sure, it was my choice, and it was an investment. Now as a grandpa a few weeks ago I experienced my first granddaughter (who named me “Yata”) emerging from her nap, hearing my live ambient music stream and singing out “Muuuuuusiiiiiiic!!!” then running up to the screen, watching my graphics then proclaiming “Yata Music!” That’s in a world where 2-yr olds have the panoply of online music to bathe in, and it feels like my biggest satisfaction in music. But lifting this little girl up on my arm because she asked me to, to enjoy her beautiful innocent personality, is far more important to me. Wide perspective is very hard to obtain and it takes a very long time. And this doesn’t supplant my satisfaction in my music. It’s not an either/or choice it’s a both/and combination. I’m grateful I didn’t succeed at chasing music and nothing else.
Holy shit! This was literally like listening to myself talk. Although I have never had to wrestle with the topic of what I must do in this life, I sure as shit reflect on my own mortality now that I’m 67. Music has been my whole life. I started playing trombone in the 3rd grade and continued through high school. When I was 13 I picked up guitar and have not stopped playing to this day. I have played guitar in almost every style and setting you can imagine. Music is really all I think about. When I started producing it was just another experience that involved music and I’ve spent thousands of hours learning it, and every day I can’t wait to get back at it. Sadly, some people never discover what they must do, to others it was never even a question. Funny how that works.
I am in my early 40's and started making music in when I was about 15 with an Amiga and Protracker. Why do I do it? I was really impressed back in the late 80's and 90's of hearing sampled sounds coming out of a computer and then discovered the incredible Amiga Demo Scene.. and I just wanted to be able to do what they did. Later on I got more serious about music making.. and learning and experimenting etc.. you all know the drill.. But fast forward to now.. Thinking about it. I am in competition with myself. Each song I finish , I am working towards impressing myself. It makes me happy. Back in the 90's and mid 2000's I thought it was about impressing my friends. You figure out that they actually dont care. or downplay it in a way that is "oh well if you can do that.. it must be something that anyone can do".. discarding all of the unseen time and effort and experience you have and the nuance of shaping sounds. Dont make music for your friends, they wont understand.. and its not their fault.. Make it for you. Impress yourself. (oh and BTW.. They started to notice.. once I began singing.. "Oh who's the singer" .. lol)
I’m willing to be convinced otherwise, but I thoroughly believe this is the video all of your detractors will call to your attention when they wish to bash you again. It touches on so many philosophical and fundamental points that most people wish to ignore because of the patients required to climb the Mountain of abstracts, only to realize they must descend to a profoundness to reach resolution. In someway, shape or form, we’re all on a quest; The question has always been and will always be”Why Complete it?” Settling for answers that temporarily satisfy the psyche May achieve short-term success, but are an overall distortion of the greater picture. A lot of the videos on this channel are more about self than they are about making music, which truly is of the greatest importance, as it is essence which will determine one’s existence. Thanks for the video; hopefully we can all remember how necessary it is to step back from all of the fact gathering and instead focus on a concise answer concerning who we are, so that we can set about what to do and how to do it.
Not to take anything away from this channel's content, but your comments alone make it a worthy subscription!
Because music moves me more than any creative medium. It's been there for me during the darkest times in my life. Nothing compares to creating something that didn't exist before you breathed life into it. It's a drug I can't live without. It's the one thing I know I'm good at and even if I never make a dime from it or amass a huge following I'll never stop doing it.
"Why" is easy - making music makes me happy.
Boom!
I want to believe im doing it for the LOVE of art... of expression,... i have a more religious view... everything is nothing... so might as well do a beautiful creation as long as im alive... i believe that is my way of saying thank you to the creation... if im creating im doing the job that the creator also did to put me here in this world... and even if my creations are never heard it gives me warm of hearth feeling im fulfilling a soul purpose far beyond my egocentric goals in life... i want to feel connected to GOD through my own music productions... i want to feel im expressing his wish as a creature developing sound realities for the expression of creativity itself nothing more... at the end i know i wont take nothing with me and nothing would have sense but in the present i want to be part of creating... im not perfect... but i feel i can give something to the universe back... after all they did it with LOVE so i will return to the cosmos a beautiful music production with LOVE. nothing more. and i will buy you definitely a coffee. THANK YOU.
What people will regret in eternity is the fact that they could've believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and be in Heaven, but they knew that if they would believe on Him, it would mark them in the eyes of all the other people and out of fear and because of multitude of other excuses, they never believed on Him! Honestly this day and age of, "let's find a purpose for your existence in something that you can or might want to do", will turn out to be nothing but a satanic spiritual joke played on the people, when it is all over! The spiritual evolution of a soul unsaved is to burn forever, no matter how rich and rewarding his or her life was on this earth! This may not be what people want to hear or think about these days, but it is true nonetheless!
someone once said "its smart to think about death from time to time, otherwise, if you dont, one day, when youre real old, and death is around the corner youre going to say to your self,,,, oh, oh ya, oh shiiiit"
Yes, you said it spot on!
Exactly. It's a spiritual journey to find who we are and accomplishing something of value in this life. I believe we have chosen to be here to go through the dark to understand out spiritual nature and embrace the light. Find inspiration. Well done man!
Honestly, from personal experience, I have been realizing that once the music happens, IT HAPPENS! I mean, if you can turn on the radio and hear music, there it is. The thing that could be standing in most of our ways IS this technological way of life some or most of us may be living in.
I stepped away from the computer today just to play my guitar and I played more music then I did all of last month trying to manipulate software with a mouse and a keyboard.
Getting in touch with our humanity comes first. No humanity, no music. It's just that simple. If we're not making music, we're not human. : )
And, if we don't want to make music, then being human is all we have left. Cheers.
I gave up a shot at a band "career" in my 20s. I stopped playing music for nearly 10 years. After a further 10 years of noodling, I realised music is "the one". I ask myself, if music was so important to me, why did I quit? I have no good answer. But I just know writing, playing, and listening to music does more for me spiritually (shudder) than any other thing. It doesn't matter what my energy levels are, I'll do it. I'm equally proud to know our music will be out there for a very long time, whether people listen to it or not.
I think I make music because whatever mental condition I have (OCD or ADHD or whatever it is) is so satiated by the trance-like state making music takes me to. I've had many other past times that give me that feeling but none as consistently or prolonged as just working on a beat for a few hours and letting my creativity just do whatever it likes. If anyone else enjoys my music then great, but I ultimately make it for myself. Recording it is never as satisfying as the time I'm just jamming out but it's cool. Just record it and move on. Cheers for the video!
one day i was just doing my homework and i recently discovered martin garrix and edm, i listened to songs all the time, music was like my therapy so i searched up martin garrix live set and tomorrowland martin garrix 2018 set came up. that video changed me, when i saw that huge crowd singin his song, that huge set those bright lights and lasers i was in aww my mouth open and goosebumps all over, thats when i decided i want that.
You are the kind of "teacher" I would prefer to see the most on making music topics, and not just the " 5 tricks EQ that you need to know". Thanks for answering this existencial questions, for me is just hard
Man... These videos of yours are something else. Just pure honesty. We really value that!
The most important thing is that we should never forget that everything is impermanent. Thank you very much for your video.
Thank you for this man. I have pondered the question before" If you were the last person on earth, would you still make music" It's a bit of a mindf**k to consider, and it worried me that my answer was "probably not". Basically I couldn't see the point if I had no one to share it with.
About 9 years ago I gave up making music, I left it for 7 years, then 2 years ago I started again. I was so disappointed in myself for not seeing it through, knowing I hadn't explored my own music making abilities. I'm still learning, I'm still trying to find my sound, and recently I have been considering leaving it again because it does affect my emotional state so much when it isn't going well. Watching your video is keeping me on track. Thank you.
Agreed! It is a challenging question. Similar to you, I do have a worry that my answer may well be "probably not". But then I probably wouldn't be bothered about writing a novel, learnign a language or answering the questions of life, the universe and everything, either. Probably happy to find some vintage guitar left behind, and strum on that all day, sitting on some Mediterranean beach.
I'd regret not making music that feels true to myself, the problem is that I don't have the skill nor know how to attain the skills I need to be able to make it. I'm very conscious of my inspirations, yet I really struggle putting it together.
Thanks for this video
Studies into the subject of "creative genius" seem to show a convergence of several traits and circumstances.
Higher than average intelligence (manifesting in talent) an ability to block out distractions and persistence in the face of detractors are common traits in successful artists.
But studies of geniuses reveal another component that really seems to make the difference. Death.
Those who suffer the loss of a parent, those with severe childhood illnesses, survivors of accidents, or anything else that teaches a child at an early stage that life can be short and brutal seems to trigger something in some people.
Perhaps it's the early realisation that "you're only here once, better get on with it" that allows them the necessary focus to be good at what they do.
Not only that, but they perhaps nurture the ability to take risks we ultimately have to take in order to succeed; both artistically and business-wise.
Fear of failure is diminished when the ultimate fear has already been confronted.
Sadly, the same attitude towards risk taking also extends to other behaviour that can ultimately shorten the lifespan of these anomalous, precious beings.
This may account for the long, bewildered list of successful artists and performers continuously lost to drugs, drink, sexual promiscuity, etc.
Anyway, downloaded any good VSTs recently?
5:34 not trying to make it into the music industry not trying to make the best music that I can create not being good or at least put the effort into being good at something I love. The answer that I can give to why I create music is pretty simple it's the only thing that I felt that I can control it's the only thing that I feel that gives me the power that I crave it's the only thing that makes me genuinely feel happy within the three to four hours that I'm creating it's so rewarding from start to finish to have an idea like a topic for a song write the lyrics study what I've written record what didn't exist before but then at the end of the session I have something new I may not like it I may love it no matter what I always love the process.
Thanks to you dude, I know skip past ANY video with ‘Tips’ in the title! 🤜🏻
Nice!
I am thinking. And the answer is "Yes".
I couldnt agree more. In fact that’s exactly why I make music. I want to leave a legacy and have no regrets later in my life. I lost 10 years thinking I couldnt do it and regretting every day for not taking the first step that would take me to achieve my goal. The pandemic made me look at things from different perspective and help me changed my priorities in life. Cheers
Nailed it - in the end, with the scope of life ephemeral in mind, one has to abide by what matters most. This is why I subscribed - you relay your best thoughts and perspectives unfiltered and, I think, your views are correct and apt. Do what you love. Cheers!
highly recommend joining ed's channel, great community, share your music in honest and safe environment..oh and buy this man a coffee
Why perform? To try and provoke emotion in others. Why build a studio? To try an provide opportunities for others, especially those with love for music and no "privilege".
When anyone approaches their studio/instruments/pedals/plugins etc I encourage the question to sit with you be "what am I curious about today?". It could be a certain combination of instruments, a certain chain direction of hardwiring, a plugin you've not yet used, whatever it is that you feel like you're discoving something along the way whilst you're being creative. Good luck with your music everyone!
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I don’t always get notifications for “super thanks” really appreciate the love.
What a brave and excellent point. Eastern philosophy encourages thought of our mortality as a means to live more fully now. Well done
Another great one dude. I have a similar motivation or more something I discovered: I realized that the more room I give music in my life and center it around it, the happier I am. As easy as that. That is what gets me out of bed earlier and do synth sessions before I start my day job. Or makes me reduce my day job to make more room for music. So again feeling you here 100% - cheers mate!
One thing i realized and motivates me today is in order to fully experience music, my passion, i need a job that gives me good stability, and sustanibillity. I guess it depends on what do you expect, what currently is your situation, because in the end in your life if you get in a place where you can't experience it the way you wanted to, then you missed a step, it can always be fixed but you have to be objective about it.
I've been doing not enjoyable jobs and this is what motivates me to learn a new job that i can like, don't have to be passionate about it, but if all this time I've been able to do those crazy jobs, i think i will be fine with one that i can enjoy enough, and also pays better for me to not feel restricted for music. Everyone should try to plan this as much as they can, it's important!
Although I don't have to think much about why i've been droved to music in the first place and why i am doing it right now, because it always have been my calling, it might have a more specific answer for each one of us, but as long as you're fufilling your passion, i think it's enough, we as humans tend to overcomplicate things, so stay simple and honest with yourself.
If you kept pushing away your calling it will always come back to you so that you finally see it for what it is, and realize you can't escape it, so embrace it and live it for as long as you can!
You are my new psychologist, I really appreciate your videos... it's therapy.
Thank you
Feel like I spent my 20s figuring out exactly what I needed to do in life, then avoiding it with all my strength lol
great way to discover the joys of anxiety attacks, btw
In my mid 30s now I'm finally on the path and its just this warm thick feeling of joy and excitement every day and every night :)
More please! Need these discussions to keep going 🌸
Well, if death is the big subject, you’ve got a new subscriber. Momento mori keeps bringing me back.
Dude another great video , your so right , ‘music is it’s own reward’ another’s quote but so true , to play and record to allow that which has never before been expressed in this reality to flow through us is to connect in real time with the divine in all of its artistic forms, if we can then allow another soul to share our work in positive ways is to enrich all party’s concerned and changes our actual life path in timelines just because we took the time to create and listen and in doing so changed our imagination about the future 🔥❤️
It is funny because I truly asked myself this question in the past and...the answer was exactly the same as yours, unbelievable....and I was thinking that something was wrong with me :D
excellent reflection friend! I see in music a way to become immortal through my works that will stay even after my inevitable death
Oof, man that was deep.
Again, as a hobbyist piano/guitar player looking into making music I have a completely different motivation behind.
First off, as a software developer (which is my main job), my ultimate goal and the reason why I do this is written in my resume, right beneath my name: "Aiming at making everyday tools easier and more efficient to optimize our most important nonrenewable resource: time."
And I still have some stuff I really want to study and look into, couple more projects to go before I can say "ok, I'm done, I'm good here, if I die tomorrow, I can rest easy".
Music, on the other side, is my escape from the world of computers, from my main job.
It's a way to regain stamina, relax and put my mind at ease.
And, yeah, if you've been wondering, I'm one of those "DAWless" guys who refuse to use a computer to make music. When I want to play or make music, I want to stay away from PCs, tablets and smartphones, so dawless it is.
Thanks for the video, those are always a big source of reflection for me.
Thanks so much for sharing
As a software developer myself, I have wondered how it is that the more time saving software (and other gadgets) we have, the less free time we seem to have. The more hurried and fast life becomes. Some weird paradox going on there, like we can't really cheat life and "save time". Take music as an example. It seems songs were written and recorded faster back in the 1950's and 1960s' than now. The time saving devices mean more is expected to be done in time available, perhaps.
Thank you for making these vids they make me feel like I'm not alone in this
And to someone who doesn't know anyone who makes music that means a lot :)
your videos are very hard because, you are right and it is very difficult for people to accept the truth.
It´s sometimes called crrative procrastination. Creating other things to do than the one you (know you) should.
Your last video was the first of yours that Ive seen and damn it was so true.
For me it comes down to this,
What am I using the internet for?
Am I using the internet to a solve a problem? ie, how to export an audio file for sampling?
OR
Am I using the internet to solve a problem? ie, Im bored and I dont want to work so I will justify it by watching endless educational videos.
Use the internet to find answers to actual questions/problems you have.
Use the internet actively not passively.
Cheers!
Why! This is exactly I was asking myself,. And you have a great aproach.. and since i found you seems like we are verymuch connected 🤖🐏
I've been dancing around why I make music for a while now. Each time I tried it came out a little differently but never fully captured it in an elevator speech much less one word. Hit home for sure.
Appreciate these videos, thanks so much.
I make music bc all my life I have wondered what music I would create. I have good ear and understand some theoretical things happening in songs even before I studied music. Also the “no regrets” idea. I am too old tosucceed (almost 40) but I dont even care. I enjoy making music and improving my skills. When I get bored or dont feel anything I will stop. If this moment ever comes who knows.
I guess lying on my deathbed someday and asking "what's this for?" isn't my approach, my approach for doing music is the loss of my parents and the fact, that everything in life somehow has a purpose.
I just met a girl, who takes me as I am, it's the first time in my life, I feel how she manages to feed me the energy to be myself and who really digs for what I've gone through.
Yes, the bottom of a bottle is just one side...
This is something I’ve been going through recently. I think maybe someone else could relate to this. I think we tend to set this image of a ‚model musician’ in our heads to serve as some reference point to set goals and to have something to work towards. For me, this image was so misaligned with my ambitions, lifestyle, etc, I was constantly experiencing blocks, anxiety and I had zero confidence in even calling myself a musician despite being one for over 10 years. So what I did is I took a good look at every part of this image I had and asked myself if this is really coming from me or this is some bullshit that I’ve overheard or seen in some ‚helpful tip video’ and never gave it a thought. And it turns out that I threw out a lot of bullshit in the process that just didn’t work for me.
It gives me the feeling that I am here for a reason. Improvising and flow is one of the most delightful feeling I know. I agree that I want to leave behind music as a legacy when I die.
I would always make music no matter what, I do it to make myself happy first and foremost.
The question I have is, should I try making a living of this instead of keeping my comfy job.. Its a hard decision and not one to take lightly. But in the end, what am I doing with my life if I do not try it and give myself a chance. I just feel like I am not disciplined and prepared enough..
Thanks for your thought provoking content!
Thank you so much! My philosophy is to build a life that supports your music. A little side hustle is usually necessary in order to get the wheels turning. But taking a good hard look at your values might help re-org some of you life structures. A 9-5’er might allow for some luxuries but perhaps there is room to cut back and free up more time to spend on your craft. It takes time to build for sure. But little by little we can move more towards a life that supports what’s most important.
Just came across your channel today and your videos are great! I changed my major to study music years ago and have recently got a PhD in music and started teaching in uni. The questions you asked in this and other videos are important reminders to me why I decided to change my life path at first place and what I should do now. Thanks!
Thanks so much
These videos are a refreshing break from those that promote GAS or the learn x, y, or z in 5 minutes. I do think there are good gear reviewers like @loopop but this is a very helpful series of videos.
I simply love this channel!
Glad to hear it!
You sure pinpoint the nerve every episode, awesome👍😀
wow that hit deep man.
damn
Awesome vid, it’s very important that we do some introspection and reflection to see why we want to do what we do. It’s nice brining practical day to day life advice in a music channel. You are the man, keep up the great content 🤙🏼🙏🏼🔊🙌🏼
Thanks for talking the real talk throughout your videos. You're imparting some real meaning in your work, and it's inspiring me to start doing the same.
Really appreciate that. If there is anything that I can do to help please let me know. Can hit me up on instagram 😎
That would be cool. I'll message you there after I buy you that coffee first ✌️
@@Advosary legend
This exactly describes my life as a starting producer. I’m studying at point Blank music school in London an earn lot of knowledge. But still to fight against this feeling to not be good is hard but I know where I wanna go and it takes his time.
Thanks for sharing. How are you finding Point Blank?
GREAT ADVISE
You rock bro!
Hello sir, I really like your channel, the messages you choose to emphasize on are really important to me and I guess it helps a lot more people as well. Good continuation and thank you.
Blessings
Thank you,
Enjoy your videos greatly. I think I am difficult to motivate but your videos help - this one asked me a great question - thankyou !
Awesome to hear. Thanks for sharing.
we love your videos
Interesting topic. Going through some life-altering events led me to music as therapy, and since then to this channel, which is really awesome. Your message might sound harsh at first, but if people reflect on it, I’m sure they’ll see the value & wisdom.
Appreciate that mate. Thank you.
Damn bru what ya said about feeling good that youve left behind a solid catalogue of music. Fuck thats the only thing i havent done in the music game and ive been in everything else. Im about to turn 30 in 20 days, im finally stoked on my tracks. Im going to do my first release on or before then. Youre right, hell yeah
Loved this video! Also just finished Marcus Aurelius’s meditations. And found a lot of similarities in the way he views mortality to this video, highly recommended read!
I have to read this book!
Very true! exactly this topic was in my vlog list as wel ;)
Oh nice. Would love to hear it. Please send me a link on Instagram when you post it.
@@mredrollo Sure! i answered it two times and cant see the comment . On my soundcloud and yt channel you get similar podcast videos. On yt there is a podcast closely related to this theme, called what does free time mean for an artist
Damn, looks like I did want to be a pastry chef after all. And I thought it was music all this time!
I know my why but I needed this to polish it up some more and realign some of my strategies that may have veered off path a bit. Time for you to consider a podcast. I’d listen to you talk about the business and your challenges as a producer. Keep at it brother. 👍
Love this !
Thanks so much
very good
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I play Death Metal, this video was a walk in the park!
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Mann I love ur channel!
Thank you
why make music? Because since my early twenties I wanted to hear a banger I'd created, loud and seeing a crowd going crazy to it. I lost my path for twenty years or so then covid lockdown gave me the oportunity to try. If I didn't try, I would have regretted it to the day I departed! Not released anything yet, but I'm close...
Keyword here for me is legacy 👍👍
So glad that snagged you. I feel exactly the same way ❤️
@@mredrollo Honestly mate I said it to myself a few months back after quitting production completely for a good 6-7 years. Great vid as always 🤙
Nice video, we are getting deeper. 🥰I like it). Recently, I have started expose myself in OF, will I regret? Rather No. We should try, if we can, but don't trying violate the freedom of choice the others...
It takes a lot of courage to do that. And as a result you gain confidence! 💪🏼
Have ya watched the movie Soul (2020)? its a must watch :)
I have not 🙂
@@mredrollo grab the wife and kids, you will definitely enjoy it! The main character is a musician as well so we can all relate a bit. 😇
Too deep for me and overthinking it. I simply enjoy the process of making music. Stumbling on a patch for example that inspires me to create a great chord progression then melody. Simply enjoying the process of sitting down at the keys and jamming and recording simple ideas to develop at a later date.
Yes this is self indulgent but so what if it is something that gives you pleasure like any hobby. The cherry on the cake would be to get my music out there and develop a fan base and perhaps even the opportunity to collaborate and perform my creations live. But even if this doesn’t happen at least I had fun simply creating music.
We wanted this. 😂
It’s a bad joke from Jack Reacher I think got lost on people 😂
@@mredrollo I appreciated your honesty in the vdo. I hesitated for a while as I saw your thumbnail and headline cause of my fear and somehow once I made a decision to listen to your vdo, there’s no going back. Thank you for trying and I am buying you a future coffee!
@@nannue really appreciate that!
Why? It's very hard question... Sometimes I field that I know aswer, but now I'm looking for.
Thanks for the existential crisis. 🤔 Hmmm, that's given me an idea for a song...
Go get it!
If you have some doubts, try seriously to move away from music .... if music keeps chasing you, then accept and honor it as a part of your life.
Nice one
I agree 100% with that philosophy, but also if you create music, you create something that evolves, therefore you contribute to human evolution, i don't know if make sense (with my limited english speaking)...
I like it. Thanks for sharing.
I just found your videos the other day. You have an interesting outlook on music! Can I ask though, do you ever find that the dust covers on your gear at the back ever deter you from wanting to make music? I have dust covers for most of the gear in my studio too. Although I found that when the gear was 'out of sight, out of mind', I noticed myself using it a lot less, and sometimes not even making the effort to remove those dust covers.
Ohhhh great question. I’ve only recently put them on as this is a new studio but an old building. It is an action that needs to happen in order to start creating. But I haven’t found it effect much flow at this stage. I’ll definitely keep this in mind! It gives me much satisfaction to know my toys are covered from specs of plaster and paint but you make a really valid point!
Caution, Mredrollo - the next step from Lofyne might be dating you there 😅
Fun.
Why make music? Because I can’t do much else 😂
Seriously though the idea of living with no regrets by doing music regardless of how “successful” i become speaks heavy. Recently been severely unmotivated to make new music and whenever I’ve tried to jump back in just been faced with a blank page and no ideas sucks. Feel creatively drained atm but still not giving up. I know when I get that drive back I will fall back in love with music again.
I have no doubts either. All the best.
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I think most of the time people don't get a chance to lie in bed dying and think about their regrets, etc.. it's such a romantic scenario...
But it is essential