Won't lie, I've had many sleepless nights over this. Although that might be true in terms of volume of songs on their platform, less than 0.5% of all songs on Spotify get more than 1000 streams per year. In other words 99.5% of all Spotify songs are insignificant. If we had to look at that 0.5% of songs that ACTUALLY are significant, how many do you think are generated by AI? Sources: artists.spotify.com/en/blog/modernizing-our-royalty-system www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/only-19-of-artists-on-spotify-had-over-1000-monthly-listeners-in-20231/ routenote.com/blog/how-many-songs-on-spotify-have-less-than-1000-plays/#:~:text=Spotify%20revealed%20that%2099.5%25%20of,streams%20or%20more%20a%20year.
I've also been producing for a long time and the first tip I give to anyone that want to start producing is that whatever the excuse is, spend time in your DAW. A tutorial, an idea, a new vst or sample pack... It's important that it becomes a hobby in the first place.
Hey, thanks for adding your take! Although I do agree that it's super important to spend time in your DAW, I think it's essential to try spend as much of that time actually making music instead of just fiddling with stuff... Sure it's great to spend time experimenting and just getting comfortable with things, but if your objective is to make good music you should focus on THAT not the tools.
thank you for this, i think its been a month now iv made on track, yes im still learning and have a long way to go, but listening to you reminds me its not my daw its not my samples its me, me against me, iv subscribed and look forward to your content. grateful
Music theory + Chords are essentially the same thing and I would recommend learning that first. DAWs / software changes, but Music theory doesn't. You don't have to learn it up to insane levels for it to be useful / help you. Just learn what a scale is and how you can use it to make chords / melodies. Once you have that under wraps even at a basic level, dive into a DAW and start making stuff. Stick around - I will be uploading a video on music theory basics for producers 🙏🏼
Tip1 enjoy your hobby while you do uber, AI has killed this as a career. More half then half of all spotify songs are AI
Won't lie, I've had many sleepless nights over this. Although that might be true in terms of volume of songs on their platform, less than 0.5% of all songs on Spotify get more than 1000 streams per year. In other words 99.5% of all Spotify songs are insignificant.
If we had to look at that 0.5% of songs that ACTUALLY are significant, how many do you think are generated by AI?
Sources:
artists.spotify.com/en/blog/modernizing-our-royalty-system
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/only-19-of-artists-on-spotify-had-over-1000-monthly-listeners-in-20231/
routenote.com/blog/how-many-songs-on-spotify-have-less-than-1000-plays/#:~:text=Spotify%20revealed%20that%2099.5%25%20of,streams%20or%20more%20a%20year.
I've also been producing for a long time and the first tip I give to anyone that want to start producing is that whatever the excuse is, spend time in your DAW. A tutorial, an idea, a new vst or sample pack... It's important that it becomes a hobby in the first place.
Hey, thanks for adding your take! Although I do agree that it's super important to spend time in your DAW, I think it's essential to try spend as much of that time actually making music instead of just fiddling with stuff... Sure it's great to spend time experimenting and just getting comfortable with things, but if your objective is to make good music you should focus on THAT not the tools.
Great tips, straight to the point! Thank you.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Great video - so insightful!! 👏
thank you for this, i think its been a month now iv made on track, yes im still learning and have a long way to go, but listening to you reminds me its not my daw its not my samples its me, me against me, iv subscribed and look forward to your content. grateful
You've got this!! I'll see you around here 🙏🏼
I just started making music and it's a bit confusing. I'm using Ableton. What should I learn first? Music theory, chords, or the DAW?
Music theory + Chords are essentially the same thing and I would recommend learning that first. DAWs / software changes, but Music theory doesn't.
You don't have to learn it up to insane levels for it to be useful / help you. Just learn what a scale is and how you can use it to make chords / melodies. Once you have that under wraps even at a basic level, dive into a DAW and start making stuff.
Stick around - I will be uploading a video on music theory basics for producers 🙏🏼