2:54 you don't need thousands of plugins 4:19 snare trick with clippers. 5:19 use melodyne to extract chord progressions 6:24 pros use loops 8:06 use a songwriting formula 10:00 use templates 12:08 use analog sounds 13:35 use pro microphones 16:36 many producers use old drum machine sounds 18:00 mixing and mastering engineers do more work than you think
I produce 100% organic gluten GMO free music. For my brass instruments like Trumpet / sax/ trombone, I mine my own metals then smelt them down in my own blacksmith shop to create the brass to mold. I also have a stand of bamboo growing in my backyard to make my own saxophone reeds. For drums I have a stand of old oak trees I cut down to make my own drums and drumsticks. I have a small herd of elephants to use the ivory to make my own piano keys...before you ask, yes I do make my own piano strings and guitar strings. For echo and reverb I do it myself by running from one location to the other fast than sound to create the desired effect.
The best thing about producing music, is that someone can tell you all the secrets in the world about how to do it, but only with experience will you see them. I find it's a constant learning / unlearning of habits over time. Whenever you are in doubt, remember it is supposed to be fun.
@@wildcatproductions637 If you don't know how to play a piano or guitar, then it isn't very fun experience in comparison to when you do, it just frustrating lol
I love that you gave props to us engineers!! I recorded and mixed a ton of records in the '90s and 2000s and we had to fight for credits, when half the time we took wimpy sounding drums and used gated oscillators, gangs of pultecs and drum samples to make it sound banging! And yes, the producer gets the credit. But people in the industry know how vital the engineer is. Now I'm doing full time production these last 20 years, so I do my own engineering. Anyway, great channel, and props to you for your success!!!
I've been silently learning from you for literally years now and I just want to say thank you for everything you're doing, truly the best! from Australia
Hi.. I´m an engineer in Germany since over 30 years... just wanted to say thank you !!!.... and yes .. music has unfortunately changed !... but as long somone can take an instrument in his hands and play, I won´t lose my belive...
Personally I found the most useful tip is using the Fruity Soft Clipper. That on an 808 really helps to boost the bass without interfering with the other tracks.
@@Turd_Polish yep, and if one limiter does not do the job add another on top lol, i could not believe my ears the first time i stacked two 808 each with a parametric eq full gain and freqency on kik all tied together with a basic DAW limiter master plus a second limiter on the kik, a little fidleing here and there and tanaaa.... clean phat 4 to the floor UNTZ UNTZ my friend.
I have made records in studios since 1987. I did a major label top 40 hit record. This is all true. I watch this just because this guy is an eloquent orator. What an intellect !
One thing I have only seen one TH-cam teacher ever explain or even mention in a decade of online learning, is how to narrow track's stereo width during the panning process. It makes a huge difference on every single track, especially the kick. I can't believe how many people are making tracks without it!
To all the producers out there not using samples or loops and creating fire melodies and progressions, shout out to you! You are talented and will be a big name one day! Just don't give up and keep grinding
This is exactly how all the legendary bands and productions from the 60's, 70's and 80's were created (and that are copied with Melodyne nowadays). Just like Pink Floyd created the "Wish you were here" album: came into the Abbey Road Studio with no plan, no idea, jammed around, tried things and created all by themselves: lyrics, music (chord progressions!), sound pgrogramming. No loops, no auto tune, no Melodyne. Same with Queens "Bohemian Rhapsody". That's how real creativity works.
The part about the drums hitting harder was literally what I’ve been trying to figure out recently. Wasn’t expecting that gem to be in this video. Thanks for sharing that man.
Everybody knows music theory (unless you just plain can't count) lol, there's just different levels of music theory. How else do you know how to keep time, clap to the beat, or dance.
@@TranceCore3 That is like saying everybody knows color theory or can grade a film/ or even paint?. Who doesn't know what colors are? yup we can all name the colors. lol Keeping time is not knowing music theory. This comment makes no sense. Do you really think keeping time means everyone knows Music theory? Besides percussion and rhythm is NOT music theory. It is merely a component and keeping time a very basic one at that, like knowing your abc's does not make you a writer.
not every one are James brown an him became the more precious gift from the almaghty father of the blues an the holly funck music the RIGHT GROOVE we leave the pop and got the funck ,com on bro every one kno it
I sold my first beat the other day and I just wanted to say thank you. I would never have been able to get to this point if it weren't for your tutorials and resources. thank you!
He just dropped some real knowledge that I use for everything in life. He basically showed told how to be a genius. Its called " studying patterns" and I never heard nk one else say it out loud before. Respect!
I’ve been in the music biz for the last 9 1/2 years and grew up learning and watching from you. Thank you for all the help I haven’t forgotten where I came from and where I learned everything when it comes to music editing.
Thinking about the culture instead of about your own ego, personal wealth and/or status? That's the sign of a *true* musician. Also, I knew there was something I liked about your perspective. You're a student of science. :)
@Mason: But if your music is made without you playing any instruments, then you're actually not a musician, you're a producer. The words aren't synonyms and theres a clear cut difference between the two, but its probably easy to confuse them. Basically you can't be a musician if you dont play an instrument, but either way you can still be a producer. EG If I produce a track, then get my friend to play melodica on it, and my other friend to play the Reggae chords on a guitar or keyboard, Im NOT the musician, they are, and Im the producer, but because I always use a keyboard, Im also a 3rd musician in that example (lets just say I played the bassline). The guy who made the video is clearly a musician BTW because he's surrounded by keyboards.
@@MVS0N_ almost none of you people (with a few exceptions) are composing, conducting or performing music. You're sitting at a computer dragging pre-made loops around on cracked versions of Fruity Loops. It's one step up from playing video games.
Prince did everything by his self . wrote all the music, wrote all the songs, played all the instruments, song all the parts, produced all of his albums and had his own record label a real Genius.lean from a real Iconic Legend.
Wow! Now that was a creative genius...pure talent. Brian McKnight is talented as well, plays most instruments, writes & produces his own music. It's quite rare to find such people like Prince, Doobie Powell, Jacob Collier. Usually the artists at the top hardly play much. So it's a help each other kinda situation the way i see it.
Same with trent reznor of NIN. This video makes so much sense. I guess this is the difference between an artist and a producer. There is not to many true artists.
That is so far from the truth that you can go. He composed it he could play instruments however he collaborated a whole lot. That is what made him great.
Thank you so much! I don't understand why people don't want to show you things. If they are afraid of competition and losing money then they better get a better ear, and talent for music. Im on logic and learning 18 hours a day no exaggeration. You can hear each beat I create get better.
It's funny you mention soft clipper, I have been adding that too all my drums because I saw someone do it in a video but couldn't remember why. Thanks for all the positivity you are putting out.
Just having a ear for sounds naturally is a plus. I just started making beats on FL 20 this past February. I've learned to build a custom PC and now I'm learning so fast but watching your videos helps also. Thanks BWB!
Nah what he he basically said is once you understand your plugins (and their limits) you'll basically understand they can only take you so far (using plugins only) if your chasing that professional sound we glorify. They're selling us dreams to get us to spend money on tons of software and that alone won't get us that sound. So spend your $$$ on only what you NEED in software AND hardware people!
Thats true because at the end of the day, there are only a few TYPES of synth or effect or process, so once you understand the general layout, flow and function of say "Subtractive Synth 1" , you very likely will be able to apply that knowledge to "Subtractive Synth 2" made by a different company and looks completely different, but what matters is its still a subtractive synth so many features and limitations will be the same. After a while you will see that many synth plugins of all kinds (subtractive, additive, FM, granular, hybrid etc) share an almost identical "flow"; they generate sound in the Oscillators, then that sound flows thru a filter bank, an amp envelope, a filter envelope and a bunch of assignable LFO's and Envelopes etc etc. Knowing this makes it much easier to quickly get to grips with new plugins. Process plugins like EQ's, Comps, Gates etc are the same deal too. They all might look and sound different in some way, but they will use 80% identical controls. In other words, once you've learned how to use say, 1 compressor effectively, you will now pretty much know how to use compressors in general.
ncshuriken yeah bro true I saw that once I actually got a grip of the fruity compressor I could appreciate the textures of let's say the slate vmr rack and its different types of compression
@@existextinct The best music is where today's templates, loops, and forumulas came from. These days, the best way to create timeless music is to study those who already _have!_ Find _your_ voice, and apply _their_ methods; individual expression _within_ established guidelines. Name a hit song of the last decade, and I can just about guarantee it used somebody's else's successful formula as a base.
He's right. I recorded at saltmine in Arizona which is a very famous big time studio and the song didn't really need much eq on the vocals because they have spent a couple million dollars on the studios they have in there. But I recorded some stuff at home that I had to put a lot of eq on since I recorded it in my closet. Both songs sound great in the end, but the high end studios make the process easier and faster because the money is already spent to bring out the best case scenario.
The last part is so true, I went to a studio to record a song and I noticed that the producer I worked with, didn’t knew a few things. It was so weird because when I asked him to do a certain thing he just couldn’t get it done or was struggling. And sometimes he did things in a very (cheesy) way. Eventually we talked a bit about music and he said, ( what I made out of it) that he just didn’t know how to get a certain High End sound. He was consciously competent.
I started out making beats using analog. I always got great reactions about my sound. I always told other producers buy hardware. The sound is different..you feel the music.
12:47: Serum, Sylenth, 15:50 You are so right. Home based production is just not the best, Thank you for Honesty and Truth. What a Gift you've given us. You've been a blessing to most of us.
Thank you for your honesty, there is a great deal of mis-leading information out there, it is actually very confusing. After years away from music, I am trying to feel my way through a maze of ways to achieve the basics. I now feel confident to start creating what is in my head.
You have helped me so much bro! Aince i started watching your videos i have now been signed to a label (small label) and have worked with artists all over the world. Thank you so much for all your help! Im so blessed to have found you. And you were the first i watched. The day i got my computer up and going with FL i went straight to youtube and clicked on your channel. Havent left since my man. Thank you!
Incredible Video. Thanks for the Insight dude. I've always noticed the analog gear around these guys---whether its Max Martin, Shellback, Timbo, Gryffin, 1975, etc---but foolishly enough part of me always just suspected it was an image thing. I appreciate the honesty and revelation
Aye yo! You’ve helped me for the past 2 years I’ve been learning sound engineering. Along with so many others, you’ve been the main help. I don’t buy a lot of plugins and I’m still using the FL pack after the basic pack. With that alone I’ve been able to follow you. So you’re right about that. You’ve helped me simply understand so I can go back and use what I do have. Keep helping, I’ll be hear watching.
Automate your pan on tracks and as well your volume at important moments like the hook or drops to give it more emotion. You can automate almost any parameter it will give your production and mixes the energy it was lacking compared to commercial tracks
I am into music craft for about two month, and I already heard most of these. Everyone on youtube says it. Thanks for the hint that there is a songwriting formula. I will look into it. And I think "Pro's" use analog synths only for the same reason they use loops: to save time. You can pull "rich analog sound" out of any VST synth, FFS. But it will take a dozen or two of extra modulations in your patch to do so. It takes time.
This is a very down-to-Earth video. You have to appreciate the clarity, honesty, and knowledge. Thanks for making this video, you are always more than just insightful. Selfmade Brilliance. Great werk Busy!
What you said about microphones is so true, take Night Lovell: he wrote a lot of his older songs on a cheap mic in his mum's wardrobe. The quality of his new vocals compared to his old is unbelievable when you really tune in. Ive especially noticed it on studio headphones.
I use digital sounds, but i play everything with my head live. I run everything audio. use my controller only as a command. when producing music i play everything with my fingers from the Drum to Synths.I use a Korg M1also a Roland Fantom S for the drum sounds, don`t have drum Loops or Samples the Korg M1 and the Roland Fantom S alone is enough to keep on creating form now even for the 20 Years to come. everything pass thru a Compressor and a channel strips for the consistency of my sounds. I like all the sound already real before capturing them on the DAW.
To everyone that follows Busy Works Beats This man here knows the art of music production and all it's dna connections. What he is giving us, it's a field of true and confirmed knowledge that when put all together as a blueprint, it will be almost impossible to fail and even after failing you only become a super professional at your music task. I'm a Latin music producer who produces in many other areas. I rare comment on posts but this time I had to flash some great words here. This information is not available anywhere else, so take these details seriously if you have a mindset to become a pro-producer or want to up your producing skills. I can go on and on but this knowledge here is treasure!!! Thank you for all that you do for us and the music community. Love you bro!!!
The art of hearing is the best equipment. Not necessarily expensive analog stuff: On Michael Jackson's groundbreaking album Thriller, Quincy Jones and recording engineer Bruce Swedien used an Shure SM7 for most of Michael's vocals, Billy Jean etc. The same type of microphone you are speaking into in this video. Björk's vocal on Unravel was recorded with an Shure SM58, a $100 dynamic microphone. Or the Electro-Voice RE-20, the favorite mic of Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Stevie Wonder.
Thank you for the enlightening and eye opening video. I was about to click/x the tab when I first saw how organized and clean your work area is but I hung in there and dusted while listening... Greatly Appreciated.
song writing is the easiest for me...I believe am approaching 3000 compositions...and I love hypersonic 2..disrespected by many home studio owners, but most pros use it as secret sauce...by the way, am learning mixing and setting up...the quest for analogue sound led me to buy spa crimson...future millionaire's ssl/neve
im an upcoming music producer, one day i went to another pro studio to shoot a documentary for an artist and i was shocked to find out that they use loops just like you said to save time.🇧🇼
Now I know info that I didn't know. Amazing great video. That was a cold blooded breakdown of the culture of the major label music industry. New respect for those audio engineers.
I started to learn production with busyworksbeats on fl studio than i changed my daw to ableton live. Now its been 5 years since i started and i watch this video now bro you are explainin me haha everystep what you talk about this is who i become in the end. even stealing chord progressions via melodyne! i proud of my self and very thankful that you give me a chance to learn basics about music production 5 years ago! in those times there wasnt many youtube channels like today. You are one of the best BUSYWORKSBEATS!
With all these secrets I am glad I produce all my own music. Along with having a vast understand of music theory so I can create basically any chord progression I want.
Hey, Thank you. I appreciate people who dont withhold valuable information from person to person. We never know who’s hands such information could fall into. Who knows, without your video we may never experience the capability and/or talent that could be created. Thank you for going against the grind to inspire people by letting them know key elements to their potential path. Tasha Tay
As a professional producer and mix engineer, I agree with about half of what you said especially the technical side of things like templates, plugins, my mic locker, etc... however the other half is either genre specific or producer specific. In my 15 years I and many of my pro friends have never sampled a melody or chord progression. We have never taken someone else’s work like a loop and passed it off as our own. Every pro I know (including myself) has never used fruity loops. Most of us are on pro tools, logic, Studio one or reaper. The term Producer has really changed over the past 10 years and it’s frustrating for us that a kid with a laptop calls himself a producer because he has a software program but has never actually produced a record or licensed for tv or film. The difference between a real producer and someone else is the overall direction of a project, creativity and their ears. I’m still trying to wrap my head around these new changes so please Define a producer for me so I know which job in the industry you’re talking about. Thanks
@Jarrod Headley He’s talking about hip hop producers, that make music from scratch and are often performers. The same is in electronic music where you make your own music, in your own studio, mix it and also perform/DJ with it. So you’re basically band/engineer/producer/mixer/performer, all in one. In the classic sense producer helped the band to record and polish their music, but he wasn’t author nor did he perform.
Who cares about the title brotha. The definition of producer is ultimately "To produce" The definition of produce, is to bring something into existence. If you bring music into existence, then you are a Music producer. One's accolades, prestige, experience, expertise doesn't merit them the title of Music Producer. Producing music does, regardless of being a "professional" or the preferred platform through which music is coming into existence. Our identity isn't in the title of producer itself, but why we produce and who we do it for. Because I can assure that there have been more than a few people who have made a greater impact through Fl studio to the world on their laptop, than someone with who has all the fancy stuff tech gear, and merely does it to magnify themselves for their own gain. Just make music bro. Much love.
I’m glad you talked about the engineers. They make the fire happen. If you watch the Genius reconstructed series you see a lot of producers with the pride who made a quick beat and a high stack, but if you took away those engineers...
1. Don’t need hundreds of plugins 2. Fruity Soft Clipper for drums a. Essentially Limiter b. Up gain to make drum hit harder 3. Use Melodyne to “steal” chord progressions from old songs 4. Pros use Loops 5. Songs have formula 6. Pros use Templates 7. Pros use Analog sounds - Pros use Thousand-dollar quality mics 8. Recycle drums from old drum machines 9. Engineers also do a lot that producers take credit for 10. Producers don’t know everything Mostly just an Ad for the Busy Beats with the extra time, not that that is necessarily a bad thing.
I started seriously in producing like 2 weeks ago, watching day and night tutorials and trying again and again until i made a beat that somebody who follows me on instagram liked and paid me 10 euros for it 😂😂😂 it may not sound that much but ey, gotta start from some point.
@@OSCAR-ub5tu Uh, that's going to be rough cause i already knew some music theory and making melody is kind of easy for me but hey, put in the time and work and you will see that in 2 years you will already be making lable worth beats.
@@risitaswithbigote9384 thanx man, but is music theory neccessary? where should i start? if u could just tell me the steps so i know what to learn cuz everything is so complicated rn
5:55 your ear can do it too. No need to have melodyne, just sit down at a piano and work it out. With a bit of practice it's probably just as fast or faster than loading it into melodyne, running the polyphonic detection, and then cleaning it up when it often fails to be 100% correct on the notes.
@@philippebokmaar2571 In my experience transcription skills are something you need to be a working musician. You don't always get charts from band leaders, and even when you do they often are lacking.
2:54 you don't need thousands of plugins
4:19 snare trick with clippers.
5:19 use melodyne to extract chord progressions
6:24 pros use loops
8:06 use a songwriting formula
10:00 use templates
12:08 use analog sounds
13:35 use pro microphones
16:36 many producers use old drum machine sounds
18:00 mixing and mastering engineers do more work than you think
Thank you
Renzo Alvau thank you
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Renzo Alvau the real mvp!!!
I produce 100% organic gluten GMO free music.
For my brass instruments like Trumpet / sax/ trombone, I mine my own metals then smelt them down in my own blacksmith shop to create the brass to mold.
I also have a stand of bamboo growing in my backyard to make my own saxophone reeds.
For drums I have a stand of old oak trees I cut down to make my own drums and drumsticks.
I have a small herd of elephants to use the ivory to make my own piano keys...before you ask, yes I do make my own piano strings and guitar strings.
For echo and reverb I do it myself by running from one location to the other
fast than sound to create the desired effect.
Hahahaaaaaaaa ..... Oh , thats Great !
@@01CRTX I'm pretty sure that's a no.
@@sagemenson Definitely a no.
Too funny
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The best thing about producing music, is that someone can tell you all the secrets in the world about how to do it, but only with experience will you see them. I find it's a constant learning / unlearning of habits over time.
Whenever you are in doubt, remember it is supposed to be fun.
if the funs not there then whats the point lol
I really like this comment
Great comment!!!!!💯
I couldn't have said it better myself!!!!
@@wildcatproductions637 If you don't know how to play a piano or guitar, then it isn't very fun experience in comparison to when you do, it just frustrating lol
I love that you gave props to us engineers!! I recorded and mixed a ton of records in the '90s and 2000s and we had to fight for credits, when half the time we took wimpy sounding drums and used gated oscillators, gangs of pultecs and drum samples to make it sound banging! And yes, the producer gets the credit. But people in the industry know how vital the engineer is. Now I'm doing full time production these last 20 years, so I do my own engineering. Anyway, great channel, and props to you for your success!!!
This is more than just production advice, this is life advice. Busy Works Beats has never disappointed.
The whole time game got this slight nervousness like he’s watching out for the producer hit squad to bust through his window 🤣
Cough cough Illuminati knocks😲
😂😭
he’s all paranoid they got his mics tapped or something 😭
Lol
Put it on 1.25x to make that seem correct
I've been silently learning from you for literally years now and I just want to say thank you for everything you're doing, truly the best! from Australia
People don’t understand that you can get the sauce but not fully understand the sauce
Это было здорово
True
Chase on the track a man can also get lost in the sauce
@@charlottaj81 lol one of Gucci Mane's better moments
I have no prior knowledge in music production so would you tell me what does sauce means, please?
I know one thing, this guy is a brilliant instructor, his FL STUDIO tutorials are hands down some of the best I've come across.
Hi.. I´m an engineer in Germany since over 30 years... just wanted to say thank you !!!.... and yes .. music has unfortunately changed !... but as long somone can take an instrument in his hands and play, I won´t lose my belive...
Oops I only now noticed that you're from Germany. Then I don't need to mention Einstürzende Neubauten because you probably have heard :D
@@elinazariel Oh okay!
Personally I found the most useful tip is using the Fruity Soft Clipper. That on an 808 really helps to boost the bass without interfering with the other tracks.
Any limiter will do thate for you. 😁
You can also use bx boom plugin to easily increase the kick drum thump
@@Turd_Polish yep, and if one limiter does not do the job add another on top lol, i could not believe my ears the first time i stacked two 808 each with a parametric eq full gain and freqency on kik all tied together with a basic DAW limiter master plus a second limiter on the kik, a little fidleing here and there and tanaaa.... clean phat 4 to the floor UNTZ UNTZ my friend.
14:12 "chances are you're using a $400 microphone"😂😂😂 bro, I use my $10 earphones that I wear everywhere I go😂
I have made records in studios since 1987. I did a major label top 40 hit record.
This is all true.
I watch this just because this guy is an eloquent orator. What an intellect !
What top 40 hit was it? I want to look it up!
@@andrewthehope you know that these comments and many more are fake accounts by the owner of this channel.
@@ClipofTheDayy Don't think I believe you quite yet but I'm willing to believe. Care to explain further?
this guy claims to have helped over 200.000 people....have you seen that video? in which he promotes his services? lol
@@ClipofTheDayy Look at his profile picture? pretty sure busyworksbeats hasn't got the time to make fake accounts.
The only channel I have found so far that actually gives genuine, helpful information.
One thing I have only seen one TH-cam teacher ever explain or even mention in a decade of online learning, is how to narrow track's stereo width during the panning process. It makes a huge difference on every single track, especially the kick. I can't believe how many people are making tracks without it!
Hi there champ, can you please hint me to what you're referring to, would love to absorb some knowledge
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More like dropping turds. This is a bunch of bullshyt
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In what way? You need to watch a tutorial to know, how many VST you need?
223 stuck in a dream
To all the producers out there not using samples or loops and creating fire melodies and progressions, shout out to you! You are talented and will be a big name one day! Just don't give up and keep grinding
What’s wrong with using loops and samples?🤨
@@TJ-yf5iy it's not your own melodies
@@lasdyn6885 ...True but pretty much all the big name producers do it. It's hard to come up with melodies from scratch all the time.
@@mantraveling4877 some people gifts are more superior that’s why and I never used a sample cause it’s not mine or yours
This is exactly how all the legendary bands and productions from the 60's, 70's and 80's were created (and that are copied with Melodyne nowadays). Just like Pink Floyd created the "Wish you were here" album: came into the Abbey Road Studio with no plan, no idea, jammed around, tried things and created all by themselves: lyrics, music (chord progressions!), sound pgrogramming. No loops, no auto tune, no Melodyne. Same with Queens "Bohemian Rhapsody". That's how real creativity works.
The part about the drums hitting harder was literally what I’ve been trying to figure out recently.
Wasn’t expecting that gem to be in this video. Thanks for sharing that man.
James Brown didn't know music theory but he knew his ear!! In my opinion makes his music more organic and authentic.
Taste the piano 👅🎹🎶
Everybody knows music theory (unless you just plain can't count) lol, there's just different levels of music theory.
How else do you know how to keep time, clap to the beat, or dance.
That is so far away from the truth that you can go
@@TranceCore3 That is like saying everybody knows color theory or can grade a film/ or even paint?. Who doesn't know what colors are? yup we can all name the colors. lol Keeping time is not knowing music theory. This comment makes no sense. Do you really think keeping time means everyone knows Music theory? Besides percussion and rhythm is NOT music theory. It is merely a component and keeping time a very basic one at that, like knowing your abc's does not make you a writer.
not every one are James brown an him became the more precious gift from the almaghty father of the blues an the holly funck music the RIGHT GROOVE we leave the pop and got the funck ,com on bro every one kno it
I sold my first beat the other day and I just wanted to say thank you. I would never have been able to get to this point if it weren't for your tutorials and resources. thank you!
Garrett Render congrats bro.
How did you sell it
Congrats bro we in the same boat
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That's dope man.. congrats 🍑
You came a long way BWB. Taz Taylor would never give out any info like this. Thank You clears up alot of the confusion behind the process
He just dropped some real knowledge that I use for everything in life. He basically showed told how to be a genius. Its called " studying patterns" and I never heard nk one else say it out loud before. Respect!
Idk what I’d do without your lessons..
You are the taking music generations to the next level..
and this is why everything sounds exactly the same.
took the words out my mouth.
@@richywilson9176 y is that
exactly!!!!
Preach!!!
I’ve been in the music biz for the last 9 1/2 years and grew up learning and watching from you. Thank you for all the help I haven’t forgotten where I came from and where I learned everything when it comes to music editing.
Thinking about the culture instead of about your own ego, personal wealth and/or status?
That's the sign of a *true* musician.
Also, I knew there was something I liked about your perspective. You're a student of science. :)
@Mason: But if your music is made without you playing any instruments, then you're actually not a musician, you're a producer. The words aren't synonyms and theres a clear cut difference between the two, but its probably easy to confuse them.
Basically you can't be a musician if you dont play an instrument, but either way you can still be a producer. EG If I produce a track, then get my friend to play melodica on it, and my other friend to play the Reggae chords on a guitar or keyboard, Im NOT the musician, they are, and Im the producer, but because I always use a keyboard, Im also a 3rd musician in that example (lets just say I played the bassline). The guy who made the video is clearly a musician BTW because he's surrounded by keyboards.
Haha you call this guy a *"musician"* ??? He is a phoney. Interested only in exploiting the culture for $$$
@Maafa 1619 YES. Mouse-jockeys.
@@MVS0N_ almost none of you people (with a few exceptions) are composing, conducting or performing music. You're sitting at a computer dragging pre-made loops around on cracked versions of Fruity Loops. It's one step up from playing video games.
@@NachtSchreck13 aye...white people did it first lol but seriously, how is giving advice exploiting the culture for money?
Prince did everything by his self . wrote all the music, wrote all the songs, played all the instruments, song all the parts, produced all of his albums and had his own record label a real Genius.lean from a real Iconic Legend.
Wow! Now that was a creative genius...pure talent. Brian McKnight is talented as well, plays most instruments, writes & produces his own music. It's quite rare to find such people like Prince, Doobie Powell, Jacob Collier. Usually the artists at the top hardly play much. So it's a help each other kinda situation the way i see it.
you are right, but you missed the point he was trying to make.
That’s why he was Prince lol
Same with trent reznor of NIN. This video makes so much sense. I guess this is the difference between an artist and a producer. There is not to many true artists.
That is so far from the truth that you can go. He composed it he could play instruments however he collaborated a whole lot. That is what made him great.
Thank you so much! I don't understand why people don't want to show you things. If they are afraid of competition and losing money then they better get a better ear, and talent for music. Im on logic and learning 18 hours a day no exaggeration. You can hear each beat I create get better.
This channel is a hidden Gem!!! Soo glad I came across this channel...
It's funny you mention soft clipper, I have been adding that too all my drums because I saw someone do it in a video but couldn't remember why.
Thanks for all the positivity you are putting out.
Just having a ear for sounds naturally is a plus. I just started making beats on FL 20 this past February. I've learned to build a custom PC and now I'm learning so fast but watching your videos helps also. Thanks BWB!
How are u doing today? Just checking on ya
what I learnt from you is once you understand what a plugin does you can apply the techniques in other similar plugins
Nah what he he basically said is once you understand your plugins (and their limits) you'll basically understand they can only take you so far (using plugins only) if your chasing that professional sound we glorify. They're selling us dreams to get us to spend money on tons of software and that alone won't get us that sound. So spend your $$$ on only what you NEED in software AND hardware people!
Thats true because at the end of the day, there are only a few TYPES of synth or effect or process, so once you understand the general layout, flow and function of say "Subtractive Synth 1" , you very likely will be able to apply that knowledge to "Subtractive Synth 2" made by a different company and looks completely different, but what matters is its still a subtractive synth so many features and limitations will be the same.
After a while you will see that many synth plugins of all kinds (subtractive, additive, FM, granular, hybrid etc) share an almost identical "flow"; they generate sound in the Oscillators, then that sound flows thru a filter bank, an amp envelope, a filter envelope and a bunch of assignable LFO's and Envelopes etc etc. Knowing this makes it much easier to quickly get to grips with new plugins. Process plugins like EQ's, Comps, Gates etc are the same deal too. They all might look and sound different in some way, but they will use 80% identical controls. In other words, once you've learned how to use say, 1 compressor effectively, you will now pretty much know how to use compressors in general.
ncshuriken yeah bro true I saw that once I actually got a grip of the fruity compressor I could appreciate the textures of let's say the slate vmr rack and its different types of compression
When I got fl studio busy beats was the videos I watched just how to do the fundamentals of beat making. Much respect 💯
“the pros don’t know what makes them great” totally true, from
socrates to beethoven to brejcha, it’s something inside us
You've helped me a lot Game. Busy Works Beats is a great influence in this day and time of producer training.
Having watched this video it becomes apparent as to why a lot of modern music is DISPOSABLE.
My dad calls it toilet paper music. Use once, flush.
the best music is timeless
@@existextinct The best music is where today's templates, loops, and forumulas came from. These days, the best way to create timeless music is to study those who already _have!_ Find _your_ voice, and apply _their_ methods; individual expression _within_ established guidelines. Name a hit song of the last decade, and I can just about guarantee it used somebody's else's successful formula as a base.
The best music comes from hard work only. Learning theory, playing a instrument, being creative and original. Period
There's tons of other "modern" music that isn't disposable. lol.
...and most important: Don't forget to have fun. 🦋
He's right. I recorded at saltmine in Arizona which is a very famous big time studio and the song didn't really need much eq on the vocals because they have spent a couple million dollars on the studios they have in there. But I recorded some stuff at home that I had to put a lot of eq on since I recorded it in my closet. Both songs sound great in the end, but the high end studios make the process easier and faster because the money is already spent to bring out the best case scenario.
I don’t know why, but I’ve been avoiding this video,watching it now all i can say is there’s a lot to learn . Thank you
We need more of this Spill the beans give us the gems
The last part is so true, I went to a studio to record a song and I noticed that the producer I worked with, didn’t knew a few things. It was so weird because when I asked him to do a certain thing he just couldn’t get it done or was struggling. And sometimes he did things in a very (cheesy) way. Eventually we talked a bit about music and he said, ( what I made out of it) that he just didn’t know how to get a certain High End sound. He was consciously competent.
you always help, love how you wanna see people grow, you basically showed me how to make beats thank you !!! keep grinding
I started out making beats using analog. I always got great reactions about my sound. I always told other producers buy hardware. The sound is different..you feel the music.
He said he would edit it but he went in one go. Nice job man! Thanks for sharing the info, really helpful.
We always appreciate you being 100% real with us
12:47: Serum, Sylenth,
15:50 You are so right. Home based production is just not the best,
Thank you for Honesty and Truth. What a Gift you've given us. You've been a blessing to most of us.
Thank you for your honesty, there is a great deal of mis-leading information out there, it is actually very confusing. After years away from music, I am trying to feel my way through a maze of ways to achieve the basics. I now feel confident to start creating what is in my head.
You have helped me so much bro! Aince i started watching your videos i have now been signed to a label (small label) and have worked with artists all over the world. Thank you so much for all your help! Im so blessed to have found you. And you were the first i watched. The day i got my computer up and going with FL i went straight to youtube and clicked on your channel. Havent left since my man. Thank you!
Incredible Video. Thanks for the Insight dude. I've always noticed the analog gear around these guys---whether its Max Martin, Shellback, Timbo, Gryffin, 1975, etc---but foolishly enough part of me always just suspected it was an image thing. I appreciate the honesty and revelation
Aye yo! You’ve helped me for the past 2 years I’ve been learning sound engineering. Along with so many others, you’ve been the main help. I don’t buy a lot of plugins and I’m still using the FL pack after the basic pack. With that alone I’ve been able to follow you. So you’re right about that. You’ve helped me simply understand so I can go back and use what I do have. Keep helping, I’ll be hear watching.
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One of my favorite parts: "some of these drums just sound like thump", "but they mix it to make it sound like DOOM" LOL. CLASSIC!
People fall flat on their mixing and arrangement, Lack of music theory knowledge and not using automation.
Automation brings your mix to life.
1 Kingdom automation ... But at what ?
1 Kingdom nothing but facts
Young Dylan Beats what should I automate ?
Yurian Vise volume, effects, EQ, really anything
Automate your pan on tracks and as well your volume at important moments like the hook or drops to give it more emotion. You can automate almost any parameter it will give your production and mixes the energy it was lacking compared to commercial tracks
I am into music craft for about two month, and I already heard most of these. Everyone on youtube says it. Thanks for the hint that there is a songwriting formula. I will look into it. And I think "Pro's" use analog synths only for the same reason they use loops: to save time. You can pull "rich analog sound" out of any VST synth, FFS. But it will take a dozen or two of extra modulations in your patch to do so. It takes time.
This is a very down-to-Earth video. You have to appreciate the clarity, honesty, and knowledge. Thanks for making this video, you are always more than just insightful. Selfmade Brilliance. Great werk Busy!
Nicely worded at the end:
"Unconscious Incompetence" - responsible for many 1 hit wonders 😆
and some cool plugins: Heatup3, Sektor, Serum etc
yea man they need more realistic sounds for serum i have so many presets
Jamal Cole FACTS I’ve bought so many banks for it and they got cool sounds but could be way better
@@rhett5678 yeaa foreal what banks you have
@@rhett5678 bOuGhT?
nah just kiDdiNg
@@GumzOnTheTrack🤣🤣🤣
Heres 1 tip coming from someone thats been selling online for 20 yrs. Create your own lane. Far too many clones out there today, no sig sound
DEVIZE BEATS word.
He’s helped me the most so far with actually learning music theory and learning fl studio! Thanks bro
What you said about microphones is so true, take Night Lovell: he wrote a lot of his older songs on a cheap mic in his mum's wardrobe. The quality of his new vocals compared to his old is unbelievable when you really tune in. Ive especially noticed it on studio headphones.
I use digital sounds, but i play everything with my head live. I run everything audio. use my controller only as a command. when producing music i play everything with my fingers from the Drum to Synths.I use a Korg M1also a Roland Fantom S for the drum sounds, don`t have drum Loops or Samples the Korg M1 and the Roland Fantom S alone is enough to keep on creating form now even for the 20 Years to come. everything pass thru a Compressor and a channel strips for the consistency of my sounds. I like all the sound already real before capturing them on the DAW.
To everyone that follows Busy Works Beats This man here knows the art of music production and all it's dna connections. What he is giving us, it's a field of true and confirmed knowledge that when put all together as a blueprint, it will be almost impossible to fail and even after failing you only become a super professional at your music task. I'm a Latin music producer who produces in many other areas. I rare comment on posts but this time I had to flash some great words here. This information is not available anywhere else, so take these details seriously if you have a mindset to become a pro-producer or want to up your producing skills. I can go on and on but this knowledge here is treasure!!! Thank you for all that you do for us and the music community. Love you bro!!!
Thanks for posting. Hearing somebody from a different culture admit his claims are true is refreshing ❤️
why hasn't he hearted your comment yet? :))
I agree shout out Game! What's up bro
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The art of hearing is the best equipment. Not necessarily expensive analog stuff: On Michael Jackson's groundbreaking album Thriller, Quincy Jones and recording engineer Bruce Swedien used an Shure SM7 for most of Michael's vocals, Billy Jean etc. The same type of microphone you are speaking into in this video. Björk's vocal on Unravel was recorded with an Shure SM58, a $100 dynamic microphone. Or the Electro-Voice RE-20, the favorite mic of Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Stevie Wonder.
Thank you for the enlightening and eye opening video. I was about to click/x the tab when I first saw how organized and clean your work area is but I hung in there and dusted while listening...
Greatly Appreciated.
song writing is the easiest for me...I believe am approaching 3000 compositions...and I love hypersonic 2..disrespected by many home studio owners, but most pros use it as secret sauce...by the way, am learning mixing and setting up...the quest for analogue sound led me to buy spa crimson...future millionaire's ssl/neve
Zero dislikes!! Also you have no idea how hyped I am that you showed me the Softclipper on my drums. Thats really helped me make a better product
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The softcliper is sooo dope bro ahahahaa
th-cam.com/channels/FuozUYIYC6PsAUgx8mj_sw.html
Learned this a few months ago watching someone produce, has helped me a lot. The secret sauce
Taught me everything I know about making beats over the last few years!
One of the best vids I've seen on producing. Thanks bro. From Aus
Ngl I'm sold on busy works beats . Quality of information throughout is outstanding
im an upcoming music producer, one day i went to another pro studio to shoot a documentary for an artist and i was shocked to find out that they use loops just like you said to save time.🇧🇼
Now I know info that I didn't know. Amazing great video. That was a cold blooded breakdown of the culture of the major label music industry. New respect for those audio engineers.
If u love this guy material like this.
Ousley Film'em AllSides ❤️❤️🙏
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going into this with a laptop,mic,speakers and this advice.🔥
As a future producer/engineer in training I needed to hear this! Thanks!
I started to learn production with busyworksbeats on fl studio than i changed my daw to ableton live. Now its been 5 years since i started and i watch this video now bro you are explainin me haha everystep what you talk about this is who i become in the end. even stealing chord progressions via melodyne! i proud of my self and very thankful that you give me a chance to learn basics about music production 5 years ago! in those times there wasnt many youtube channels like today.
You are one of the best BUSYWORKSBEATS!
With all these secrets I am glad I produce all my own music. Along with having a vast understand of music theory so I can create basically any chord progression I want.
who else had a plugin TH-camAd after he said"" you don't need thousands of plugins"
Yep :D
Yes I had Unison popped up man..
Man, I was putting a lot of thought into going to a mixing engineer. This has swung it for me. Thanks for the info my dude!
I learnt more in this video then my entire life. Thank you for your humbleness. Legend.
Unconscious competence sounds like such a cool concept it should have its own video
Youre great at selling
Hey,
Thank you. I appreciate people who dont withhold valuable information from person to person. We never know who’s hands such information could fall into. Who knows, without your video we may never experience the capability and/or talent that could be created. Thank you for going against the grind to inspire people by letting them know key elements to their potential path.
Tasha Tay
As a professional producer and mix engineer, I agree with about half of what you said especially the technical side of things like templates, plugins, my mic locker, etc... however the other half is either genre specific or producer specific. In my 15 years I and many of my pro friends have never sampled a melody or chord progression. We have never taken someone else’s work like a loop and passed it off as our own. Every pro I know (including myself) has never used fruity loops. Most of us are on pro tools, logic, Studio one or reaper.
The term Producer has really changed over the past 10 years and it’s frustrating for us that a kid with a laptop calls himself a producer because he has a software program but has never actually produced a record or licensed for tv or film. The difference between a real producer and someone else is the overall direction of a project, creativity and their ears. I’m still trying to wrap my head around these new changes so please Define a producer for me so I know which job in the industry you’re talking about.
Thanks
@Jarrod Headley He’s talking about hip hop producers, that make music from scratch and are often performers. The same is in electronic music where you make your own music, in your own studio, mix it and also perform/DJ with it. So you’re basically band/engineer/producer/mixer/performer, all in one. In the classic sense producer helped the band to record and polish their music, but he wasn’t author nor did he perform.
Who cares about the title brotha. The definition of producer is ultimately "To produce" The definition of produce, is to bring something into existence. If you bring music into existence, then you are a Music producer. One's accolades, prestige, experience, expertise doesn't merit them the title of Music Producer. Producing music does, regardless of being a "professional" or the preferred platform through which music is coming into existence. Our identity isn't in the title of producer itself, but why we produce and who we do it for. Because I can assure that there have been more than a few people who have made a greater impact through Fl studio to the world on their laptop, than someone with who has all the fancy stuff tech gear, and merely does it to magnify themselves for their own gain. Just make music bro. Much love.
thank you for the info!!!!
i learned a lot from this video!
I will keep in mind, and again, thank you, stay well and safe
I watch your videos, and even your beat tutorials are helpful for a Rawstyle producer like myself, thank you.
9:09 when you work at McDonald's and you add the SAUCE. Lol
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@@prodchtatngo9248 not cool spamming your links
Or add the patty from the freezer. laughing hard!!
@@djstikzo9431 hhhhh
I’m glad you talked about the engineers. They make the fire happen. If you watch the Genius reconstructed series you see a lot of producers with the pride who made a quick beat and a high stack, but if you took away those engineers...
Love to see you do a Melodyne Chord Extraction Song!
Same here
In other words its all about the “artist” its business. Thanks for this bro
Always diggin for BusyWorks when Im stuck on FL. Much Luvv!!!
I'm a producer, and absolutely nobody hates you for anything at all.
Ikr lol 😂😂😂
Yeah! you're his students !
@@LUCYTUBE1 well I am a student of life, and everyone i come across, including Game.
@@browniris6289 that's true but here we are talking about pros!
Thanks For Your Time And Videos Thanks Alot
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1. Don’t need hundreds of plugins
2. Fruity Soft Clipper for drums
a. Essentially Limiter
b. Up gain to make drum hit harder
3. Use Melodyne to “steal” chord progressions from old songs
4. Pros use Loops
5. Songs have formula
6. Pros use Templates
7. Pros use Analog sounds - Pros use Thousand-dollar quality mics
8. Recycle drums from old drum machines
9. Engineers also do a lot that producers take credit for
10. Producers don’t know everything
Mostly just an Ad for the Busy Beats with the extra time, not that that is necessarily a bad thing.
You’re the truth brother! Thank you for putting that out there. I commend you bro.
Your videos are extreeeeemly high quality in both content and visual man!!
I started seriously in producing like 2 weeks ago, watching day and night tutorials and trying again and again until i made a beat that somebody who follows me on instagram liked and paid me 10 euros for it 😂😂😂 it may not sound that much but ey, gotta start from some point.
Dude... We're on the same boat 😂😂😂
nice im starting today hopefully i will be able to make a living with this since im unemployed lol i dont even know music theory or anything
@@OSCAR-ub5tu Uh, that's going to be rough cause i already knew some music theory and making melody is kind of easy for me but hey, put in the time and work and you will see that in 2 years you will already be making lable worth beats.
@@risitaswithbigote9384 thanx man, but is music theory neccessary? where should i start? if u could just tell me the steps so i know what to learn cuz everything is so complicated rn
@@OSCAR-ub5tu Here, this should help you, it did help me. th-cam.com/video/hzY1RFhgVCw/w-d-xo.html
The title tough! 🤣😅 Awesome video.
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5:55 your ear can do it too. No need to have melodyne, just sit down at a piano and work it out. With a bit of practice it's probably just as fast or faster than loading it into melodyne, running the polyphonic detection, and then cleaning it up when it often fails to be 100% correct on the notes.
Like some kind of musical magician? (or musician... )
@@philippebokmaar2571 In my experience transcription skills are something you need to be a working musician. You don't always get charts from band leaders, and even when you do they often are lacking.
Fantastic job on this. You are awesome!! Great job explaining stuff.
I experiment with different patterns because I'm still learning.