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Dude, i'm from argentina watching this, and this information cost millions, thanks a lot for taking the time to do this stuff.. Really love your career as a music producer. Here in argentina is hard to get connected because the industry is small, but i try to take the most out of your videos. Thanks a lot for this kind of content keep making it please!
I never took my career seriously and I haven't had a real job since 2007, this information just gives anxiety & guilt to people, there is no rush. The only thing stopping people from being successful is their social skills and networking. Music industry is a people business, not a hard work business. Most of the time you're just waiting for other people or gatekeepers to email / text back.
@DjEphixa This information in the video took away my anxiety and guilt, while you saying that industry success is reliant upon social skills and networking instead of hard work, and that you never took your career seriously gives me that anxiety and guilt back. All advice is subjective and the information in this video really helped me. I believe that your response was very harsh to the creator
This video made me realize that I’m the 90% forreal. I tell people that I want to do music full time and I do make music for fun, but plan on taking it serious. I know virtually nothing about the music industry and I do about a few of these things on the 10% and 90% section. Fresh out of hs, I should be focusing more on music but I don’t. But, I don’t want to drain myself dry by constantly working, that’s my biggest fear forreal
@@JacobStfuloops there’s so much joy on the otherside man. Keep pushing. It’s funny how hopeless I felt a few years ago. Life is good. Still tough and arguably more stressful now but that’s what I signed up for.
@@halfwaySM mannnn I appreciate you so much. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to reply. I’m gonna keep pushing no matter what life throws at me
Glad you spoke about the entrepreneurship because its so true, Im sure you have seen countless of producers that have great talent and visions fall off because of their stubbornness in not wanting to brand themselves and create an image that other people can contact
This is very superficial. I won't say it's false, I'm sure it does work and you're the proof for it, but it's still very superficial. Essentially boils down to "work harder". I'd encourage artists to find their inner voice and find what they love about their thing, so they're not insecure about their art. This requires taking a lot of self-reflection and less self-sabotage. Once you're comfortable with your shi, you will naturally want to promote yourself and make a brand out of it; you're proud of your work, it speaks for who you are, you want to people to listen to it. Rushing this process can be a detriment for your audience, yourself and your art
It’s not your “inner voice” and you “naturally doing it” you will feel motivated at times but majority of the time your going to have to force yourself and discipline yourself. That’s what almost all successful people will tell you. If you just do things until you feel motivated or self reflect, you will never reach success
@@eggsmcmuffin809 That's not the issue. It think it's a success to be there every day to make it work. You see, it's kinda of a bad advice to focus only at the "be successful" part. Producers waits for inspiration to come for a reason, it's a window of opportunity to make something great. I don't agree that it should just be a window, you gotta develop something sustainable and carry to the next day. I will tell you that being too romantic on the end result is not the state you wanna be.
@@eggsmcmuffin809Well said. Motivation was the death of me when I was younger. Something kicked in around 25 that made me realize: I must do what is required not what I feel like.
You’re doing a wonderful thing spreading this knowledge onto the next generation. I work in the gaming industry which is another very difficult field to break into, so I can resonate with a lot of these ideologies. I hope people can take the advice to heart and truly make a positive change for themselves. You’ve got a big heart man. Thank you for everything you do
Would love to pick your brain about it. Shoot me a DM on IG. Thank you for the comment it really means a lot. Just hoping to help somebody find their way
Thanks for making this video bro. I’m not into music but this comparison works just the same with being a producer in any venture you decide to take on in life.
I know I can be the 10% of producers you described. But I have many tendencies of the 90%. The part that hit the most was when you said they lie to themselves and try to convince themselves that they do actually put music first over everything else. I tell myself that, but the truth is I am indeed lying and don’t spend every waking moment on music. This was a great video and I look forward to watching the rest of them. I know I gotta work harder I just gotta do it. No excuses. I’ll see yall boys at the top one day
This is exactly what I needed to watch, just last week I moved from my isolated town in rural Australia to Sydney without much of a plan. I’ve been sleeping in my car & backpacker hostels trying to figure things out. This gave me that extra confidence boost & let me know everything’s going to work out in the end. I appreciate it!
Feel like art and commerce will always be eternally at ends with each other, some people are doing it strictly for the art, some people are doing it strictly for money, and a variety of things in-between. Some good perspective nevertheless 📝.
i remember the first video on this channel and im not suprised you have made it this far! blessings from switzerland and thank you for sharing this awesome story with us man!
I just put this in my “why I do it” folder. Thanks for the compliment man. If you need more help checkout my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free
I have a spreadsheet with all the money I've spent on equipment and software as well sample packs. I use to gauge my expenses and whether my current performance is split between an asset and liability.
4:35 a lot of people talk ab staying up late and grinding, etc. but it's unhealthy and damaging to your mind for ideas and business. i truly believe that u can have a healthy schedule where u wake/sleep at the same time, but designate a certain part of your day to music. its like u said tho most people have no structure to their day and eat shit after work instead of getting ready to put in more hours
can you go over more of the networking side? I'm living in LA , but I don't know the best way to meet others. I've met most of my connections on discord, but I wanna meet managers, A&R's, etc in the music industry (not just people who work with rappers).
Thanks for this video man. Id love to connect w u I’m a 18 yr old producer trying to go from that 90% to that 10% of producers. I wanna see the type of things that you did to not only perfect your craft but also harvest connections/royalties. This next year gonna be a make or break for me so I’d really appreciate some words back!
It's been a minute. The good news: I've built a free community with tons of videos and content for y'all. bit.ly/Producer-union-lite I love youtube, but I hate how professional my videos need to feel sometimes in order to post. Here is a pretty raw video going over my thoughts on what it takes to make it.
Hey man this is great knowledge, I'm starting an aviation flashcard company and I use the same principles! These lessons can be applied to any entrepreneurial pursuit!
Both combined sheesh, its over. Jeff bezos actually talked about this on a podcast recently. He wanted to be a mathmatician but when he got around people who had a natural talent for it he realized he could never compete with them, they woild think too far ahead and to catch up to then would take at decades. So he decided to try something else.
Sometimes you gotta realize youre not cut out for something. Its how ive been feeling about my music but damn it hurts my ego after spending 7 years on this journey
@@forforforfor1 I can recommend shit but at the end of the day I don’t have success as an artist. Sure I’ve been around a ton but there’s probably too much nuance that I’m unaware of to cover
@@halfwaySM i dont think its a hate comment. its exactly what you do and what your whole channel is about. i legit couldnt find a single piece of music youve produced which is really weird considering the subject of your video
@@oulero With all due respect you must not have looked very hard. credits.muso.ai/profile/01e17022-45f7-4195-905a-c27a71299779 Feel free to do a deep dive and stalk my social media. Not only have I worked on a bunch of music but splitmind my music production publishing company has crushed it for years
From Jamaica Watching🇯🇲🇯🇲.I see where on my off days because of practice I can still make decent quality music but the quantity drops. But I struggle with believing that music is actually worth anything. Like how do I sell this product to someone for money .😕(nice content btw)
Quick question, Im a young new producer and i produce on bandlab, I dont want producing to be my full time job but I want to get better at it and work with artists, any tips?
@@RemyRocket84 join my free community. I built it to help producer’s accelerate their career and focus on what works. www.skool.com/producer-union-free
it is because of the talent and hard work, that the "entrepreneurs" are able to make money. all they do is create a simple semi-unique style and method to their music and resell the same song to people, who dont understand the value of good music. "entrepreneurs" are stealing ideas and feeding off the people who actually create art and not product. you wanna make money? go sell candy, dont touch music. besides being able to change, your advice is worthless, and all kinds of people were able to make it with the job or not.
@@helloiamhuman1146 I was averaging 3-5 beats a day for a long time. I’m deep in the businesses that I run now. splitmind the production publishing company and drumify a sounds marketplace. A good starting point for any producer is finishing 1-3 a day. That’s 365 - 1095 beats a year
No offence, but what are you basing all of this off of? Are you taking this from your personal experience, or from the lives of successful producers? Like it’s easy to make a graph and talk confidently into a camera, but research to back a point is the real work. I’ve read quite a few biography’s and watched docs on the lives of successful producers and most of the ones that wasn’t born into money were working dead end jobs to afford studio time, doing anything they can to make ends meet. Most big name producers/artists had some form of contact in the industry and the ones that didn’t were in the left camp that you describe (had to work for a living, didn’t have time to work on music 24/7, had personal commitments such as a significant other and/or a child). Once they found links or built associations with artists who could help them, their work stood for itself. Tbh this video just comes off as the same “motivational” type stuff that I see all over TH-cam, which will definitely help some people kick into gear with their dreams and aspirations, which if that’s what you’re going for is cool. But you title the video “A vs B” as if you have some form of understanding more than the average person as to what A and B really is. Things I would think about. What to you defines a “Successful Producer”. Someone who has made a large amount of money? Someone that has a large production discography? Someone that had an enjoyable career? Someone that made an impact in their field? Like you can have a hit song and not be successful in the long term, but you can also be successful in the long term and never have a hit song. This video just feels like another TH-camr/influencer telling their audience how to manage their career, and honestly a touch too far towards the braggadocious attitude of “look at what I have. See I must be successful”
Success is subjective at the end of the day so It depends on what someone defines as success for themselves. Hopefully, as you said, someone will watch this video and get the drive to chase their dreams (or maybe even stop doomscrolling all day). if i can be helpful to someone then I'm happy. It may come off as braggadocious; tis life. What I 100% agree on with you here is that this video could of been much better, but I'm sure the next one will be. If you want, apply to my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free/about
@@u.sbanban definitely not nowadays. I don’t recommend trying to function off that. Realistically I could have structured my time better back then. Get your 6-8 hours plz
@@halfwaySM i stand corrected i come from doing it today. i naturally woke up (shocked awake) after 4-and-a-half hours of sleep. i figured why not. tested your process. got a good amount of work done.
@@u.sbanbanGlad you locked in but I don’t wanna teach bad habits. I definitely paid the price by not sleeping very much over the years. Feel free to DM me on IG if you wanna talk about healthy ways to work
These are the kind of videos, that you look for on youtube but rarely find.
@@raddioacctivegfx That was my goal
Literally Bro😂
You have no idea about how much this inspired me man.
@@vibezprods 🫶🏻
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Dude, i'm from argentina watching this, and this information cost millions, thanks a lot for taking the time to do this stuff.. Really love your career as a music producer. Here in argentina is hard to get connected because the industry is small, but i try to take the most out of your videos. Thanks a lot for this kind of content keep making it please!
@@saitoneprod Happy to share. Hope it’s helpful
@@halfwaySMcan you do a video about your journey and your placement grind and give advice on that topic?
@@C3prod-kc1hz join my free community. I have a bunch of videos like this www.skool.com/producer-union-free/about
Music industry, small? In Argentina? Tf?
I never took my career seriously and I haven't had a real job since 2007, this information just gives anxiety & guilt to people, there is no rush. The only thing stopping people from being successful is their social skills and networking. Music industry is a people business, not a hard work business. Most of the time you're just waiting for other people or gatekeepers to email / text back.
Congrats on your success. I hope it continues
@@halfwaySM back at you, success comes in waves.
@@DjEphixathe truth
@DjEphixa This information in the video took away my anxiety and guilt, while you saying that industry success is reliant upon social skills and networking instead of hard work, and that you never took your career seriously gives me that anxiety and guilt back. All advice is subjective and the information in this video really helped me. I believe that your response was very harsh to the creator
respect to the man himself
this shit is so real and essential. glad someone is talking about this and breaking it down transparently! thanks half.
@@PepStepCarloNo more fluff. Thanks bro www.skool.com/producer-union-free
This video made me realize that I’m the 90% forreal. I tell people that I want to do music full time and I do make music for fun, but plan on taking it serious. I know virtually nothing about the music industry and I do about a few of these things on the 10% and 90% section. Fresh out of hs, I should be focusing more on music but I don’t. But, I don’t want to drain myself dry by constantly working, that’s my biggest fear forreal
Aye if you can identify the issue you can identify the solution. Good luck bro. Apply for my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free/about
This is a definite addheral mindset
I think that means something good so thank you. Have you checked out my free community? Tons of videos like this www.skool.com/producer-union-free
Thank you for making this. My life has been pretty rough recently and it’s comforting knowing what you made it through
@@JacobStfuloops there’s so much joy on the otherside man. Keep pushing. It’s funny how hopeless I felt a few years ago. Life is good. Still tough and arguably more stressful now but that’s what I signed up for.
@@halfwaySM mannnn I appreciate you so much. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to reply. I’m gonna keep pushing no matter what life throws at me
@@JacobStfuloops I’m a resource. Use me. You should checkout my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free
@@halfwaySM bruh you're an actual legend thank you so much
Glad you spoke about the entrepreneurship because its so true, Im sure you have seen countless of producers that have great talent and visions fall off because of their stubbornness in not wanting to brand themselves and create an image that other people can contact
@@mersyndol136 🎯 yes
This is very superficial. I won't say it's false, I'm sure it does work and you're the proof for it, but it's still very superficial. Essentially boils down to "work harder". I'd encourage artists to find their inner voice and find what they love about their thing, so they're not insecure about their art. This requires taking a lot of self-reflection and less self-sabotage. Once you're comfortable with your shi, you will naturally want to promote yourself and make a brand out of it; you're proud of your work, it speaks for who you are, you want to people to listen to it. Rushing this process can be a detriment for your audience, yourself and your art
Nah your wrong. That process naturally occurs as you start to take action and do the things he describes.
It’s not your “inner voice” and you “naturally doing it” you will feel motivated at times but majority of the time your going to have to force yourself and discipline yourself. That’s what almost all successful people will tell you. If you just do things until you feel motivated or self reflect, you will never reach success
@@eggsmcmuffin809 That's not the issue. It think it's a success to be there every day to make it work. You see, it's kinda of a bad advice to focus only at the "be successful" part. Producers waits for inspiration to come for a reason, it's a window of opportunity to make something great. I don't agree that it should just be a window, you gotta develop something sustainable and carry to the next day. I will tell you that being too romantic on the end result is not the state you wanna be.
@@ninjehdzn Can you share some links to your work with us?
@@eggsmcmuffin809Well said. Motivation was the death of me when I was younger. Something kicked in around 25 that made me realize: I must do what is required not what I feel like.
You’re doing a wonderful thing spreading this knowledge onto the next generation. I work in the gaming industry which is another very difficult field to break into, so I can resonate with a lot of these ideologies. I hope people can take the advice to heart and truly make a positive change for themselves.
You’ve got a big heart man. Thank you for everything you do
Would love to pick your brain about it. Shoot me a DM on IG. Thank you for the comment it really means a lot. Just hoping to help somebody find their way
@@halfwaySM Fosho - shot you a dm! @xotic.ds over there
Thanks for making this video bro. I’m not into music but this comparison works just the same with being a producer in any venture you decide to take on in life.
@@healthjay4253 100%. Thanks for the comment
I know I can be the 10% of producers you described. But I have many tendencies of the 90%. The part that hit the most was when you said they lie to themselves and try to convince themselves that they do actually put music first over everything else. I tell myself that, but the truth is I am indeed lying and don’t spend every waking moment on music. This was a great video and I look forward to watching the rest of them. I know I gotta work harder I just gotta do it. No excuses. I’ll see yall boys at the top one day
This is exactly what I needed to watch, just last week I moved from my isolated town in rural Australia to Sydney without much of a plan. I’ve been sleeping in my car & backpacker hostels trying to figure things out. This gave me that extra confidence boost & let me know everything’s going to work out in the end. I appreciate it!
Keep it up man. Feel free to DM me on IG. I may have a tip or two
i discover this rn broooo u are GOD thanks for this quality content
@@oh_durant 🙏🏼 praise God
It’s nice to see another young buck in the music industry that respects and walks the path of entrepreneurship 🙌🏽
Peace brother ✌🏽
@@almachize thanks mannnn. Checkout my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free
Feel like art and commerce will always be eternally at ends with each other, some people are doing it strictly for the art, some people are doing it strictly for money, and a variety of things in-between. Some good perspective nevertheless 📝.
@@kundimusic facts. At the end of the day I want people to get a shot at their dreams.
i remember the first video on this channel and im not suprised you have made it this far! blessings from switzerland and thank you for sharing this awesome story with us man!
you're inspirational man this really is gonna help pull me out of the rut i've been in
I just put this in my “why I do it” folder. Thanks for the compliment man.
If you need more help checkout my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free
I have a spreadsheet with all the money I've spent on equipment and software as well sample packs.
I use to gauge my expenses and whether my current performance is split between an asset and liability.
4:35 a lot of people talk ab staying up late and grinding, etc. but it's unhealthy and damaging to your mind for ideas and business. i truly believe that u can have a healthy schedule where u wake/sleep at the same time, but designate a certain part of your day to music. its like u said tho most people have no structure to their day and eat shit after work instead of getting ready to put in more hours
10 seconds in and I knew this was gonna be a good video, good work man!
@@DillyDGIB thanks bro. Join my community for more content www.skool.com/producer-union-free
Yoo dilly U don't posting vids anymore?
can you go over more of the networking side? I'm living in LA , but I don't know the best way to meet others. I've met most of my connections on discord, but I wanna meet managers, A&R's, etc in the music industry (not just people who work with rappers).
@@Iceshrooms join my free community. I go over so much of the industry www.skool.com/producer-union-free
@@halfwaySM I signed up, it's still pending
@@Iceshrooms what’s the name you signed up under
Thank you for sharing your story!
Thanks for watching G
Thanks for this video man. Id love to connect w u I’m a 18 yr old producer trying to go from that 90% to that 10% of producers. I wanna see the type of things that you did to not only perfect your craft but also harvest connections/royalties. This next year gonna be a make or break for me so I’d really appreciate some words back!
Apply for my community. www.skool.com/producer-union-free/about
It's been a minute. The good news: I've built a free community with tons of videos and content for y'all. bit.ly/Producer-union-lite
I love youtube, but I hate how professional my videos need to feel sometimes in order to post. Here is a pretty raw video going over my thoughts on what it takes to make it.
This self improvement music niche is rlly starting to take off huh
@@heroicdragon Seems to be working for me. Who knows
@@halfwaySM for sure bro!
hey i just joined your community thank you so much for making something like this!
@@ilyjaimie appreciate you
Hey man this is great knowledge, I'm starting an aviation flashcard company and I use the same principles! These lessons can be applied to any entrepreneurial pursuit!
Appreciate the kind words. It’s true. Applies to anything really. Good luck man
What year did you move to the house you're in now?
amazing video bro, alot of things you said are spot on especially the 9-5 producer.
thank you. did you signup for my free community?
Again another gem man, your work is fucking incredible thanks you so much for this advice
Real one thank you bro. Checkout my free community www.skool.com/producer-union-free
Thanks.
@@ဝါးလုံး no thank you
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Best explained video ive ever seen about the process brother! Thank you
Glad it was helpful. Join my free community. Bunch of videos there www.skool.com/producer-union-free
another banger video as always
@@Kevin-mz1qs Thanks Kevin. Join my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free
talent beats hard work
Some people are too talented it's actually insane
Both combined sheesh, its over. Jeff bezos actually talked about this on a podcast recently. He wanted to be a mathmatician but when he got around people who had a natural talent for it he realized he could never compete with them, they woild think too far ahead and to catch up to then would take at decades. So he decided to try something else.
Sometimes you gotta realize youre not cut out for something. Its how ive been feeling about my music but damn it hurts my ego after spending 7 years on this journey
do this but for artists
@@forforforfor1 I can recommend shit but at the end of the day I don’t have success as an artist. Sure I’ve been around a ton but there’s probably too much nuance that I’m unaware of to cover
You’re real
inspiring 🫶
@@yoavschmidt7082 glad it resonated. I just responded to your comment on the other video
Great video bro 🙏🏼🔥
@@prodzbeatz thank you
Selling shovels
@@TwiztOndaBeat Let’s gooooo. The first hate comment. Checkout my free community where I sell more shovels www.skool.com/producer-union-free
@@halfwaySM i dont think its a hate comment. its exactly what you do and what your whole channel is about. i legit couldnt find a single piece of music youve produced which is really weird considering the subject of your video
@@oulero With all due respect you must not have looked very hard. credits.muso.ai/profile/01e17022-45f7-4195-905a-c27a71299779
Feel free to do a deep dive and stalk my social media. Not only have I worked on a bunch of music but splitmind my music production publishing company has crushed it for years
fye video bru good gems in here
Thank you bro. Apply to my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free/about
Nice video
Great video bro!!
@@OFFICIALTOJU thank you 🫶🏻
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looking good king 💯
No you twin
Said everything perfectly
@@bemyguxst glad it connected
THANKS BRO
Thanks for watching
Amazing points/tips 🎯
Glad it resonated. I have a bunch of videos like this in my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free
“This is my last blunt” is my issue
@@Xzawdyk how I was with fast food / junk food for the longest lol
From Jamaica Watching🇯🇲🇯🇲.I see where on my off days because of practice I can still make decent quality music but the quantity drops. But I struggle with believing that music is actually worth anything. Like how do I sell this product to someone for money .😕(nice content btw)
What made you ready to leave home?
@@gunkcunkThe desire to do something truly great. + not wanting to be a bum mooching off my parents with no direction in life
@@halfwaySM I've been waiting for this thought of a "time" that would be right but I guess I must truly pursue
@@gunkcunk there’s no perfect time brotha. I’ve been on a boat with no compass for 10 years and yet I keep finding my way
@@halfwaySMdamn thats fire
Bros using excalidraw and obsidian
@@davidferguson9946 what’s Excalidraw? Put me on
The realest 🙏🏼
No you 🫵 for always showing up
Quick question, Im a young new producer and i produce on bandlab, I dont want producing to be my full time job but I want to get better at it and work with artists, any tips?
@@RemyRocket84 join my free community. I built it to help producer’s accelerate their career and focus on what works. www.skool.com/producer-union-free
According to you
Unsuccessful producer: has to work
Successful producer: have rich family
@@juanzapata5310 wow you nailed it!
it is because of the talent and hard work, that the "entrepreneurs" are able to make money. all they do is create a simple semi-unique style and method to their music and resell the same song to people, who dont understand the value of good music.
"entrepreneurs" are stealing ideas and feeding off the people who actually create art and not product.
you wanna make money? go sell candy, dont touch music.
besides being able to change, your advice is worthless, and all kinds of people were able to make it with the job or not.
@@ximm3039 😩 😭 😢
how many beats do you make a day or a week / month on average ?
@@helloiamhuman1146 I was averaging 3-5 beats a day for a long time. I’m deep in the businesses that I run now. splitmind the production publishing company and drumify a sounds marketplace. A good starting point for any producer is finishing 1-3 a day. That’s 365 - 1095 beats a year
What software is this for the mindmap?
@@ProdMurky obsidian
which software you used for that mindmap?
@@prodxtro obsidian. Highly recommend
@@halfwaySM a tutorial on that one will be highly appreciated
Are you dropping the zoom call anywhere?
@@f4llenstarr which zoom?
@@halfwaySM i saw there was a group zoom call on skool but missed it myself, wondering if gems got dropped and stuff
@@f4llenstarr ah yes. We had the call but it isn’t dropping anywhere that I know of. Glad you’re in there
Awesome video! What software/ website is this?
@@BOPTIX obsidian
I‘m on the left and I don’t like it 😂
@@prodynot that’s real to admit it man. Let’s fix it. Join my community it’s free
@@prodynot www.skool.com/producer-union-free
@@halfwaySM can‘t hurt if it’s free, appreciate it and I signed up
Me after losing my confidence 3 years ago and regressing
Is that software notion?
@@darkmelodiesay obsidian. Somewhat similar to notion. I use both
how much do you make a year now with music?
@@pepthelad Enough to never stress
@@halfwaySM 📈💯
looking at music as a business seems like a terrible mindset to me
@@k-rom8694 welp. Good luck man
@@halfwaySM good luck with what chat
agreed
Then for you its a hobby. This video doesnt apply to you
No offence, but what are you basing all of this off of? Are you taking this from your personal experience, or from the lives of successful producers? Like it’s easy to make a graph and talk confidently into a camera, but research to back a point is the real work.
I’ve read quite a few biography’s and watched docs on the lives of successful producers and most of the ones that wasn’t born into money were working dead end jobs to afford studio time, doing anything they can to make ends meet. Most big name producers/artists had some form of contact in the industry and the ones that didn’t were in the left camp that you describe (had to work for a living, didn’t have time to work on music 24/7, had personal commitments such as a significant other and/or a child). Once they found links or built associations with artists who could help them, their work stood for itself.
Tbh this video just comes off as the same “motivational” type stuff that I see all over TH-cam, which will definitely help some people kick into gear with their dreams and aspirations, which if that’s what you’re going for is cool. But you title the video “A vs B” as if you have some form of understanding more than the average person as to what A and B really is.
Things I would think about. What to you defines a “Successful Producer”. Someone who has made a large amount of money? Someone that has a large production discography? Someone that had an enjoyable career? Someone that made an impact in their field? Like you can have a hit song and not be successful in the long term, but you can also be successful in the long term and never have a hit song. This video just feels like another TH-camr/influencer telling their audience how to manage their career, and honestly a touch too far towards the braggadocious attitude of “look at what I have. See I must be successful”
Success is subjective at the end of the day so It depends on what someone defines as success for themselves. Hopefully, as you said, someone will watch this video and get the drive to chase their dreams (or maybe even stop doomscrolling all day). if i can be helpful to someone then I'm happy. It may come off as braggadocious; tis life. What I 100% agree on with you here is that this video could of been much better, but I'm sure the next one will be. If you want, apply to my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free/about
this feels like shitting on poor people 101 lol
@@Apoly0nlmao ! to each is own. Hopefully you got something positive from this
Bro 😂😂😂 what?
How do you even interpret it this way?
Step 1 to become successful, have connections to the music industry.
wow. you nailed it bro good job
are you successful getting 3hrs of sleep?
@@u.sbanban definitely not nowadays. I don’t recommend trying to function off that. Realistically I could have structured my time better back then. Get your 6-8 hours plz
man i could never
At the time it felt naturally just because I was learning and making so much progress in the early days.
@@halfwaySM i stand corrected i come from doing it today. i naturally woke up (shocked awake) after 4-and-a-half hours of sleep. i figured why not. tested your process. got a good amount of work done.
@@u.sbanbanGlad you locked in but I don’t wanna teach bad habits. I definitely paid the price by not sleeping very much over the years. Feel free to DM me on IG if you wanna talk about healthy ways to work
Thank you. S/O to the mind mapping too. Just started using Obsidian for it as well.
I love obsidian. Thanks bro - checkout my community I have a bunch of videos like this www.skool.com/producer-union-free
hey could you add me to the skool i signed up
@@AkinAyooAye what’s your name on there
great video, instant sub
thanks for the free game 🤍
Thanks bro. You’d love my community www.skool.com/producer-union-free lot of videos there