15 Mistakes Every Music Producer Makes

Save Hundreds of Hours By Avoiding these Beginner, Intermediate and Professional Mistakes!

In this video I'm going to show you the biggest 15 mistakes every beginner intermediate and professional music producers make.

Some of the mistakes we will be looking at will include printing out DAW shortcuts to have in front of you, find other musicians to work with or shadow, learn some basic music theory both in rhythm and melody, learn how to write song structure including a verse and chorus, learn how to use automation, learn how to use buses in your DAW, follow your ears and not your eyes, don't overmix, record some real sounds, chop up samples, be careful with your external storage and doubling up project locations, learn how to promote your music production business, document your music creation, practice getting onto spotify playlists and local radio, and make sure that you are looking out for mistakes that you make.

I really hope this video helps you in your own music production journey!

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Timestamps

00:00 Save Time & Stress
00:30 Mistake No. 1
01:09 Mistake No. 2
02:04 Mistake No. 3
02:47 Mistake No. 4
03:10 Mistake No. 5
03:37 Mistake No. 6
04:16 Mistake No. 7
04:27 Mistake No. 8
04:54 Mistake No. 9
05:38 Mistake No. 10
06:06 Mistake No. 11
06:56 Mistake No. 12
07:25 Mistake No. 13
0:55 Mistake No. 14
08:08 Mistake No. 15

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[Acres]

What mistake would you add to this list? 🤔

[AFRoSHEENTARCMICHAEL]

Seriously the suggestion of learning and mastering the key of C for beginners is genius because if you master one you'll understand the others. So genius. RIP Avicii

[borisvillar]

Thank you I’ve learned so much from your videos

[HeyVedant]

Another mistake, don't ever buy Bluetooth headphones for music production, it'll cause a lot of latency

[Denver_Risley]

"Finish the damn song" has been my mantra for a couple of years, now. That is probably the most effective over-all philosophy that I've adopted. Oh yeah, The native LOGIC plug-ins are fantastic....Once I bought gobs of expensive gear and found this out!

[synchro]

Something I learned from someone I collaborated with is to take a break from the mix and meditate or just chill while hearing the mix in your mind. This is especially handy for coming up with new melodies or section ideas. Also learned to keep pushing with new ideas and variations of the groove, melody, etc. and save them on the outskirts of the main mix. They can be brought in later or used as ideas for completely different tracks.

[y]

Mixing on high volume will give you fatigue quickly. Mixing mainly on average/low volume helps you make better decisions.

[tonydesmet]

"The best way to learn is to teach": this is so true! I learnt parking well my car only when I was teaching it to my girlfriend. Having to explain something forces you to thoroughly think things through and discover its essence. In the programming community there is the common advice to have a rubber duck sitting on your desk to which you then explain the problem you are facing. (Having a colleague you can talk to is much better of course.)

[synthoelectro]

always listen to the basics (again) mixing and mastering since 2000

[andrejzwitter]

Another great video! Thanks!!
One mistake to add: deleting or not saving musical ideas. I didn’t save many of my trial runs only to later hing to rediscover a tune sound or melody that I knew I had fiddled with earlier.

[sword-and-shield]

Music is art. When it is a solo effort, especially, there is no wrong, just what sounds good to YOU. Its your art. Now if your trying to commercialize it, and that is your goal, your art will always reflect that goal and can sometimes make the process a grind. Instead, let your art be your art, if it hangs it hangs, if it falls it falls. At least you will never be wrong, and always enjoy the creation process and your art.

[kod]

I love your video!! To the point, no bragging, practical advice and friendly. Great job!

[MarcShake]

I mean, there's nothing "new" in this but the whole video just a friendly slap in the face to focus on music production and not in "using software".

[MartinandMiriam]

Hi! Great video!
I’m 11 and I’m trying to decide what plug-in to get for Christmas:
The sound toys bundle 5 or the autotune plug-in.
I know that they are both great but I don’t know which one to get first.
Also we remade the Left and Right music video and the backing track thanks to you 😁

[normapadro]

I use 5 DAWs. Every one of them does something different. Most have different vsts, and they all come in handy. I learned every part of them, because I didn't want to buy upgrades, or spend anything extra.

[borisvillar]

Thank you for making this very inspiring video
I’ve started to really dive into my Logic stock plugins because of your videos and been pleasantly surprised at how good they really are

[elblopex]

"or even reaper"? Man, youre talking about the most loved piece of audio software out there. It may not have been around for 30 years but it sure is up there with the rest

[normajardine]

Man, you're rocks! Thank You for your course !!! I've learned so much!!!

[letrasrojas]

I thank God for this channel. I’m a musician who wants to produce his songs. I’ll definitely keep this channel as #1

[BigDancin]

Learn the 3D aspect of mixing. Don't just use volume to make things more prominent or obscure in a mix - learn to use reverb, compression, panning and other tools to consciously place elements where they fit best to suit the material. Thinking of music recordings as a 3D exercise rather than a 2D loudness war will allow you to put the listener in the place where the song is happening, rather than just having it come at them.