Can't Finish Music? DO THIS!

Learning how to finish music is an ESSENTIAL skill when it comes to music production, but one of the hardest. IF you can finish songs faster, you can make better music - as you have more practise at every stage of the process.

In this video, I show you WHY you can’t finish tracks faster, and HOW to finish tracks

If you wonder why you never finish your tracks, I’ll show you how to produce music faster and - ultimately - how to be a better producer.

Watch this video. Produce faster. Fact. And then download my Speedwriting Cheatsheet and stick in on your desktop.

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Today, we are going to talk about …
00:00 Why you can’t finish your music
00:41 - 1. Have no clear vibe
02:21 - 2. Get stuck in a loop
03:45 - 3. You’re disorganised
05:16 - 4. Over complication
07:12 - 5. Perfectionism
09:32 - 6. Distractions
11:42 - 7. Have no motivating goal

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Cheers, and happy producing!
Will

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[EDMTips]

Let me know what you think of this video in the comments below. If you liked this video don't forget to smash that subscribe button so you don't miss out on any of my upcoming tutorials! 🔥

[mvricks]

needed to hear this! here are my tips: meditate before entering the daw to clear junk from the CPU between your ears. Write an 8bar loop every day so u have beter demos to choose from when you decide to finish a track. Then you can work on something that sparks the dopamine instead of kicking the dead horse on a mediocre starting point. Turn on flight mode, turn off wifi, narrow your options like a painter picks his colors, get a good cup of Joe and invest all your money in to your room acoustics to get mixes that translate. If you dont, outsource it. And also: dont start with the details. Big legos first.

[Enders]

I do that "ghost track" thing with almost every song I've ever made for 10 years, its a key concept. Its like tracing when you draw, no idea was ever 100% original, everything is derived from something. Glad to see I am not the only one and am not wrong for doing it.

[rtdude]

I was going to say ADD is my biggest problem but then I got distracted lol. But seriously 5, 6 & 7 are huge for me. Also I had to stop taking it all so seriously and just focus on the enjoyment of creating. Now I’m starting to notice the quality of my production is really improving. Thanks once again Will.

[ast]

Let me give you an advice I never heard before and that helped me T-O-N-S:

1. Start a track - work on it until you get that "AHA" this is wow this will be AWESOME!
2. STOP. SAVE. CLOSE.
3. Take all that energy, the confidence, that BOOST you have and: start another track. Work again until you reached that AHA moment, and after you have decided how many tracks 4, 5, 10 or 12, you go back to each track and to another (as soon as confidence drops)

Eventually you will have to go thru the 80/20 rule with most of them, and it will take time to finish but it will save you from so much fatigue, and when confidence drop in one track, remind yourself of the fact you have "X" other top "AHA"- ideas lurking in your folder, that energy will help you go thru the process of finishing in the end.

[stevensimpkin]

An in depth video on building energy/tension ( micro and macro) with automation. What parameters and what parameters go good together for macros. Esspicaly with drums and hats. Workflow tips for automation, I feel like i waste time automating to early and changing it all the time .Learned alot from you already! Thanks Will!

[hleet]

I really like the first tip : Having a clear "Vibe" !

[Nucrise]

So accurate. I am in stage when I made couple of good tracks then - overcomplicated things & end up make track with vocal in wrong key!

[VaChiee]

always stuck between wanting to waste 8 hrs a day on music production and the fact that I probably shouldn't be wasting 4 or more hrs on music production, I have socials to worry about, cover art, getting my song done on time, o ya and the whole life in society thing tends to take more mental anguish than actual time but regardless time is the victim. Good luck yall and keep at it art really is the only way to happiness for us, not all but us.

[geordy]

Good to see that this channel is still getting better over time. The look and feel as well as the content and the power of the information transfer. Keep going Darling!

[LVETANK]

Found this useful, thanks. I have no problem finishing other people's tracks but have about 30 of my own that have been sat there unfinished for years..some have even changed genre several times! Someone should make a website where everyone finishes other people's songs! :D Another good tip I heard: When going back to an old, unfinished song, listen to it once and make bullet-point notes on the main problems you hear- then just work through them. Easier said than done of course but I found that pretty helpful. Cheers

[Carlho]

Just signed up for Loopcloud and it's like the Netflix of samples. I go in to find a house vocal for a track and 2 hours later settle on a funk breakbeat and start a Bicep style tune.

[judgeedwards]

This video came out at the perfect time, thank you Will 😎

[HenningUhle]

Will, you are totally right. Again. I've subscribed to your channel a few days ago. And I like the content. During this video my neck started to hurt due to heavy nodding.

I'm like this crazy professor who asks himself every now and then: What the heck did I try to do a few minutes ago? I would be totally lost in this crazy world without organizing my stuff.

My plans are a bit different than other people's plans. I learnt playing drums in the Eighties and switched over to electronic music by 1992. I used to work with an Amiga computer, a sequencer software, a keyboard and a sound module until 2003 where it all went defective.

During the pandemic I came back to music with buying a new keyboard. But I could not manage to become familiar with a DAW. So, I use "BandLab" online. But I wanted to come back to the music I created 20 years ago. I do it in my spare time. I do not want to become "the next Florian Schneider" or "Jean Michel Jarre 2.0". And I don't plan to make a living with my music. But besides that, I have my goals.

My tracks should always sound the best I can produce. And there is a problem. I feel like there are some limitations within "BandLab". Yeah, I know there are some great DAWs out there. But I did not find one that fits perfectly. And honestly, I don't think about spending hundreds of Euros for a DAW when I don't have any income with my music. That's the point where I am stuck with "BandLab".

I am still learning. And I think I've performed a learning curve. And I totally know what it means when you are stuck in a loop. I am currently working on a track where I think that this bit should be louder and that bit more right and the other bit more left and so on and so forth. It's hard to find out of the loop. It's also hard to find back into an unfinished track once you've had a break and left this track aside for days. It's almost impossible when you don't organize them in idea containers.

I think your video is very inspiring for a lot of people, for professionals and spare time musicians as well. Now let's see if there is something in your videos that I can transpose from a DAW to BandLab.

[ItsBFox]

So much love man nailed it with this list I’ve been slowly getting these down on my own but the ones that I haven’t focused on yet now I can start earlier instead of taking ages to get there I really appreciate this video and your content 🙏🏼❤

[djdazza]

Your an 😇 Will!! Thank you for your knowledge!!! I don't know where you get the time for all what you do and give.

[SlayerDarkRaver]

Great tips as usual Will! I would like to add that you have to accept that your mental health affects your music. I've struggled with creating track after track that sounds sad. Which ultimately is affected by how I'm feeling.

I've accepted this and embraced it to be what it is.

Also, if your mental health low. Do yourself a favour and get help from ❤️

[David_Lamaz]

First, thank you brother for all this tutorials 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
What about music production struggling, for me, the most common thing is when I make real cool drop or loop, I am starting to make arrangement, add new sounds, samples, ideas and….in this process…all this searching new sounds and experimenting with new ideas, your melody or song becomes boring or even annoying to you…and you are jumping on new project. I coming back on this projects, but same thing is happening….😢
Oganize everything like you sad will help for sure. So, I’ll figure this out ✊🏽

[HarryGileis]

My main problem is that, i can create a sick ass drop, loving it. But then i struggle having ideas when making the breakdowns, builds and stuff like that, getting out of the drop basically. So all the time i find myself with 300 projects with just a drop. And dont get me wrong, i already have a song on all streaming platforms and 6 IDs already 99% completed in structure, but thos took me the longet to do. Thank you!

[sicc]

Bro... this hit my every issue so hard... thank you so much💯