7 things I wish I understood about music sooner

Howdy! I'm back from a little break, and today I wanted to have a chat about everything I learned during my time away.

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[VenusTheory]

I'm back! What's a lesson you wish you knew sooner? 🤔

[gen-amb]

I made music. Cameron you’ve inspired this 60+ grandpa fascinated for the last half century with synths, to spend the last 6 months creating and live streaming well over 350 hours of original ambient music experiments, 3-5 uploads a week. Each of those started from a blank document. I tried to simplify to just the result, not my process. I came up with something I think is pretty cool. I think I made plenty of lousy stuff too — iterating in public. I also made some cool contacts with developers and even found bugs. Now I have to figure out what next. I tried speed running ambient on hard mode for half a year, and I’m reeling a little from that I think. Best of luck, me.

[co.agmusic]

Can I just add that this is filmed absolutely brilliantly and the quality is superb

[wishcloudstudios]

I agree. Also, working with someone else seemed to bring out creativity.
My mom came to visit, and she plays guitar and sings. I came up with so many more ideas with her there. And we produced a song together in only 7 hours. It was probably my best work in the whole year.

[neuromancerk]

Some excellent advice here. As much as we might think we already "know" this, it's good to get reminded now and then. 🍻

[mirroryourmusic]

I agree... It's definitely important to have fun and experiment. Happy accidents sometimes create wonderful, unexpected stuff! Keep up the great work man!

[Itsanasmusic]

You have single handedly cut out every excuse I keep making for "Why i'm not making music yet". Thank you for that SO MUCH!

[skdamico]

I’ve had all these realizations over the last 5-7 years of making music. Fell into all the pitfalls with gear and having to overcome my fear of failure. Thank you for spreading this wisdom in a concise and honest fashion. Kudos to you!

[patricketp]

Developing a system is a great topic. I would really love to see you going deeper on this.

[Bthelick]

That's why I release every week. You learn far more from the practice of finishing, than second guessing supposed perfection.

[JohnNoirSmith]

I had a bit of a burnout earlier this summer, and getting back to "having fun with it" and "make the silliest stuff ever" was really very important to find my way back to my love of music.
I made a song called "Goodbye" (where all the lyrics are just repeating that word over and over) and one called "I Love Her, She Loves Me" (where that phrase is just repeated over and over), and remembering how it's all supposed to be just fun and games, and if I enjoy it, then that's really what matters 😊

[reziahamed]

Cameron, man... really adore your inspirational touch on all of our music geek souls ! Thanks a ton for all of these goodies & please keep coming back to keep us all alive... much Love... :)

[dlvnmedia]

So glad to see you making videos as I really thought you were going to make a several month long break. So thank you as this is one of my favorite channels to watch for inspiration

[exitthelemming]

Hope you enjoyed your break. Glad you are back doing what you do best: inspiring the rest of us

[peterelfman]

Inspirational as always. Welcome back! I'm glad your mini vacation brought the peace of mind you sought!

[RandomCommentHandle]

Here's my number one tip: if you're trying to work out a lead, melody, drumline, whatever... press record first, your first take will often be your best.

[MattQuattro]

As someone who mainly works in video, most of these tips absolutely apply there as well. Thanks for the great advice and reminder to keep putting in the hours!

[VIRALBEATS]

You are one of the most analytical dudes, when it comes to the creative
process. I agree with everything here, and have adopted some of these strategies, myself... especially here, on YouTube. Keep up the good work, now that you have "officially" returned. We appreciate you!

[DavidSmith-nezp]

Love these “big picture thinking” videos of yours Venus. Full of helpful info.

[l-official]

You're videos are so inspiring! They tick all the right boxes for me! Thanks!