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[hobbs.mp]

Amazing advice and feedback that I think some of us don't really want to hear, but need to. A lot of us are definitely just looking for validation from someone we respect, but don't fully consider the context of what that means for our music. At the end of the day, our music is usually either for ourselves, or for the masses, so as long as either we're happy, or the people are dancing, I think we should consider that mission accomplished.

[ehsansayyad]

This was posted a year ago, but I needed to see it today and the algorithm gods brought it to me! I'm very thankful I watched it!

[SparmBoy]

This reminds me of what Pete Heller said about his seminal track "Big Love" : "not bad, maybe one day I'll finish it"

[cinthie]

Awww bless you! And thanks again for joining and carrying the records around 😝 you got great tourmanager skillz too if you ever want to do something else 😅

[gaithouri]

duuuude .. i love your honesty and the way you approach the art and the people...

[SvintMvrcus]

Fellow Tool enjoyer 🔥 10, 000 days has one of the hardest hitting lyrics I’ve ever heard personally “Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father. Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.” It’s almost as if MJK is demanding on his mother’s behalf that she be allowed into heaven and knowing his disdain towards religion it’s almost like he’s still hoping there’s a place for her soul to rest while rejecting it himself. Good stuff.

I think my problem as an artists is I don’t really know my “why” and after watching your “production direction matters” video I realized I don’t have a direction when I sit down to make a song, I just kind of play some chords and choose a random preset I like then throw some drum samples and build around that. In the “how to uk garage drums” vid you mentioned tone and using light short drum samples with smoother sounds and vice versa, so obvious but overall tone was something I never really took into consideration. One thing I’ve always felt I lacked was bass part writing and your like your bass part vs bass line video really helped because I never knew there was a difference, or what notes to use for a bass line. I’ve been a boombap / lofi beatmaker for a decade but recently I’ve gotten into uk garage so it’s all new to me, and your videos are in a way kind of like a mentorship deal to me so I really appreciate it man 🙏🏼 I hope to some day be able to make music that has people dancing in the club and forgetting about their problems for a bit. Lord knows I definitely need it too sometimes. Also, definitely looking forward to that brand/identity video!

[niharpatil]

The production sage strikes again! Great video, love the point about us asking why vs how

[restlessmosaic]

I am starting to have a very personal type of success that I didn't even think was possible. And to whatever extent I'm coming into it, a lot of what separates musicmaking in my late thirties versus my teens and twenties is exactly what you're saying. I was animated by my own odd ideas, my rhyme schemes, my time signatures, and all these things. But while *I* end up falling in love with songs over these things, that's not most people. There was, to be frank, a lot of "pick me" energy - I was hoping people would fall in love with my music, and kinda me, on my weirdest terms. It was a sort of boundary-testing in relationships - bring out the weirdest things and see if they still wanted to be around me.

So I was bringing my personal dysfunctions into my writing and productions, and that meant I was making each song try to do too much. It's the difference between people *respecting/admiring* a song and *liking* it. The more I let the song just be a song and do what songs usually do in people's lives, it worked a lot better.

[WillWerkZ]

I agree with you on your point of view. Music is an art. Everyone wants to be measured against something else. That why plugin companies will get rich while certain people will go broke. Imagine Picasso asking if his art was good to someone who favors Michelangelo or if someone said how does this color of paint look… not only is it subjective but it’s a matter of how it makes you feel. Art is about emotion. Music is art. That’s why I know I’ll work on something and it’ll never feel like it’s complete. But sometimes you have to let it go. That piece may inspire someone else. How many remakes and reworks end up becoming a new thing. Even Benny Benassi had a hit reworked by David Guetta and he loved it more than his original because it was what he was looking for. Sometimes we are the square pegs that need to find the right place for us to fit. We have to stop trying to be the most valuable player and just be content with being a part of the team.

[thetree]

BTheLick - incredible advice where you said about 'why' your making the music and how it fits the narrative you want to portray. Really changed my perspective many thanks

[SalocinMata]

the why is the importante, not the how ... thank you dude!

[b-r-a-i-n-r-o-t]

it is worth pointing out that many audiences will have just as powerful of and just as many biases as artists, except they will often lack the language to articulate their biases.

[carmichaelfinch]

I just found your channel and watched your video on UKG basslines and it immediately snapped me out of my month long writer's block and within a few hours I already had a bouncy and catchy demo. Time to subscribe and binge all of your videos!

[playbooksessions]

I think if the artist themselves loves the music they are making, then that should be enough

[bojusmusic]

One of the best videos on music production I've watched in a long time

[MoonbaseDiscoRecords]

Kind of off topic but House mother Cinthie is probably the most humble and down to earth djs around. And you can always feel it through her posts, video messages, the way she tries to interact almost every comment and her most importantly her stage presence. I think it’s big part of her brand and it suits it perfectly if you making classic house music which is all about positive vibes. As fans, that’s why we don’t give a frack if some her chords are meh or perfect as long as she make us dance and smile and oh boy she is really good at it :) I think there are similar mechanisms why we love your channel. For sone us its just on point topics, articulation or being rational and analytical. But probably we love it because you make us feel like you’re one of us although you’re a production royalty :) sorry for spitting out my life story lol. Amazing advices, as usual. ❤

[ZeraxGaming]

The answer of "Why" we want to create music is different for everybody - I myself enjoy listening, vibing and dancing to music.
I look up to someone like you who gives advice - especially for free - to fellow artists. I cannot thank you enough for that! <3
I have another genre that might interest you to do a breakdown: "Nightbass". Artists like AC Slater, Qlank, Sage Armstrong, Phlegmatic Dogs etc; are the ones who I enjoy the most.

[dannymaher]

Well said my brother. Very diplomatic and directional. All the best as Dan UK

[KevinArdala]

I'm a big fan of Cinthie: Bassline, Good for You and Me, and Calling are my favourites. I know I was banging on about Maya Jane Coles the other week, but any tutorials inspired by Cinthie would be nice too. 😜👍

[aurnik]

Well said. It's interesting that you mentioned what your reaction would be for a first listen of Wings Pt2. It seems like with the way music is consumed now, many people only ever give a song that first listen, thereby never getting to the "why" behind the track. I'm curious if this is something that needs a better solution regarding how listeners consume the media, or if the artists need a better way to give context to their work.