Learn From Fred Again & Skrillex and STOP Overproducing

Overproducing can lead to many issues, and even the giant producers like Fred Again, Skrillex and Four Tet is really careful about avoiding it. Let's deep dive into the problem a bit.

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[hoyosdelavegacarlos]

This is one of the biggest videos about music production... I´ve been into this for 7 years and beacause of my perfectionism I had only release 5 songs, that really killed my creativity. All this problems that you mention on this video are really importat to put on the table and try to solve it as an individual. During the last year on my private life I started to leave my perfectionism and I started to enjoy family, friends, work and ofcourse myself more and more. CHEERS FOR THIS VIDEO, FR. I love the quality an effort that you put on your videos... this will help a lot future producers :)

[iagmusicandflying]

I put perfectionism away last year and challenged myself to put out tracks as many weeks as I can on a strict Saturday to Saturday schedule, the goal being 40 tracks (I allowed a week a month because I still have a day job, and family and house obligations). They didn't have to be good, or even finished, but if I start a track that week, it's going up on SoundCloud by 3 PM Saturday regardless. I didn't get the time to get obsessed with a track, and even if I didn't like the end result, it was okay because I can just start something new next week.

I made some of the best tracks I've ever made as a result of it. Not all of them, to be sure. But I've got 7 I'm happy enough with to spend doing those final "20%" improvements to make my first album ever this year. I'm 55 and have no illusions about having a paying career in music. It's the first time in my life I didn't just quit in frustration after spending months on tracks before just abandoning them.

[DodgaOfficial]

I've learned overtime that possibly the most important thing you can do is remove stuff and simplify your track. I regularly remove notes from tracks and let the sounds really shine, sometimes complexity is needed, but most of time, making it simple is the best bet, human beings remember things that are simple yet tickle their fancy, they might be impressed by something super complex but they're not gonna be humming it.

[kozihoppy]

So true about the song fatigue, I would even add the fun fact that's when you listen to a track you thought was boring and for whatever reason you stopped producing you find it was actually good and had potential, now I understand (sometimes) it's because of the song fatigue.

[EliasJamousCK]

Cool video! This such an important thing to stress and be aware of not doing. I think the main problem for new producers that causes them to OVERPRODUCE is they're new to sound selection their ears aren't tuned enough just yet to pick out the good sounds from the bad sounds, so what ends up happening they start layering many different sounds to achieve what they think they want to achieve! Instead of being able to pin point what sound or what they need to take out to make their track more polished. There for causing them to start to overproduce and spend more time on a track than they should. Really nice video Alice!!

[danylodrachov]

Thank you for this, Alice. I feel like more videos like this would benefit the community. Sound design and mixing tricks are cool and all, but in the end, you got to select only a few options and chill. This video is much appreciated!

[Poetic-ally]

Thank you so much for giving an explanation to this! I have 1 song on Spotify with 1, 5 million plays, it is fairly simple, and ever since I've struggled to put out a song as accessible! I later realized that I started adding too many complex elements to my songs, I have songs now that has gone through 17 different versions and has taken half a year to finish (to my liking)

I've first learned recently to (Somewhat) know what makes a listenable dance track, that is to make an element in a song breath a bit more, and interrupt that by a new element (for instance a new chord progression) This is a symptom I have because I don't trust that I can keep a listeners attention for that long (which has something to do with low self-esteem as well) which is a problem that is briefly glossed over beautifully in this video! You've earned a new sub!

[AriesBeatsTutorials]

This is indeed an incredibly good post, thank you so much.
I could write a novel evaluating every single passage, excellent, really! 💜🎶

[Drasen]

These are things I’ve realized after almost 12 years of doing music, powerful advice!! Everyone who is up & coming, apply this!!

[RestorationsFOD]

Every analogy made complete sense to me! Thanks for this👍

[bretocameron]

I have been a hobbyist producer for years and this channel is one of the best I've ever discovered. You've got the rare mix of great educational content but also great tracks! Thank you!

[sadikcanerylmaz]

This was the video I've been waiting for.... I was keep asking myself to solve this problem. thank you so much alice!!!

[Lrdrtr]

This is a great video about it all how have I been missing this all my life! I love this!

[EdSoloUK]

I heard of the 80/20 rule before but this explains it really well in a production context.

[benjaminbolton]

Splendid video Alice! The Pokémon analogy was perfect!

[GoneComposer]

At first, I thought I was about to watch another standard 'producer pro tips' video with interesting points but nothing which stands out.
In the end, it's a very passionating video with very interesting angles and perfect examples!
Thank you very much, I'm very glad to subscribe to your channel and make Sonic happy :)

[MrChamesy]

When you wrote that stuff down it really put things into perspective, thank you!

[gotickofficial]

This hit right in the feels... In a good way! I was really needing this video, thank you ever so much for your work!!! ❤

[itsrnav]

Absolutely great video, I struggle with hating my songs, and completely deviating from what I started with that made me excited in the first place, I don't have to make it any more difficult than it has to be in the first place! Thanks for the video, there is actually a method to this creative madness :D

[AFRoSHEENTARCMICHAEL]

8:14 ohhh thats a cool idea. Thats that Major 3rd thing going on that NIN and Deadmau5 uses. Very nice.