Sup guys,
In my journey to make good music, I spend a lot of time researching audio engineering tips, watching tutorials and experimenting with the software like anybody else.
A lot of times I see comments from people online who emphasize how long it takes to get good at this craft and it can be somewhat discouraging. I see comments like "It'll take you at least 10 years to sound like that..." (10 years? But I'm just trying to make a sick beat!)
However, I was on Youtube the other day watching "Noisey: Atlanta" and they had a segment about that guy Makonnen, and he's quoted saying, "Yeah, we mix and master all of our own [stuff]."
WELL OK THEN! He seems to be doing well for himself...
Or you hear Lex Luger in a different interview answer a question about bass by replying, "I just turn it up until that thing knocks".
Or what about these teenagers on Sound Cloud gaining thousands upon thousands of listeners and they haven't even graduated high school yet? Were they really, at age 11 or 12, on a forum like this with serious intent to make great music?
Or if it takes 10 years to get a bombastic sound, were these young dudes making tracks at the age of 6, in kindergarten, instead of playing tag or building legos?
What about the Neptunes? In the early 2000's when those dudes were young, they weren't nearly the experts of production that they are now. Yet they had so many hits! Mastery comes in time, but you don't have to be a master before you start trying to make something good. Pharrell himself said something like, "You can't learn everything in a recording studio in one year, but in one year, you can learn to play an instrument pretty well."
My point is, a lot of guys and girls who become successful with their music just jump right into it without giving it a second thought. They want to make good music and they believe in themselves.
I don't mean to downplay the craft of audio engineering by any means. I mainly point out these things to encourage and motivate producers of all ages to just go for it. The greatest tool that you will have in all of this is your passion. If you push yourself to keep getting better, and you really want it, it will come in time, and once it does, it will be the greatest feeling ever.
In my journey to make good music, I spend a lot of time researching audio engineering tips, watching tutorials and experimenting with the software like anybody else.
A lot of times I see comments from people online who emphasize how long it takes to get good at this craft and it can be somewhat discouraging. I see comments like "It'll take you at least 10 years to sound like that..." (10 years? But I'm just trying to make a sick beat!)
However, I was on Youtube the other day watching "Noisey: Atlanta" and they had a segment about that guy Makonnen, and he's quoted saying, "Yeah, we mix and master all of our own [stuff]."
WELL OK THEN! He seems to be doing well for himself...
Or you hear Lex Luger in a different interview answer a question about bass by replying, "I just turn it up until that thing knocks".
Or what about these teenagers on Sound Cloud gaining thousands upon thousands of listeners and they haven't even graduated high school yet? Were they really, at age 11 or 12, on a forum like this with serious intent to make great music?
Or if it takes 10 years to get a bombastic sound, were these young dudes making tracks at the age of 6, in kindergarten, instead of playing tag or building legos?
What about the Neptunes? In the early 2000's when those dudes were young, they weren't nearly the experts of production that they are now. Yet they had so many hits! Mastery comes in time, but you don't have to be a master before you start trying to make something good. Pharrell himself said something like, "You can't learn everything in a recording studio in one year, but in one year, you can learn to play an instrument pretty well."
My point is, a lot of guys and girls who become successful with their music just jump right into it without giving it a second thought. They want to make good music and they believe in themselves.
I don't mean to downplay the craft of audio engineering by any means. I mainly point out these things to encourage and motivate producers of all ages to just go for it. The greatest tool that you will have in all of this is your passion. If you push yourself to keep getting better, and you really want it, it will come in time, and once it does, it will be the greatest feeling ever.