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Very funny and entertaining video. After watching it, I even felt inspired to try learning to make music in a DAW. How lucky, then, that the advertising that followed was for a drag&drop MIDI pack of melodies and chord progressions.
You're making me speculate, "If I'd had MIDI chord packs, I could've lived past 70. In that time I would have advanced the scope and glory of music by over 200 years." - Mozart
"Learning is stupid." That had me laughing so hard I could barely breathe, then I got hit with "pro-vowels" and my wife actually came in the room and asked if I was okay. Classic!
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I got a Unison ad in the middle of the video and burst out laughing. It was the most ridiculous (definitely not a coincidence) thing I've ever experienced. The sheer irony of Unison promoting themselves as a good company using this video's ads while the company itself is being absolutely roasted to the lower circles of Hell by critics like Tantacruel and the others who actually know what music is.
I always wanted to get started in the corporate music genre, but my chords sounded too interesting. Now, I finally have the chords to skyrocket my soul sucking nothing-music career. Thanks unison!
It was truly my middleschool dream to make corporate music before I realized it wasn't real music apparently. Then I realized real musicians make corporate music, not corporate musicians.
The man was very sad with the woman when the woman said she did not want to marry the man. He said “this is the kind of thing that makes me cry” and the woman said “I’m sorry for making you cry”. Then the man got sadder and began to walk away down the road that had trees on it. The woman was sad by this and she said the man “please do not walk away. I still love you”. The man was happy that the woman said “I love you” but was sad about the her saying no when he waInted to maUrry her. He decided it wasn’t good and he wanted to keep walking so he did. The woman began to cry about this. Novel of the fucking century. Blows me away
I genuinely got an ad for Unison while watching this (immediately after being told to check their ads, no less) and it took me a good 20/30 seconds to realise it was an actual ad, not a gag
I hate how people mystify music theory, or act like it's some sort of arbitrary set of laws. It's just a tool to look at music through, literally a form of literacy that learning can help you better conceptualize why the things you hear sound the way they do, and a framework you CAN CHOOSE to use when making music. But I suppose the idea of 'evil cabal of musigicians' is appealing to people who want to rage about not knowing stuff.
Yeah. I've constructed all of my music with the knowledge of literally just the piano roll in LMMS because that's almost the only thing I've ever used. Learning music theory now I'm realizing it really is just a standard musical language, rather than a musical absolute. Still excited to learn it even if the class is a little boring right now
Nothing wrong in not using basic music theory at all. But I know alil myself after getting really bored and just decided to learn music theory through jazz guitar which was a gener I loved listening to. It's a helpful thing to have because i can make decisions much faster without thinking too much. Then when I got something basic I start to expand from there and usually abandon any really structure or rules. This way it sounds good flows well and it's too basic then it's all gravy
The funny thing about this is, that the "reviewers" in the ads all use FL Studio, which features a list of all chords since more than a decade, allowing you to simply insert them into the midi editor xD
I started making music a couple days ago. I wanted to start doing that for a while but I was intimidated at the ton of things I'd have to learn. I'm a complete begginer, I know very little about soft and hardware, music theory, the only thing I have is my passion and love for music and sound in general. But this video was still really accessible (especially because of the chord/word comparison) and I won't fall into that trap ! Thank you !
@AzureWolf168I’ve been producing and composing for a few years and I’m studying composition in school, and the general consensus even from professors that have doctorates is that what you make will never sound exactly like what’s in your head. You can try and get close, but it’ll always be different somehow. My advice is to embrace it and go where the song takes you, not where you want it to go. Also try learning basic music theory, it’s actually really simple and you can find good videos on RUclips about it. Hope that helped :)
that's so fucking cool. never lose that passion. make a music every single day. try and make something new or find a new thing to play with and discover something awesome. also metronome do that it's boring but it does more than you realize
I'll be honest my composing has gotten WAY better over time as you start familiarizing yourself with basic theory and how certain chords sound and feel can really streamline your production... but when I listen back to the first things I wrote you can hear I just put everything into it because I didn't know the "rules" so I had none lol I think the best line to ride is learning enough to guide you to how you want to sound but never feel locked into theory or what others tell you is right.
Midi packs aren't a bad tool to use if you're beginner that wants to learn some composition. That said, I probably wouldn't pay much money, if any, for a basic chord pack that just sells me a bunch of rotations of I - V - vi - IV.
David Bruce saying "Music theory is just so boring" while dressed like a middle-aged man desperately trying to believe he's still a teenager is the kind of extremely cursed energy I need in my life.
The "pro vowels" bit is a perfect analogy. Yes, music theory isn't essential to write music. But without any theory knowledge, you wouldn't know that you're essentially paying to use letters.
You would be surprised by how many great musicians wrote songs that went to the top of the charts without knowing a single line of music theory. Did they use pre-made packs? Nope... They sat down with their instrument or sampler, and tried things until something made "sense" for them musically speaking. They could have learned theory and cut the time needed for exploration, but that would kill their creativity because knowing theory they would never try something they were told "won't work"; and that means no innovation would ever happen.
@@fcf8269 disagree with this take. Knowing theory isn't gonna stop experimentation. If anything, knowing what's "expected" or "common" often leads people to try new things out *because* it's not what's expected. I really don't see why people are so averse to learning about the things they're into. Learning music theory isn't so much about learning "rules that must be followed", as much as it is learning about how to identify and describe aspects of music in a concrete way.
@@kohai-kun9261 I didn't exclude that theory can lead to breakthrough and innovation; but it is clear that most of the great things happening in music history were not only driven by knowledge, but at times by the lack of knowledge. When you know "something", you are setting yourself in a box with well defined walls; going outside these walls is something that our brain does implicitly; because we are used to accept some things as being true, and live and operate in the realm of what is true. If you would know nothing about physics, you could think about creative ways to explain what gravity is, because you can "feel it"; and yet you have no clue of the theory behind it. For music you can't follow the same process because it is not something you feel and there is room for getting it right in different ways. Music either sound good or not, and that is what theory teach you. Once you are bound to those rules that make music sound good, you follow them and avoid to go out of that path. Learning is not wrong; nobody is against it; and the only ones against it are lazy people that do not want to put time in it, and just look for a way to get good at something or make money in the easy way. From my perspective you need a base of theory to do anything, but when you start to fill the voids on your own, you may end up in places that others have been already (so you wasted time, because you could read a book to learn it), but you may also end up in a different place you would probably not end up if you were only following what you know.
@@carbdebunkshate8967 Some musicians write their song before even know what a scale or the circle of 5th is. And when they learn it they improve their work (sometimes it ruin it but that is a different story). You don't need to be an expert to write music or play an instrument; you need the right skillset, a good dose of patience and inspiration. Then if the results are a masterpiece or garbage, that is up to debate. I listen to music that sound like garbage of mixed sounds with no interesting qualities, and those are called artists. If I need to study to understand why that noise is considered music, then it is not art anymore. I get feelings listening to music, looking at a painting or a sculpture; that is what art is all about
We remember all too well that shot with the producer going "WHOA... AAAAHH!" at the plucky/bell/pad progression he just dragged and dropped on his DAW, it was everywhere, it was a plague. Your recreation of that made me smile from the bottom of my heart. Thanks
it's a funny video all round but that line in particular had me laughing for ages. I just love his flat delivery of such obstinate, pig-headed laziness, it just perfectly sums up what this company seems to be about.
It sounds like a line out of one of those late 90s/early 2000s Chuck E Cheese commercials where it starts out with kids having a miserable time doing homework, and then their cool dad comes in and is like “WE’RE GOING TO CHUCK E CHEESE TONIGHT!!” Then it cuts to one of the kids playing Skee ball, and he turns to the camera to deliver the line “Learning is stupid!”
"Buying a dictionary grants you the right to use words." Legendary. I'm so glad you were able to talk to the creator of the open source pack, it really shed a lot of light on how ridiculous charging $70 for chords is.
Yeah when I heard the price I lol'd because it made me think about AAA video games which cost less than that typically ($60 or so). While those are also somewhat debatable in quality and how they are priced at times, the better examples still represent many man-years of work by teams of dozens or hundreds of people. The chord packs aren't even close to deserving a pricetag like that.
That made me think of a bit from 3rd Rock From the Sun. "You think you're pretty clever, don't you? I happen to know that every word of your book was published years ago! Perhaps you've read... the dictionary?!"
I love how a company shilling 'harmony' has a name which literally means no harmony. I wish there were more YT channels calling out these charletans, because there are plenty of them. Thanks for all you do!
I collaborated with a young producer once who has produced a couple of songs already and I was just starting. The only difference was I have been learning music theory since I was 14. I was blown away to find out how this young producer does not have an ounce of idea on how chord progression came to be in the first place. He was clueless on what a major and a minor progression is about and when I told him, we are gonna use Key of G, I-V-IV modulating up half step for the Outro and will end in G#, he looked at me as if I am speaking an alien language or maybe Klingon.
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I’m a beginner with a daw and midi keyboard who scours RUclips for learning material on everything from music theory to synth tutorials and have seen ads for those chord packs more times than I can count. Always struck me as fishy. Thanks for taking the time to call this out. Hope more beginners like me see this.
it's like selling japanese people who're just learning english "word packs". it looks stupid to anyone with even an rudimentary understanding of english, but to a beginner, even though it looks fishy to them too, it still can fool even smarter people
You don't need to be amazing at music theory to be good add producing music at all. I still have a lot to learn but with a few years of experience I feel like I do have a couple things to say; First, giving people midi files for something you could teach someone in about ten minutes for $67 is absolutely bonkers. Second, just being creative and working with what you've got can take you a long way. Just keep your head down and keep making music. You'll go far someday!
The part in the parody where people react to the chord progressions they just dragged in is so good, they really nailed how cringey the real ads are. I used to get the ads all the time, and they disgusted me so much they literally had me ranting. I'm glad someone made this video, this is stuff that needed to be said.
So true! I was delighted at their parody. I still get the effin Unison MIDI Chord Pack ad before every other RUclips video and I always feel soooo offended! It makes me really angry...
@@rupertschnitzler * sees a unison chord ad * *furiously picks a chord i know couldn't possibly be in their packs, and constructs it in my head * Repeat and need the app less each time you see the ad lol
I turned off my adblock yesterday and I had an ad played that slammed the importance of intervals in ear training. Then they had random people say how intervals totally ruined their learning experience. They instead offered their method which ofc was "scientifically proven" to be the best method for ear training. And ofc nowhere in the ad did they say what their method actually was. Do people still fall for this stupid advertising?
@@revonfyll My method: play an instrument largely self-taught learning by ear for over a decade. Clearly there is no more efficient method than this and I won't be accepting critique at this time
Im here to announce that I will now allow everybody to use the 12tet tuning system royalty free! And because I am feeling generous, I will also make A=440Hz public domain!
And progressions. So whenever someone uses the same chord progression as you, you can sue them for copyright infringement. After all, you paid good money for that chord progression!
One of of the most hilarious things that happened to me while watching this video is, in fact, an ad by Unison promoting THE SAME CHORD PACK mentioned in this video. No joke, this is real. Unison's ad popped up immediately as soon as I started watching.
Actually, this is incredibly useful for anyone who is incapable of counting. As someone who is incapable of counting past 2, it's great that I don't have to move 4 half steps and then 3 half steps from the root of the chord to make a regular major fifth chord. Truly revolutionizing
@@redpepper74 4 half steps followed by 3 half steps is how you make a major chord from any note. Like with C 4 half steps up would be E and then 3 more would be G, making a major chord
After having been in a band for more than a decade too, I spent my lockdown learning a lot about music theory. Similar to you, I realised I actually knew a lot. I also realised something else : It's actually not as complicated as most people make it out to be.
Same here, I noticed it can be quite mathematical in a bizarre way. Some people are just lazy and want a press a button and have some kind of EDM hit coz they can do a bit of producing
Fun fact, there's a free VST plugin called Layers Orchestral Tools that's basically a MIDI chord pack but in a nice interface and with its own sounds, like woodwinds or brass.
As someone who only sometimes dabbles in music, the stuff in Tantacrul's videos rarely directly pertains to me. But there's just something so satisfying in watching someone who actually seems to know what they're talking about go off and destroy bullshit from people who are either ignorant, dishonest, or both.
I've said this elsewhere before but even if you don't know SHIT about music theory or chord shapes or anything you will get infinitely more value out of and learn more from just experimenting and plinking random notes around on a DAW piano roll than just buying some other person's midi chord progressions and the outcome will be so much more unique.
This is honestly one of the most well-crafted videos on RUclips. It's funny, witty, charming, and exposes a pretty shitty company on top of it all. Good video. Keep this shit up man.
Adam neely frames his analyses in terms of western music theory. He privilages western theory as superior and dismisses eastern music theory as inferior and unworthy of his time to study and learn for use of musical analysis. According to Adam Neely that makes adam neely a racist white supremacist nazi. Fuck adam neely
Pro-Level Chord Timestamps (WARNING: A LOT OF *Pro-Level Chords* ) 8:27 8:32 8:40 8:45 8:49 9:07 and quote it with me _So how did I, a contemporary artist who brags about his Spotify profile on ads that reach millions of people achieve 12,000 listens a month?_ _By using_ *Pro-Level Chords* 9:19 (just Pro-Level, no chords) 9:44 *Pro-Level Chords* 9:54 *Pro-Level Chords* 10:31 (just Pro-Level, no chords) 10:41 _Here's a beat I made that's completely_ *pro,* _it's in 4/4 at 120 BPM because I don't know how to change that default in my *DAW.* Now if I add these chords, listen to that. (I like how at the beat, the dude's like *ah..ouh..OOOH!* and at 11:03 the other dude's like 𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓷) 11:15 Aight, that is, without a doubt, *Pro-Level Harmony,* right there, right in the can, just like that. 11:21 Next-Level Pro Chords (what!?) 12:03 If you want *Pro Words,* you gotta have *Pro Vowels.* 12:07 Basically, you just open your text editor, and copy and paste your vowels for *Pro Words.* 12:15 With *Pro Words,* you can write novels that will blow away your family and friends, and finally get you noticed in the publishing industry. 12:44 (for a brief moment, you see the words *Pro-Level Chords* ) 14:09 _Pro-Level Chords_ (in the regular voice now.) 14:22 "Advanced" _progressions_ (Advanced -whispered-)
David Bruce definitely put the most effort into that knife sequence and I just want him to know that I want him to live his whole life as Bedroom Producer Dave
I'm a lover of MIDI tools and music technology, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine somebody trying to sell MIDI files of...individual chords and scales. For money. Wtf. That is taking scam to the next level. Like, this isn't even a case of, like, arguing about proprietary vs. open source, Photoshop vs. GIMP, etc. It's super painfully obvious that there is no advantage to buying this product over just a simple Google.
I love how RUclips decided to put "drag and drop MIDI" as the ad for this video.... Great work there algorithm I bet that works out well for that company
as someone who's saving money to buy my first MIDI keyboard, hearing people describe "playing music with your actual hands" as "mindnumbing plinky-plonky business" makes me wanna scoop my eyeballs out with a spoon
Thank you for doing this! I’m so annoyed at these ads. It’s borderline scam business. There is another one called Niko’s chord pack that’s making just as ridiculous claims. That you don’t need to invest in studio equipment or spend HOURS creating the perfect chord if you buy his chord pack. And judging for the comments it’s not only young and inexperienced people that fall for it, but even people in their 60’s.
i really love how their advertising is based on not learning music theory but you need to know music theory to understand what the roman numerals mean, or what keys are, or what the difference between chord qualities is. very accessible good job unison!
Thanks Man. Im learning Guitar and im old and a beginner. Your video has so helped my anxiety and confusion about not just learning to play but also my aspirations to record my own music. Thanks again for speaking out. priceless. And , I like your humour too.
In the exact moment you mentioned the adverts, RUclips kindly played one for me. I was so amused by the coincidence, and the fact that Unison just gave you some money though Adsense
As a beginner/hobbyist in music composition and theory, I love these videos! Also, I was in the middle of eating when you mentioned the "pro vowels" part at 11:57. I almost choked because of how funny it was! Wonderful video!
I gotta say as someone who’s felt down lately about my progression as a musician due to lack of time I can dedicate to learning and lack of funds, seeing you mention that you didn’t dive into stuff for 10 years as a musician rly inspired me to be less critical on myself for the time it’s taking me.
Ive been so pissed off seeing ads for these chord packs lately....its such a relief seeing all these great musicians taking the piss out of that garbage. Thanks dude.
Been thinking exactly the same. For more experienced musicians the stupidity of the product may be obvious, but I find it really sad to sell this stuff to someone who is inexperienced and might be overwhelmed by "music theory" at first.
I've been getting their ads so much...and while I had no idea they were so evil and that the product sold is so overpriced, I did have a feeling that their anti-education, anti-learning, anti-self-improvement narrative is harmful and predatory towards beginners who are overwhelmed. Thank you for your detailed insight and humour about this
I watched a few seconds of their first ad you linked and immediately thought, "It looks like a compsci 101 student could basically generate this entire "product" with a Python script as a homework assignment." And, what do you know...that was basically correct.
Unison be like: "Why learn which chords fit together well, when you can just throw random chords against a wall and see what sticks? You don't need music theory. Trial and error will do."
I mean, I’m sure that’s the approach thousands of producers use 😂You pick up useful combinations over time (stumbling across functional harmony eventually) but covering Harmony by theory is definitely more effective than reinventing the wheel, and gives you more intention with harmonising
@@quinn9598 ultimately i think its a time efficiency thing, a bedroom producer who hasnt taken academic/career study in music kinda has limited time in their life. They can devote it to either learning music theory or learning all the other skills of their craft. Just learn some rudimentary music theory, overtime you will get a functional/practical palette of chord progressions and voicings, and ofc youll pick them up from music you love. As someone who knows the most rudimentary of music theory, i still implore other bedroom producers yo really learn the basics!
@@fruitylerlups530 yeah i agree. You don't need to get into modes and complex rhythmic structures and special violin keys, but you should at least know your basic scales and chords
Simply Superb video. Really makes me think of the ways I used to think. Over the past decade though I have slowly learned that I have to buckle down and learn everything I can about music if I want to be the best I can be at song-writing, arranging, and performing. However, I still find my self from time to time thinking about short-cut methods sold by smooth salesmen. Fortunatly they usually sound phishy or have obtrusive ads to try and get you to by immediately that I research them and don't purchase their product. Anyway, Tantacrul really laid it down well, and has helped me snap out of even those momentary future snares. Why do they always use Facebook to attempt to snare you. Thanks Tantacrul!
Honestly, there is a VST plugin that does exactly this, but it's better, intuitive, much more creative, and cheaper. Its Xfer's Cthulhu. Each key is assigned a chord, and you can link the VST to other VST synths. It also has a handy arp feature.
I promise you all, really learn music theory and some piano for a couple years and you'll be very well off. I've used Cthulhu, Captain chords, Scaler 2. Nothing can replace understanding voicings, voice leading, extensions, tensions, dominants, borrowing chords, and being able to improvise etc.
It's like preparing a meal by combining a package of premade ravioli with a jar of sauce and thinking you've discovered a secret shortcut to becoming a professional chef.
lineart coloring books are actually useful to people with zero knowledge or skill in art, helping them practice basic color theory and fine motor skills.
Watching these literal professional musicians play along with your gag was by far my favorite part of this video. I can’t imagine Ben Levin saying anything like that. It’s comedy gold.
I'm actually disappointed at myself for not noticing it was part of the sketch for the multiple times I've watched this video. One of them is using 3 headphones. How did I not see it
And the real kicker here is that for most musicians, the difference between NOVICE LEVEL CHORDS and PRO LEVEL CHORDS isn't really going to matter. More often than not in my experience it's been production polish and not harmonic complexity that gets people's attention in the industry. So not only are Unison selling a scam - they're selling a scam that doesn't even scam you in the way it's supposed to scam you.
I cringe every time I see that commercial. When I saw your thumbnail, I thought to myself "do I really want to spend 20 minutes listening to someone crap on Unison Midi Pack?" and I decided the answer was YES. And boy was it one of the best decisions of my life! I seriously can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. I was literally SOL (screaming out loud!!). That parody commercial was so well done it was absolutely brilliant!!! BRAVO!!! And thank you RUclips algorithm for helping brighten up my morning!
When I stopped seeing music as something that would make me renowned, and I started seeing music as a hobby I do for fun, is when my music quality skyrocketed. When I started learning theory not to make complex songs and in turn get popular, but to understand the theory and it's beauty, that learning theory is the goal by itself.
You have taken an important step, but you are still missing the true power and purpose of music. The actual purpose of music is to create powerful vibrations that will uplift the human race and help us create a better future for the planet. But not everybody is cut out for that path, it it is a difficult road that requires discipline, dedication, compassion, humility, courage, and sacrifice. But if that is not your path, perhaps at least through your studies you can begin to understand how music can impact human consciousness, and which kinds of vibrations have the most powerful positive impact on humans in different circumstances.
@@NatalleeK "As soon as one looks deeper into being one recognizes that all things are interconnected, that even the least of them communicates with a whole world. But the age of haste does not have time to heighten perception. Only in the depth of being does a space open in which all things lie close to one another and communicate with one another. It is just this friendliness of being which gives the world its scent." Byung-Chul Han, The Scent of Time, p. 47
I looked at the thumbnail of this many times before finally watching it and was convinced it was talking about a literal unison chord pack, where 4 of the same note are just pasted on top of each other. Pro level chorus!
Despite having written my own sequences for years, I got a MIDI chord pack once out of curiosity(it had arpeggiation lines and articulations, so I would certainly rank it above generic chords), and that was all it took for me to figure out that no MIDI pack would actually help me make better music. If I had to give one piece of real advice to beginners who are interested in getting harmony "over with", it's simply that they should focus entirely on using notes within a scale, the smaller the scale, the better - when you want to impose a specific feel to the harmony, turn it into a progression: select a new scale that overlaps the old one(e.g. D pentatonic to D major) and continue from there. Now you have a track that can engage with some complexity while only considering a tiny subset of the notes on the keyboard at any one time. This vastly reduces the trial and error aspects of building up chords and makes harmonization speedy even without specific theories of chord progression. Automation/correction tools just add "icing on the cake" to this approach by eliminating your errors.
Thank you for making this video! I will once again admit that I, out of a personal frustration at the end of last year, actually bought it and so much wished to have recorded that scammy checkout process. The world needs to know to avoid this company AT ALL COSTS.
At 5:47 the video was interrupted by an ad. It took 3 or 4 seconds to say what product it was for... honest to bongo drums, it was for the Unison MIDI chord pack. Made my day! 😂🍾😁🤦♂️
I discovered your channel when I first challenged myself to learn as much as I could about theory in order to deal with my overwhelming imposter syndrome in regards to my musicianship.. I remember watching this video upon release and thinking oh man he is being too hard on the concept… But now as someone who has elbow deep fisted myself with theory night and day… my first thought is that I don’t know anyone who really appreciates chicken Alfredo as much as I do.
Totally lost my shit when the pro vowels came in. :D This is just so accurate, I allways had a weird feeling when Rob Scallon, that I otherwise really love, was teaming up with yousician for his composing contests, making it a requirement to create an account and do like the first few levels of that garbage app just to enter the contest. Glad I wasn't the only one who thought thats bullshit. But then again, I didn't made it far in the contest, probably because I learned guitar from an old timey rock guitar teacher (human) instead of using the pro-apps. So maybe they're right after all...
Yousician isn't that bad. The unison chord pack is a straight up scam, but yousician is selling a legitimate service, theyre just overselling it a bit.
Unfortunately as none of us pay for music and certainly aren't going to pay to watch our fave channels videos then they will need to compensate their time and effort with sponsors. Good news is we can just ignore the ads and hopefully the creators can take the money and run.
genius. actually got the unison add right before your re-imagined (and more truthful) version! good work! I want to pull my hair out every time i see those smug dudes in their 'cool' studios. "Need a jazz humdinger?.....(plays a chord) ..... I Got you!" Not me mate no way!
I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting the spiral into madness to be in the middle instead of the end. Always fun to see how he's gonna mix up his review format.
after only a year of music theory classes in college these midi chord packs feel like such a joke. I genuinely feel bad for people who end up falling for this crap
after a few days of googling here and there it seems like a joke. there's literally tons of content from cheatsheet charts to interval theory textbooks that are so simple that 10 year olds can learn that in a few weeks...
After only a year of midi chord packs music theory classes in college feel like such a joke. I genuinely feel bad for people who end up falling for this crap
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Since I already know they will try a copyright claim, please tell us what are they using. Probably their own name?
Very funny and entertaining video. After watching it, I even felt inspired to try learning to make music in a DAW. How lucky, then, that the advertising that followed was for a drag&drop MIDI pack of melodies and chord progressions.
@@zetizahara -I got unison as my ad before the video and then another MIDI pack...
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ironically yours is the only channel i see stuff like this come up as ads until i got an adblocker.
"My secret? MIDI chord packs."
- Miles Davis
He did say that
I remember when he said that, truly inspiring
I could have sworn that was Thelonius Monk that said that. "Ain't that a bitch?"
You're making me speculate,
"If I'd had MIDI chord packs, I could've lived past 70. In that time I would have advanced the scope and glory of music by over 200 years." - Mozart
"MIDI chord packs are what make free jazz free"
-Ornette Coleman
help, i used an advanced chord and accidentally set mark rober's piano on fire
Quickly, RUSH some WATER on it!
More like *RUSH* some wat *E* r on it
Mark Rober????
"Learning is stupid."
That had me laughing so hard I could barely breathe, then I got hit with "pro-vowels" and my wife actually came in the room and asked if I was okay.
Classic!
W H Y
W O U L D
Y O U
T H I N K
@@digitaldeathsquid3448 Because the alternative would be unthinkable.
@@digitaldeathsquid3448 Wow, are those pro vowels?! Amazing!
Those are friends of tantacrul doing a parody... right? ... Right?
hahaahah OMG i read this before the pro-vowels bit, i was like "what does he mean", then that part came and i was howling (vowels)
Ever since I started using pro level chords my music career has really taken off
Rotfl
2 weeks ago? It can't be!
Your music was good beforehand! There was no need to become pro-level! Now I'll never hear more sick food-type beats.
Can you sell us your pro level recipes
pro level wangjangler
I always jump a bit in surprise when I see a youtuber I watch in the comment section of another person's video
Charging for a chord pack because "music theory is hard" is like charging for a times table because "math is hard".
PRO LEVEL FORMULAS (only for 30 bucks)
Collegiate maths textbook industry has entered the chat.
i usually see flaws in these types of comments but if you think about it...
thats kinda exactly what it is
it's like charging for the times table for every number
@DELORM Lol same
Within a few months:
“I am now the head of unison audio.”
Hahahahaha
Sounds like a plan: 1) become head of unison audio 2) refund all customers 3) declare bankrupcy
LOLLL
@@DevonDekhran Audacity created an OPT IN analytics feature to help them diagnose issues. None of your data will be collected unless you specifically ask for it to be. It's disabled by default.
Ignorant fools like yourself freak out about it because all you never read the article, only the headlines that you see while circlejerking on reddit
Lol. Would he be able to juggle all of them at once, though?
Congratulations! You've almost certainly spent more time making this video than Unison spent making their product
Lol.
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I got a Unison ad in the middle of the video and burst out laughing. It was the most ridiculous (definitely not a coincidence) thing I've ever experienced. The sheer irony of Unison promoting themselves as a good company using this video's ads while the company itself is being absolutely roasted to the lower circles of Hell by critics like Tantacruel and the others who actually know what music is.
And its not even a joke
I think I've spent more time WATCHING it.
I always wanted to get started in the corporate music genre, but my chords sounded too interesting. Now, I finally have the chords to skyrocket my soul sucking nothing-music career. Thanks unison!
Innovating. Forward. Forever.
Keywords: Corporate, Uplifting, Contemporary, Electronic, Joyful, Calming
It was truly my middleschool dream to make corporate music before I realized it wasn't real music apparently. Then I realized real musicians make corporate music, not corporate musicians.
Synergy. State-of-the-Art Technology.
@@AGLubang It’s not science fiction, it’s science fact.
Took me a while to realize that an actual ad for the unison chord pack was playing in the middle of this video. I thought it was a parody 😂
it WAS
Bro holy shit I also got a unison ad I’m laughing my ass off
@@immaderpo5218 Yeah. I immediately got an ad for Unison Drum Monkey when the vid finished.
That's why you use an adblocker
I recently got one just so I could stop seeing uNiSoN mIdI cHoRd PaCk BuY nOw FoR oNlY $100 wOoHoO mOnEy
@@immaderpo5218 same, they must be salty af
The man was very sad with the woman when the woman said she did not want to marry the man. He said “this is the kind of thing that makes me cry” and the woman said “I’m sorry for making you cry”. Then the man got sadder and began to walk away down the road that had trees on it. The woman was sad by this and she said the man “please do not walk away. I still love you”. The man was happy that the woman said “I love you” but was sad about the her saying no when he waInted to maUrry her. He decided it wasn’t good and he wanted to keep walking so he did. The woman began to cry about this.
Novel of the fucking century. Blows me away
Epic, shattering, beautiful. Where did you buy your vowels?
Thanks for taking the time ti do that!!!@
You think you're slick. I recognize the "the woman was sad" word progression! You got that from flush valve
I'm legitimately enthralled by this tale and wish it was a full novel for me to enjoy! With the inclusion of PRO VOWELS as well!? What a read!
I like the way the man kicked the ball.
I genuinely got an ad for Unison while watching this (immediately after being told to check their ads, no less) and it took me a good 20/30 seconds to realise it was an actual ad, not a gag
Me too
I just love how it was an advert for this video haha
Same haha
same lmao
I got a Unison ad too, it's like they are trying to respond to this criticism or get people to change their mind after watching this
At first I thought it was actual video with an excerpt from the ad so my reaction was delayed :D
didnt expect to see you here
I hate how people mystify music theory, or act like it's some sort of arbitrary set of laws. It's just a tool to look at music through, literally a form of literacy that learning can help you better conceptualize why the things you hear sound the way they do, and a framework you CAN CHOOSE to use when making music. But I suppose the idea of 'evil cabal of musigicians' is appealing to people who want to rage about not knowing stuff.
Yeah. I've constructed all of my music with the knowledge of literally just the piano roll in LMMS because that's almost the only thing I've ever used.
Learning music theory now I'm realizing it really is just a standard musical language, rather than a musical absolute. Still excited to learn it even if the class is a little boring right now
It is the equivalent of an illiterate person forming a "poet conspiracy", where evil poets and novelists use language to purposefully confuse him.
Nothing wrong in not using basic music theory at all. But I know alil myself after getting really bored and just decided to learn music theory through jazz guitar which was a gener I loved listening to. It's a helpful thing to have because i can make decisions much faster without thinking too much. Then when I got something basic I start to expand from there and usually abandon any really structure or rules. This way it sounds good flows well and it's too basic then it's all gravy
Musicians**
Try writing a book without learning the language in which it is written.
I love how scathing Tantacrul is, man does not take prisoners.
Tantacrul: No Survivors
You could say, he is Tenta-cruel
@@consider_mo Actually you can't. I checked and yeah, you definitely can't. Sorry.
@@consider_mo I thought Tantacrul was trying to *avoid* DMCA strikes…?
The funny thing about this is, that the "reviewers" in the ads all use FL Studio, which features a list of all chords since more than a decade, allowing you to simply insert them into the midi editor xD
🤣🤣 so true. This is such a scam and anyone who falls for it I feel very sorry for them
hey dont step on fl.
@@thekidpiddy6538 he's not. He's saying FL already has all this inbuilt for free
@@thekidpiddy6538 bro i use fl, but this is exactly the kind of comment people expect from fl users
FL gaming
I started making music a couple days ago. I wanted to start doing that for a while but I was intimidated at the ton of things I'd have to learn. I'm a complete begginer, I know very little about soft and hardware, music theory, the only thing I have is my passion and love for music and sound in general. But this video was still really accessible (especially because of the chord/word comparison) and I won't fall into that trap ! Thank you !
@AzureWolf168I’ve been producing and composing for a few years and I’m studying composition in school, and the general consensus even from professors that have doctorates is that what you make will never sound exactly like what’s in your head. You can try and get close, but it’ll always be different somehow. My advice is to embrace it and go where the song takes you, not where you want it to go. Also try learning basic music theory, it’s actually really simple and you can find good videos on RUclips about it. Hope that helped :)
that's so fucking cool. never lose that passion. make a music every single day. try and make something new or find a new thing to play with and discover something awesome. also metronome do that it's boring but it does more than you realize
I'll be honest my composing has gotten WAY better over time as you start familiarizing yourself with basic theory and how certain chords sound and feel can really streamline your production... but when I listen back to the first things I wrote you can hear I just put everything into it because I didn't know the "rules" so I had none lol I think the best line to ride is learning enough to guide you to how you want to sound but never feel locked into theory or what others tell you is right.
Midi packs aren't a bad tool to use if you're beginner that wants to learn some composition. That said, I probably wouldn't pay much money, if any, for a basic chord pack that just sells me a bunch of rotations of I - V - vi - IV.
How is your musical journey going, two months later?
David Bruce saying "Music theory is just so boring" while dressed like a middle-aged man desperately trying to believe he's still a teenager is the kind of extremely cursed energy I need in my life.
Same, he pulls it off pretty well!
That's David Bro
...and HOW many HEADPHONES did he have on? 🤣
@@lclatt8198 Three. That’s Pro-Level.
But... That's how musicians look.
The "pro vowels" bit is a perfect analogy.
Yes, music theory isn't essential to write music.
But without any theory knowledge, you wouldn't know that you're essentially paying to use letters.
You would be surprised by how many great musicians wrote songs that went to the top of the charts without knowing a single line of music theory. Did they use pre-made packs? Nope... They sat down with their instrument or sampler, and tried things until something made "sense" for them musically speaking. They could have learned theory and cut the time needed for exploration, but that would kill their creativity because knowing theory they would never try something they were told "won't work"; and that means no innovation would ever happen.
@@fcf8269 theory > > > > > > > > >
@@fcf8269 disagree with this take.
Knowing theory isn't gonna stop experimentation. If anything, knowing what's "expected" or "common" often leads people to try new things out *because* it's not what's expected.
I really don't see why people are so averse to learning about the things they're into. Learning music theory isn't so much about learning "rules that must be followed", as much as it is learning about how to identify and describe aspects of music in a concrete way.
@@kohai-kun9261 I didn't exclude that theory can lead to breakthrough and innovation; but it is clear that most of the great things happening in music history were not only driven by knowledge, but at times by the lack of knowledge.
When you know "something", you are setting yourself in a box with well defined walls; going outside these walls is something that our brain does implicitly; because we are used to accept some things as being true, and live and operate in the realm of what is true.
If you would know nothing about physics, you could think about creative ways to explain what gravity is, because you can "feel it"; and yet you have no clue of the theory behind it.
For music you can't follow the same process because it is not something you feel and there is room for getting it right in different ways. Music either sound good or not, and that is what theory teach you. Once you are bound to those rules that make music sound good, you follow them and avoid to go out of that path.
Learning is not wrong; nobody is against it; and the only ones against it are lazy people that do not want to put time in it, and just look for a way to get good at something or make money in the easy way.
From my perspective you need a base of theory to do anything, but when you start to fill the voids on your own, you may end up in places that others have been already (so you wasted time, because you could read a book to learn it), but you may also end up in a different place you would probably not end up if you were only following what you know.
@@carbdebunkshate8967 Some musicians write their song before even know what a scale or the circle of 5th is. And when they learn it they improve their work (sometimes it ruin it but that is a different story).
You don't need to be an expert to write music or play an instrument; you need the right skillset, a good dose of patience and inspiration.
Then if the results are a masterpiece or garbage, that is up to debate. I listen to music that sound like garbage of mixed sounds with no interesting qualities, and those are called artists. If I need to study to understand why that noise is considered music, then it is not art anymore.
I get feelings listening to music, looking at a painting or a sculpture; that is what art is all about
We remember all too well that shot with the producer going "WHOA... AAAAHH!" at the plucky/bell/pad progression he just dragged and dropped on his DAW, it was everywhere, it was a plague. Your recreation of that made me smile from the bottom of my heart. Thanks
“Learning is stupid” is the greatest one liner.
😂😂😂😂
10:22
it's a funny video all round but that line in particular had me laughing for ages. I just love his flat delivery of such obstinate, pig-headed laziness, it just perfectly sums up what this company seems to be about.
hit my core
It sounds like a line out of one of those late 90s/early 2000s Chuck E Cheese commercials where it starts out with kids having a miserable time doing homework, and then their cool dad comes in and is like “WE’RE GOING TO CHUCK E CHEESE TONIGHT!!” Then it cuts to one of the kids playing Skee ball, and he turns to the camera to deliver the line “Learning is stupid!”
"Buying a dictionary grants you the right to use words." Legendary. I'm so glad you were able to talk to the creator of the open source pack, it really shed a lot of light on how ridiculous charging $70 for chords is.
Yeah when I heard the price I lol'd because it made me think about AAA video games which cost less than that typically ($60 or so). While those are also somewhat debatable in quality and how they are priced at times, the better examples still represent many man-years of work by teams of dozens or hundreds of people. The chord packs aren't even close to deserving a pricetag like that.
That made me think of a bit from 3rd Rock From the Sun. "You think you're pretty clever, don't you? I happen to know that every word of your book was published years ago! Perhaps you've read... the dictionary?!"
I love how a company shilling 'harmony' has a name which literally means no harmony. I wish there were more YT channels calling out these charletans, because there are plenty of them. Thanks for all you do!
I collaborated with a young producer once who has produced a couple of songs already and I was just starting. The only difference was I have been learning music theory since I was 14. I was blown away to find out how this young producer does not have an ounce of idea on how chord progression came to be in the first place. He was clueless on what a major and a minor progression is about and when I told him, we are gonna use Key of G, I-V-IV modulating up half step for the Outro and will end in G#, he looked at me as if I am speaking an alien language or maybe Klingon.
thank you for making this video MaK from FlushValve
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@Harvest Commands I louve prou voawels
Groovy??
I’m a beginner with a daw and midi keyboard who scours RUclips for learning material on everything from music theory to synth tutorials and have seen ads for those chord packs more times than I can count. Always struck me as fishy. Thanks for taking the time to call this out. Hope more beginners like me see this.
it's like selling japanese people who're just learning english "word packs". it looks stupid to anyone with even an rudimentary understanding of english, but to a beginner, even though it looks fishy to them too, it still can fool even smarter people
I got the free pack.
Bunch of the same chord sequences in different keys, as if we can't simply change the key/move the notes whenever we want
@@darrengordon-hill his genius is unparalleled
You don't need to be amazing at music theory to be good add producing music at all. I still have a lot to learn but with a few years of experience I feel like I do have a couple things to say; First, giving people midi files for something you could teach someone in about ten minutes for $67 is absolutely bonkers. Second, just being creative and working with what you've got can take you a long way. Just keep your head down and keep making music. You'll go far someday!
The part in the parody where people react to the chord progressions they just dragged in is so good, they really nailed how cringey the real ads are. I used to get the ads all the time, and they disgusted me so much they literally had me ranting. I'm glad someone made this video, this is stuff that needed to be said.
first we should be sure none of us follow these youtubers any more. they are part of the scam...
So true! I was delighted at their parody.
I still get the effin Unison MIDI Chord Pack ad before every other RUclips video and I always feel soooo offended! It makes me really angry...
@@rupertschnitzler * sees a unison chord ad *
*furiously picks a chord i know couldn't possibly be in their packs, and constructs it in my head *
Repeat and need the app less each time you see the ad lol
I turned off my adblock yesterday and I had an ad played that slammed the importance of intervals in ear training. Then they had random people say how intervals totally ruined their learning experience. They instead offered their method which ofc was "scientifically proven" to be the best method for ear training. And ofc nowhere in the ad did they say what their method actually was.
Do people still fall for this stupid advertising?
@@revonfyll My method: play an instrument largely self-taught learning by ear for over a decade. Clearly there is no more efficient method than this and I won't be accepting critique at this time
Im here to announce that I will now allow everybody to use the 12tet tuning system royalty free! And because I am feeling generous, I will also make A=440Hz public domain!
Finally, I can own all the chords
Other that the ones where the root is above the fifth or other aWFuL NoT pRO things like it.
Adam Neely: "You can't OWN chords!"
And progressions. So whenever someone uses the same chord progression as you, you can sue them for copyright infringement. After all, you paid good money for that chord progression!
@@InventorZahran Sieze the chords of music production!!!
@Audio Freak I'll hire Adam Neely as my defense lawyer.
One of of the most hilarious things that happened to me while watching this video is, in fact, an ad by Unison promoting THE SAME CHORD PACK mentioned in this video. No joke, this is real. Unison's ad popped up immediately as soon as I started watching.
Same. It even happened the exact moment he said pause and watch their commercial
yeah, I got the ad mid video too
Same…I flagged the ad as “inappropriate” 😂
I think that happed to a lot of us
That’s pro level ad placement
Actually, this is incredibly useful for anyone who is incapable of counting. As someone who is incapable of counting past 2, it's great that I don't have to move 4 half steps and then 3 half steps from the root of the chord to make a regular major fifth chord. Truly revolutionizing
Yeah count es hard
What does 4 mean
@@redpepper74 4 half steps followed by 3 half steps is how you make a major chord from any note. Like with C 4 half steps up would be E and then 3 more would be G, making a major chord
@@fetch7312 Dude I just learned what K means don’t expect me to know that
@@redpepper74 good to see you learning how to spell "know" right after you learned about K! Keep it up homie
After having been in a band for more than a decade too, I spent my lockdown learning a lot about music theory. Similar to you, I realised I actually knew a lot. I also realised something else : It's actually not as complicated as most people make it out to be.
Same here, I noticed it can be quite mathematical in a bizarre way. Some people are just lazy and want a press a button and have some kind of EDM hit coz they can do a bit of producing
the moment you said "check out the ad i linked" a unison ad played
Fun fact, there's a free VST plugin called Layers Orchestral Tools that's basically a MIDI chord pack but in a nice interface and with its own sounds, like woodwinds or brass.
Also you ca find like way better midi packs for free lmao
i heard that one of the free MIDI chord packs has been stolen for the Unison MIDI chord pack. :|
@@alexthejapanfan7905 Literally the only original content is the chord progressions, they stole those too??
As someone who only sometimes dabbles in music, the stuff in Tantacrul's videos rarely directly pertains to me. But there's just something so satisfying in watching someone who actually seems to know what they're talking about go off and destroy bullshit from people who are either ignorant, dishonest, or both.
I've said this elsewhere before but even if you don't know SHIT about music theory or chord shapes or anything you will get infinitely more value out of and learn more from just experimenting and plinking random notes around on a DAW piano roll than just buying some other person's midi chord progressions and the outcome will be so much more unique.
Step 1: approach keyboard
Step 2: press any white key
Step 3: skip one white key and press the next one
Step 4: repeat
@@micslenses4849 Advanced experimenting: use only the black keys
@@derkeksinator17 those are ninja level chords and cost an additional $69
This is honestly one of the most well-crafted videos on RUclips. It's funny, witty, charming, and exposes a pretty shitty company on top of it all. Good video. Keep this shit up man.
They’re taking Adam Neely’s “you can’t copyright chords” to a whole new level
"You can't copyright chords"
Unison: "Oh yeah? Watch us."
Adam neely frames his analyses in terms of western music theory. He privilages western theory as superior and dismisses eastern music theory as inferior and unworthy of his time to study and learn for use of musical analysis.
According to Adam Neely that makes adam neely a racist white supremacist nazi. Fuck adam neely
OK, so you cant copyright chords. How about the notes in them? Or A=440 pitch?
They can charge for them, but the actual content of the MIDI files is not copyrightable.
Pro-Level Chord Timestamps (WARNING: A LOT OF *Pro-Level Chords* )
8:27
8:32
8:40
8:45
8:49
9:07 and quote it with me _So how did I, a contemporary artist who brags about his Spotify profile on ads that reach millions of people achieve 12,000 listens a month?_ _By using_ *Pro-Level Chords*
9:19 (just Pro-Level, no chords)
9:44 *Pro-Level Chords*
9:54 *Pro-Level Chords*
10:31 (just Pro-Level, no chords)
10:41 _Here's a beat I made that's completely_ *pro,* _it's in 4/4 at 120 BPM because I don't know how to change that default in my *DAW.* Now if I add these chords, listen to that. (I like how at the beat, the dude's like *ah..ouh..OOOH!* and at 11:03 the other dude's like 𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓷)
11:15 Aight, that is, without a doubt, *Pro-Level Harmony,* right there, right in the can, just like that.
11:21 Next-Level Pro Chords (what!?)
12:03 If you want *Pro Words,* you gotta have *Pro Vowels.*
12:07 Basically, you just open your text editor, and copy and paste your vowels for *Pro Words.*
12:15 With *Pro Words,* you can write novels that will blow away your family and friends, and finally get you noticed in the publishing industry.
12:44 (for a brief moment, you see the words *Pro-Level Chords* )
14:09 _Pro-Level Chords_ (in the regular voice now.)
14:22 "Advanced" _progressions_ (Advanced -whispered-)
Now this was some *Pro-Level Commenting*
@@lilyofluck371 Not as good as your *Pro-Level Replying*
i do not need to think
David Bruce definitely put the most effort into that knife sequence and I just want him to know that I want him to live his whole life as Bedroom Producer Dave
I want the ability to wear three closed-back cans at the same time. I guess I’m not Pro-Level enough.
I'm a lover of MIDI tools and music technology, but never in my wildest dreams did I imagine somebody trying to sell MIDI files of...individual chords and scales. For money. Wtf. That is taking scam to the next level.
Like, this isn't even a case of, like, arguing about proprietary vs. open source, Photoshop vs. GIMP, etc.
It's super painfully obvious that there is no advantage to buying this product over just a simple Google.
thank you for helping me learn about pro level chords mak from spotify
*flushvalve
I feel like people are going to think Ben is actually in favor of unison because he’s such a beautifully sincere person.
That was Flushvalve he was endorsing though.
I love how RUclips decided to put "drag and drop MIDI" as the ad for this video.... Great work there algorithm I bet that works out well for that company
RUclips always does this. Watch videos talking about how scams are scams? Get a million ads for scams!
Me too. 😆🤣xD
Sounds like the YT algorithm just matches keywords without understanding context.
I thought he was streaming it as an example at first 😂😂
This. I also get religious ads on videos about how religion is a load of BS.
@@o242oTanKo242o Genetically Modified Skeptic has a whole video on that: ruclips.net/video/lPV_Z2qbAGI/видео.html
as someone who's saving money to buy my first MIDI keyboard, hearing people describe "playing music with your actual hands" as "mindnumbing plinky-plonky business" makes me wanna scoop my eyeballs out with a spoon
Bruh the visuals are too strong with your comment
wilson in utopia be like
Honestly, I thought at first that the part where the lady threw her midi keyboard into the trash bin to be an attempt at satire.
@@Max_Mustermann it technically was, as this video uses 0 footage from Unison Audio so they don't do bullshit DMCA takedowns.
@@Max_Mustermann wait, it's not?
Thank you for doing this! I’m so annoyed at these ads. It’s borderline scam business.
There is another one called Niko’s chord pack that’s making just as ridiculous claims. That you don’t need to invest in studio equipment or spend HOURS creating the perfect chord if you buy his chord pack.
And judging for the comments it’s not only young and inexperienced people that fall for it, but even people in their 60’s.
I got a chord pack ad before this and it's insane just how well you *nailed* the tone for MaK
19:32 a dictionary tells you the meaning of a word. A MIDI chord pack won't tell you the function of a chord
ALL dictionaries? Or just PRO LEVEL dictionaries?
i really love how their advertising is based on not learning music theory but you need to know music theory to understand what the roman numerals mean, or what keys are, or what the difference between chord qualities is. very accessible good job unison!
Maybe the real pro level chords are the friends we made along the way.
Maybe the real pro level chords are the friends we made along the way.
But nah I'm pretty sure it's more of the way the man kicked the ball
I hope not
lmfao
Thanks Man. Im learning Guitar and im old and a beginner. Your video has so helped my anxiety and confusion about not just learning to play but also my aspirations to record my own music. Thanks again for speaking out. priceless. And , I like your humour too.
wow! now that I know that all 7th chords are "pro-level" I'll never have to use "apprentice" chords every again! Thanks, flush valve!
7ths are pro… but 9ths, those are for masters. Have you ever used a 9th chord? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
(obvious sarcasm)
@@finngeometry7570 Yeah, well, if you wanna be God Mode (Like me DUH!) you gotta have INFINITY chord! Press all keys, all the time!
A 2021 insult for another musician: "You sound like you need a MIDI chord pack".
“You sound like you haven’t had your two clicks yet”
Im gonna use this one. Pro level insult.
In the exact moment you mentioned the adverts, RUclips kindly played one for me. I was so amused by the coincidence, and the fact that Unison just gave you some money though Adsense
As a beginner/hobbyist in music composition and theory, I love these videos! Also, I was in the middle of eating when you mentioned the "pro vowels" part at 11:57. I almost choked because of how funny it was! Wonderful video!
At least you didn’t spit your coffee out laughing, that’s the other one everyone says they do
@@TayWoode I'm not as predictable as others, it would seem
I gotta say as someone who’s felt down lately about my progression as a musician due to lack of time I can dedicate to learning and lack of funds, seeing you mention that you didn’t dive into stuff for 10 years as a musician rly inspired me to be less critical on myself for the time it’s taking me.
I got a “play music effortlessly” ad just after this video ended, and it really felt like looking into a toilet’s u-bend.
Ive been so pissed off seeing ads for these chord packs lately....its such a relief seeing all these great musicians taking the piss out of that garbage. Thanks dude.
Been thinking exactly the same. For more experienced musicians the stupidity of the product may be obvious, but I find it really sad to sell this stuff to someone who is inexperienced and might be overwhelmed by "music theory" at first.
I know. I hate the ads too and they irk me as someone who's gone through classes and decided to do the work myself.
Agree
The irony of clicking on this video and first having to watch an ad for unison midi chord pack just makes it all the more fun to watch
I've been getting their ads so much...and while I had no idea they were so evil and that the product sold is so overpriced, I did have a feeling that their anti-education, anti-learning, anti-self-improvement narrative is harmful and predatory towards beginners who are overwhelmed. Thank you for your detailed insight and humour about this
I watched a few seconds of their first ad you linked and immediately thought, "It looks like a compsci 101 student could basically generate this entire "product" with a Python script as a homework assignment." And, what do you know...that was basically correct.
Unison be like: "Why learn which chords fit together well, when you can just throw random chords against a wall and see what sticks? You don't need music theory. Trial and error will do."
I mean, I’m sure that’s the approach thousands of producers use 😂You pick up useful combinations over time (stumbling across functional harmony eventually) but covering Harmony by theory is definitely more effective than reinventing the wheel, and gives you more intention with harmonising
@@quinn9598 ultimately i think its a time efficiency thing, a bedroom producer who hasnt taken academic/career study in music kinda has limited time in their life. They can devote it to either learning music theory or learning all the other skills of their craft. Just learn some rudimentary music theory, overtime you will get a functional/practical palette of chord progressions and voicings, and ofc youll pick them up from music you love. As someone who knows the most rudimentary of music theory, i still implore other bedroom producers yo really learn the basics!
@@fruitylerlups530 yeah i agree. You don't need to get into modes and complex rhythmic structures and special violin keys, but you should at least know your basic scales and chords
You don't even need this to do that
They sell chord progressions as well as single chords so you could also just use their progressions which have chords that fit together.
Simply Superb video. Really makes me think of the ways I used to think. Over the past decade though I have slowly learned that I have to buckle down and learn everything I can about music if I want to be the best I can be at song-writing, arranging, and performing. However, I still find my self from time to time thinking about short-cut methods sold by smooth salesmen. Fortunatly they usually sound phishy or have obtrusive ads to try and get you to by immediately that I research them and don't purchase their product. Anyway, Tantacrul really laid it down well, and has helped me snap out of even those momentary future snares. Why do they always use Facebook to attempt to snare you. Thanks Tantacrul!
Honestly, there is a VST plugin that does exactly this, but it's better, intuitive, much more creative, and cheaper. Its Xfer's Cthulhu. Each key is assigned a chord, and you can link the VST to other VST synths. It also has a handy arp feature.
Captan Chords also. I’ve had that for a few years and it’s great…but costs more than Cthulhu which I also have….somewhere.
Ableton also has the Midi effects that can do a similar thing
Xfer plugins are amazing and always trusted
Scaler 2 is much better imo
I promise you all, really learn music theory and some piano for a couple years and you'll be very well off.
I've used Cthulhu, Captain chords, Scaler 2. Nothing can replace understanding voicings, voice leading, extensions, tensions, dominants, borrowing chords, and being able to improvise etc.
When they refer to a timing signature as
"1 3rd step" then you just know how much music theory they actually have 🤣
It's like preparing a meal by combining a package of premade ravioli with a jar of sauce and thinking you've discovered a secret shortcut to becoming a professional chef.
Sadly, it's even worse than that.
this is like advertising lineart coloring books to artists
It’s like advertising a “Color Pack”, a notepad file with the hex values of 12 colors for $67
@Adrian
No don't give them ideas!
lineart coloring books are actually useful to people with zero knowledge or skill in art, helping them practice basic color theory and fine motor skills.
@@adrianfernandez7930 lmaoo yes
havent people actually done that tho? Like, selling ''color palette'' adoptables? xD
Was trying to remember the name of this company the other day and all I could think was "Flushvalve"… great video!
Watching these literal professional musicians play along with your gag was by far my favorite part of this video.
I can’t imagine Ben Levin saying anything like that. It’s comedy gold.
david bruce saying "music theory is boring" lmao
"LEARNING IS STUPID"
I'm actually disappointed at myself for not noticing it was part of the sketch for the multiple times I've watched this video. One of them is using 3 headphones. How did I not see it
@@stevie8271like literally the opposite of his hole channel
Chapter 1: Intro
Chapter 2: About Unison
Chapter 3: *_K n i f e_*
It's the Tantacrul experience...
Bach himself secretly used unison midi chords pack
David Bruce cosplaying as a bedroom producer is a genius bit of the highest caliber.
The important question: Are the Chords in the barbershop thing you have at the end of each video PRO LEVEL????
And the real kicker here is that for most musicians, the difference between NOVICE LEVEL CHORDS and PRO LEVEL CHORDS isn't really going to matter. More often than not in my experience it's been production polish and not harmonic complexity that gets people's attention in the industry. So not only are Unison selling a scam - they're selling a scam that doesn't even scam you in the way it's supposed to scam you.
I want nothing less than, for all of eternity, that the unison midi chord pack should be a meme for the entire community to laugh at
I cringe every time I see that commercial. When I saw your thumbnail, I thought to myself "do I really want to spend 20 minutes listening to someone crap on Unison Midi Pack?" and I decided the answer was YES. And boy was it one of the best decisions of my life! I seriously can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. I was literally SOL (screaming out loud!!). That parody commercial was so well done it was absolutely brilliant!!! BRAVO!!! And thank you RUclips algorithm for helping brighten up my morning!
When I stopped seeing music as something that would make me renowned, and I started seeing music as a hobby I do for fun, is when my music quality skyrocketed. When I started learning theory not to make complex songs and in turn get popular, but to understand the theory and it's beauty, that learning theory is the goal by itself.
You have taken an important step, but you are still missing the true power and purpose of music. The actual purpose of music is to create powerful vibrations that will uplift the human race and help us create a better future for the planet. But not everybody is cut out for that path, it it is a difficult road that requires discipline, dedication, compassion, humility, courage, and sacrifice. But if that is not your path, perhaps at least through your studies you can begin to understand how music can impact human consciousness, and which kinds of vibrations have the most powerful positive impact on humans in different circumstances.
@@TheCyborgkI want whatever you're on
@@NatalleeK "As soon as one looks deeper into being one recognizes that all things are interconnected, that even the least of them communicates with a whole world. But the age of haste does not have time to heighten perception. Only in the depth of being does a space open in which all things lie close to one another and communicate with one another. It is just this friendliness of being which gives the world its scent." Byung-Chul Han, The Scent of Time, p. 47
I looked at the thumbnail of this many times before finally watching it and was convinced it was talking about a literal unison chord pack, where 4 of the same note are just pasted on top of each other. Pro level chorus!
Despite having written my own sequences for years, I got a MIDI chord pack once out of curiosity(it had arpeggiation lines and articulations, so I would certainly rank it above generic chords), and that was all it took for me to figure out that no MIDI pack would actually help me make better music.
If I had to give one piece of real advice to beginners who are interested in getting harmony "over with", it's simply that they should focus entirely on using notes within a scale, the smaller the scale, the better - when you want to impose a specific feel to the harmony, turn it into a progression: select a new scale that overlaps the old one(e.g. D pentatonic to D major) and continue from there. Now you have a track that can engage with some complexity while only considering a tiny subset of the notes on the keyboard at any one time. This vastly reduces the trial and error aspects of building up chords and makes harmonization speedy even without specific theories of chord progression. Automation/correction tools just add "icing on the cake" to this approach by eliminating your errors.
Thank you for making this video! I will once again admit that I, out of a personal frustration at the end of last year, actually bought it and so much wished to have recorded that scammy checkout process. The world needs to know to avoid this company AT ALL COSTS.
At 5:47 the video was interrupted by an ad. It took 3 or 4 seconds to say what product it was for... honest to bongo drums, it was for the Unison MIDI chord pack.
Made my day! 😂🍾😁🤦♂️
Then at video's end, another ad... this time for Niko's MIDI chord pack.
2023's off to a pro-level start!!!
No joke that was literally THE MOST ACCURATE AD FOR THOSE DAMN MIDI CHORD PACKS EVER
I’m waiting for Unison to create a Degree Pack that I’ll drag into my thesis and skip 4 years of university while obtaining a degree nevertheless.
It would be Unison Fraternity they have copies of everyone's homework and tests
I discovered your channel when I first challenged myself to learn as much as I could about theory in order to deal with my overwhelming imposter syndrome in regards to my musicianship..
I remember watching this video upon release and thinking oh man he is being too hard on the concept…
But now as someone who has elbow deep fisted myself with theory night and day… my first thought is that I don’t know anyone who really appreciates chicken Alfredo as much as I do.
I was totally blown away by the sad and touching story you were able to compose thanks to the pro-vowels package! Amazing! Keep it up!
Totally lost my shit when the pro vowels came in. :D
This is just so accurate, I allways had a weird feeling when Rob Scallon, that I otherwise really love, was teaming up with yousician for his composing contests, making it a requirement to create an account and do like the first few levels of that garbage app just to enter the contest.
Glad I wasn't the only one who thought thats bullshit.
But then again, I didn't made it far in the contest, probably because I learned guitar from an old timey rock guitar teacher (human) instead of using the pro-apps. So maybe they're right after all...
I don't blame him that much get that bag rob lol
Yousician isn't that bad. The unison chord pack is a straight up scam, but yousician is selling a legitimate service, theyre just overselling it a bit.
Unfortunately as none of us pay for music and certainly aren't going to pay to watch our fave channels videos then they will need to compensate their time and effort with sponsors. Good news is we can just ignore the ads and hopefully the creators can take the money and run.
I got an AD for "Unison Midi Easy Chords" on this very video, really understanding their audience
This one definitely needs to go viral. Everyone who could buy their product should see this first
Even better, we use clips of it as RUclips ads that link to this video.
Can't wait to see how these pro-level chords sound in DoricoBeep
The problem I have is that my pro level instruments don't sound good with Pro Level Chords. What am I doing wrong?
I come for the well-written and narrated video essays. I stay for the brain-melting mental breakdowns. Keep up the good work!
13:08 the way you went from the funny advert mode to explaining as if none of that just happened. Man I love everything about this video so far.
genius. actually got the unison add right before your re-imagined (and more truthful) version! good work!
I want to pull my hair out every time i see those smug dudes in their 'cool' studios.
"Need a jazz humdinger?.....(plays a chord) ..... I Got you!"
Not me mate no way!
And here I was plinkyplonking away when all I needed was Flushvalve tm
I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting the spiral into madness to be in the middle instead of the end. Always fun to see how he's gonna mix up his review format.
i loved the "sibelius crashed" and "feldman's yeast" subtle references in the word progressions
I didn't need to check the unison ad when you told to check those out and come back. RUclips showed the ad for it just the right time 😆😆
That "Royalty free" makes me chuckle everytime I see it advertised.
after only a year of music theory classes in college these midi chord packs feel like such a joke. I genuinely feel bad for people who end up falling for this crap
after a few days of googling here and there it seems like a joke. there's literally tons of content from cheatsheet charts to interval theory textbooks that are so simple that 10 year olds can learn that in a few weeks...
it only took me one class to understand how bullshit it is, it is really fucking stupid
After only a year of midi chord packs music theory classes in college feel like such a joke. I genuinely feel bad for people who end up falling for this crap
the irony
I fell for it unfortunately in the beginning....this company preys on green beginners
8:21 I better not be the first one to notice
"Feldman's Yeast Mix"
"Vibin with Thoughty2"
"Ben Shapiro Rap"