You Asked for It: My Unique Music Techniques Revealed

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @unc1589
    @unc1589 6 дней назад +25

    “Keep it natural “ is the lesson I take from this wonderful video. I already fix single drum hits the long way.
    It sounds way better.

    • @Tru-Luv-is-2-Giv
      @Tru-Luv-is-2-Giv 4 дня назад +2

      Same here. Sounds more musical and less robotic.

  • @fpvtv2222
    @fpvtv2222 6 дней назад +19

    You managed to keep me here for 30 mins! I normally move on if the video is that long. It's not that I have a short attention span. Most of these music production video suck! They usually are trying to sell me gear or something. You didn't and acutely gave solid advice. I started making my own samples and loops this week. This video also brought a serious problem to my attention 😔 You showed my I'm a mic snob! I see cheap mics all the time and say wow that junk. No self-respecting producer would buy those. Well now the hard part. I was wrong. I want to see more video like these that have useful information. Great video!

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  6 дней назад +9

      Oh wow! So cool! Glad you watched it all. There's a place for all different types of mics. Having some stuff recorded with high quality mics AND cheap weird sounding mics makes mixing easier and makes for a bigger more in depth production.

    • @fpvtv2222
      @fpvtv2222 6 дней назад +2

      @ I’m definitely going to add that to my arsenal. Next time I see some cheap mics I’m going to pick them up and try them out. It should be lots of fun.

  • @unknown_character_music
    @unknown_character_music 4 дня назад +6

    24:22 This is such a huge point! There are a million RUclips videos on; getting a 'professional' drum sound, what the 'industry standard' gear is, 'how to sound like [huge artist]' etc. etc.
    I've never once enjoyed a song just because it sounded professional, but I've heard tons of stuff that had unorthodox or even downright bad mixing that was still moving and brimming with creativity.

  • @whaleguy
    @whaleguy 6 дней назад +12

    Your sample recording reminds me of the fact that Brad Fiedel recorded himself whacking a frying pan with a screwdriver for the Terminator theme. Fun bit of recording trivia.

  • @zelbarnap
    @zelbarnap 3 дня назад +3

    For the years I recorded you nailed it. I know the reason I end up failing is laziness not the technology.
    Thanks for showing how to do it to keep the emotion.
    You are speaking my language

  • @mikebryant4146
    @mikebryant4146 6 дней назад +10

    Love the man cave! Makes me nostalgic for the one I used to have in Teddington, UK. Lots of ideas here. Thanks for your labour-intensive efforts to share your process.

  • @jeffbridges6110
    @jeffbridges6110 6 дней назад +19

    the ways you built that song are very inspiring.

  • @meronyach.
    @meronyach. 5 дней назад +7

    Before I had my home studio set up, I used to love going around the house with my IRig interface, recording the sound of things like old copper pipes to emulate cymbals, and a bucket with screws at the bottom to emulate a snare drum. I think I'll get more into recording that kind of stuff again, it was super fun, and you end up with a one of a kind sound.

  • @cyri11e
    @cyri11e 5 дней назад +2

    You made the point pitch correction is OK when it’s done with your ears and not with your eyes

  • @brawndothethirstmutilator9848
    @brawndothethirstmutilator9848 5 дней назад +5

    I love sampling “found sounds”. Please make this a series!

  • @sub-jec-tiv
    @sub-jec-tiv 4 дня назад +7

    Huge industry secret: the best snare drum samples come from slapping huge cuts of beef with a machete (on the side of the blade of course). What most people don’t know is that you have to put that sound through an Aphex Aural Exciter and an Eventide Harmonizer on the ‘bleen’ preset. Instant hit record. Just ask Def Leppard!
    Great fun video man! 👍

    • @PrinceWesterburg
      @PrinceWesterburg 3 дня назад +1

      Hahahahaaa - i wonder how many vegans are going to resposibly dispose of their albums now HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAA!!! Nice! :D

    • @sub-jec-tiv
      @sub-jec-tiv 3 дня назад

      @ If you’re not willing to slap the dead to gain fame you clearly don’t want it bad enough! /jk

  • @GerryMoningkey
    @GerryMoningkey 6 дней назад +3

    Great point at 26:53, I like to limit myself by not using gears/instruments that have been used for previous music, this way I can make sure all my gears get used and not just laying around.

  • @7777J3shua
    @7777J3shua 6 дней назад +1

    My first album was recorded in 1982. This is a wonderful reminder that recording the old fashioned way is a great opportunity to really show an individual or band's unique identity #Tascam❤ Love your channel ❤

  • @johnnybegood2693
    @johnnybegood2693 6 дней назад +3

    Thank you for showing that being creative is the human way of doing things 🎉

  • @jayheinz4624
    @jayheinz4624 6 дней назад +8

    Hi,,,Fellow old school producer ,engineer, musician here. Started in the late 1980s.. I really like what you shared here and I enjoyed the end part ,,I can definitely relate to you and your buddies,,And I like your philosophy you shared at the end.🎶 👍

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  6 дней назад +3

      Thanks friend! I'm so glad to be connecting to fellow travelers.

    • @jayheinz4624
      @jayheinz4624 6 дней назад +3

      ​@@FreakingOutWithBillyHume yes! right back at yaaa! 👍🐦

  • @GeorgesChannel
    @GeorgesChannel 3 дня назад +3

    Great video! You are a true master artist. I am a software-developer and my hobby is retrocomputing becuase of that limitations you mention in your video. It forces you to think out of the box and do things never had been done before. It also makes you a better creator as a hole with the modern, boring stuff. Love your channel und experience and wisdom never gets obsolete :)

  • @ganderson87
    @ganderson87 4 дня назад +2

    Going through a bit of a tough time at the moment. Your videos have given me a lot of inspiration and positive energy. Thank you, Billy!

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  4 дня назад +1

      Oh man! I'm sorry that things are tough right now. I'm glad I could help. I've found that creating usually helps pull me out of my all to regular slumps. If it weren't for music I don't know where I would be. Hang in there and keep making music.

  • @ExileMixes
    @ExileMixes 6 дней назад +10

    You're a genius, man! Thanks for sharing.

  • @teamtomii
    @teamtomii 3 дня назад +2

    Great video. Very inspiring! As someone who also think modern music all sound the same (and you're thinking to yourself "how did these songs get millions of streams?") I hope more producers take this stuff to heart.

  • @alkaponememphis
    @alkaponememphis 6 дней назад +2

    You are an amazing talent in so many ways Billy!

  • @lb3515
    @lb3515 6 дней назад +4

    Glad to see you perform each part. I used a soft mallet on my bathtub to get a good kick some years ago. I used to record nature sounds with my LDCs but that proved to be too cumbersome for longer hikes (my DIY deadcat was 3 merino sweaters wrapped around them). We used to bring a thermos and picnic blanket and make a day of it on a grassy field (haven't done that since quarantine). Also! Just ordered a pair of low-SPL high-sensitivity lav mics from the UK to record samples and nature sounds with, excited! EDIT: Merry xmas to me lol.

  • @MVVblog
    @MVVblog 5 дней назад +6

    13:02 Do you hear voices? I have heard them! Anyway, man, you are awesome and exciting, you make me want to experiment again!

  • @arediusmusic
    @arediusmusic 5 дней назад +2

    Thanks for sharing this!

  • @dimakalenyuk9286
    @dimakalenyuk9286 6 дней назад +14

    I'm on TV !

  • @casaterris4527
    @casaterris4527 6 дней назад +4

    Excellent!! I remember using a pot in a track to sound like timbolies! It sounded beautiful 😍

  • @DylanPwnt
    @DylanPwnt 6 дней назад +2

    This is all golden, fun and inspiring.

  • @REDOPTICALCORP
    @REDOPTICALCORP 5 дней назад +3

    I love this!! I used a pan and a microwave beeping on a song for my next album!!! Thank you for sharing!!

    • @jennoscura2381
      @jennoscura2381 4 дня назад +3

      Now I need to sample my microwave. Thanks for the idea.

    • @REDOPTICALCORP
      @REDOPTICALCORP 4 дня назад +1

      @@jennoscura2381 i used the beeps when the timer was done and the sound it makes when you open and close it. It's interesting to use these in backgrounds

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  4 дня назад +1

      Never thought of the microwave....

    • @REDOPTICALCORP
      @REDOPTICALCORP 4 дня назад

      @ ​​⁠ it makes so many noises and if you have one from the 80s, oh man!!

  • @derminotauros
    @derminotauros 6 дней назад +4

    Thank's for this video. So much information. So much experience. So much good whipes for working in a human experimental behavior. Love, peace and harmony Bernward

  • @jbond1224
    @jbond1224 6 дней назад +2

    The videos you make are superb, and I appreciate you.

  • @AveEndGermany
    @AveEndGermany 3 дня назад +1

    Of all the wisdom you shared in this video, the last seconds where the most valueable ones: do what you love and be as much of an individual you can be. Be unique!

  • @rogerfurer2273
    @rogerfurer2273 4 дня назад +1

    I love your ideas and suggestions. Can't wait to try 'em.

  • @lennartrauhe
    @lennartrauhe 3 дня назад +1

    Love it! ..and the amount of depth a cohesiveness of your verbs! Superb soundscape! 👌

    • @lennartrauhe
      @lennartrauhe 3 дня назад

      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume do you have a video on reverb & spacial FX layering? I'd really like to learn from that!

  • @sleonse
    @sleonse 6 дней назад +1

    You’re amazing man! So free and refreshing! Thank you’

  • @naaziguy7967
    @naaziguy7967 2 дня назад +1

    Aaaaand im here! Thanks again!

  • @davidtownsend1039
    @davidtownsend1039 День назад +1

    Fantastic video!! Thank you for some really solid advice and inspiration.

  • @JimmyLem
    @JimmyLem 2 дня назад +1

    I enjoyed this video. Saw many headspaces I have been in myself. Sometimes in music/art, you can end up second guessing about what you are doing. In my stronger moments, my uniqueness is my strength. Thanks.

  • @MoreMeRecording
    @MoreMeRecording 6 дней назад +2

  • @mymusicmixminute473
    @mymusicmixminute473 3 дня назад +1

    "Just start turning knobs," best advice ever unless you are trying to copy something in particular.

  • @FirstnameLastname-i9d
    @FirstnameLastname-i9d 2 дня назад +1

    Heck yeah! Super inspiring, thank you!

  • @laporteestouverte
    @laporteestouverte 6 дней назад +1

    Awesome video, thank you so much for sharing all this knowledge, perspective and mindset ! So valuable and inspiring

  • @ehzeeee
    @ehzeeee 6 дней назад +2

    Sticking to your inner gut's feel is always a timeless trait. Stick to your ways, you are an inspiration my friend. Thank you for this self-creative recording video tut.

  • @greenthumbsup7321
    @greenthumbsup7321 3 дня назад +1

    This is very educational, funny and inspiring content man. Thank you so much for being unique and encouraging other to take that approach. 😁

  • @corticallarvae
    @corticallarvae 5 дней назад +1

    Vocals were fine before / loose the auto tune ….. post processing without tuners were rad melodyne is incredible

  • @BPD81
    @BPD81 27 минут назад

    I really appreciate how you have one foot in OG techniques, but also having a ton of modern sensibilities. It’s not easily found in these type vids. I just subscribed!

  • @lennartrauhe
    @lennartrauhe 3 дня назад +1

    setting that Sm57 up like a true master 👌 the smoothness of decades of expertise 👍

    • @lennartrauhe
      @lennartrauhe 3 дня назад +1

      I was talking about the beginning, the two quick tossing moves to curl the cord around the stand

  • @grunklesmuff
    @grunklesmuff 5 дней назад +2

    really underrated channel

  • @gustersongusterson4120
    @gustersongusterson4120 6 дней назад +2

    Hell yeah. Great insights on engineering and songwriting.

  • @Tom-S1981
    @Tom-S1981 6 дней назад +1

    Excellent Billy! We'll have more where that came from. Giving me motivation to want to experiment more 🤟

  • @xyzyzx1253
    @xyzyzx1253 4 дня назад +1

    listening to this on the PC you mix with is some of the most satifying things ive seen in a long time

  • @jonnyfunkson
    @jonnyfunkson 4 дня назад +1

    hey thanks Billy for sharing all your tricks with us your a star brother , love ya man !! 🙂

  • @andreasfranzmann9634
    @andreasfranzmann9634 6 дней назад +1

    THAT was a great video, very inspirational!
    Thank you Billy!

  • @mrgoggles1963
    @mrgoggles1963 4 дня назад +1

    You are very smart! Appreciate you. 👍👍👍

  • @mortenkalland
    @mortenkalland 6 дней назад +1

    Thank you

  • @ActionArtzStudioz
    @ActionArtzStudioz 4 дня назад +1

    Excellent Video! very encouraging! I am a musician and currently in a band playing only improvised music (The most challenging thing I've done on a weekly basis, but so much fun) and I also write music...I'm all for creating, original, well crafted music that has emotion, just like the music from back in the day had. Keep up the great content.

  • @odmusicman
    @odmusicman 6 дней назад +2

    Everything good takes a modicum of effort. Everything GREAT takes stamina and patience. Peter Gabriel should be calling you soon, it has all the earmarks of a Gabriel song with a strong focus on unique rhythms and rhythmic sounds. Superb job. Joe

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  6 дней назад

      If Peter called me I'd totally freak out.

    • @odmusicman
      @odmusicman 6 дней назад

      @@FreakingOutWithBillyHume You and me both. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

  • @RESETBand
    @RESETBand 3 дня назад +1

    Thanks for reminding me that I have a lot of wonderful tools that I need to start using again!! Lots of inspiration though

  • @in.der.welt.sein.
    @in.der.welt.sein. 6 дней назад +2

    I love that vocal harmony without autotune. The sharp note doesn't sound off, but wide. Kind of like when people make synths wider by slightly putting them a few cents off center pitch.
    The band Elvis Depressedly put out an album a few years ago where autotune was all over the vocals, and it made it unlistenable. Whereas their previous albums were great.

  • @leonschlommer839
    @leonschlommer839 6 дней назад +1

    This is amazing. More of this please!

  • @xyzyzx1253
    @xyzyzx1253 4 дня назад +1

    I could watch this for hours the animations on ableton are an incredible idea, plus I’m so used to that work flow that I can follow every step and know the decisions why etc

  • @dirtydanny8267
    @dirtydanny8267 4 дня назад +1

    Thank you for taking the time out to do this. I enjoyed it so much. You’re amazing Mr. Hume

  • @midnightsocean2689
    @midnightsocean2689 5 дней назад +1

    This is great. My technique over the past 20 years has been strikingly similar to yours. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who's doing it and that I'm not the only one who appreciates this sort of thing. Even though it takes every work and time, I think it's worth it to make more unique/alive pieces of music. I used to keep a giant clean metal trashcan and weird random junk in my studio for just this sort of thing. Everyone would always ask me, how come you never put any trash in that trash can? lol I often take it a step further and RE-sample the same physical objects for a new tune. That way, each song has it's own uniqueness, instead of using the same sample patch I made over and over. I think the biggest contributing factor in the sameness syndrome is, time and talent. too many people don't want to or can't put in the time/develop the talent, to make music like in this video. And IMO that really boils down to consumerism. The audience needs to value music more, so that more producers are incentivized to spend the extra time to do it right. Instead of being expected to crank out a tune in few hours and thus, be forced to use every shortcut in the book. As far as Al replacing music. It's only able to replace cookie cutter music, with more cookie cutter music. The one thing Al will never be able to do, is create genuinely unique ideas, because it can only reproduce stuff that already exists. That's why they call it artificial. It can't actually create like a real human individual.

  • @kungpao-wp2sq
    @kungpao-wp2sq 4 дня назад +1

    Excellent excellent video thank you !!!

  • @brunoteixeira5912
    @brunoteixeira5912 2 дня назад +1

    1 minute in and u already earned my subscription! Great content

  • @griffingibson4389
    @griffingibson4389 5 дней назад +1

    its crazy. i can usually hear when someone has produced in fl studios or ableton or logic just by the workflow it produces on the track.

  • @turbinenraum9476
    @turbinenraum9476 6 дней назад +1

    Inspiration in a video, brilliant stuff. Thanks so much for this!

  • @craigligman
    @craigligman 6 дней назад +1

    Excellent vid Billy, love seeing how you work and think, such an inspiration!

  • @tonybmusic1166
    @tonybmusic1166 4 дня назад +1

    Gary Chase, a drummer I used to work with also used to work at Enterprise Studio in LA and one time created a terrific piece using only different lengths of PVC pipes. Pretty primitive stuff but very creative.

  • @zackhooper5427
    @zackhooper5427 6 дней назад +2

    Yasss. I have written many bad songs with a good bridge and then turned that bridge into a whole other song.

  • @ICareBecauseYouDo
    @ICareBecauseYouDo 3 дня назад +1

    Fantastic!! Thank you for this-- very inspiring and speaks to me very much as a musician. The percussion recording tips in particular will give me a lot to do tomorrow : )

  • @1KoeiKan
    @1KoeiKan 6 дней назад +1

    Thank you so much for this video. It was great! I learned a lot and it was also inspiring to me.

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  6 дней назад

      It is my goal to inspire you. I'm so glad you liked it and were inspired. Now make some music!

  • @CyberiaMusicDK
    @CyberiaMusicDK 5 дней назад +1

    Wow - this video inspired me big time. Very well done, thank you so much 🙂

  • @yiqwaba3833
    @yiqwaba3833 2 дня назад +1

    I've learned a lot from this video, I desire to try it tomorrow. Thank you very good video.

  • @elambi
    @elambi 3 дня назад +1

    I am enjoying your video. Glad I found your channel.

  • @kond1
    @kond1 6 дней назад +1

    Damn this is epic. I love it. Time to go record my own sounds 🏃🏾

  • @57RickH
    @57RickH 6 дней назад +3

    Love your channel man! Great info for non-technical types like myself. 🎸

  • @panagope
    @panagope 6 дней назад +1

    So much information, from years of experience.. Thanks a lot !

  • @utube4andydent
    @utube4andydent 6 дней назад +1

    i once used a bowl of dry past to get the effect of lots of people marching. Listening back to it - it sounds like a bowl of pasta. I sorted it in post. Now it sounds like a bowl of pasta with reverb added for good measure. Some times making sounds can be great fun. It's nothing more than what people were doing in the 80s and 90s with hardware that cost eye watering amounts.

  • @FlexXx_x_x
    @FlexXx_x_x 6 дней назад +1

    I love you BrO!! I highly appreciate the knowledge you’ve obtained over the years and don’t mind sharing in hopes to keep music natural Organic and full of life!!!

    • @FlexXx_x_x
      @FlexXx_x_x 6 дней назад +1

      Lmao I just confessed to love on RUclips 😂😂

  • @patrickisirish
    @patrickisirish 6 дней назад +4

    So many great ideas ! Thanks for sharing !

  • @rthomasstarkey6963
    @rthomasstarkey6963 6 дней назад +1

    Billy, This is a wonderful video. Thanks ! I heard Sting being interviewed by Rick Beato on a video. Sting said if he doesn't hear something unique early in a song, he will stop listening. We are all unique. We must try not to sound like anybody else in our playing or singing. We are all special and we should accept our special contributions as the correct way forward. There is nobody else exactly like us on Earth. We have to embrace that fully. The listener will love and prefer our being just who we are. What's wrong with today's music? Too many people are afraid to be their unique selves in their created music.

  • @joelandersmith2735
    @joelandersmith2735 3 дня назад +1

    Really really like the last bit about songwriting and the guest appearances about mixing and production, gonna try a lot of that stuff out.
    Also really cool about the cheap mic, I used to have an old telephone I soldered the speaker to a 1/4” jack (it doesn’t work anymore) but I have another old telephone I should do that to, definitely miss that sound

  • @jakethepitador2558
    @jakethepitador2558 4 дня назад +1

    I've got a fever, and the prescription is... more chain?
    Very, very intriguing. 🤔

  • @ProperAwesome
    @ProperAwesome День назад

    would love a part 2 🙏

  • @studiodude1
    @studiodude1 6 дней назад +1

    Great video! Very well presented concepts. As someone that started playing in 1964 and coming up in analog and then digital, it feels like, "Of course. Who doesn't do all that stuff. That's just how it's done". But all the younger folks that never had to do that stuff don't really know. A video like this should be really inspirational to them. Right on!

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  3 дня назад +1

      That's why I do this. Ill see people jump all over younger artists and producers for not doing some of this stuff that's just damn rude. Most of the youngsters I meet and have communicated with here just don't know this stuff. Where would they have seen it? It's been gratifying to get comments from people about how they are going to re-record some parts with ideas inspired by my whacky processes. Young artists I work with aren't bad people like some people think - in fact they are way more openminded than most. They just need to be shown things and mentored.
      Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @gisfortheguitar
    @gisfortheguitar 6 дней назад +1

    Brilliant tips and techniques. Also nice to see Ableton in action 🎵🎶

  • @no-relic
    @no-relic 6 дней назад +1

    Workflow is the most important thing to me
    It’s gotta be fast and allow me to be creative with my brain off
    I’ve also gotta be able to completely toss it when things are getting stagnant

  • @WALLMUSICNOW
    @WALLMUSICNOW 4 дня назад

    It would be great if you did a video on electronic music specifically. Maybe old synth tricks applied to modern synths. Like what would Thomas Dolby sound like if he used Serum, or Kraftwerk if they only used VCV Rack.

  • @SnakeAnthony
    @SnakeAnthony 3 дня назад +1

    Love these❤

  • @azenircruz7683
    @azenircruz7683 4 дня назад +1

    Sounds pretty good!!

  • @jmd76family
    @jmd76family 6 дней назад +1

    Thanks for leading me down the road of inspiration! More videos like this plz!!

  • @AdrogMTB
    @AdrogMTB 6 дней назад +1

    Great video. So much to unpack in there. And your final comments are spot on. Thanks!

  • @krakulandia
    @krakulandia 6 дней назад +1

    Great points! I'd love to see more videos like this.

  • @ProducerStefanSchnabel
    @ProducerStefanSchnabel 6 дней назад +1

    Awesome Work! Thank you! 🙂

  • @fen3184
    @fen3184 3 дня назад +1

    Superb!

  • @75YBA
    @75YBA 6 дней назад +2

    Just sending out best wishes to you, KitCat, your family and friends! Almost everyone in my family are teachers and principals or therapists. You remind me of all my favourite teachers that weren’t family members too. Anyway, great delivery, such a pro. I grew up and later lived in Kzoo, you remind me of all my friends that were in bands there. RAT pedals everywhere and Pete Marino from Gibson had his own little shop. He used to do set ups on my Les Paul for $20. Thanks for all the great content!👍😀🌏🌍🌎🪕🎻🪈🪇🥁🎧🎼🎹🪗🎸

  • @Joshphoto
    @Joshphoto 6 дней назад +1

    Love this!
    Totally where Im at
    Your unique and authentic style is awesome
    What DAW to use that easy to learn?

    • @FreakingOutWithBillyHume
      @FreakingOutWithBillyHume  6 дней назад

      They all have pros and Cons. I like Ableton for creative flow however Protools follows a more traditional 'engineering' work flow.

  • @paullawson8610
    @paullawson8610 6 дней назад +1

    The water jug 808 is cool .putting synths through amps and guitar pedals is cool too thanks for the tips

  • @crazydougthewolf
    @crazydougthewolf 6 дней назад +1

    That water jug 808 sound was awesome! Thank you!

  • @laserfloyd
    @laserfloyd 2 дня назад +1

    If anything crosses paths with me that sounds interesting, I will keep it on my desk to make a sample out of it. Coffee cans, an old doorbell, metal/glass bowls, etc. My wife stopped asking questions years ago, lol.

  • @PurpleMusicProductions
    @PurpleMusicProductions 5 дней назад +1

    Wow this was absolutely amazing and inspiring. Thank you!