The OVERLOOKED Secret to Musical SUCCESS
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This video is about the most overlooked aspect of becoming a successful musician. The ability to finish your projects! The ability and desire to keep yourself accountable and responsible for a consistent output of finished songs. And it all starts with framing things the right way!
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Starting a new song is like reliving your youth: it's exciting and there is so much potential. You have no idea where you will go. Finishing a song is like growing old: everything hurts.
Haha yes!! So much this!
I was going to comment something, but this is it. This is the comment that sums it up!
this is so true. Had 20+ pretty good "unfinished" songs. . . finally decided that's it. I got to finish some. finished one. It was like becoming a mad scientist . . .but DAMN that felt GOOD when I was finally done and sent it to Mastering. What came back - felt and sounded so great and satisfying. Now I need to go back and finish more songs!
Nice job!! And yes, yes you do! Best of luck!
Always some great wisdom on your channel. Personally something I sometimes struggle with is feeling "lost" inside my own song, when it becomes too complex and I feel anything I will add or change will be a huge endeavour.
I can relate to this! It's a great point you bring up actually, because if you don't make "copy paste" music, and things progress more linearly, and are written that way, it can be a true challenge to make edits or change parts around.
When every idea is based on what happened just before. I have some challenges like that on my album I'm working on.
And thanks for the nice comment! Always good to see you here!
@@heitstrengningmusic I hope you manage to see your tracks through! You need more stuff on streaming 👍
@@sloenmusic Thank you! I agree haha! If all goes well, it won't be too long until the next song is out.
I like the wind sounds.
That makes one of us! Haha. It was a real struggle.
For me, my biggest struggle is that I'm not an experienced lyricist. I find it really hard to write lyrics and vocal parts and I feel like it holds me back the most. I can always write a riff I like, but there's also the parts that come after that can be really tricky. I'd have one great riff, but I feel like the idea for the next section kinda degrades the epicness of the initial idea. Do you ever feel like that? I do all the time.
This music thing is really hard, but it's one of those things where you gotta just keep doing it. Keep up with the grind, because every project shows growth in some way. You'll always learn something new and different every time you sit down to work on a project. I've been trying the whole lyric writing thing more with my boys in Say or Do. I wrote the majority of the lyrics for our song Neon Lights (which has turned into quite the warmly received live staple - we're gonna be recording it soon). It's definitely helped me feel more confident in my writing.
It's safe to say that confidence is probably the biggest thing holding us back overall. Who do we make our art for? Do we do it for ourselves? Do we do it for others? Or is there another completely different reason? Who knows. Everyone's situation is different. I personally do it for myself, first and foremost. If I don't enjoy it and I'm not having fun, why am I doing it? If others like it too, then it's just a bonus. Being able to play a show and have even 5-10 people show up makes a whole world of difference. When people come up to me and tell me how much they liked our set and the songs, it makes me feel happy and like I am making an impact on the world around me.
One of my local idols and favourite musicians in my scene came up to me a few weeks ago after our set and he told me that he loved "Neon Lights", and he complimented me on my songwriting. It made me feel great as I haven't always been surrounded by supportive people like that. So many of my previous peers would always play the Tall Poppy Syndrome card and try and cut me down if I was doing something I loved doing and people started paying attention to it.
I've found that it's best to just take it chill and do the things you love doing, because we only get so much time on Planet Earth, so we may as well spend it doing the things we love every day. Life's too short, and we should just take that leap forward, even if it is scary and intimidating. My mum would always tell me, "If you want the boulder on the mountain top to move, you gotta give it that push, otherwise, if you don't, it'll just sit there, and nothing will happen". It definitely made me think about things a lot more, and that I need to constantly challenge myself, even if it is scary. I'm also starting to sing backing vocals in my band, which I never would have thought of doing when I first joined, but I'm glad I'm doing it. It's so much fun and I really feel like I can just chill and not stress so much. It's never good to stress about the small things like that.
Those are my current thoughts, hahaha! Sorry if it was a lot but I felt like I had a bit to say, so I did! 😅😁
Yes! I often feel like that too, and that's exactly why songs with some of my best ideas are the hardest to complete for me; because my greatest ideas aren't matched by the other parts, and the whole song turns into wasted potential! And like you say, they degrade the epicness of the initial idea. I really struggle with that.
I really appreciate the rest or your comment too. Thanks for taking the time to share that.
Some of my favorite recordings are ones I was ambivalent about when I started, but in the process of finishing them came up with a really interesting idea.
Some of my least favorite recordings are songs I really loved before I sat down to record them, only to discover when I finished it that there was something fundamentally missing from the beginning.
Finishing is a very important skill.
I really agree with this. Both writing and production wise, having to come up with solutions to problems that arise when you start connecting parts can lead to really interesting creative breakthroughs.
You so hit the nail on the head. I equate recording a new riff or idea to throwing another dirty dish in the sink. Eventually it becomes overwhelming and you don't want to deal with it. I am currently writing a concept album dedicated to the love of my life, my wife Joanna. She passed away well over a year ago. I have only now, ofter many months of recording ideas, completed a song. I already knew this (what you saidl), but hearing it brings it home. I appreciate this video. Sometimes we just need to hear the obvious. I need to start finishing.
I am so sorry for your loss. But what a wonderful way to honor her.
And thank you for taking the time to write this comment, and for sharing. The way you put it about putting another dirty dish in the sink is brilliant.
I hope your day is going well!
I took a year off playing guitar and writing music. I had nearly 100 demos from over the years that were either nearly finished or finished but I never released anything.
The part where you said about being good at starting songs but not finishing them really struck me. You described exactly
how I feel. I just started revisiting my music after a year and I think it’s time to release something. Thanks again!!
I love that you are beginning to revisit your music again after a year! For me, it's very helpful to take notes and organize the things I'm working on at the moment, to not get overwhelmed by all ideas and options I have accumulated.
Thank you for the very nice comment, and it's good to hear someone else can relate as well. Best of luck with releasing the music! I would love to hear it!
Same here. Hope you can release something soon.
@@dektrimusic I promised myself I’d release one song this year! Hopefully I can hear your stuff too one of these days.
@@DJH3ARTL3SS I promised that too. It was one of my new year's resolutions. Almost half of the year is gone, but I have faith I'll finish one of my ideas by the end of the year.
Excellent channel sir, came at a perfect time for me, love the film quality too, cheers and thanks for the info and drive, good luck with your music, good luck to us all… onward from Birkenhead, UK
Thank you kindly for the awesome comment! Birkenhead? That's Merseyside, right?
Hope you're having a good evening, and absolutely, good luck to us all! We're all in this together after all.
Definitely, your are not the only person in the world paralyzed by your fears of not being good enough. Amazing video, I needed so much to hear something like that and empty my drawer of unfinished projects. Subbed. Wish you all the subscribers you deserve, great content, mate.
Hi Dektri! Thank you so much. I truly appreciate that. And right back at you. I took a look at your channel and I really like your guitar playing. Great work!
ooo! the ending! looking forward to hearing more of whatever that was!
Very good way to put it, thank you
Thank YOU, for the nice comment. Have a great day!
I think I have around 1800 audio files on my computer created by me. I estimate about 50 are finished tracks, the rest ideas, riffs and other doodles. My biggest issue is creating matching parts, riffs that will make the song into a whole. And vocals. I'm baaaadddd with lyrics and not very good at coming up with vocal lines either.
But, watching an episode of "This is Pop" yesterday on Netflix about Sweden, Bjorn from Abba (and most of the other people) said: writing a musical piece works best. Well, I don't make pop, but I assume it will work with my Black Metal, Death Metal, Synthwave and Darkwave songs too!
Oh, and don't worry too much about that wind noise. It's not that bad. Don't buy a new mic, but get a windjammer instead. A tiny dead cat for your mic.
Haha damn that's a lot of material! I actually have a video on this called "Connect Musical Ideas as a Beginner" with some tips about what I do to match parts together.
I think it would work great! I often turn to other genres for inspiration and songwriting ideas, even for my metal parts. And btw, I have a monthly songwriting challenge on my Discord server that you maybe would be interested in. From talking to you a little bit already, I think that there could be a lot there of interest to you. We have some synthwave there already as well.
Thanks!
This is so true !
Good to see you back! Hope all is well!
@@heitstrengningmusic - All is well thank you though not much to tell.
Great video, I 100% know the feeling.
If you find the process of recording and executing so “painful” did you ever considered going to a studio or working with a recording engineer that works with you during that process and frees you from that weight? Maybe that would allow you to focus more on less technical aspects!
Thank you. Always good to hear I'm not the only one.
I have but there aren't any where I live haha. And also, I really like working alone in that sense, in the comforts of my own space, and I like the feeling of having time to try things if I think of something. I think the added pressure of working in a studio would be hard for me.
But, I am growing more and more interested in the idea. I am curious to hear the difference in the end result as well, for sure. I am definitely someone who would be completely happy with just writing songs, and outsource ALL the recording if I could.
"I love writing, but I hate recording and mixing". Oh man that's me to a tee.
Something that's helped me out a little bit is writing stuff that's more manageable for me as one person doing everything. The problem I'd often run into is that I'd finish writing something and then I'd think "Fuck I have to record and mix all those parts". and sometimes there would be parts I'd have to practice before I could even start recording anything.
Now I think my output is a lot better when I come up with things where I feel at the end "yeah that's doable" and I can more evenly distribute my energy across the whole process instead of getting stuck in the hole of guitar take no 334 on verse 3 haha.
btw 0:22 really made me laugh :p
Extremely relatable, to say the least!
I'm glad someone enjoyed it! Haha. I often wonder if any of my attempts at being funny are ever noticed/appreciated!
I finally said the heck with it and use ez mix and ez drummer. It handles the tones and mixing and mastering. For an aspiring pro maybe not good enough but for a hobbyist or demos I think it works well. It also got rid of options paralysis. I know which tools I'll use. Sadly there is no ez practice and the recording part is still a pain.
@@JD-vj4go I agree! It works great for hobbyist, and relinquishing control of so many parameters can ease some of the stress in a way. As you say, get rid of option paralysis.
LOL. guilty!! Glad I’m not the only one. I have thousands upon thousands of recorded ideas. Many of which are generic crap, but some quite good. I have 0 completed songs. Zero! 30 plus years of it. But hey, want to have a jam? I’m the guy who will write the riffs, melodies, easily 10 per night. But it’s insane. Drives me nuts. Big problem for me is I hate writing lyrics, I’m no good at it, and I just don’t understand engineering. Everything sounds like amateur shite. But I know people who have written one song in their life and at parties out it comes and everyone swoons. Sigh!
I totally get it. Those are different skill sets, and being good at one doesn't mean it doesn't take conscious effort to get good at the other as well.
What about writing instrumental music? Or go online and look for people to help you with the lyrics part? I'm sure there are tons of song/lyricwriters out there looking for someone to write them music for example.
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Tack, antar jag. Haha!