5 Ways to make YOUR music INFINITELY better EVERY TIME!
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What I love in Dom is his intellect in music generally, solid, fundamental approaches which makes him special among many other producer/engineers who make their content to youtube, and the representation is another art, you just can't stop listening to this person
My friend your words make me incredibly happy ❤️
8.45 "Every melody in our human brain, we concieve it as human voice". is the most profoundly simple yet powerful statements I have ever heard. This is the first thing about melody we should learn. I cannot believe how you made it such a throw away statement. This is a game changer for me. "Take a breath you guitar soloing maniac!" Thank you as always Dom.
All of us that had been learning a classical intrument like piano, violin etc are aware of dynamics when playing classical music. But watching this video, I realise that now, as procuders, we forget about all this stuff that you told us. In fact, I'm realising that dynamics and phrasing can apply maybe to all the kinds of the music that we are producing in a DAW. Thank you Dom for reminding it to us, you're so right.
You are so so 10,000% right about phrasing! All of the instruments, all the melody, the communication of the story, the message. So much of the meaning is in the phrasing and what I call "gesture." You can see it when you're talking and moving your hands around, a little movement of your finger perhaps, hand waves this way or that--a bit of physical gesture "leaks out," heh. Even with drums, and especially programmed drums! The rhythm section is telling part of the story too! Electronic drummers, even if you don't want to learn to play, just grab a little acoustic drum at the music store and beat on it, whack it, tap it! You don't need a whole kit, just get a sense of the feel, the expression, the differences, as you tap little riffs on a little dumbek or whatever! You'll feel it. The phrasing and "gesture" is what we want to capture (or retain!)
You have one of the best music content in the internet. Congrats Dom for your effort because this is very time consuming (creating the content, editing, taking care of the video takes, position of the camare, etc).
👍one of the best videos ever!!! respect Dom,
It’s like… All directions… Left, Right, Up, Down… Left is the start, Right is the end. Up is loud and down is quiet. This is applied like a fractal, each note has these properties and also the song as a whole. Music always teaches us about the correlation to life! You are born and then you die… and we all have our ups and downs!
Brilliant video! Indeed it is EXTREMELY important to have dynamics and human-like playing of instruments.
Amazing...
We play with all our senses, not only with our fingers, lips or... whatever. I call this MUSIC!
Thank you for make me understand this better.
Just pure excellence, period.
This might be one of the most important videos out there.
So many "producers" who write their stuff in the key editor/piano roll seem to be unaware of this. It's actually kind of sad.
Don't get me wrong... not all instruments need dynamics depending on what kind of music you make, but everyone should know about this.
Thank you Dom!
In some genres, when you make dynamic elements, people will come and tell you that this is wrong and then they'll try to "improve" the mix by putting everything at the same level. And when you try to explain that it's on purpose they will say that dynamics are only for classical music.
It sucks cause people don't realise dynamics isn't just about volume
Most pop music is edited to be consistent volumes before mixing but the hard hitting bits sound wildly different to the bits that are played softer
It's all true. Dynamics make all the difference in being expressive.
Excellent demonstration of the existence of the human soul. Dynamics are everything. Stunning, Dom.
Well, that brought me back to my Suzuki days. Great video, and well need in an era where the barrier to producing music is constantly lowering and musicians increasingly lack the benefit of having learned these critical basics through violin & piano lessons as children.
i'm vibing with this man, beautiful
Great lesson. You are a really good player/musician.
This reminds me of a program on public television I saw as a child that was all about music. The part it reminds me of is they had people listen to multiple performances of a classical piano piece and choose which one they liked best and was the most musical. They all chose the same performance and then the show explained how that one had the most variation in terms of time, rhythm and dynamics. I always remembered that.
So useful tips! Great job Dom!
Indeed, Samuel Adler's 'The Study of Orchestration' is a great book!
Many layers of expression (tone, clear/dull (brightness), tempo, short/long notes, short/long runs, swing, modes...) they all add up to make your music come alive. And this video is a great introduction to this kind of playing!
Thank you so much Dom!
Jimi Hendrix VS SRV Little Wing.I swear so many ppl dont see how Jimi's performance is the better one because of its expressiveness.
As already mentioned in the comments one of the best videos you have ever done Dom!
Andre Previn "You're playing all the wrong notes."
Eric Morecambe "I'm playing all the right notes. Not necessarily in the right order." 🤣
lol 🤣🤣
I takes time to get many aspects of music if not classically trained as most aren’t. I basically think in fractions and ratios now, it took me forever to get here. Now I love what I make. I would also say that another way to think of dynamics is by thinking of contrast always.
This guy convinces me to learn piano by the end of all of his videos. Great content!
Now I understand the reason of your indepth knowledge of music overall which you said in this video - Your great teachers and your early exposure to music at 5.
Keep serving Music Dom.
Dom got a soul
Music is about feeling and emotion, not just doing everything right/correct. Love your content.
One more great video, Dom! As a musician and music teacher in junior school I particularly appreciate your pointing out that good music has to contain ‘the human factor’! This video keeps me confident that AI won’t win! And, for what it matters, I own the Adler orchestration manual and it’s a really ‘must have’ one! 🎶
I totally agree 110% good sir! I’ve worked in secondary music education in Sheffield UK for almost 23years. It’s so important to know all of the fundamentals and understand how to play an instrument like a human, using your highly practiced skillset in order to get the most out of your music and performance. I don’t agree with the current education system, in the way that pupils are given unlimited chances to perform their exam pieces!!! When I took my piano grades and GCSE’s back in the mid 90’s, we got one dedicated time slot, played the pieces only once - then that was it. Far too many pupils can’t grasp the concept of failure.
I don't want to be a hater. It's rather about the state of our society - the fact that somebody has to explain that dynamics matter is mind-boggling. Can't help but hear this phrase in my head "Oh, jee, you know what else do you need for good music? i don't know, maybe notes and chords, ever hear of that?" Thank you, Dom, for educating and for making me feel better than all the tech nerds for once🤣
That’s the exact reason why I made this video. When I started playing music as a kid the number one thing I was taught to pay attention to was feeling and expression. Nowadays it’s about making music as fast as possible without even thinking about this concepts 🤷♂️
@@DomSigalas Thank you!
@@DomSigalasThere’s absolutely no substitute for traditional hard work by learning the music theory and fundamentals. There’s so many people out there today who just relying on pre-made loops and drag&drop, who are apparently called ‘producers?’😂 My 10 year old son is more of a real musician than most of these so called artists. Learn your instruments, study every type of music and take the time to understand the main aspects of what makes a complete musician. Garage band was the start of the end!!
@@sonicairmusic It is about to get worse. A "producer" will come to be anyone who can type the most clever words into the latest AI music generator.
That is a superb video - possibly the best you’ve done. It is really helpful, not that there is anything groundbreakingly new, but because you have explained it so, so well.
Many many thanks, Dom!
This is why I follow you... Practical knowledge.
Thank you for all you do, sir!
This video along with the video for "Lacrimosa" are treasures! And not only these two videos but also everything you upload is excellent and so helpful!
WOW, This is Tremendous! The basics and advanced theory and everything you need to know all in one video. Your combination of dynamics of the keyboard along with the human voice expresions is surperb! This is how music is made! This should be taught in every school of music over and over.
I ALWAYS LOVED RIDING THE VOLUME KNOB WHILE MUSIC PLAYED ON A STEREO.....I COULD EMPHASIZE AND DE- EMPHASIZE PARTS TO MAKE THE MUSIC SO MUCH BETTER!!! TRY IT.... IT'S GREAT!! (THIS VIDEO NAILS IT....!!! THANK YOU!!!)
Very useful information you shared that helps to improve in thier playing and producers as well. One of the Great Video on the youtube.
Hi Dom, you're so right about all these points - we all know them, but we also all need to constant reminding! All instrument (real, sampled, or modelled) are nothing without expression. It's good to have a MIDI controller that allows different controls, e.g. the NI KK MK3 keyboards have velocity, poly aftertouch, pitch, mod, sustain and expression pedals, two more pedals, and knobs, plus space on the top to put additional controls (like you, I've got Monogram). Phew! But for any reader, really all you need is available on most keyboards - pitch, mod, sustain + you can add a cheapo controller like Korg Nanokontrol etc.
This is fantastic advice. It seems that the more I compose, the more aware I am of the importance of phrasing (and dynamics) and paying close attention to it. This has also affected my guitar playing/improvisation as I become more focused on it with my songwriting and arranging.
Thanks Dom! Important things that are very essential universally in all music (and probably also in the music of other universes...) You were able to illustrate and "compress" these things with your examples really well and briefly. I played the classical flute when I was younger and nowadays it often feels like these things came naturally then, but especially when working with MIDI, things have to be emphasized and caricatured to give even a little liveliness and expression to the music. I really appreciate your channel!
Always great to hear that... "keep doing what you're doing".
I really started focusing on instrumentation over the last year or so and these tips are all spot on, I actually get excited listening to my beats these days haha.
Bought my first MIDI keyboard too, the humanization is everything.
I know the tips but they can't be repeated often enough. Very inspiring! I have just bought Cubase after having been working with hardware sequencers for 35 year. Now I am saving up for SWAM Audio Modelling.
That's what music is about! Fantastic topic Dom!
Thanks for sharing this awesome technics, greetings from Karawaci Tangerang Indonesia ❤
That is! Excellent! Dom. Good video. Thanks!
Completely agree with the expressivité topic. That said I like to use pitch bend on brass and flutes ;-) Thanks for the the video 😊
So there's a reason why I consider Vangelis my musical father figure. Because his approach was nearly always based on performance, you can hear it to where 1) there's no mistaking it's him and 2) it makes the use of synthesizers all the more expressive and even ... human. (It's no wonder that he and only he could have ever provided the music for a film that explores the question "What does it mean to be human?").
I think that there are instances when that "programmed performance" will be fine, even forgiven. But whenever possible, I want to perform the parts myself because the velocity and timing alone will make it more human.
It's interesting you bring up breathing because even in an instrument where breath doesn't play a role, musicians will sometimes "breathe" in their playing as a kind of reminder to phrase it. After all, playing shouldn't be that different from singing.
And I meant to mention this when you were talking about ethnic/world/non-Western music libraries ... understanding the mechanics of an instrument really does help to make the playing more realistic, especially if you are using a keyboard instrument. You definitely get this and I hear this in your playing where you don't play a "trumpet like a piano". Whilst a keyboardist or pianist has ten fingers plus a foot for pedals, a trumpet only three fingers for the valves and his own air. I try to keep this in mind whenever I'm playing a "real instrument" just using the keyboard.
At any rate, nice job as always =]
Thank you Dom. It was, like every video, very inspiring. I will try to give more expression into my songs for the next time.
You are just that good…I’ll just hire you and save myself the 20 Yr. headache that’s the size of Texas 🤠🤠🤠
Like James Brown says : '' You got the feelin '' !
Merci beaucoup Dom ! C'est très passionnant .
This fantastic video reminds me of probably the best book about music that ever was written. It's 'the music lesson' by the one and only Victor Lemonte Wooten. He's writing about the 10 elements of music embedded in a beautiful novel. There's also a double DVD together with Anthony Wellington: 'Groove Workshop'. He's presenting these 10 elements to bass-students, one of the most valuable lessons ever put on video.
This knowledge about (classical) instrument dynamics is such an unique characteristic of you Dom :).
Tack!
wooow your best video ever. opened my eyes and my ears. And my great respect for your excellent piano playing. did not knowing anything abaout your mucical bagground
The layering thing might also be a good idea with Brass and woodwinds. I have deep respect for the Swarm instruments especially the strings, but the Brass instruments tend to generally be a little over exagerated in the expressions, at least in my ears. It might help combining it with a clean sample library to soften those shakes and vibrato. It's also where sample instruments tend to easy fall apart cause the shake samples isn't particulary easy to get to sound natural unless the sample library is extremely well coded. Tried this on otherwise generally good quality brass section in Keyboards and the shakes is almost always more or less useless
Another IMPORTANT aspect of adding dynamics in a mix, is to remember not to expect the master to be consistently loud, since limiters will crush dynamics. Quality over loudness.
Thank you Dom for all your Amazing videos ,i use you as a Mentor i don't need to go to any Fancy Music school ,just watching all your videos
Thank you ! :)
Excellent.. really soulful... As a singer I can understand the feel of any song...
I'm just in awe
All the best bro love your tutorials. ❤
Just didn’t expect I would learn piano lessons from a cubase expert today 😅😅
Music making is what I’m in for in this world my friend ❤️
This is the exact feeling I get when I learn something from you and apply it in my music.
Just because of you I shifted from other DAW, it’s (logic)al that I won’t take name 😃 to Cubase pro 13
I would also love to see tutorial from you someday about creating cinematic music from piano , the techniques, how to think and feel while crafting orchestration.
Thank you master..in my country this is called "fine print"...all the best for you....!!!!
Great! 😊
Brilliance! Thanks Dom
Dynamics = emotion
Now I want at t-shirt with it 😂
This seems more relevant for people who started on a computer with midi. For anyone who started on a real instrument, we just naturally know.
this is most important video on youtube
Thank you for this interesting masterclass. I am learning a lot watching your tutorials. ❤
Thought it was clickbait, but it's a great video! love the velocity examples.
Yeah! Definitly inspiring video!! Thx a lot Dom :)
Very inspiring! Would love to hear you discuss the concept of how to better remember classical music. Also Do you have perfect pitch?
Great examples. It's a healthy reminder - even for those producing techno/house that dynamics CAN make a huge difference in how people experience/FEEL the track.... :-) Cheers!
Beethoven track also was used as the chorus to Biily Joel's "This Night" from the Innocent Man album.
As the President of the MIDI 127 Club, this is HERESY! We believe every note should be quantized at 1/16 and NEVER go below volume of 127! Dynamics and phrasing only lead to emotionalism, which is just a distraction from the pounding sound we all love!
Love this 😂
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So little attention given to dynamics and phrasing.. That IS what makes the music ..music
Great Video!!
superb
Brilliant once again Dom! Thank you 🙏
Excellent one Dom! And like you said, it's the most important video. Although I know all what you said already, it's a refresher to watch it using your explaining method.
Thanks for the video. I feel like this is like the last 10% of going from good to great, though. For example, Bach with dynamics sounds better than without, but Bach with no dynamics is still better than most of the modern pop I hear.
Love the video. Would be happy to see more of this kind from you!
Thx for this Dom! 🙏💙
This is why I record my performance from start to finish like I am still recording on tape…….. not four bars and then copy/paste copy/paste
Thanks man 🙏! Great video indeed.
Outstanding. Thanks for your great work
Thank you sir! Great information. 😊
Excellent video dom! I played piano for 12 years and pretty much knowed that dynamic stuff in pianos and synths and used it in my beats for many years. But now, since I`m trying out more orchestral stuff (I already owned east west symphonic strings since 12 years but only struggeled with it) I finally understood the basics of orchestration from the spitfire and east west guys a few years ago and also got more libraries, also composer cloud - hollywood strings 2 is currently downloading😃. But I`m still learing and am not very good with using my controller (I have a "studiologic SL Mixface" on my keyboard with medium lenght 50 mm faders, which is actually pretty nice, but extremly sensitive). For me as a "beginner", I probably need some longer faders, to catch the sweet spot of the instruments and don`t make make so many mistaces with it. Christian Henson has made several videos about the importance of dynamics and controllers, you probably know, and this new "Ghostnote Audio Conductor" with 3 long 100 mm faders) he introduces in one of his latest videos will probably be my next investment. It's already completely sold out since Christian introduced it😉
Thank you very much for the video
Interesting how the first point helps who play an instrument (like a robot haha) and who work with virtual instruments. Sure using dinamic will make a virtual instrument more realistic. And don't use it in a real instrument will make it more 'virtual'.
Brilliant, thank you for sharing your wonderful musicality :)
Εξαιρετικό βίντεο, Κυριάκο!
I have been listening to music for a very long time and believe I have a keen ear for musical quality and sound generally. I listened to the two samples presented first plus the next piano sample. I did ths three times to be sure. The second was way better than the first by 20% - 30%. Night and day. Brighter, clearer and way more musical. It was like comparing MP3 with a CD but with a much wider margin. The first was dull by comparison as if the top had been cut off or compressed. I can only surmise that playing around with the filter or modulating equipment was the cause which achieved the opposite desired. Having read the comments either those listeners were subject to confirmation bias or inadequate musical hearing. Or both. The absolute truth is the first samples were indeed dull and not at all consistent with the presenters comments. Terrible.
As always superb content and great presentation…🙏
Increíble video!! Muchísimas gracias!!!
please press the like and subscribe button, we need more content like this. Thank you Dom.
So, within a few years I predict that products will have ai dynamics that in many situations will do better dynamics than 90%+ what musicians could achieve with these types of controls, just using some basic commands that could easily be more descriptive than current music notation. It's becoming a fast moving target. The combination of more realistically modeled instruments with ai dynamics could be revolutionary in composing.
very informative thanks for that video ❤
Awesome. Thank you for sharing.
👍 The dynamics of a pop singer or melody artist can significantly enhance the timbre, style, character, and overall feel as well. However, in this case, you need to re-balance the vocal track with more consistent dynamics to complement the fullness of the backing track.
Very well explained 👍👏
Thank you!
It doesn’t matter if you can’t play with a consistent volume, my upward compression and limiter can fix that 😂
Different velocity layers will have different tones so it'll still sound infinitely more human even if it's flatlined (which most metal music is)
@@theperiidot I think I just have a very biased aversion towards the word ‘flat’ 🤫
Nice, got enjoyed
Expression and Levels are one thing.
But Timing! is the other thing:
It sounds way better not to use hard quantizing. I often use no quantizing.
a little bit manual editing event start point is enough. There are several ways in Cubase with a nice quantize keycommand.
Dom, really excellent tips, thanks so much. I love your channel. Comment: I see some YT composers mostly varying the dynamics in a phrase while much of the time not changing expression as much. I see you varying both and getting great results. I suppose that is especially important for libraries that have fewer dyn layers. Anyway thanks for a great vid!