Before you QUIT music, watch this first...
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025
- I recently got a comment asking me when its too late to produce music, and it got me thinking. I don't really think too late exists these days. You can pick up that instrument, learn garage band, and write a song on your phone. So I thought I'd share my thoughts in hopes that I can inspire anyone that watches to keep on chasing those dreams and most importantly, HAVE FUN!
My name is Joshua Saldate, I produce music, I write it, and I’ve done a lot of things in the music landscape. Recently I've worked on Mammoth Wolfgang Van Halens albums, Alter Bridge, Slash, and more! From home studio to pro studio, maybe you can learn from my journey. Hopefully we can have our own journey! Enjoy :)
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Glad you found me! I appreciate the support ❤️
Love your content man! I need some motivation in my difficult time in music and seeing other people's journeys is a bit help. I hope we all succeed in life. See you guys at the top! 💯
Thanks for watching and leaving your comment! I appreciate it. Always trying to build up people 🙏
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Love the practicality of the advice. main thing I learned is that there is NO "Magic bullet" piece of gear. not a single thing you can buy at a music store will guarantee success, they dont sell experience and practice..
Thanks for watching 🙏 that’s a good thought too! I remember when I first started out chasing gear hoping I could find some magic item that would change everything. It can be hard to hear it actually just takes time and practice.
Great as always studio looks great!
Thanks Eric! Excited to get back into videos here 🙏
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Thank you Josh for making this video! I've made the decision to take the plunge, start to build my studio in the backyard, move out of the bedroomand start taking recording/producing more serious. Crazy thing is, this video dropped around an hour before I was commissioned to record and mix some songs in the next couple of weeks. I'm going to take these events as a sign that its not to late for my ol' self😄. Who knows, maybe I'm just a connection or two away from really setting my life on a path i want to be on. Maybe one day look back on some gold records on my wall or at least, be able to support my life off of what I love and leave the 9-5 rat race.
I appreciate you watching! That sounds exciting! To be honest I believe the world has some crazy timing sometimes😂 I’m stoked you just got some work! Be sure to let me know how it goes! That’s how the world is sometimes. Stuff just comes out of the blue and if you give it your best effort and finish it in a timely manner, you never know what can happen. I always aim to impress and I think people appreciate the effort. I wish you the best! Let’s hope for some Grammys in our future 😉
Great stuff man. Much love and respect from Italy. 😎
Thanks for watching! 🙏❤️
I never thought I'd come across this video and feel some sense of "I'm actually getting a step closer to what I really want". I've always blamed my life when I stopped making videos and music after 2022. But I recently started to work on my craft again, because that was making me feel at peace again. Next week I'll start a new course to learn how to make better mixes and, at the same time, I'm practicing to get a chance to study at one of the biggest music schools in my country. This is scaring the ever-living crap out of me because I'm really concerned about "failing" at the thing that I love the most. But, after watching this video, it gave me a sense of just taking the time to get better at my stuff and get closer to achieving my dream. Thanks for this, Josh.
I’m glad you could stumble upon this video when you needed it. That’s always my hope! It can be a struggle when life gets hectic and takes over. But taking a break can be helpful. That’s awesome you were able to pick it back up. Keep on learning! You set your own pace, just gotta take it a day at a time. What school are you looking to get into?
@@ProducerJosh Totally, man! Your video and knowledge are some of the reasons that made me take deep breaths and go on my own schedule. Concentrating and keeping a steady pace is important, knowing it's not a race but a marathon. I live in Brazil and will be auditioning to study drums at the Brasilia Music School (Escola de Música de Brasília) in the next few weeks. This is part of my "plan" to reach higher goals, and I'm excited to participate in this opportunity.
Really needed this, been feeling stuck and uninspired. that first advice about comparisons i will keep in my back pocket. i really like looking at it that way.
Glad I could help you out. I think it’s a great saying when you catch yourself looking at what everyone else is doing and not enjoying where you’re at. Hope all is well ❤️
Great vid. Make more
Thanks for watching! New videos on Friday!
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Loved this, struggling to get started sharing music, but I know I'm not the only one. We just have to persevere!
Appreciate you stopping by. You can start by sharing here! We all work so hard on music to keep it hidden away ❤️
Thanks Josh. I needed to hear this. I get frustrated daily when my Spotify or RUclips numbers don't look the way I want them. But honestly I haven't been doing this that long and I'm still learning. :)
Thanks for watching, I’m glad I could help :) what we can do can be draining sometimes and I just want to lift people up when they’re feeling down. You got this!
Or is it already too late for me to STOP?
Queen said it best, Don’t stop me nowwwww!
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Great vidya. It's so true that even the cheaper prosumer gear today can get pro results if you do your part. Another thing about gear- learn to buy shitty/broken gear and improve it yourself. A 3630 can be modded cheaply to be a perfectly good compressor. Cheap chinese mics can be reworked into good ones for not much money. You can buy old rack reverbs for cheap and save those CPU cycles by going outboard. Old DAWs on old computers still work just fine. Free plugins are often just as good as the paid stuff that forces you to buy new computers as it updates. Don't play the game, just get some stuff that works for you and use it.
These are great points. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting! I have modded a few pieces of gear and built some of my 500 series units. It’s a fun way to challenge your self!
@@ProducerJosh It sure is. We're so spoiled that we're talking ourselves into chasing vanishingly small increases in sonic quality that ultimately mean little to nothing. We need to put up sound treatment and work on our techniques before we need to blow a wad on whatever $4000 preamp we think we need. I'm glad I found this channel. It's interesting and useful.
Good advice. I'd love to hear more about how you get work and which jobs you take. Where do you get paid the most and where are your different revenue streams? Do you prefer to get more producer points or get paid up front for a project or hourly, and how do you decide? Probably ideas for a future video.
I've been producing for about twenty years, but supporting myself as an automotive engineer and would like to make the switch from engineering to music, But I have a hard time finding artists who have enough money to pay my rate. I'm slowly working with bigger artists and building my reputation based on what i've produced and released. My studio rates are in line with other studios and producers with my level of gear and expertise. Everyone has been happy with the final results. But i'm not sure how to get enough clients to quit my day job. Do you have any advice on how to bring in more clients that have enough money to pay what it really costs to record a record?
Thanks for watching, and these are great questions! And I’d definitely be interesting in making a more in depth video to answer some of this thoroughly. It can definitely vary. Getting backend royalties are what carry a lot of producer through the later years. They’re just hard to get until you work with more established acts, and depend on the bands lasting. I don’t personally like hourly rates because of my work style too.
Making the switch is different for everyone, mainly because everyone has different needs. Some have families, higher bills, etc. Setting your rate properly is definitely key. So if you’re doing that, that’s step one. It can help to be flexible sometimes though. Offering deals to try and gain connections can lead to future money which will work out overtime. You’ll know what’s worth it for you. It can take time. But if you deliver great work and network it will grow. I’ll try and make a more comprehensive video for this!
@@ProducerJosh It sounds like I'm doing the right things. Thanks for the encouragement!
I'm looking forward to the future videos!
Just keep at it try! And try to find repeat clients too. A lot of bands tend to reuse the same person and a few of those start to add up for engineers throughout the year!
LOVE THE CONTENT! Howdy josh, Im a newish mixing and tracking engineer out of New Jersey since about 2019 and I'm having a hard time crossing over into the "more intermediate level" kinda projects. Im seem to be in a rutt as far as commanding a decent rate for the amount of time it takes to take a song from a rough demo to a slamming killer mix. After tracking and editing and mixing a song, depending on the artist It can take almost 3 or 4 days ish, depending on how much editing is needed. So after its all said and done, Im probably under minimum wage. Not that money is the main focus by any means lol but just curious on your view. Thanks in advanced!
Howdy James! Thanks for watching! I was actually just in Jersey a few weeks ago 😂 Taylor Ham or Pork roll? 🤔 trying to speed up your process will help you in the long run. Finding faster ways to edit, or editing while you track can save time. Comping vocals and getting the right takes can save time on tuning. I might make a video on saving time in general haha. I also tend to do multiple songs at a time more often because you can do everything in phases. That groups up everything and keeps your mind focused on one task. I could mix 2-3 songs a day if everything’s edited and prepped. As far as moving up, it can take some time. Building your network and getting your name around will really do that. You’ve gotta over deliver without screwing yourself. Finding just that one right connection can open the door to a lot of different work. I hope some of this helps! You have given me some ideas for future topics 🙏
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Just remember, nobody became a successful musician after the age of 27. So as long as you’re younger than 27, you’ve still got time. If you’re older than 27 you can still be a session musician though but your dreams of being a permanent and credited member of a popular band are over after 27.
Idk if you’re delusional or if you’re referring to the 27 club cause there are many musicians who made it big after 27. 27 club isn’t exclusive to musicians.
There’s been people after 27 that have found success. Freddie Mercury was a couple months from 27 when the first queen album was released. And 29 when bohemian rhapsody came out. I think it depends on the genre. Pop is a bit more of a young persons game. But that’s solely to be a rock/popstar. You can find success in the music industry in many places though. Composers, lawyers, managers, and much more. Just gotta find what you can do!
@@ProducerJosh I agree and tried to point that out in my comment. There are jobs in music that you can have after 27 but after 27, the idea of being a star is beyond reach. After 27, music jobs are all behind the scenes which can still be fulfilling and often more profitable. Nothing wrong with that, but I just hope people have a realistic expectation about what roles they can occupy in the industry based on their age.
@@christoferrage I’m not referring to the 27 club although it is odd that it all lines up at the age of 27. Many musicians die at 27 but I’m not referring to musicians dying. I’m saying that well known musicians are never older than 27 when they begin their careers. There are lots of musicians who have careers after 27 and even some who begin after 27, but nobody who begins after 27 will become a household name. It just doesn’t happen.
I can understand where you’re coming from. I’m curious where you got the 27 number from? Is that a statistical thing, or something you’ve heard in the industry? I agree expectation is something people think about, and how behind the scenes often is more profitable. I appreciate you commenting and discussing your take on it! 🙏
I really liked this video but I struggle with sharing my music because the only thing that really discourages me as a musician is when I upload something to SoundCloud and it gets no attention
I totally understand that. I’ve had a couple videos that just don’t get much attention and it can really bring me down. But if you maybe find an inner circle of people to show your stuff to, you have that initial support to get through those times. I haven’t personally used SoundCloud. But utilizing Instagram and TikTok can really spread your music out there too. I’ve seen clever videos that really target future fans using good prompts that literally ask, “for fans of (insert artist name) check out my music” just some ideas!
@@ProducerJosh thanks for your reply, I might give posting clips of music on other social medias a try where they will have more algorithmic push than SoundCloud which doesn’t have much of a discover feed