Best Advice You Could Give off The Top of Your Head

junooko · Post by **junooko** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:41 am

get feedback of friends and smile, if they are critical about your work. look disappointed when they say its good.

you will get much for helpful feedback, because after a while they are not just polite anymore

Ingemar · Post by **Ingemar** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:19 pm

bass is not the same thing outside of your bedroom

steevio · Post by **steevio** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:38 pm

be patient,
leave your track alone for a while and come back to it with fresh ears. you'll either still love it and notice a few things which need touching up, or you'll hate it and be really glad you didnt release it.

steevio · Post by **steevio** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:45 pm

MagpieIndustries wrote:
tone-def wrote:Just do your thing and don't try and be anyone else.
Worst advice ever. You should always study, deconstruct, compare and struggle to mimic as closely as possible the very best elements of your favourite tracks. How else do you expect to become good, by accident?

i personally prefer tone def's advice.
how can you say you should always do it your way ? that is just your way.

the people who pioneered EDM didnt have anyone to deconstruct, or mimic.

habitueE · Post by **habitueE** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:39 pm

well for me it would be: dont spend too much time on the producing section of this forum, it'll make it look/feel like making music is a sport or a profession, a competition almost - over-analyzing the technical aspect , instead of an art ... and kill your creativity :p

revy · Post by **revy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:43 pm

MagpieIndustries wrote:
tone-def wrote:Just do your thing and don't try and be anyone else.
Worst advice ever. You should always study, deconstruct, compare and struggle to mimic as closely as possible the very best elements of your favourite tracks. How else do you expect to become good, by accident?

magpie- definitely NOT with you on that. i think being a "good" producer should equal being satisfied with your work...or at least satisfied knowing that moment has passed (the recording process) and you can enjoy yourself reliving that through listening and sharing with others. "good" should not measure its similarity to someone else's work. instead of struggling to mimic, why not struggle to express yourself in more original ways?

livecollective · Post by **livecollective** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:06 pm

MagpieIndustries wrote:
tone-def wrote:Just do your thing and don't try and be anyone else.
Worst advice ever. You should always study, deconstruct, compare and struggle to mimic as closely as possible the very best elements of your favourite tracks. How else do you expect to become good, by accident?

I agree with tone-def

magpie's advice is the death of the artist. or the silencing of the creative will.

When you start comparing your own music to other peoples music you are headed down a dark path. Do what you like because you like it, not because its an attempt to sound like/be like someone else. Thats just silly.

isaaclevy · Post by **isaaclevy** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:56 am

Work confortable....("position", environment, mood, everything.)