Well i cant really focus on fame when im swamped in music. It takes a lot of attention so ill be forced to focus on only the music. I thought about waiting until i could produce and then making the generic stuff to get on top and then giving people the ol switcharoo by putting my real music up. I seen someone say that people dont know they like something until they hear it. We were talking about the fame and selling out and stuff.
Good thread that I did not read
Is that you in the profile pic? Lol
cosa nostra
You are your own worst critic, when you start donât expect it to be simple and easy when it comes to making synths and other sounds, thatâs why you should just experiment with sounds. When I started, some of my mates eventually got a few of my very early tracks which they said were pretty good, even though I would never send them to a dj or I donât even listen to because I look back on them and I think theyâre very terrible, poor to no eqing, preset sounds, although the percussion made up for it. Just donât think itâs going to be very simple and donât let that get in the way of your mentality of making music.
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This is usually best.
If I could do it all over again I wish I could tell myself to start making music right away. I got into Skrillex on December 25 2010 when that night my cousin showed me scary monsters and nice sprites and that song really spoke to me. I starting producing last year and I had gotten Ableton about 4 years ago but I was never serious about it because I didnât think I could ever be good enough. But last year I told myself to persist even if the outcome would be horrible. My advice is to watch every tutorial there is on youtube. No matter how busy I am everyday I watch music production tutorials and I follow along. The best tutorials that I have ever watched were from VIrtual Riot, he is my hero <3
Never give up, work everyday, and truly believe that you can make the best music you have ever heard 
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digital audio workstation - daw
Thank you man. I didnt assume it would be easy but i sure hope i learn faster than most. I also assume that the experimentation part will be really fun. Especially after watching a short documentary on the beginning of electronic music (with all the big hardware and buttons and stuff). But thats for another thread.
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Cool. Will do. I love hearing personal stories.
Youâre young enough to be able to grind hard on getting more educated and more then enough practice on producing music.
You have no worries as you would when youâre older.
My advice is try to not make producing music such a priority, but rather as a hobby. Youâll have a lot more fun when you make music for the love of it, than trying to make bangers each track. Youâll never get anything done.
Like i said in the first sentence youâre young enough to get more educated and to get enough practice with no adulthood worries. Make the best of it now while youâre still young.
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imo
If this makes any sense, listening to my bangers WOULD be fun. Besides. I dont wanna just make bangers. I wanna get into some really ambient stuff. Really dark stuff used for old movies with a floating-in-space-feeling. I assume my fan base will be comprised of different types of people.
That ambient stuff might fit only me and maybe literally 100 people.
A lot of people like Selected Ambient Works Volume II and Brian Enoâs stuff.
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Vangelis
Thanks. Ill look that up.
Who is vangelis?
My best advice I can give is this: you have a lot of aspirations and plans which is cool, but you gotta get in the trenches and start crafting. Youâre going to make A LOT of shitty music before you start making stuff that sounds good to you. All of us get into this game because we feel we have good taste and know what makes a great track, and living up to that taste is extremely difficult, if not impossible.
This hobby/profession takes an extreme amount of grit/mental drive and will to keep going. Your mind will tell you that you suck and youâre not cut out for this over and over. Creative work can be a bitch, although extremely rewarding when things do click. Put in 5 years of time first and then see if your views and aspirations change. Youâll learn a lot about music and more importantly, yourself. Until then, this thread is just more of a diary blogging thoughts than anything substantial. Itâs easy to talk without attempting to walk the walk.
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My favorite Ambient musician.
Without his soundtrack work Bladerunner (a sci fi movie with Harrison Ford) wouldnât be half the movie it is.
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