Music Production Reality







THE TRUTH ABOUT MAKING MUSIC AND THE TIME IT TAKES





Over the course of the last 8 years I have provided tens of thousands of people with free and paid content on how to enhance their production skills and I have also tried to guide them to a place where they can confidently make their own music without too much assistance on a basic to intermediate level.





I have produced hundreds of videos ranging from mixing techniques to playing chords, all the way up to arranging full length tracks in the House music genres that splinter off into Disco, Techno and Deep House etc.





But during this time I have also been pushing my own music and releasing those track on several established record labels both on vinyl and Mp3. This I feel is something that one should do if they have the ability to release music at a professional level. It is the gift of giving back to the community in which you have taken something from.





Sadly in this game many people tend to just take all of the time and do not make the effort to put out what they have to offer for free in order to keep the ball rolling and encourage the next set of producers that are to come along in the future. Who knows, you could be inspiring the next Calvin Harris or Jeff Mills.





Having said that, there are many legendary producers and modern day producers who also give their knowledge in tutorials and who also provide sample packs via sites like loopmasters which enables new players to the game who are at the very start of learning music production, so this is what I feel many producers should do more of.





In today's modern world there are hundreds of you tube tutors and many are so called producers who do not release music but only work on tutorials and try to convince you of a sure fire way to a successful career will be through watching a few videos and then imitating your current favourite tracks that are flying high in the charts.





Yes you can learn some quick and easy tips on how to recreate that sound by your favourite producer but that is their sound and if you want to make it in this game you have to develop your own technique made up of lots of other peoples styles.





Trying to sound like the top ten on Beat Port will not stand you in good stead for a future career. By the time you have mastered that style it will have become passe and things would have already moved forward a hundred paces. Yes we all have to start somewhere and I myself have been guilty of producing tracks that directly copy other artists. It is a good way to learn but you must remember to try and put your own stamp on the track and continue to shape your sound whilst taking inspiration from others.





So what I have always tried to do mostly with my tutorials is to give a generic overview of dance music as a whole so that the viewer can gain an insight into the basics and the more in depth stuff to be able to mould them all together and come up with a variety of techniques.









IF YOU ARE NOT IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL MAYBE LEAVE NOW I have produced videos where I teach the styles of French House for example which come under the Disco house banner that I produce under myself but this is to show the sounds that are used rather than trying to replicate a Daft Punk track for example.





But even after 27 years of making music and over 21 years of releasing records on a whole host of record labels I still have so much to learn and so much to improve on with my own music. The truth is we never stop learning and we can never know everything about one style of music. I have focused the last decade on mainly Disco House, but yet I can still only do so much regarding that style, whereas other producers I know can only do their technique and I can not do what they do and vice versa sometimes. This is the point I am making regarding honing your skills and creating your own style based on the many different influences of other peoples work.



