Just wanted to write out this post to the waveform community and say my thanks to everyone who's been participating and lurking in this community so far. It's amazing to see your posts and projects here every day and it genuinely makes my day a little brighter to know that something I posted helped someone on the other side of the screen!
Anyways, I'd like to ask you all to help me bring you better content. I can't really post Kush, In The Mix, or random youtubers everyday, I find a lot of channels don't go nearly in-depth enough on a lot of topics and just scratch the surface, and well established youtubers just post the same content and advice over and over again. We should all benefit from different perspectives here!
I got a new job (yay!) earlier this week, so I'm gonna be a bit short on free time, which means if I don't do something about the way I search for content it'll be hard to make it consistently.
Finding noteworthy youtube channels can be quite time consuming. Writing a quality post also takes time: watching, researching, writing, reviewing, all that sha-bang! Takes me on average about 2-3 hours to do all of that. I might have ADHD or some form of inattention so that might explain if those hours seem like a bit too much.
So I thought we'd pool some interesting channels and websites in this thread, that way it'll be easy to reference for newcomers and I'll be able to curate the best content in here. It will also be interesting to know what your guys knowledge levels are and what areas of production you find most difficult: mixing, mastering, sound design, songwriting, etc. It will help me curate the content better as right now I really have very little idea about all that. And also, your likes in terms of genres and artists would be cool to share in the community. Let's see what kind of music we like to make!
Here are the discussion questions in a nice order. You don't have to answer every single question and it's completely okay to answer just one! All of these have full potential to be a really interesting standalone comment!
- Tell us about yourself! How long have you been making music and how much time do you spend producing a week (roughly)? What made you start your journey?
- What are your favorite genres to make and/or listen to? What unites them or makes them different to you?
- What are your most favorite artists? What makes them great to you?
- What resources (websites and youtube channels) do you use for learning? How do they help you?
I'll start with myself in the comments to this post!
I’ve been making music for roughly 8 years now, starting at the age of 14. No, I’m not a child prodigy! I made some really crappy music right until I hit 18 since I didn’t really care about being good (which may have been a great thing!) I guess I’ve only been seriously producing for the past 4 years. I normally spend about 6-10 hours a week to produce, and if I’m doing a project I really like, that time can fly all the way up to 20s and 30s!
I really liked Jungle and DnB for as long as I can remember. Broader EDM was my bread and butter in my teens and I’m into electronic rock and metal these days. I suppose all of those genres are really high in energy, that’s what I enjoy about my music and the music that I listen to.
I really like Professor Kliq, he makes some great albums and soundtracks. His rhythms and arrangement are top notch, he never made a dull production. ALEPH sound is one of those producers that make you question the limits of the musical medium. He manages to make near-noise productions that sounds satisfying and don’t grate on the ears. Combichrist is great at dark moods, their lyrics are really densely packed with literary devices and their industrial (metal?) sound is something you can’t get from any other band.
You guys should know my resources by now, I’m an avid youtube learner and whatever information I can dig up, I use. Most of my recent learning was focused on vocals since I was trying to improve my voice for my metal and rock productions. If you care about that, I really like Sibila Extreme Vocal channel, the info is well condensed, nuanced, and you’ll start growling and screaming in no time. I was watching Chris Liepe for a while and I must say, his extreme vocal videos aren’t good for learning but when it comes to clean vocals, he does a great job at getting you into the right mindset of experimenting with your voice and finding out how different ways to sing feel. He helped my clean singing immensely, but if you’re just starting out, a more orthodox teaching method is definitely better.