Jameson Nathan Jones
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How to SYNTH DRONE without boring everyone
Drones are kinda boring. But I still love them. Here are some of my favorite ways to ambient drone the day away but still keep things interesting.
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Making Music in an Artificial World
zhlédnutí 8KPřed 16 hodinami
Many of us are rightfully concerned about the impact of A.I. on music and the arts as a whole. What are our primary concerns, and more importantly, how will artists navigate this changing landscape without losing hope? Watch the entire performance from the beginning of the video: czcams.com/video/8vnOFEci0CA/video.html *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis...
How to stop watching tutorials and start making music (a tutorial)
zhlédnutí 14KPřed 14 dny
Just follow my 5 steps the pros don't want you to know about and you too can finally get off of CZcams and start making more music.... *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic Spotify: bit.ly/JNJSpotify Apple Music: bit...
Six Rules of Electronic Music
zhlédnutí 10KPřed 14 dny
Ok, maybe they're more like observations.... Either way, these "rules" have helped me make more electronic music, and hopefully BETTER electronic music. *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic Spotify: bit.ly/JNJSpotif...
How to SEQUENCE without boring everyone
zhlédnutí 12KPřed 28 dny
Synth sequences are awesome. So awesome we tend to use them a LOT in electronic music. Let's talk about some ways to sequence without boring our listeners and ourselves to tears. *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic...
The simple but effective way to arrange music
zhlédnutí 7KPřed měsícem
Loops can be boring. Arrangement can be hard. Let's see if we can solve both problems with one simple but effective technique - Subtractive Arrangement. Composition/Arrangement Course: www.jamesonnathanjones.com/compositioncourse *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My Music: Musi...
How to SYNTH PAD without Boring Everyone
zhlédnutí 62KPřed měsícem
Pads are awesome. Almost TOO awesome.... If you too lose countless hours to synth pad noodling, here are some ways to make your synth pads sound cooler. Oh and how to actually use them in your music. *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@Ja...
How to USE Improvisation as a Compositional Tool
zhlédnutí 6KPřed měsícem
Ever improvised something and thought "this seems a lot like that other thing I improvised...." In this video we'll talk about how to use improvisation as a tool for composition, and some techniques to make your improvisations more focused and easier to develop. *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fra...
Why you can't forget that DUNE 2 theme
zhlédnutí 9KPřed 2 měsíci
Think Mr. Zimmer is only about textures? Well, here's this melodic theme I can't get out of my head. *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic Spotify: bit.ly/JNJSpotify Apple Music: bit.ly/JNJAppleMusic Bandcamp: bit.ly...
How to ARPEGGIATE without boring everyone
zhlédnutí 50KPřed 2 měsíci
ARPS are awesome for knob turning synth enthusiasts like myself. But how can we make our arpeggios less stagnant in our actual music? *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic Spotify: bit.ly/JNJSpotify Apple Music: bit....
...and proved my point about originality
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 2 měsíci
Stealing like an artist is one thing....but the internet often feels very different. Where is the line between inspiration and trend chasing? *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic Spotify: bit.ly/JNJSpotify Apple Mus...
Making Modular Musical Again
zhlédnutí 11KPřed 3 měsíci
We all know it can bleep bloop. But are modular synths good for other kinds of music? *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic Spotify: bit.ly/JNJSpotify Apple Music: bit.ly/JNJAppleMusic Bandcamp: bit.ly/JNJBandcamp //...
Surviving as Artists in a Chaotic World (with @TonyAndersonMusic )
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 3 měsíci
My friend Tony Anderson has carved out an incredible space in the world of ambient music. He's a wonderful example of an artist who has found the thing he is most passionate about and then pursued it with great success along the way. In this conversation, we talk about Tony's own path as an artist, the challenges facing modern artists, where we should direct our focus, and his role in the recen...
How to Ambient Music without BORING everyone
zhlédnutí 46KPřed 3 měsíci
Just take your favorite synth or field recording and drown it in reverb... Ambient music is easy, right? *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: www.youtube.com/@JamesonNathanJonesMusic Spotify: bit.ly/JNJSpotify Apple Music: bit.ly/JNJAppleMusic Bandcamp: bi...
Why don't artists take risks anymore?
zhlédnutí 11KPřed 3 měsíci
Are artists being actively discouraged from pushing their own artistic boundaries today? Are more daring artists just being buried by the algorithm? What can we do about it? *FREE* Composition Guide eBook: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide *FREE* Synthesis Workshop: bit.ly/synthworkshop My weekly Newsletter: bit.ly/jnjnewsletter My Sample Packs: store.fracturedcapstan.com/ My music: Music Channel: ww...
ANYONE can make electronic music
zhlédnutí 62KPřed 4 měsíci
ANYONE can make electronic music
What if your dreams never come true?
zhlédnutí 11KPřed 4 měsíci
What if your dreams never come true?
Making a SONG from a LOOP without boring everyone
zhlédnutí 16KPřed 4 měsíci
Making a SONG from a LOOP without boring everyone
Why are B Sections SO HARD?
zhlédnutí 8KPřed 5 měsíci
Why are B Sections SO HARD?
Release LESS music. Make it MORE memorable (ft. @TonyAndersonMusic)
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 5 měsíci
Release LESS music. Make it MORE memorable (ft. @TonyAndersonMusic)
Music Theory that Composers ACTUALLY Use
zhlédnutí 13KPřed 6 měsíci
Music Theory that Composers ACTUALLY Use
The simple way to make your music sound HUGE
zhlédnutí 11KPřed 6 měsíci
The simple way to make your music sound HUGE
Is Bandcamp dead? Now what?
zhlédnutí 33KPřed 7 měsíci
Is Bandcamp dead? Now what?
I wrote a String Quartet (but used synthesizers instead)
zhlédnutí 13KPřed 7 měsíci
I wrote a String Quartet (but used synthesizers instead)
A NEW way to write Chord Progressions
zhlédnutí 63KPřed 7 měsíci
A NEW way to write Chord Progressions
Write UNFORGETTABLE Melodies
zhlédnutí 10KPřed 8 měsíci
Write UNFORGETTABLE Melodies
How Content Kills Creativity
zhlédnutí 11KPřed 9 měsíci
How Content Kills Creativity
Music Degrees are a WASTE of time
zhlédnutí 11KPřed 9 měsíci
Music Degrees are a WASTE of time
How to get out of a creative rut QUICKLY
zhlédnutí 4,5KPřed 10 měsíci
How to get out of a creative rut QUICKLY
Mario taught me how to finish music
zhlédnutí 9KPřed 10 měsíci
Mario taught me how to finish music

Komentáře

  • @thokozanimanqoba9797
    @thokozanimanqoba9797 Před 17 minutami

    AI has finally democratized the music industry, the people who made music cuz the had the equipment to do it,now that everyone has access to this through AI , now they are crying, music was once live, then it was recorded, to DAW to prompt, imagine those who played Music in real time, before all the tech, don't you think they also felt the same way?

  • @rayderrich
    @rayderrich Před 32 minutami

    I drone, so I live.

  • @thomasinlondon2849
    @thomasinlondon2849 Před 2 hodinami

    Fundamental creation process must come from deep in the heart, mind, and spiritual connection to energies in this and other dimensions.

  • @thomasinlondon2849
    @thomasinlondon2849 Před 2 hodinami

    Music is subjective.

  • @unclespooky
    @unclespooky Před 2 hodinami

    well said and presented. it actually helped me start my day on a different foot and look in a different direction. very helpful and welcome. arigato

  • @ryan.noakes
    @ryan.noakes Před 3 hodinami

    Good God I laughed a lot harder than I maybe should have at "Lyra 8" in the list of ancient instruments! 😂😂😂

  • @stevesutube
    @stevesutube Před 4 hodinami

    Inspirational video. Thank you.

  • @ChunterInfo
    @ChunterInfo Před 5 hodinami

    I'll name it Bear Wringer

  • @kapilatoeran
    @kapilatoeran Před 5 hodinami

    💯👍

  • @EricRaymondSF
    @EricRaymondSF Před 6 hodinami

    Loved this video.

  • @PatternRecognitionMusic
    @PatternRecognitionMusic Před 7 hodinami

    Some very cool ideas here that can be applied beyond just the scope of drones. Loving this, liked and subscribed!

  • @GalenDeGraf
    @GalenDeGraf Před 7 hodinami

    When I do music theory, I try to make it an activity that promotes creative exploration (as opposed to the "corpse forensics" method). I think you’ll dig what I do, and you can see some examples over on my channel.

  • @hillblocksview
    @hillblocksview Před 8 hodinami

    Why does it sound like you're pronouncing *Drones* with an *L?* Are you trolling us *Drone lovers!* 😅

  • @The123Banan123
    @The123Banan123 Před 8 hodinami

    I would like that video but 5x longer :)

  • @zmortis111
    @zmortis111 Před 8 hodinami

    AI is 100% Artificial and 5% Intelligent, aka only as intelligent as the random set of data used to "train" it.

  • @resetreboot
    @resetreboot Před 9 hodinami

    Just in time for drone day, I see. I just did an especial about drones and did a couple... one of them with a guitar, an ebow clone and a looper pedal.

  • @Amazology
    @Amazology Před 9 hodinami

    Awesome episode !

  • @Amazology
    @Amazology Před 9 hodinami

    Drones fekkin rock

  • @orchestratedpassage9468
    @orchestratedpassage9468 Před 10 hodinami

    Guess I'll have to wait for the droneumentary

  • @cobenaut
    @cobenaut Před 10 hodinami

    Really enjoy watching your video's, always interesting and helps me think about my own process :) I would love to see a demo of how you use the Lyra 8

  • @frfx4eva
    @frfx4eva Před 11 hodinami

    subscribed

  • @Christian-dr4ge
    @Christian-dr4ge Před 11 hodinami

  • @indigosnow_
    @indigosnow_ Před 11 hodinami

    The light pedal is so dope. Sounds great with synths. Awesome vid as per usual

  • @paulmakl6282
    @paulmakl6282 Před 11 hodinami

    What do you think the main difference is between a pad and a drone?

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L Před 11 hodinami

    I’m trying to practice my realisations and now don’t watch your videos unless I’m also practicing scales or something. So, naturally, as soon as you pointed out organ drones often are sitting on the dominant I just did that and then noodled something in dorian. Yay! 🥳 I often droned on the root or a third or a fourth, but never droned with a fifth until just there. So that was nice. Finished it off with an old descending 2-5-2-1; and actually felt Done with a practice for once instead of just running out of steam on transcribing some piece! 😊

  • @robertschubert5127
    @robertschubert5127 Před 11 hodinami

    I love the bass response in this video. Really grabbed me today. Good stuff!

  • @ghfjfghjasdfasdf
    @ghfjfghjasdfasdf Před 12 hodinami

    Looking over your sample pack website and that 8 pack bundle for $55 looks interesting… but I’m curious how big each pack is and how many sounds each one comes with. The 2 most important factors of a sample pack imo, are size and number of sounds.

  • @waltersir7306
    @waltersir7306 Před 12 hodinami

    🍔

  • @patrickcorcoran889
    @patrickcorcoran889 Před 12 hodinami

    Hey, this video popped up on my feed - I loved it, especially the way you explain drones and elated techniques. I like the way you speak - very down to earth, like Venus Theory and David Hilowitz. I just subscribed, signed up and looking forward to hearing some of your discography on bc.

  • @ghfjfghjasdfasdf
    @ghfjfghjasdfasdf Před 12 hodinami

    If drones bore you then padLIFE ain’t for you. 🤓

  • @user-qx1xd3xh5y
    @user-qx1xd3xh5y Před 12 hodinami

    Мужык могет

  • @PCoyte
    @PCoyte Před 13 hodinami

    Great video and timely as I'm in the drone zone preparing for International Drone Day performance on Saturday!

  • @bricelory9534
    @bricelory9534 Před 13 hodinami

    Good stuff! Drones are absolutely fundamental to how humans interact with music - most, if not all, musical heritages have drones as prominent elements in their history. They add a frame for us to process the sounds we're hearing and put them in a specific context. Honestly, in many ways, keys are just implied drones. Everything is meant to relate back to that "invisible" drone root note. Simple or complex, they can be absolutely intriguing!

  • @Clownie_Smiles
    @Clownie_Smiles Před 13 hodinami

    Sorry, I said you looked like your dog was dead on an earlier video. I meant to say you look like your dog just died, as in recently

  • @pcuadra
    @pcuadra Před 13 hodinami

    I've always loved the outer limits of what a drone based track can be, ever since listening to Zerthis Was A Shivering Human Image by Eluvium. I'm going to try some of these ideas on my next drone tapes...

  • @JoeJohnston-taskboy
    @JoeJohnston-taskboy Před 13 hodinami

    I like your drones, Jameson. Those interested in this kind of thing might want to give @synkrotron channel a listen too. He's quite good at keeping a drone fresh. My drones? Not so much. 😀

  • @hasko_not_the_pirate
    @hasko_not_the_pirate Před 13 hodinami

    8:45 re/ tape loops, Hainbach would say: Try half speed.

  • @onlinescammer8291
    @onlinescammer8291 Před 13 hodinami

    Even the electric guitar isn't gonna blow people away like in the 50s. It happens to everything. Synths. Sound design. That said, I don't find your drones boring at all.

  • @samprock
    @samprock Před 13 hodinami

    That made me go listen my own track named .... Drone 😆 Now I know science behind it, I used it as bass, rhythmic, texture, melody, moves, rubs, and sweet spots. Never thought fancy organ leg work is for drone notes and not gas/brake! 🤪 Drone feticists are happy, next video bass rehab, please! ❤

  • @krisrhodes5180
    @krisrhodes5180 Před 14 hodinami

    I am sorry, I am so sorry, I'm a linguistics guy, I love thinking about the sounds we make in language, I mean this question entirely innocently but I must know! You say "drone" every time, in this video, in a way that surprises me, with (roughly speaking) a short, unmoving 'o' sound rather than what I've always heard before in every native English dialect, a longer 'o' sound that closes up as it is pronounced. So I am asking--do you by chance have a faint trace of an accent from some other language poking through there? (I.e. do you have a second native language or were raised around one?) Or is this just an American regional accent I wasn't aware of? (I've been assuming yuo're from Arkansas or nearby from what I've heard so far.)

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Před 11 hodinami

      I just noticed one time where there’s a diphthong between the short O and the long open O, around 7:30. FWIW I have noticed some American accents just have more-clipped “roll” vowels. A lot like in Southern England it’s a lot more clipped than in the North or in Scotland.

    • @JamesonNathanJones
      @JamesonNathanJones Před 7 hodinami

      Mississippi. I don't consider my accent to be very thick, but it does poke through on certain words. I actually appreciate your explanation as most people just call me Billy Bob Thornton and move on haha

  • @willcooper8028
    @willcooper8028 Před 14 hodinami

    Beautiful stuff, the track with the midtone drone reminded me a lot of the across the spiderverse spundtrack

  • @synkrotron
    @synkrotron Před 14 hodinami

    beauty is in the eye of the beholder while I am here, are you doing something for Drone Day this Saturday? I am hoping to do a livestream

    • @jaixiviii
      @jaixiviii Před 13 hodinami

      Same here, looking forward to your release! I have a teaser for drone day. Let’s drone!!!😎

    • @synkrotron
      @synkrotron Před 12 hodinami

      @@jaixiviii Drone Is Life!! (gonna check out your stuffs...)

  • @Warrow74
    @Warrow74 Před 14 hodinami

    A slightly dissonant dual oscillator tone through a BigSky does sound awesome 😋

  • @willcooper8028
    @willcooper8028 Před 14 hodinami

    “Droln”

  • @innersonicsoundsystem
    @innersonicsoundsystem Před 14 hodinami

    always an inspiration - thank you!

  • @jaixiviii
    @jaixiviii Před 14 hodinami

    Drone fanatic, not afraid to admit it. Evolving dunes are the best!

  • @benedekkiss
    @benedekkiss Před 14 hodinami

    I love your videos about applying classical musical knowledge in other styles!!!

  • @edbass624
    @edbass624 Před 15 hodinami

    I love you’re content I love seeing all your toys and the way you use them but if possible in the future you can teach this ideas in the box with plugins so I can see it in that perspective. Thanks !!

  • @LB-pp7pu
    @LB-pp7pu Před 15 hodinami

    This tutorial videos are really nice

  • @maximummovementtheatre
    @maximummovementtheatre Před 15 hodinami

    They have their place for sure. Love a good drone 😊