The Homework Theory: Making Music Effortless
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I don't know if this is a self-imposed limitation that I'm cognizant of, but I usually spend an hour on every song I make and finish it within that time, then move onto the next. I have a hard time when it comes to doing anything else.
I LOVE the u l t r a w i d e, this is probably one of my favourite channels on CZcams, down to earth and inspiring, no bullshit, keep doing what you enjoy bro
IT depends on If you constrain yourself for Others or for yourself
Some people never get free , they are trapped in boundry to Someone Else
What happens today is that the creation of stereotype success , and also within the Idols of different Genre and the Focus on selling mindest in Connection to money sexuality drugs and Power AS an constrain , is causing a destruction of healthy detachment to free your own self .
IT IS gering the thought If freedom but within a system Money based violence for freedom
Boxing Other Sports , music and everything IS dictated by groups of interest is making your Chose a Side and extremist mindest about what is right and wrong
WHO IS and who is Not
WHO IS the enemy
But to See an enemy you must becan enemy yourself
If you Dont See an enemy you wont behave AS If Theres a Problem yourself .
So i think ITS only right If your doing Something that is in Connection to what you do , and plan to get a certain result
In Connection to the Intension of beeing free ITS Not possible with the History WE make
The destruction of the Planet and animals IS reducing Options , so in the End everything must be free
In This Case free means dead
I dont think that to destroy everything IS free
But in fact every dead existence IS free from Life
If Life is Like This now , so purgatory includes the word purge , then i think free is the right explanation
Free the own self , that would mean your self IS free after death
I know that If you follow a plan to do and Finish Something that you Always find self in IT thats true , but This is only with people Made of a different mindest
Most of the people create to get Money
Theres Producers they kill Projects AS soon AS they think that This misic wont get Sold or enter Charts
I dont think This way because of Something comes Out im interested how IT will BE in the end
So ITS Not supporting stereotype creation
A friend Said
You Dont need to make music , AI can do IT much better , IT can create what No human can create
The Person WHO said This IS hast His own past and now
So im trying to understand IT
ITS lost
Mankind has the Option to Change everything and built a new way to live
The system is a running in circles Situation repeating overcane over again with the Same powerful people with the Same mindest and the Same way to teach young human how to understand and behave
If you read History you will find Out the exact Same Story Just in another Timeline
Just different people
But exact Same actions and reactions
If you have the Same results Loving together or worst , then ITS stupid Not to Change IT
ITS Just different nations but since 1000 years IS also Not different nations
People IS starting Something Just because they Dont find themselves in everything right now right away
But you can
I do
I Love to See everything
IT Doesnt Matter WHO iam WHO i will BE
This will BE created by itself and experienced itself when i start doing sth
And If Theres people WHO IS Sharing and helping
Then IT will BE Limited ON less Things and i can BE Maximum free
Im free as Long AS i dont connect to human
Why ?
Because their needs will involve myself in their Ego plans
And they Dont free me and themselves too
bro making a full on underground cinema quality short-film for his youtube content; using wide format and this level of colorgrading is insane for a for a video like this
Not just the use of engaging images and graphics, but those quotes...so memorable and almost throwaway!
Yup😊
totally agree. he's a really smart guy and his thoughts are worth listening to nonetheless - because at the end, if the core content is bad it doesnt matter if production is good. here everythings awesome (though it takes courage to sit through the whole video with my attention span ;-;)@@ralphashford9022
I have no clue what your talking about, but the camera work is incredible, I find that aspect of his content amazing and inspiring.
Spent a bit too much time on the edit for this one but glad it came across! Always love getting to push myself a bit more in that direction.
Ironically, my favorite YT videos are the ones that tell me to stop watching YT.
Hey, stup1d id1ot. Get off the internet. 😂
jesus dude. you're really dialing in the visuals and overall cinematic atmosphere for these. great work
And I only cried twice!
I agree, visually stunning and absolutely beautiful music. They are pieces of art!
This is the type of content CZcams was made for
I can give you 11 reasons why and you won't believe #7 (reaction)
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I think CZcams is starting to change for the better
I recently started my synthesizer journey after a medical error left me without the use of my dominant hand. I spent 20 years in the world of black and extreme metal, and suddenly being confronted with being unable to play any of the instruments I've spent my life working on was.........challenging. I didn't know what to do until someone sent me a video of Jango Reinhardt playing with a caption that said "Why do you need to use the same instruments to create the feeling you want?", which was eye-opening but presented me with just a paralyzing amount of options. Imposing limitations on myself has been invaluable to not get overwhelmed.
Same happened to me 5 years ago with left hand, so no more guitar. Get it done on the keyboard now.
Sorry to interject but the comment is kinda stupid - you use the instruments because of their timbre. I'd rather hear a Chopin nocturne on a piano and not on a banjo.
@@playingmusiconmars Thank you so much for your learned input. Guess you showed me.
If you don't understand how you can aim for a feeling or atmosphere, and then explore different instruments to create that feeling, then you must be looking at music and music creation through an entirely different lens, because all of the musicians I've discussed this with have understood what I meant immediately.
Have the day you deserve, unwanted commenter.
@@daveemerson6549 I'm a musician too and I don't get it - like I said, you can't interchange timbre like that. So in that regard - I'm glad to have informed you. Life is a long journey of learning from people.
@@playingmusiconmars He's talking about writing music and you're talking about music that has already been written being played on the wrong instrument. It's only wrong because the piece was written for piano. If Chopin wrote a nocturne for banjo, playing it on banjo wouldn't be wrong. Also pieces can be rewritten and tweaked to work in a multitude of styles. This guy can totally write music evocative of metal on a synthesizer. The quote he shared was about using a different instrument to convey a same feeling. This would be a subjective thing. Two pieces with the same notes, but different instruments/arrangement could both sound "dark" and vice versa. He didn't say he's going to write the same way he used to but pretend a synthesizer is a guitar, which seems to be what you are implying with the Chopin banjo comment.
A thing I struggle with for personal projects is accountability. I can create whatever structure I want, but as long as I’m only accountable to myself, I can just conveniently change my mind. When I’m doing something for work or school, I have other people expecting something. I think here is where you need some kind of support network.
i have the same issue. i realized -- as i was typing up an idea to hold yourself more accountable without third party interaction -- that i need to be directing my comment to myself.
so I'm going to try documenting my "assignments" somewhere I'll see it everyday (whiteboard) and if i don't meet my preset deadline, I'll mark it failed and leave it there for me to see everyday. i will add new assignments until i complete one, then erase it and the first failed assignment. this way i can't keep pushing off assignments because my failures will just keep piling up for me to see everyday.
I'm kind of excited and kind of anxious about this.
Something that's worked for me is (if you can afford it) to literally pay someone to be accountable to. I use something called Boss As A Service (look it up!) where you pay $20/month to have a "boss" who messages you asking if your project is finished, why you're running behind schedule etc. Alternatively you can get a friend to do that for free
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@@alexmckenzie0 I would love to do the bosspart here xD
Spent 10 years _meaning_ to make games, and getting no further than half-baked prototypes.
This year I had the idea of joining every game jam I have time for, with the commitment to ship something every time, no matter how small. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in making games. Getting feedback on my (terrible, tiny!) games has been extremely encouraging.
A game jam meets the criteria in this video: (1) Specific constraints (usually a theme), (5) a start and end date.
Numbers 2-4 (what to make, and how) are up to you, mostly a matter of experience.
Yeah this is my same struggle with music too. Have five years worth of demos that I’ve either never finished, or finished but now hate. And no one has ever heard them other than me. I have gotten better over the years but my songwriting muscle isn’t as strong as I’d like it to be. I know that I have to get out of the demo stage and finally finish what I start!
I’ve never heard of game jams. How are they usually running?
@@1almostblue I did a project with a friend one summer where each day we'd send each other something we created. In my case, he'd prompt me with a theme for a song to write, and I'd prompt him with a dog to draw. Most productive summer ever.
At some point we switched from daily works to weekly ones, which was probably a mistake because the project rapidly fell apart after that.
@@karennsj7491 There's jams all over the place, but most of them are on Itch. There's a page on Itch with a big calendar of all the jams.
Games are a stupid waste of time... learn to sing or play guitar or grow a carrot or fix something. Be useful, not useless.
I can already tell this is what I need to push me through a dry-spell creatively - as always, thanks for your thoughtful approach
Go back to basics.! 😌
One of the most underrated creators on this platform
You're a lifeline and a lighthouse for so many. Thanks for years of helping me keep my head up
also dammit i knew I'd be told to love time constraints in this video
I wouldn't be self-promoting here if this weren't technically relevant. But I do a livestream on Twitch every Saturday night where I open up Ableton Live and try to create a track within roughly two hours. I've been doing this for half a year and some change, and I've learned a lot in that time.
When I've done "song a day" projects, they end up turning into a very similar timeline. "OK, kids are asleep, I'm exhausted, but I need something. I give myself 1-2 hours." It's amazing what you can make within those constraints, esp. on the days when you really "aren't feeling it."
@@JordanSeal The thing with the days when you "aren't feeling it" is that you always surpass your expectations.
Same here, except I give myself ten minutes to write, create, mix, master and finish a 10 minute song. I.e. it's 100% on-the-fly creation. Fun as hell, and SO MENTALLY SATISFYING.
Best of all, when "done", I hit DELETE. That is the ULTIMATE liberation from pressure!!!
Who cares? Everyone is creative, you are not special.
@@kwimms oh, do feel free, nay, feel encouraged to tell me about your current creative projects. I'll be happy to check it out.
I played guitar since I boi6s second hand Aria Pro II ZZ Deluxe in 1982.
Seven years ago I contracted sepsis and lost both feet from half way down my shins.
I could cope with the legs, it was the 3rd & 5th fingers on my chord hand that I really couldn't cope with. For the past seven years I couldn't listen to guitar music or even look at my guitar without tears.
But then I saw a device for ukulele that let you play chords with one finger!
I thought that with some pedals, a midi keyboard & some practice I could make music again! If i nailed the chords on a uke, I could play lead with two fingers in my guitar.
So I gave it a birthday, found the best guitar tech I could in Kent (Adam Pinner, Arcus guitars) for a full setup.
He rnded up giving it a bone nut, a fret level AND the full setup and now it sounds absolutely bloody amazing!
It was Adam who told me about Django Reinhardt! Talk about inspiration! Django had the exact same hand injury as me!
Thanks Adam, thanks Django! Both of you are bloody geniuses! 😎🎸
Cameron, the production quality of your work is so damn impressive for so many reasons. Looks great, sounds great, edited well, and then of course the content itself is superb. I’m in awe and also slightly jealous of your profound talent dexterity.
I really needed this. As a phd student, as a musician, as an independent journalist... thank you my friend.
I found this channel because of tutorials and free vst recommendations. I stayed for the deep, meaningful, philosophical like this.
I've been using a Pomodoro timer and index cards. The timer sets smaller time limits (with much needed breaks). I have to write out what I'm doing on the index cards during a block of time. Once an objective is done, I cross out the items on the index card, or start a new one.
A notepad would suffice but there is something that kind of magical about the small index card. It makes the biggest task feel smaller and manageable.
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One of the limitations I place on myself is when I start a project I choose 3 VSTi's that are my palatte, aside from Decent Sampler and Kontakt. AND, my wife, who knows nothing about how I do what I do gets to pick one of the instruments! Which can get interesting when you are doing a New Age/Ambient track using Vacuum Pro as one of your instruments! It really makes you get creative with the sound choices and programming, and I love it.
You can do mind-blowing stuff with stock plugins, but the software companies do not want you to know that.
"Relying on your imagination isn't the same as actually using it"
I love that. I've been most successful with my music writing when I was forced into restrictions. Love your videos. Keep it up!
This is exactly what I've been struggling with. I was able to be so creative, week after week, when I was going to music lessons but ever since those lessons finished I've really struggled with creating. Thanks for this video
Omg, I absolutely LOVE Django Reinhardt, he's such an inspiration. I love his Minor Swing, and Honeysuckle Rose is amazing ngl.
I was literally just listening to a philosophy podcast talking about out Soren Kierkegaard. And this might sound familiar but he had a concept of “lost in the infinite” and “lost in the finite”. The former is what you talk about with constraints. The more options you have without taking a leap of faith and picking what feels right, you’ll never choose or do anything. (The latter if you’re curious is that you’ll simply do what society thinks you should do).
I paused the video when you started making the list and typed out a full google doc. So many things I wanted about my next project were so clear in the back of my mind but not clear to my conscious. Thank you so much brother man
I love this. This video actually solved my problem that I have had for 2 years now.
P.S. I couldn't complete a single project in past 2 years and ended up doubting my capablities.
This is fantastic! Very much akin to visual artist Chuck Close’s philosophy. He talks a lot about constraints and I return to his words often when I need a reminder.
It's also why I began my journey towards a college degree in music at the ripe young age of 55 (I’m about to turn 57). I still have a full time job, a family, and all that, so I’m averaging around four courses a year, but that's perfect for me. What I wanted most is what I now have: constraints. These are in the form of structure, assignments, and deadlines. I’m challenged by it and thriving because of it.✨
In my experience training is often at odds with creativity. Learning scales isn't very creative. After they have been drilled to the point they become second nature, they can be unleashed in creative ways. New tools often require extensive training before they can be used creatively. The more complex the tool, the more difficult it is to obtain mastery. As we gain mastery, our ability to express ourselves creatively with those tools faces fewer barriers. Perhaps this is why limitations work so well. They keep us inside the mastery zone.
Thank you for the great video. The six-word story is brilliant.
Embrace the constraints and let your creativity flow within those boundaries
This is one of the most beautiful, fulfilling, genius videos I've ever come across on this platform. Bravo!
I have struggled with this in music, but not cooking. You helped me realize a part of it is limitations. I’ve learned to cook, because food banks limit my options. I will try this; thanks.
THIS inspired me to create my own channel. Let's get the work done. TY Cameron
Totally advocate this. At film school some of our earliest lessons were to work with restrictions - like making 1 minute long films. Or creating a narrative only using abstract (or no!) images. It works too. At least for me. That's why beat battles and remix comps are so useful for music creatives. Having rules in place is an antidote to the fear of the blank page that so many writers have IMHO. Especially remixes. Stop caring about winning anything and see how far you can bend your remix without breaking it!
Absolutely love your work your Topics your book suggestions you truly help the Artistic Impaired. I am 65 and with Grandkids running around 3 to 4 days a week it gets really hard to focus and find time because when all is said and done this old man needs a nap...a long nap, but ideas and my guitar(s) and 70 some odd pedals and Midi Keyboard and plugins and the help of your Venus Theory videos are not only impressive but also awe inspiring- thanks for all your hard work and sticking with CZcams after all the trouble...
THE HOMEWORK METHOD:
(a super original creative framework by venus theory)
1. Reword your idea as an assignment, be reasonably specific
2. Figure out your goals with the idea
3. Break down the idea into smaller, actionable steps
4. Set the tools you have to use to execute the idea
5. Set a timeframe to complete the project
The first line just hit me hard. I’ve been trying to figure out why I don’t put in the work. It’s because I always make the work optional. Like you said, that’s it, nothing more to it. Really awesome video btw!
Totally feel this. I’ve expressed this as. Instead of thinking outside the box… how creative can we get while INSIDE the box?
This was great and actually something I think I needed to hear.
It’s so easy to get wrapped up in the endless gear chase instead of looking at what you’ve already got what you can do differently with it
I've heard that Stravinsky's quote first time I guess a bit more than a year ago, and it immediately clicked with me, made a lot of sense.
I think that quote is much more relevant today, when we have so so many options on our computers, and indeed, one of the challenges is to focus ourselves between all those choices.
Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks, a lot of the ideas you have, or have collected.. i've thought about them, but you always seem to present them in a way that helps me kinda... narrow things down. thanks again.
I have autism and PDA, and this is pretty similar to how to get myself to work, but it's modified a bit for me. I need to tell myself and when working with others that they need a solution to things. part of mitigating the anxiety and fear I have around keeping autonomy. biggest fear in life is a sense of control and so, if any of you feel for what I said or have this condition, or even feel like many people don't want what's best for you. Follow your heart, care for your heart. you're an amazing person.
I expected some advice about dealing with procrastination but got a complete creative process template for free. And all this packaged in a spectacular out of the box cinematic experience. Thank you for making this video and I sincerely wish you all the best for your YT carreer!
Thanks for reminder, we sometime forgot about this simple work process. I would be curious to know how many peoples on this channel can finished and published a song.
David Elliot and Marissa Silverman speak about the importance of guidelines when creating int their book "Music Matters". I guideelines when creating in my classroom, and find my students grow so much not only in creating, but understnading the content as well. Great video!
learn to love the process is actually something I never heard and think it makes sense. Another great video
This is very encouraging, thank you for taking time to create this very meaningful video for artist like me that get stuck in the middle, and consumed by so many tools and media
such a great advice
Having written music for 20+ years, I strongly agree that limiting yourself to something, for instance specific hardware, expands your ability to produce with it. it's the problem with things like UVI Falcon - a great piece of software, but it can do so much, you don't know where to start. A year or two ago I bought a Modal Cobalt 8 and for a few tracks only used that (except for drums), which was great fun to do.
one of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL films you've created so far. Bravo. Oh yeah, and golden advice.
Absolutely love this old school kinda editing. Great advice and great video, thanks!
Your videos are always inspiring. Thank you!
@venustheory the efforts you put in to making this video, discussing this crucial method of thinking makes you a friend to so many artists !! Thanks
I think this video is EXACTLY what I needed. Well done!
I must say, this is probably the most vital info I needed as I'm pondering though sounds in the plugins I'm intending to write and setting limitations is something I need to be constantly reminded to do, it creates a disciplinary task for yourself, its a goal setting technique in short. Sometimes, timeframe setting may be scary, but at least you get to discover more about yourself as you implement it more, you might become late at your own deadline and submit it a day late, keep doing it and you might end up doing things faster and more efficiently overtime, and that is the payoff. As an opera singer, we have long deadlines and short deadlines for ourselves and for whatever we are working on for who we work for, which this theory we end up applying in our everyday life.
Perfect timing for this video. For that and its quality, i am beyond grateful. Keep up with the beautiful work.
My recent minimalist journey expanded my creativity tenfold. You’re more crafty when you have an extremely strict timetable in confined space.
everything about this video is so well made. the cinematography, the music, the narrative, and the message you're trying to get across
thank you
Brilliant and very inspiring. Thank you!
I’m 1 minute in here and this hits off the bat much more. Great job.
4 minutes in, here’s a tip from a pacing standpoint, when highlighting examples in rapid succession typically things will resonate more if done in 3’s.
Like when a did this, b did that, c did this.
Reinforce, then continuation to next point.
If you give 4,5,6,7 examples the pacing just gets muddied and the audience loses track of the initial point.
I love this theory of the homework assignment. Thank you. Ill be using this.
The soundtrack at the beginning is one of the best soundtrack made for a film. It absolutely nails the different scenery of both locations. Bravo! Overall great essay as usual, but this time it's made somehow more cinematic than usual. Everything is perfectly synchronized. Awesome stuff, man!
Constraints - excellent! For me, the constraint is staying as true as possible to my first imaginings of a project. I'm sure I'm not the only one, but over long time - through what I've termed "active listening", where I don't just listen to music passively but instead have my imagination FULLY engaged in complementing whatever I'm listening to with beautifully musical additional parts - I'm able now to very easily conjure an entire composition in bits and pieces in my head. ...
What i hear is so phenomenal, I've FINALLY learned to have these bits and pieces be my constraints. I then later record the skeletons of those constraints, string them together following the "arrangement" idea that came along with those bits and pieces, THEN I am free to experiment with whatever plugin instruments & FX and DAW manipulations that will flesh out the skeleton to as close as possible to the original fully orchestrated bits & pieces and full arrangement imagined. ...
The one critical constraint that I've been missing is the time constraint. Implementing that now to see what I can accomplish over the next two weeks, and will do the same every two weeks thereafter. I think a two-week timeframe, given that I also work full time, is a good first shot for me as a time constraint for completing a song.
the cinematic quality is just as beautiful as the message in this video. i've been watching your channel for years and it's incredible to see what an amazing soul you are. thank you for your gifts and motivating me to get my sh!t done.
Very well done video. Thank you for sharing!
This was just a very good intentioned, encouraging, helping hand through the internet. Its always nice to see videos like this. I definitely feel this and have been actively striping back the layers of my process recently. It's almost not even about limiting yourself(as that sounds like you have less than what you need) ,but getting rid of anything that isn't absolutely worth it. I appreciate you Venus theory
Thank you for this piece of advice. Also remember that in having these limitations you are forced to be resourceful. Like some of the examples you gave, some people don't have a choice to be resourceful 🙏🏽
I've been setting deadlines regardless if I make them. I used to come up with excuses for 'not' doing things, such as life events or work but I started to take a critical look over how I was utilizing my free time when I had it. Production always seemed like this task that required a tremendous amount of energy. While there are definitely aspects that can be demanding, especially the earlier-mid stages, I've found tricks in my creative habits that can be done when you are absolutely drained. Now when I miss the deadline, it's not like a single loop of an idea that sounds fantastic but goes nowhere, it's a full track that is about 80% realized and just needs some extra TLC to make it to the finish line.
I don't know better advice for me than the time restriction thing. I would never make any of my projects if I didn't set deadline.
I always want to do something new, I have many ideas but when I have time to do it, I find myself procrastinating and doing nothing. Time passes, I have no results and then... I set the deadline: "I need to do this till...". Needless to say that I actually achieve something till that borderline.
I've never really noticed that without this video. Also you said a lot of decent things, with all that editing this video is truly amazing
Thanks for your videos. These motivational/inspirational content around music creation and creativity in general is really appreciated. You do a lot of work and research and this makes it really worthwhile listening to your wisdom and experience that you provide.
Thanks Venus, for making this the #1 most important channel to me in my transition from occasional music making to my full time obsessive music making experience. My mind loves your thinking!
This couldn’t have come at a better time for me, thank you so much for your art 💙
reading other comments, I can see some kind of breathing/cycle between 2 opposite and equally important dynamics :
1-When too much possibilities, restrict.
2-When too restricted, focus on/zoom in the infinite possibilities inside the given frame
and repeat...
I can say this absolutely worked for me.
I started posting my compact synth jams last August 2023 and have made an effort to produce and post something at least once a week since then.
I knew if I wasn't willing to show my work I wasn't going to practice and prepare, I wasn't going to 'do another take' and I was never going to learn.
I needed to be willing to post my mediocre jams, allow the thumbs-down and negative comments and continue to improve what I produced, even share what I am learning on the way so it sticks, you know?
I can see you doing the same thing, and you do it well.
What an incredibly well produced video!
This is what it looks like when passion, knowledge, and drive, all come together into a singular, fantastic, whole. Well done, yet again, sir.
May you always exceed yourself. ♥
Amazing video, you really are one of my idols in the creator space. Your hustle vs selectivity balance is *chefs kiss*. Thanks for creating and sharing this.
Yeeeaaahhh... most people can't handle this. I'm making electro-acoustic/musique concrete style music for a short film... I have my DAW template setup with 6 mixer channels ( max- I never allow myself more than 6 channels/sound sources) and I use FOUR stock plugins. ONE reverb, ONE delay, ONE pitch-shifter, and ONE distortion, despite there being maybe 4 of each type in the software. Since I'm sort of emulating 60's era electro-acoustic, I allow myself ONE waveform, and 5 samples, TOPS. You're right. It works. You have to be past the beginner "excited by it all" phase and know enough about your art form to be able to make firm decisions about what you are trying to accomplish. Side note, I'm shooting the short and using... one lens.
Thank you so much for this video. Currently dealing with my first ever bout of writer's block and this is a light in a dark cave.
I'm impressed! The image, the sound.. are excellent and there to support the message. And this message is at the point. Short. Precise.
The result is the proof of the theory.
Very well done and thank you Cameron !
and I will buy the soundtrack..
and the solar 42 is very tempting
Thank you for all the work that you're doing. I truly appreciate the impact you're bringing to us. The visuals are amazing too!
Honestly very inpiring video, this is the youtube I know and love thank you
Agree with a lot of the thoughts in this.
Really appreciate the quality of the production work on all these videos, they're so artfully done. Thanks for the motivation!
We had an assignmnet in year 8 music class to create an instrument. Half of the marks went towards the instrument that you made and the other half went to presenting it. A guy in in the class hadnt done anything for the assignment, so he grabbed 2 sticks out of the bush on the way to the classroom and gave the best presentation ouf of everyone for the tapping sticks he had "made". While he only got 50% for his assignment (100% for presentation and 0% for the instrument) I think most people would agree his creativity in such a short time frame outdid everyone else.
I've watched you for a long time and have never left a comment but wanted to tell you that you're cinematography skills have gotten insanely good!! You're making amazing stuff man!! Keep em coming!
Just one of the best advices newbies should get when they're about to want to make music
wonderful video. incredible quality and super informal and inspiring, i think i really needed this, thank you.
Great video, man! I love the message and it's so relevant to anything we are trying to do. THANK YOU!
Cam I gotta say this new path of big ideas and deeper understanding has been so refreshing to watch. You have always been one to explore the deep end more than most.
thank you for this video! Gonna try implementing the emthod in my process right away
Big agree. I'm a software designer by trade. Constraints are the framework upon which you build a design. Without some kind of constraints, you end up getting overwhelmed by the possibilities, and you don't make anything.
Completley agree with this theory. I recently made a soundtrack only using a dish strainer and I was really impressed with how well it turned out. It was so cool to create an entire soundtrack with only a dish I found in my kitchen. I love creating with restrictions and this is the reason why I stay away from huge sample libraries.
You should explicitly call out Lars Von Trier's "The Five Obstructions". Every creative needs to watch that.
Thanks as always. This are the best videos on music,
A wonderful video. Great work.
Restraints are the steppingstones that allows us to reach further.
Thanks for the not so subtle nudge to make a plan and get shit done! I've known about this methodology for some time, but did not really click until I heard someone else say it, and frame it in a straightforward way. I've needed to get myself back on track with creative stuff (music, writing - both music and literature), so I will endeavor to set your advice in motion.
Thanks for sharing, great video. 👏🏻
Amazing quality
Gorgeous video, what an atmosphere. Nice work!
Dude thanks so much, your videos are super helpfull, i been having a creative block in wich i cant even get to sit down with my synths, i think part is perfectionism and part is so many ideas i got and i cant choose one. this video hits right on the nail, there is also an internal work that i have to make. thanks for work you are doing a GREAT thinng, i think many of us have the same problem
Thoroughly appreciate your content👍
You’re my fvcking hero, dude. Thank you so much for these videos.
Reminds me of a quote by minimalist pianist Harold Budd: "A studio gives you the freedom to do everything, and to me everything is a tyranny"
This would have been the 80s, the possibilities now are even more endless
Thank you. This video is not only informative but beautiful as well. Yes, I concur. When I started making music 25 years ago, I was very constrained to a hardware rompler with a hardware analog modeling plugin attached to it, all fitting inside my PC as an audio interface. And I was very productive in synthesis and sound design. When people started saying that I should expand my sound, I was carried away. It was one of the reasons I fell into a 17-year hiatus: Options paralysis. The other reason is that I also fell for the cliché that an artist expresses their own feelings. That was not what motivated me - I was storytelling during my active years; my own experiences are nothing to write home about. Picking up again, I had to remedy these two issues to get my voice back. First, reintroduce constraints. Working now for a concept album, I created a single template for all of the tracks, a finite palette of instruments that serves the story. Even the effects busses on the template are constrained: A 'near field' and a 'far field' as send effects, with all effects baked in the instruments stripped out. Another constraint is that I reuse the motifs in all of the tracks, and share them between 'good guy' and 'bad guy' themes. Second, I returned to narrating stories as an observer, seeing through experiences of other people. There is a constraint I usually fail to uphold though: Time limits. Music is not my profession, and time is scarce and unpredictable. Whenever I can't limit the time, I usually don't get things done.
This is why I I love taking classes! Accountability helps SO much