Why You Don't Sound Like a Pro (YET!)

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    3:51 Step 4
    5:07 Step 5
    6:06 All Layers
    6:47 The Little Time I Have
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Komentáře • 268

  • @becksvlogs9057
    @becksvlogs9057 Před 4 měsíci +137

    I love how after one of Paul's lessons, the techniques he shows feel so simple. They probably took him years to figure out and fine-tune, and then he just hands all of the tricks to us for free, complete with a guide on how to use them.

    • @ajmusic4500
      @ajmusic4500 Před 4 měsíci +6

      It’s beautiful selfless isn’t it. He’s just a great guy tbh 😂

    • @joeb3590
      @joeb3590 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Tom buckovak is the same way, tim Pierce is too, Tyler Larson has great ideas, Rick beato has some handy information as well. CZcams is cool

    • @becksvlogs9057
      @becksvlogs9057 Před 4 měsíci

      @@joeb3590 I've never heard of Tom Buckovak, but all of the others that you mentioned are fantastic. The CZcams music community is so wholesome and willing to share their knowledge.

    • @vipersb1
      @vipersb1 Před 4 měsíci +2

      He's getting paid, just not directly by us...

  • @Incountry
    @Incountry Před 4 měsíci +261

    You better have given Mr Cat a rub when he rushed the video….

    • @PaulDavids
      @PaulDavids  Před 4 měsíci +112

      He gets all the rubs he wants 🥰

    • @sroycze9284
      @sroycze9284 Před 4 měsíci

      Does your cat love music?some cats love music,like one of mine's ​@@PaulDavids

    • @Incountry
      @Incountry Před 4 měsíci +11

      @@PaulDavids
      Good man…👍🏼

  • @Ashley-jp4nn
    @Ashley-jp4nn Před 4 měsíci +4

    Honestly I love the sound of distorted close intervals

  • @mattygamache
    @mattygamache Před 2 měsíci +1

    Paul, I've bought all your courses. And now I see grey in you beard! Welcome to the club! I remember your walk to the river where you played outside... cheers.

  • @tusleplopp1
    @tusleplopp1 Před 2 měsíci

    It does sound incredible! i love the mellow space you created there!

  • @KevinMerinoCreations
    @KevinMerinoCreations Před 4 měsíci +69

    Truly appreciate you showing these aspects of your workflow! Very inspiring! 👏👏👏

  • @SecurityBagels
    @SecurityBagels Před 4 měsíci +1

    Such an excellent video. Thank you Paul. That riff is awesome too.

  • @DaveDickens
    @DaveDickens Před 3 měsíci +1

    Very atmospheric, great stuff! Cheers Dave

  • @jimmccall8030
    @jimmccall8030 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Gorgeous! This is so cool. Thanks very much Paul!

  • @echsecutioner
    @echsecutioner Před 4 měsíci +2

    Nicely done! Thanks for your quality content!

  • @davidcook1057
    @davidcook1057 Před 3 měsíci

    What a gorgeous track, wow. Those vocals with your guitar - just blissful. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and inspiring us on this journey with you.

  • @eatingsound373
    @eatingsound373 Před 4 měsíci +3

    What a beautiful track, Paul. Great video- love your channel.

  • @theshimmeringcarnelians
    @theshimmeringcarnelians Před 4 měsíci +4

    Thanks Paul. I would love to see more of your studio process.

  • @rahulbanerjee9968
    @rahulbanerjee9968 Před 4 měsíci +7

    Paul can simplify the guitar like a magician! Thanks, Paul.

  • @TomStrahle
    @TomStrahle Před 4 měsíci +2

    Great video Paul and most excellent song!

  • @allengoeddey2719
    @allengoeddey2719 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Great video! Nice sounds. Thanks for the insight. Great to see MrCat again

  • @diegowagnerpio9958
    @diegowagnerpio9958 Před 4 měsíci +7

    Melhor canal sobre guitarra na Internet.

  • @Shane_Bozelie
    @Shane_Bozelie Před 4 měsíci +2

    At Step 3, when you pulled the tracks to left and right. It really gave me goosebumbs

  • @shalomshalom735
    @shalomshalom735 Před 4 měsíci +1

    What a GREAT video. This is so helpful.

  • @tylerjae0622
    @tylerjae0622 Před 4 měsíci +2

    It’s so awesome to see your production/guitar methods on display! More of this content if you could, it’s very helpful :D

  • @Eternalvigilance1776.
    @Eternalvigilance1776. Před 4 měsíci +2

    I love the way the wanny bar sounds with a good warm reverb 🥹🥹🏄

  • @Howard961117
    @Howard961117 Před 3 měsíci

    I appreciate this video so much, you explains it simple and it works.

  • @noahanderson1238
    @noahanderson1238 Před 4 měsíci +3

    always makes my day when you drop a vid, thanks paul.

  • @eduardocarrillo5669
    @eduardocarrillo5669 Před 4 měsíci +2

    La suma de capas crea una conjunción genial, que unida al resto del tema genera una atmósfera hermosa. Gracias por compartir el tip 👍🏻

  • @markcafebrown2883
    @markcafebrown2883 Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing info. As always you rock my friend

  • @kevinfitzpatrick2695
    @kevinfitzpatrick2695 Před 4 měsíci +2

    This solo reminds me so viscerally of a music box of my dad's and i absolutely love it!

  • @noponder
    @noponder Před 4 měsíci +3

    Love those guitar sounds and the way they combine to make all those overtones! Very nice. Love your cat, too.

  • @nuelkadosh7287
    @nuelkadosh7287 Před 3 měsíci

    I love everything about how you play to how you make music. ❤

  • @N3gativeR3FLUX
    @N3gativeR3FLUX Před 3 měsíci

    Beautiful work.

  • @boblittmann5721
    @boblittmann5721 Před 4 měsíci

    Great insight into recording this wonderful song!

  • @mat992
    @mat992 Před 4 měsíci

    Cool song and great playing. Gorgeous 🎶

  • @adyuriar
    @adyuriar Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you, Paul. Always inspiring and encouraging!

  • @TheEliteGuitarist3456
    @TheEliteGuitarist3456 Před 4 měsíci +15

    step 1 already helped me already. the mellow sound!🔥 Thanks man I have a riff I love but it just wasn't sounding right, but these steps just took it to the next level! Paul is one a legend!🔥

  • @malcolmhodgson7540
    @malcolmhodgson7540 Před 4 měsíci

    Lovely track, great tips👍👏

  • @THEOmusicoffish
    @THEOmusicoffish Před 4 měsíci +21

    Little producer trick, you can put an instance of Soothe2 on the inst bus in the mix, set it to sidechain mode, and trigger it with the guitar track. It'll carve out only the frequencies the guitar takes up in the mix and brings whatever track you want (in this case the guitar) forward in a way thats subtle to the ear but still powerful. I use this mainly for bringing vox more forward but would work beautifully for your guitar part here. This also allows you to use less gain + verb + other fx and lets you get closer to that original tone you fell in love with when writing. Hope this helps, and beautiful job!

    • @Barkosaur
      @Barkosaur Před 4 měsíci +3

      And Soothe2 costs how much? ;)

    • @rymdlego
      @rymdlego Před 4 měsíci

      @AlphaVlk Check out Wavesfactory Trackspacer for a more affordable plugin that does a similar technique (sidechaining input to carve out frequencies).

    • @ChrrZ
      @ChrrZ Před 4 měsíci

      yes, soothe2 is amazing, it can do so much!

    • @LennonStephens
      @LennonStephens Před 4 měsíci

      @@Barkosaur check out trackspacer

  • @gulzadahalliyeva3381
    @gulzadahalliyeva3381 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love your videos so much!

  • @BigusRiccus
    @BigusRiccus Před 4 měsíci +2

    Lovet it. Great tips aswell!

  • @DrewHughesMusic
    @DrewHughesMusic Před 4 měsíci

    When I listen to your videos with headphones it highlights how amazing your sound skills are.

  • @j.t.2722
    @j.t.2722 Před 4 měsíci

    I am always so impressed with your creativity. You are a superlative artist. Keep doing what you do because you inspire a great number of others.

  • @pork_friedrice
    @pork_friedrice Před 3 měsíci +1

    Paul…just discovered your channel. As a Dutch expat in the US, keep it up, echt kwaliteit man!

  • @Petixo7
    @Petixo7 Před 4 měsíci +1

    i had to jump on spotify to listen to the whole thing, and it's beautiful. I hope you keep dropping pearls like this every now and then, both the great layering tip, as the song!

  • @a1paulh911
    @a1paulh911 Před 4 měsíci

    Great explanation, now I understand why the Boss Oc5 octave and chorus pedals sound so good. Thank you!!

  • @seanthomasmusic
    @seanthomasmusic Před 4 měsíci

    Beautiful music Paul. I h🎉ope that your musicianship becomes as recognized as your teaching abilities

  • @robphillips8351
    @robphillips8351 Před 3 měsíci

    Well done sounds awesome and huge 👍👍

  • @francotrucco
    @francotrucco Před 4 měsíci

    Absolutely hooked with the song but this interlude makes it all ❤
    I love your channel and thanks to you I've grabbed my guitar again

  • @santiagovanegas3812
    @santiagovanegas3812 Před 3 měsíci

    Beautiful! Not much else to say. Just beautiful.

  • @honestlynuts__
    @honestlynuts__ Před 4 měsíci +3

    I needed this video just now

  • @jortreitsma2982
    @jortreitsma2982 Před 4 měsíci +10

    Thanks for these tips! Awesome riff and overall sounding piece of music 😊

  • @scottyharp
    @scottyharp Před 4 měsíci +1

    Beautiful!

  • @l6srob990
    @l6srob990 Před 4 měsíci +1

    beautiful thanks for sharing

  • @82superawesome
    @82superawesome Před 4 měsíci

    Gorgeous, I was wondering what I could add to my own stuff to bring the full magic of anything I wrote out, this showed it great. Thanks as always Paul 🙏

  • @gamst777
    @gamst777 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Inspirational video, I really enjoyed it! I would love an instructional video of how to do the basics of recording. For me, I have to lower my main volume when recording music, or else I clip the limit. No matter what I do, I have to choose between clipping or having a low sounding song. Some beginner tips I’m sure would go a long way.

    • @joshmurphy1942
      @joshmurphy1942 Před 4 měsíci

      Agreed! Would love some beginner/foundational recording tips from Paul. In the meantime, for your issue, I believe the answer is compression! You can use a little during recording to prevent clipping if you like and then add more in the mix, but having a "low sounding song" is actually what you want with a dry recording. That way it maintains all the dynamic range and tone that can be manipulated to taste in post. I'm still a novice so take this with a grain of salt lol.

  • @jakeodell880
    @jakeodell880 Před 4 měsíci

    This is the first time where I heard stereo amps and I really understood how I want to incorporate them in my sound. Thanks

  • @andrewgonzalez5411
    @andrewgonzalez5411 Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks for sharing all this

  • @alkitzman9179
    @alkitzman9179 Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks Paul I never thought of putting 4 Guitar sounds together to play the same notes. You are amazing. I know how I will record my next original song

  • @sordavie
    @sordavie Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great video. I also love that orange guitar strap!

  • @lbarj
    @lbarj Před 4 měsíci +1

    helpful thank you. Familiar to me working in Ableton.

  • @stefandrechsel
    @stefandrechsel Před 4 měsíci

    Nice inspiration, thank you 😊

  • @eaglepass5170
    @eaglepass5170 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Excellent!!

  • @garydiamondguitarist
    @garydiamondguitarist Před měsícem

    Cool, I knew all of these and use them all the time. Nice to see someone explain them to those that didn't though.

  • @AnotherJoe
    @AnotherJoe Před 4 měsíci +1

    Awesome 😎🙌

  • @DennisVedel
    @DennisVedel Před 4 měsíci

    Wauw it sounds awesome. Pure magic ❤

  • @nateh9917
    @nateh9917 Před 4 měsíci +7

    I'd love to see more guitarist production stuff. I moved to Ableton about a year ago, and it took me months to get really good guitar sounds.

  • @peppy_pepper_player823
    @peppy_pepper_player823 Před 2 měsíci

    THANK YOU!

  • @oooomz7578
    @oooomz7578 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I would love one of these tutorials for the ambient sounds in the track, everything sounds great

  • @PolinomioP3
    @PolinomioP3 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Oh wow, this was the definition of magic! Outstanding job Paul!!

  • @tislota_f
    @tislota_f Před 4 měsíci +1

    the new track sounds amazing! it’s a vibe! and the tricks you’ve outlined in this video really make it shine!

    • @jay64j
      @jay64j Před 4 měsíci +1

      Shine is the right word.

  • @evetsiksatu
    @evetsiksatu Před 4 měsíci

    killer tips and a great sounding song

  • @Trit_Leflore
    @Trit_Leflore Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's sounds amazing

  • @kennethchikankabe5729
    @kennethchikankabe5729 Před 4 měsíci

    Really awesome, appreciate the ableton part very much

  • @sassyallure
    @sassyallure Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thanks🤗💖

  • @bastiaandenhartigh5701
    @bastiaandenhartigh5701 Před 3 měsíci

    Great vibe recording with the Crocs on

  • @crisbajcrisbaj468
    @crisbajcrisbaj468 Před 3 měsíci

    perfect for the stuff I' m working on

  • @ChrrZ
    @ChrrZ Před 4 měsíci

    beautiful!!
    i love layering too
    when you are using differentt guitars/amps and you pan them hard left & right, you should also check the volumes, as sometimes oen side is louder than the other one and can itcreate an imbalance
    and good luck to the person that tries to figure out whats going on in all these layers if he wants to learn how to play it 😂

  • @WillDixonMusic
    @WillDixonMusic Před 4 měsíci

    Step one: be a pro level guitarist! Lovely video, some great production tips and beautiful end result!

  • @MrBonzoMan
    @MrBonzoMan Před 4 měsíci +1

    Beautiful ❤❤❤

  • @jamesball9623
    @jamesball9623 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Finally a good way to use shimmer besides harmonics… thank you paul

  • @vynthage2385
    @vynthage2385 Před 4 měsíci

    Great video. Note that you can also delay the left or right guitar by few millisecond to add more spatial sound

  • @MattagastTheGreen
    @MattagastTheGreen Před 4 měsíci

    Great video - very tasteful and appropriate to the song; Always better with a cat cameo 😹 I love that Ziggy included him on the Learn Practice Play poster so he can accompany me in my jam room too =) Cheers 🎸🐈‍⬛☕

  • @jochemvanderzwan7432
    @jochemvanderzwan7432 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Just Sooo gorgeous, that Strat!! Can you tell us more about it??

  • @_RLP
    @_RLP Před 4 měsíci

    Stellar!

  • @guydouglas6094
    @guydouglas6094 Před 3 měsíci

    I thought hard-pan left and right 🤩- I watched then I just heard. That was magic along with the shimmer reverb. Very nice Paul D, very nice. Anymore emails from Paul Simon? 🤣

  • @OneYoniDa
    @OneYoniDa Před 4 měsíci +1

    Hi paul i love your videos and i know how you love scales especially the pentatonic and the blues so i like to ask u to make a video about the Ethiopian pentatonic scale I'm sure you will love them and do something creative
    Tnx

  • @umaduro
    @umaduro Před 4 měsíci +2

    Jezus wat een lekker nummer op de zaterdag ochtend 👌🏻

  • @jonathandepaula2989
    @jonathandepaula2989 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Brazil HERE!!!

  • @PateeSarasin
    @PateeSarasin Před 4 měsíci

    Great track

  • @WestCoastProf
    @WestCoastProf Před 4 měsíci +1

    Use multiple microphones at different distances and angles. Nice, roomy effect. Great video, Paul.

  • @mycatiseatingme5269
    @mycatiseatingme5269 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you so much ! I couldn't count how many times i whatched your videos and went " Wow , that's how you do that !? " . Very inspiring and make me grab my guitar everytime. Also , is your cat like mine and how many time did he mess up one of your recording like when stepping on your keyboard or actually one time rubbing his head against the Time knob of a delay pedal ahah ? Thanks again , cheers from France !

  • @joanfarre7553
    @joanfarre7553 Před měsícem

    Great video! Would it be great you analyse a little Mike Oldfield's recording techniques?... specially the 70s... I'd love it! Thanks.

  • @petertrast
    @petertrast Před 3 měsíci

    More studio process, please!!!

  • @johnbrennan7938
    @johnbrennan7938 Před 3 měsíci

    Great video! Is that the McCready strat???

  • @cyberfutur5000
    @cyberfutur5000 Před 3 měsíci

    Neat little tutorial! I like it.
    A variation, of sorts, I can recomend to play around with, would be to record your track and, make two copies (or better yet, play it super precise again), so that you have three copies of it in three tracks. Let the main track in the middle (pan) and as loud as you need it, then pan the two copies the either side and reduce their volume, both at the same rate (eg: T1 -6db Pan:C; T2: -12db pan L; T3 -12db Pan:R). I usually don't pan fully, but go to something like 80-90%, so that a little bit remains on the other ear. But all values depend on the situation and taste, so play around with it, till you like it.
    I especially like this with vocals, but also with guitar, bass or whatever. It makes things sound bigger and thicker^^ but keeps them tight and all that... If you want to, you can then put effects on the left and right tracks, experiment around.
    I really love to put two different reverbs on the two panned tracks, a long and a short one, similar to what Paul showed in the "Halleluja" video. Have fun :)

  • @MoveUpMedia
    @MoveUpMedia Před 4 měsíci

    Sounds delicious. Sometimes I like stereo motion in a part to help add some space and texture. A stereo delay, chorus or auto-pan can be interesting.
    Also, fuzz octave with heavy reverb mixed low can create some nice tension.

  • @Om-jo8eu
    @Om-jo8eu Před 4 měsíci +2

    Wow!

  • @shalomshalom735
    @shalomshalom735 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Can you do same for some blues tone and perhaps also for some rock tone? meaning how you record them and make the guitar solo stand out in these situations?

  • @therealroga
    @therealroga Před 4 měsíci +4

    We def need a love button as well as a like button. Just wonderful.

  • @aaronjoseph9014
    @aaronjoseph9014 Před 4 měsíci

    By watching this amazing channel I went from "Gimme the tabs bro" to actually understanding what Mr. Paul is saying.❤

  • @alphamegaman8847
    @alphamegaman8847 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Thanks Paul! Beautiful.👍
    You're Cat is Asking to share what little time it has (compared to us), with You! 🥰
    Mike in San Diego. 🌞🎸🚀🖖

  • @gabrieleloreti8096
    @gabrieleloreti8096 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Very nice work, but how can you reproduce it live?

  • @nedim_guitar
    @nedim_guitar Před 4 měsíci

    Sweet part!