Rather than focusing only on information about making music, the focus of Music Sequencing is getting you to make more music.
\nIf you wanted to be a better basketball player you could read books on basketball, watch videos or listen to lectures on the theories of shooting. At the end of the day, the only way you’ll get better is by getting on the court and actually playing. It’s the same with music.
\n“Make more music” is great advice, but a bit vague. These 10 projects will help strengthen specific skills needed by any producer. They’ll focus your efforts and challenge you to think differently. When you finish, there is a forum thread at the bottom of each project where you can give feedback to a community member and then post your own music requesting feedback (you can be anonymous if you want).
\nYou can tell when a basketball shot is improving; the ball goes in the basket more. How can you tell if your music is improving?
\nA different perspective can shine a light on a blind spot, giving a better overall picture of where your music sounds great and where it can improve.
\nFailure is NOT creating something that everyone dislikes. Failure is creating nothing at all.
\nSuccess isn’t creating something everyone loves. Success is getting up the day after you’ve creating something everyone loves and creating again.
\nTrue improvement comes when you keep creating. Here’s one of my favorite passages on the subject.
\n\"The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the “quantity” group: fifty pound of pots rated an “A”, forty pounds a “B”, and so on. Those being graded on “quality”, however, needed to produce only one pot - albeit a perfect one - to get an “A”.
\nWell, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the “quantity” group was busily churning out piles of work - and learning from their mistakes - the “quality” group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.\"
\n\n- Art and Fear
\nThere’s a lot that goes into making music. I do think tutorials and articles can help you improve. The key to internalizing the information is to use it yourself.
*/}\n {/*Always have a project you’re working on and look for info that will make your project better. Applying the info you get from a tutorial or article will cement it in.
*/}\nTo help out music makers I’m putting out new tutorials when I can and have created a library of helpful resources .
\nIt’s good to talk to other producers. My hope is the community on the forums will enable opportunities for collaboration and friendship along with meaningful feedback and encouragement.
\nMy name is Alex Nye. I’m an independent artist, producer, songwriter, engineer, and music teacher with a studio in Freiburg, Germany.
\nI grew up in Hudson, Ohio, Graduated from Berklee College of Music, worked doing tv and film music in Los Angeles before relocating to Germany.
\nI started Music Sequencing in 2017 as a blog about music production.
\nLet me know, contact me here.
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