You will go on to publish albums and print out copies for album covers. And people will scream how much they love your music, but you will never really stop learning. Following are five amazing music production tips that everyone should know.
Equipment:
Ditch everything and buy yourself a good pair of headphones and monitors. If you have been, by any chance, trying to get by and utilizing old equipment(s), your tools might just be getting in your way then doing you any good.
If you are unsure about what to exactly get, don’t hesitate to take an experts advice or an opinion from anyone who knows technology well and make sure the quality is good and test out everything you buy before bringing it home.
Stop Comparing:
Never compare yourself to other people, not at all when you are just starting out and they have been producing music for several years.
Remember, every single artist started out small.
Taylor Swift was once just a kid from Nashville who had to skip school to play gigs, Justin Bieber started with singing in school over a small stage and Ed Sheeran literally played guitar on footpaths before he became a real deal.
Being competitive is fine and comparing yourself to another person is sometimes involuntary, but don’t indulge in it if it demotivates you or gets you thinking negative because the path to success is the one where people never give up.
Do It For You:
You will not get anyone one’s attention within a week of work and for a long time it will seem like no one even cares until they do.
Yes, that is exactly how it goes. It is sometimes not a matter of what or how, but when, time.
We know that it can get really abstract sometimes and sometimes what you love doing will feel like a burden, so turn your brain off and ignore everything, except what you have in the moment.
Do it for yourself, sing for yourself, produce for yourself and there will never come a day where you feel let down because one of your song or work didn’t get a good enough response.
If you have done your absolute best and are satisfied with the end result, people eventually will be too.
Explore Boundaries:
Your end product is what matters, not how it is made, now how long it is or however many tracks are in it, so explore your options, mess around and it is okay if you make mistakes, you tend to learn better with those.
Use your experience and put in effort, but do not let rules get in your way, break them and jump past boundaries, but don’t try to contain your talent, eventually you will know exactly how you want your piece to be and how it should sound.
The worst that can happen is that you break a rule and learn its importance; the best that can happen is that you end up creating a masterpiece. It is a win-win, Amiga.
Be Up-To Date:
You might trust your older equipment with all you might, but your speakers are capable of deteriorating over time and even if you love your monitors, you will have to let them go at one point or another, so never shy away from new equipment and splurge when you have the money. Be an old soul, but accept moderation.
About the Author:
Kristal Bean is a Southern California-based writer and sometimes guitarist. In her free time, she homeschools, works out and listens to live music. She regularly posts at Greenlight Booking.
