"Tone is stored in the balls." -Mozart

@kaustik185

3 жыл бұрын

Truly shows his genius, so concise

@ithemba

3 жыл бұрын

Also Mozart wrote the first Grind fecal songs: "Leck mir den Arsch fein Recht schön sauber" (lick my ass quite nicely clean) and "Leck mich im Arsch" (Lick me in my ass), the latter one being a canon for six voices.

@Bazztoner

3 жыл бұрын

- Dave Oshry

@mason3872

3 жыл бұрын

“Stop buying distortion pedals you fucking imbecile” - The Rhythm Players

@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912

2 жыл бұрын

"I'm just wishing some guitarists these days could record their track without always having to flange the piss out of it !?." - Frank Zappa.

The whole time I'm like , "This dude is like an angrier Rick Beato." And then he name-drops him. Nice! Instant subscribe.

@sahulianhooligan7046

2 жыл бұрын

Photo op and everything

@halfcookedtorrilla3094

2 жыл бұрын

Dude read my mind 😂

@uncle_dimitar_live1675

2 жыл бұрын

Rick seems to me as a mellowed out old geezer

@chrisf8097

2 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of an angry Huey Lewis. Love it.

@elcookiemonsteru

Жыл бұрын

Angrier Rick beato... LooooooooL

I miss metal productions with space and reverb. Even in pop music nowadays nearly everything is recorded super hot and direct with no atmosphere.

@skyDN1974

2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. I’ll always love a more wet production over anything

@msw812

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure you may have, but explore some recent bands in the hardcore genre. I love their “kill’em all/ride the lightening” production outcome. Real kicks, real mic’ed amps and no metronomes. The vocal styles of “hardcore” is usually what keeps these group from becoming giants, maybe by choice. Ekulu band is one example. The guitars and drums are so damn tasty.

@santiagoj9042

2 жыл бұрын

@@msw812 got any other cool bands to check out?

@msw812

2 жыл бұрын

@@santiagoj9042 The main guitarist also plays in Illusion (hardcore band). A previous record with same vocalist and guitarist is Countdown (hardcore band)(on KZread too). Turnstile and Candy, there’s a lot of good hardcore. Malevolence out of England is great too.

@No1WillMakeItOutAlive

2 жыл бұрын

Peep spectral voice

Even as a solo 12-string acoustic performer, I have always treated every performance like it was MSG. Even a handful of people who cared enough to come see me play at a small cafe, deserve the same performance I would give to a full theater. There is no excuse for giving a half-hearted performance.

@hipnofago2102

2 жыл бұрын

I actually would be as terrified as the number of people that is watching me. I can't even record a video without flaws (you can see in my channel if you don't want your ears and eyes anymore), don't matter how I try! Well, I'm way too far from playing live.

@villageidiot9867

Жыл бұрын

That's my motto. Whether I'm playing for 1 person or 3 they should get my best.

@mson925

Жыл бұрын

@@hipnofago2102 I’ve performed quite a few concerts at this point in time and I don’t even get why you wouldn’t give every concert your best performance, if you love music and you wanna be a musician then I can’t even understand of not wanting to put in the work and perform great

I think the only thing that could be added would be: Remember you're doing this because it's fun and you enjoy playing! No one ever talks about how playing music is supposed to be fun, you're supposed to get some joy out of writing music, not turn it into a soul sucking grind. We have call center jobs to do that.

@acdcfreak01

2 жыл бұрын

True....

@runninglyrics

2 жыл бұрын

No. We’re not hereeeeeee to have FUN! *crosses arms and pouts*

@Rockaliser

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. One of the first thing I was told was to remember, we play an instrument not work...the key word is play

@feliperojas-doomride

2 жыл бұрын

Buckethead - Funbus

@hawk6111

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed...that goes double for metal...metal is supposed to be fun

"The pen is still mightier than a sword. You just have to pick it up" This struck me differently. Kudos to you, good sir! Cheers from the 🇵🇭

@kurdtjohn

3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see a neighbor here.

@jessiehermit9503

3 жыл бұрын

What country is that?

@ikaray1775

3 жыл бұрын

That inspires me too

@Tonman82

3 жыл бұрын

I loved this!

@senditkevin

2 жыл бұрын

Borealis - Mightier Than The Sword

I can't stress enough how important is that harmonizing tip. Most groups can't pull off dense harmonies, and those that can immediately rise above. Voice lessons can help a lot and are absolutely worth the investment.

"the pen is still mightier than the sword. You just gotta pick it up" oooo i felt that!

@hawk6111

2 жыл бұрын

This is false....because the man with the sword can always obtain the pen....

@Frater_Tyskos

3 ай бұрын

the pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp

I guess I'll shelve my "Parallel Tangential Foundations" project.

@Samuelon552

2 жыл бұрын

XD

@YokRzeznic

26 күн бұрын

Thank you.

Well done man - Stayed for the whole vid!!!

@lifcharleserickson5374

3 жыл бұрын

Wasup Geebz!

@KeyOfGeebz

3 жыл бұрын

@@lifcharleserickson5374 Howzit!!!

@SpectreSoundStudios

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for dropping by!

@Afterglow.Studios

3 жыл бұрын

Geebz, Finn/PRMBA, Beato, Dines, Glenn fuggin Fricker. All I need is for Marc Rebillet to do a live set in Spectre under Frickers faders, and Fantano to slap bass. Only then, the 42 ways to Kevin Bacon is complete.

@ballzheimers1782

3 жыл бұрын

@@KeyOfGeebz GEEBZ

Alice in Chains is another great vocal harmony band. Also... You can actually harmonize or layer death metal growls and have it sound cool.

“Violence shows a severe lack of imagination” …damn, that’s such a great way to put it.

Also I'd strongly recommend for anybody playing live: Always record your own playing, not only the whole band but your playing. And then listen to it, no matter how painful it is to listen as you only can improve by listening to the mistakes you make and then learn to do it better.

@thegreatgambeeno

3 жыл бұрын

If you never hear yourself, you'll never know how much you suck. My old bandmates used to tell me "if you listen to your own music you're cocky" fuck that, I make the music I want to hear, and listen to myself and critique. They don't. They are awful in the studio and take forever to hit a take, or find out what they're playing is wrong and off. I'm very well known here at home for being a one take guy and much easier to work with. All because I take the time to listen to myself and figure out how to work better.

@tinflesh

3 жыл бұрын

This!!! Also this might be a little out of topic, but I think it’s also very important to watch yourself playing in real time. Get a big body mirror, or at least big enough so it can reflect your playing. Get your techniques right!

@thew0rstds224

3 жыл бұрын

This can be applied anywhere. Especially music. Great idea 🔥

@montikore

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! This!

@Juice_boxtv

3 жыл бұрын

i stream on twitch when i practice so i have a video and audio that i can review without needing to host it myself lol, but yeah this is fantastic advice, if you review your tapes you can really identify areas you need to improve on

"Violence shows a severe lack of imagination" - great aphorism, Glenn.

@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912

2 жыл бұрын

Introspection, humanity & giving a flying f-ck about other people besides oneself also, alas among many other important things, is grossly lacked by violent unthinking stupid humans. Get an act, humans! ffsakes and asafp!

#7.5 - Vocals - especially backing vocals - make the record. The whole record. Never just track the lead vocal as a single track, double it, harmonise it, add incidental vocals, gang vocals, call and response, change up the effects, add distortion, vary the sound between songs, whatever, just give the vocals a lot of love.

@Memu_

Жыл бұрын

NO matter if you like or hate Ghost the leader Tobias Forge understood this so despite not wanting to originally be the vocalist he put in as much effort as he could and has masterful harmonies on every track.

@kinniecas9004

Жыл бұрын

AC/DC executes backing vocals just like u described. Gang vocals, harmonies, response

@BigTony-bf5jr

11 ай бұрын

Vince nailed it on Too Fast For Love, I’m pretty sure he doubled his vocals and the offset them in some parts. Reverb too, the perfect amount makes or breaks a song/record.

@totallyfrozen

7 ай бұрын

Gang vocals? LOL! Is that an edgy way to say a chorus? I know we think a chorus is a part of a song, but actually the word refers to a group of singers who perform together. They’re singing in a chorus. Gang vocals LMAOOOO!! 🤣

"if something in polka blows your hair back then try integrating it" Gene Hoglan is about 30 years ahead of you with his blast beats

@alexismattey

2 жыл бұрын

I was born near the Amazon jungle and l use some tribal and Caribbean percussion and beats in my songs we opened for Sepultura back in the 90s

The earlier Van Halen albums were also mostly recorded live as well, mistakes and all, aside from a few overdubs.

@TheOnlyHollywood1

2 жыл бұрын

I think the debut is entirely live, although I could be wrong

@HabAnagarek

2 жыл бұрын

I hear no "mistakes"

@Memu_

Жыл бұрын

Ain't Talkin Bout Love just straight up has a mistake in the intro riff but it just added flavor and humanity into the track

Devin Townsend has a huge death metal range and he's been doing it for 40 years. It can be done

@jacobstaffordmiller1635

3 жыл бұрын

He is also a killer singer

@mrpires1055

2 жыл бұрын

How has he been singing for 40 years if he’s 50 years old?

@Lokidooki

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpires1055 started when he was 10, that's science!

@the4given196

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpires1055 starting at the age of 10 isnt anything close to be being unheard of. nick menza started drumming at age 2

2:29 Glenn: "Look, it's perfectly fine to be inspired by a great band, but when you wind up as a carbon copy of the band that inspired you, nobody is going to give a flying fuck." *Greta Van Fleet has entered the chat*

@imeowmeowkat

2 жыл бұрын

*Dirty Honey has entered the chat*

@bizarrefruit

2 жыл бұрын

@@deanpavlovski5343 I agree, I like their music. I can totally understand the people who think their sound is derivative but personally it doesn't come off that way to me, I hear a group of musicians who have come up together clearly inspired by bands like Zeppelin and Rush. They are an old school garage band and I have a lot of time for that, they can play together well and play well live while writing songs that shoutback to classics, but still have their own distinct sound. There is plenty of room for all kinds of music these days so I don't really understand why G.V.F. seem to receive so much disdain, no, they aren't the best thing ever, but it is still good quality music written and played by real musicians based on what they enjoyed. As you say, each to their own, but I think the level of criticism they receive is a little unwarranted.

@dilbophagginz

2 жыл бұрын

@@deanpavlovski5343 nice reddit post

@hipnofago2102

2 жыл бұрын

@@deanpavlovski5343 Back in the day, when they released their first album, Rush was a Led Zepellin's copycat; well, now we can see what they became - another huge influential band.

@saurophaganax_0

2 жыл бұрын

Led Zeppelin enters the chat

One thing I love about Havok is that their lyrics are straight to the point and they're not afraid to say what they think. They get some controversy but that comes with a territory. Many modern bands are not nearly as brave. Even RATM are raging with/for the machine.

@humanguy1643

2 жыл бұрын

Rage on behalf of the machine

@adamanderson8838

2 жыл бұрын

Love me done Havok

@wolframsteindl2712

2 жыл бұрын

Rage against those raging against the machine

@gezi0752

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t get the whole “rage for the machine” thing

@lalolanda3996

Жыл бұрын

@@gezi0752 they're one of the gears of that machine

“Music isn’t math it’s art” could be a new T-shirt.

@thicctapes9001

3 жыл бұрын

i don’t think more dumb phrase shirts will help

@Chimera6297

3 жыл бұрын

music is math converted into audio and arranged artistically it's art. but also math

@richardaaron4454

3 жыл бұрын

I always say music is art not athletics.

@bradenrigling7745

3 жыл бұрын

Architecture is both and so is music

@alexeypolevoybass

2 жыл бұрын

You can't take math out of music and stick some esoteric bullshit there instead. Do the same with photography, and you're doomed. Architecture? Nuff said. Painting and graphic design? Yeah, tell me you don't need to keep proportions and all to certain limits in order to keep your work “readable” by others, and the color choice/relationship fuckery is one of the most math heavy things in the universe. Every art requires strong knowledge of math and geometry, otherwise you're not gonna get “the quality”. Music is no exclusion.

It would've been perfect if he would have said " This video was brought to you by GetGood Drums" at the end.

@tyronegordon8985

3 жыл бұрын

And even better if he plugged his own sample pack that he released

This video is exactly what I needed. I’m 14 and I really want to make it big as a Metal band, but the main worry of making music is making sure it’s not generic. Thank you bro!

@lastfirst3512

2 жыл бұрын

if your getting into metal to "make it big" youve got quite the lesson coming your way. goodluck out there !

@jackbootshamangaming4541

2 жыл бұрын

No one makes it big in metal anymore bro. Just play for the love of it. If you can sell 5,000 albums online that is success nowadays for tons of bands.

@wingnutmcspazatron3957

2 жыл бұрын

Include the interests of women in your music. The glam bands of the 80's did it, the emo bands of the 2000's did it. I hope you could be big just based off of the shear potency of your songwriting skills like Metallica or AC/DC, but it's a slim chance. Gotta sing about heartbreak and relationships, dawg.

@lethalslaughterband5498

Жыл бұрын

Dude you have any music I checked your channel

@Damo_Drummer

6 ай бұрын

Your best option for 'making it' in any style you choose is to put time into learning the industry and how to negotiate. What makes the biggest difference for a band mostly has nothing to do with their music.

After watching about 50 of your videos this one is, by far, the best I've seen. Great work Glen. Keep it real, keep it METAL. Cheers mate.

I'd like to see a list of "newer" music that Glenn likes or recommends.

@SpectreSoundStudios

3 жыл бұрын

Red Fang, Blackhawk Down, Okd Blood

@daveyvasquez8916

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios hell yeah Glenn, seeing red fang in 2 months. Glad to see they're noticed in "modern music"

@NahImPro

3 жыл бұрын

Strongly agree

@dannboioq

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpectreSoundStudios do you like any newer bands that don't sound like older bands?

@dustinf11

3 жыл бұрын

Well there it is, I'll go check it out! Thanks.

“I pity your wife if you think 6 minutes is too long” Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury

@martenmanna

3 жыл бұрын

Rami* - from a drummer

@martenmanna

3 жыл бұрын

@@graxjpg NNICE now we just need a bassist and we can have a Dissagreeing with People in the KZread Comments Club House Band

@sheumack

3 жыл бұрын

@@martenmanna Rimi Ushigome

@WhoBlah21

3 жыл бұрын

6 minutes is a pretty risky length for song, especially if the riffs, verses, or chorus repeat over and over again. Fun Fact: Gar Samuelson is reason the Peace Sells song was 4 minutes, originally Dave wanted the song to be 8 minutes long! RIP Gar

@WhoBlah21

3 жыл бұрын

@@graxjpg You're right, but most people listen and appreciate to lyrical music over instrumentals. Also this is just me speaking for myself but I cannot stand a lot of prog metal instrumentals.

Thank you Glenn !! I couldn’t agree more ! We actually went to record our upcoming ep with Anssi Kippo (Children of Bodom) at Astia-studio. No metronome, no samples, no quantizing and we could not be happier. Our music started to live a life of it’s own and due to high standards and ambition, the end result is by far the best work we have ever done.

@Memu_

Жыл бұрын

Mikäs teiän bändi on nimeltään?

@tinojantti1223

Жыл бұрын

@@Memu_ Vanguardian ! Ja tämä kyseinen EP tulee näkemään päivän valon aivan pian. Bändiä vaan seurantaan !

@Memu_

Жыл бұрын

@@tinojantti1223 Uijui. Ains hyvä nähdä lisää suomalaisia bändejä

Not a metal guy, but you’re putting out stuff that every musician should learn.

Current music is fixed by engineers like animals are fixed by Vets. That’s where the balls went.

@0x777

3 жыл бұрын

This needs to be an a shirt.

@bobbybobbatunday9959

3 жыл бұрын

Chalk me up for 1.

@Madchris8828

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@MetalHeadProductions

3 жыл бұрын

lol, edgy, bro

@orlock20

3 жыл бұрын

Aretha Franklin's voice was Auto-Tuned on her last album. All these decades people were complaining about how she couldn't sing? Was that why she was famous?

The drummers I know that are the most vocal about the "don't need a metronome" are ironically the ones that can't keep a groove to save their lives. Funny enough they're the same ones that put the cymbals as close as possible to the drums, have fuckall dynamic control and bitch about the bleed.

@shockt9610

3 жыл бұрын

PREEEEEAAAACH

@gilbertspader7974

3 жыл бұрын

The drummers I know can’t spell metronome.

@aaronalfer2615

3 жыл бұрын

First learn to play to a metronome, then learn to play without it :)

@friedrudibega6384

3 жыл бұрын

If everyone can play to the click, they can play with each other. Had a drummer who couldn’t do it but woodshedded for a week and got it. Should be a thing that all players use when starting out.

@chupasaurus

3 жыл бұрын

@@friedrudibega6384 The first lessons on learning simple pieces on guitar in my music school were under the metronome, simply because without it the results would be a complete mess.

Gar was one of the best metal drummers ever and in retrospect played so out of pocket for thrash but it worked so well. This man has jazz quality parts all over peace sells and killing is my business is crazy as well

@the4given196

2 жыл бұрын

nick menza was amazing aswell. dave defenitly has an eye for good drummers

@HabAnagarek

2 жыл бұрын

Gar had super chops, and brought groove to thrash. Not just hauling double bass (which is cool too). Two best thrash albums of all time.

@cycomiles4225

Жыл бұрын

Theres a video of Mustaine saying that Gar would often fall asleep in the studio behind the kit during reherseals or recordings, and just as he was about to fall Gar would wake up and do amazing fills all over the kit...the guy was so raw, jazzy and authentic its unbeliavable.

You have published some great content over the years but this is absolutely spectacular. Every tip in this video is a perfect gem. This video should be required viewing for anybody considering a career in music. Thank you for speaking the truth that people need to hear.

Loved that you mentioned Rick Beato, you guys are my two favorite producer channels right now

@morbidmanmusic

3 жыл бұрын

Subbed to both, happily, Except one is a lot more positive and educational.

@andrewt836

3 жыл бұрын

I fuckin love Ricky Beats

So much Metal today is so anemic sounding. Everything ultra polished. Perfected. Every guitar sounds lifeless and digital. No live vibe. No mistakes. Just robotic 1s and 0s on a 7 or 8 string.

@SkaMasta097

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@lashedandscorned

2 жыл бұрын

That's metalcore/deathcore & djent in a nutshell. Just stay away from most of the stuff on major labels, -core in general, and you should be good.

@coreyroberts47

2 жыл бұрын

@@lashedandscorned i agree. Theres plenty of inspired stuff out there too. Sometimes thw production is uber polished but you can find the organic stuff if you look. My thing has been instrumental prog for a bit and it sounds fucking great

@crescendo5594

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not just the polish. They’re playing the same shit, too. If they did something original, a robotic polished sound would be fine. “ *jun-jun jun-jun jun-jun growl, growl jun-jun jun-jun jun-jun growl scream* “ -Every metal band for the past 15 years

@coreyroberts47

2 жыл бұрын

@@crescendo5594 thats not what i meant. I meant there are plenty of heavy and heavy ish bands that dont jun jun growl, you just gotta look. Their stuff sounds sterile sometimes at first look, so you might think its a jun jun growler, but hang a bit and youll see they atleast attempt some form of novelty. Whether they succeed is simply personal taste

I love this vid. People always tell me I HAVE to use a metronome. I can't stand metronomes. I also tell myself everything I do musically has to be absolutely perfect. I'm my own worst critic. This vid has helped me so much and gave me new found confidence in my writing. I'm trying to create something truly different.

Loving your content Glenn. I’ve been watching for years and never have you ceased from expending the truth to the masses. I had the opportunity to meet you at NAMM a couple years ago. Highlight of the weekend honestly.

Jinjer doesn't sound like anyone and that's why I love them. Even though they are prog they have very memorable songs and a ton of energy!!

@matt926uk1

3 жыл бұрын

Jinjer are one of the best for sure

@jackcollins1873

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah somtimes I feel Glen has no idea how much good music is coming out :') - that in mind he is talking to guys just starting out

@cmd_f5

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. And oh no, they use a metronome. One of the only "prog" bands I don't hate

@dilbophagginz

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackcollins1873 He's extremely out of touch

@ratman18fl40

2 жыл бұрын

@Mazinblaster Z i agree

But meshugga did it!

@junkawakami3193

3 жыл бұрын

funny because while everyone wants to sound like them, they try to branch out instead (like when drum samples were all the rage, they decided to record the real thing again (albeit clearly quantized to a degree), maybe we'll see them doing it without metronome again like their old records)

@psychicandice

3 жыл бұрын

Like Devin Townsend says “we all rip off Meshugga”

@CheddarGetter

3 жыл бұрын

Meshuggah recorded their last album live off the floor lol. And they change every albums sound. So I get the sentiment. But it's misplaced.

@whitemeadowsounds7198

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny because no one sounds like them. Like, literally.

@samuliauno8163

3 жыл бұрын

@@psychicandice Came here to say this.

Wow great video! Glad I watched til the end! As an underground Hip Hop artist I can really relate to your approach even though I'm not into metal. Much respect and many thanks for creating such a cool informative video! 🙏🏽🤘🏼

I just found this channel a few days ago and now I can't stop watching all the old catalogue... great job! Great content! Thank you!

"If something in Polka blows your hair back, try integrating it." Nice thrash metal stab. :P

@TachyBunker

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@hawk6111

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh the good ol bay area polka

@TurboTypeRSteve

2 жыл бұрын

No one listening to Weird Al?!

My masterpiece "Kinda Sounds Like that One Maiden Song, opus 3" is nearly complete....

I've been a long time watcher; love your content and realness. 2 years ago I decided to take vocal lessons so that I could have better training and have some tools to aid singers in the studio. The lessons I took were classical in nature thru a vocalist with their masters in vocal performance. It was very challenging in every way. It made me dig deep to get better, to understand the music and to understand myself. There are those who are music enthusiasts and there are musicians; musicians push themselves to get better while surrendering themselves to the music. Respect for the music is what's important, everything else will fall into place. Rock on ya'll and always keep pushing to be better!! Side Note Learn some Jazz if you want your metal to get some inspiration.

1) "yeah, I bought this 9-string, 27-fret guitar with perfect intonation to make music" (proceeds to play 0111010101221001 and sweep picking as exercises) 2) "I use my kemper / mooer to go out to the PA so I don't use an amp" (the feedback and reaction of a real amp is lost) 3) "Yes, our music sounds perfectly in tune, quantized drums and the voices are tuned to perfection with melodine, that way we sound the most perfect on the album" (and when you see them live, they can't sound more different) 4) "we want our message to be understood clearly and strongly, to create awareness" (they proceed to sing with gutturals and screams, terrible pronunciation and forgetting the lyrics)

@dylanroemmele906

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes screams work to convey a message, like in DSBM (Xasthur, Trist, Sadness) which adds to the atmosphere of "five seconds away from offing myself if a minor inconvenience happens".

@hellodumplings8564

2 жыл бұрын

How is feedback and reaction of a real amp any relevant? Freakin’ boomer

"If something from Polka blows your hair back" *Andy Rehfeldt enters the chat*

@luisnunes2010

3 жыл бұрын

Well, all those swinging Helloween guitar harmonies are a bit waltz like...

@johnwallace2319

3 жыл бұрын

Weird Al is already here, he will be speaking on this topic later.

@runeshark22

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just sayin, theres a lesson to be learned from polka. You will never see an accordion player performing for people that isnt happy. That old guy is having a fantastic time, hes thrilled to be there, and the energy bleeds over to the audience. Basically, get into that shit, don't be stiff and rigid, be fun. Be exciting, be worth seeing

@thebartendingtrader9887

3 жыл бұрын

Igorrr too! He does it amazingly.

@0x777

3 жыл бұрын

I somehow can't see a heavy metal accordeon. Sorry. Even a banjo has more "metal cred".

So many quotable lines in this one video Glen. “Music is not Math, it’s Art” I would buy that on a tee shirt! 😅

My favorite episode! We gotta get back to letting music breathe and capture the energy of the band! You can teach nearly everything else, but finding that energy, takes guts. That should be our quest!

Couldn't agree more about the genre thing. In the last few years I've rediscovered my love for MCR (who I was obsessed with as a teenager in the mid 2000s), and with the benefit of hindsight I genuinely think they're one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Part of the reason for that is they don't sound like anyone else out there (barring the people who copied them), and part of the reason for that is because everyone in that band went into with such a broad range of influences. You can hear everything from Misfits to Maiden to Queen to Bowie in their music, but it still all sounds like them.

Saying "good enough" was the biggest workflow improvement for me as a musician. Perfectionism really can get in the way on different levels. Focusing too much on the engineering side or playing techniques can kill musical inspiration pretty fast and the final song will be much better with a "good enough" approach. At least that seems to be the case for me. Done is better than perfect.

@JoeStuffzAlt

3 жыл бұрын

What you said is something I saw in the corporate world. Someone from the likes of marketing will come in and say "I want a button here" on the screen. "Um... the program isn't done yet. The fundamentals aren't in. This will delay the product." Higher up will come in and say "No, we need this button". It took this movement of the MVP (Minimally Viable Product) to get them told "RELEASE SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR GOD'S SAKE!" for them to get the idea that "oh, we can actually make money if something is actually released". This is a computer program though and not music, but I feel there's overlap. Yeah, you can modify a program for years, but if you have a program that's done, you have something done that can make money. In fact, overdoing it in the modifications can delay your program to where it never gets released, or force your company to pay people overtime to get it done on schedule.

@dooshnukem32

3 жыл бұрын

Martin, I wholeheartedly agree. I'd just point out the difference in perspective of your "good enough" and the "good enough" Glenn mentioned. In your case, "good enough" is in reference to something that's actually good, just not absolutely perfect. Whereas in Glenn's examples, "good enough" means shoddy work with the expectation of someone else spending an inexcusable amount of time fixing garbage. You're both very right, it's just different perspectives.

@EddieLamMusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@dooshnukem32 Exactly, it all depends on the scenario.

@whoshotya117

3 жыл бұрын

Not saying good enough is why I havent made a song in years.

@JoeStuffzAlt

3 жыл бұрын

@@dooshnukem32 I agree with everyone on the thread so far. I feel that Glenn meant that good effort needs to be put in.

Best episode ever. SO many right things have been said. Hats off, Glen.

I just wanted to say THANK YOU Glenn. I'm 52. Getting back into music after years of stepping away for many years, due to addiction and family problems. Now, I am free and healthy. Your channel, perspective, and advice, is sooooo helpful. So on-point. Shit that my ears need to hear. You inspire this old man a great deal! Thank you Glenn, for helping this ole' headbanger get back into the game. All love and respect from H-Town(Houston), Texas.💜☺👍

Another dope video man!! Always ending them on a great point too, love it.

Circle of Tone's influence is palpable on this video.

@CIRCLEOFTONE

3 жыл бұрын

I've made all the same mistakes as the clones. I just realized it too late and became a vanilla sausage. It's why I love Glenn shouting about using real drums. Share this vid bois and girl. Live capturing of the bones of the track needs to come back.

@LordofDiamondsMetal

3 жыл бұрын

Glenn and Circle of Tone have had a lot of similar ideas for years.

@mar1242

3 жыл бұрын

@@CIRCLEOFTONE As a young musician you guys have really helped me keep things real. Cheers and hope to see more band tip vids!

@CIRCLEOFTONE

3 жыл бұрын

@@mar1242 Thanks man. I'm working on Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral era right now.

@freepadz6241

3 жыл бұрын

Right on Circle of tone. Great channel. Rob chapman dislikes him also which is the icing on the cake as far as im concerned

But I already have my 6505 profile, a Mesa 4x12 v30's IR, a horizon devices nano attack, and my guitars are tuned to Z, you are braking my heart Glenn.

@joseartur3215

3 жыл бұрын

don't forget ezdrummer

@junkawakami3193

3 жыл бұрын

@@joseartur3215 or GGD One Kit Wonder, for that matter.

@Jacksabbath44

3 жыл бұрын

and 4 noise gates, because of Misha reasons

Glenn, thank you so much for this video. I am just getting started making my own music in my garage (doing all instruments and vocals) and I often find myself being my own biggest critic and second guessing my work. Alot of stuff you said in this video gave me the confidence that the direction I'm going may just be the right one. Horns up to you 🤘

This video is a perfect example of why I fucking love your videos and value your opinion. "It doesn't matter if you offend someone. Don't let others opinions determine your world view." Such perfect advice for an imperfect world. It's best advice this generation could get. Believe in what you believe, stand up for what you believe in, and just because someone says your opinion is wrong doesn't mean they're right. I wish all you musicians out there the very best of luck in all your musical endeavors.

I was under the impression you usually start sounding like your influences in the beginning of your composing then you naturally evolve into your own style but I could easily be thinking about it wrong.

@lucaskalishek

3 жыл бұрын

No that's very true, but that usually applies to a single musician's evolution, and not the whole process of an entire band being original which is what Glenn is talking about.

@lucaskalishek

3 жыл бұрын

But yeah that definitely is usually the case with a musician though. a guitar virtuoso for example will openly list people who influenced how they play when at the same time people listen to that virtuoso play and think wow he's got a very original sound and play style because what you said in your comment is often the case.

I love every bit of advice in this video. Thank you Glenn, you're a legend! Keep up the awesome work my man.

This is by far my favorite video of yours Glenn. It got so damn much useful information, tips and tricks and motivation. 10/10

As usual. Great video!

Glenn: *"Music isn't math, it's art"* Tool: *exists*

@dilbophagginz

2 жыл бұрын

Math rock: exists

@jonfarley2711

2 жыл бұрын

adam has said multiple times that he cannot and will not play to a click...but theyre still better than everyone else, so...

@cah88

2 жыл бұрын

And tool sucks. What’s your point?

@Coryiodine

2 жыл бұрын

@@cah88 if you truly mean that without trolling you obviously lack musical appreciation or dont play an instrument.

@Timliu92

2 жыл бұрын

@@Coryiodine Agreed mate. A lot of people confuse an artist not being his or her cup of tea as "bad". Just because an artist is not one's preference does not mean he or she is bad at what he or she is doing.

About the last point. I don't personally have any interest in politics. I write lyrics about fantasy and Sci-fi. I've found that if you write songs about what you're interested in, it shows

@SynthApprentice

3 жыл бұрын

Case in point, Iron Maiden. Is there really any doubt that Bruce Dickinson seriously enjoys history?

@colinburroughs9871

3 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in society, government, history, the news daily soap opera, but unless your Zappa making fun of it, it comes off as heavy handed or it ages really poorly- people figured out RATM from Sony records are a wee bit hypocritical for example (and on the other side of the street, corporate pop country music is miserable for different reasons). It's an easy way to divide a potential audience long before people hear two notes.

@ricrox67

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Write about what interests you and write from your own experience. I also agree that politics does not go well with music. In the right hands, like Bob Dylan or Zappa, it can work. But overtly political material turns me off, even if I agree with the writer's point of view. That said, I can enjoy the music apart from the lyrics, so for me it's pretty easy to tune out the message.

@guillotine684

2 жыл бұрын

@@SynthApprentice I thought Steve Harris wrote a majority of their lyrics.

@omegaproductions3064

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with Glenn, but I think it's better to take this list with a grain of salt. Maybe I'm reducing things to an absurd, but I think that being loyal to oneself and not to try to be someone else is the point. Going political or not, well, everything can be considered political because every positioning means a political positioning.

22:08 This part of the video definitely got the creative juices flowing! Very inspirational and cathartic words to live by! Thanks Glenn!!!

Really enjoyed this!!

Glen: get a pair! Also Glen: rage FOR the machine?

"The pen is still mightier than the sword" would be my shirt and mug while writing the most questionable lyrics on earth

Glenn , thank you so much for the insight. This is very inspiring and educational !

What I love about your vids is you basically sound like my inner rock muse screaming everything I’ve known since I was a kid and often forget these days. I don’t do as much rock these days, but most of this is true for all music (look up how the Beastie Boys made Ill Communication or Check Your Head) and, for myself, every time I pick up my guitar I’m trying to do these things.

$20 says the band in question was Tortured Saint

"Violence shows a sheer lack of imagination" Fricker 2021, put that on a tshirt, it's like what the Anti Joker would say, make some real chaos why don't we.

@Novalarke

3 жыл бұрын

"Upon her spoon this motto Wonderfully designed: VIOLENCE COMPLETES THE PARTIAL MIND." kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaOc1rhwgLmak8Y.html

@laa0fa502

3 жыл бұрын

Think that's the best quote I ever heard

@classic.galvez

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll take two

@ryanwilson5936

3 жыл бұрын

Define violence.

@Novalarke

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanwilson5936 - that's what google's for.

I love the energy that you present with, cheers dude!

Glenn, this was a beautiful video and I thank you for it.

"the pen is still mighter Than the sword, you just have to pick it up" great words!

Hell Yessss

Spot on!! I was standing and alluding throughout most of this video. Nicely done!

One of the best videos I have ever seen on the topic

Every person in the post hardcore band I played in during highschool came from a different style of music. Singer was obsessed with screamo and pop punk, bassist was obsessed with funk and and weird eclectic music, drummer was the best young jazz drummer in the city, and I taught myself to play guitar learning every John Mayer song there was and every Van Halen song I could figure out. It all came together in a very weird but cool sound. Hardcore funk/punk metal with jazz inspirations that could also play amazing acoustic versions of all our songs. The drummer was also a great pianist.

@bobbybobbatunday9959

3 жыл бұрын

Name? And do you have any recordings on the net we can check out? Your sound and influences have piqued my interest.

This is something that everyone needed. Thank you for bringing the facts to light! I think Meshuggah did Monstricity Live off the floor... now that's what separates the musicians from the others

Gosh I'm so happy for my band, and so on pointy with our present, it's good to realise you actualy have a message to spread, you all will hear about us (and hear us) in the near future!

"It doesn't matter if you offend someone..." Glenn, you're really the poster child for this.

@richard_from_england333

3 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to play NSBM.. is that ok?

@travisspaulding2222

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the people and musicians that survive "cancel culture" are not the ones that apologize. The ones who weather the storm are the ones that say, "Go fuck yourself." There is value in telling sensitive people to get bent, lol.

@douga8296

3 жыл бұрын

@@richard_from_england333 Varg? Is that you?

@richard_from_england333

3 жыл бұрын

@@douga8296 Nah dude, I'm clearly Richard

I received the notification and i took it way too personal 😓

Epic video Glen

the great thing about this video is this serves for most styles of music. great content!

I was trying to remember what Glenn reminded me of. It’s Gowron the Klingon.

@Doc_Holaday

3 жыл бұрын

GLORY TO YOUR HOUSE

@aymericmarchand3472

3 жыл бұрын

K'plaa!

@bobbybobbatunday9959

3 жыл бұрын

If Glenn = Gowron then Olaf = chadich

The most interesting bands use dynamics in their sounds, both with volume and tempo.

@EgoShredder

2 жыл бұрын

....and by using barely any compression as that is a dynamics killer. Modern music squashes the life out of everything that is dynamic, preferring the loud, fatiguing, flat sound.

this is such a fantastic video!

Thank you. Needed to hear this.

Man, that last bit hit hard. I’ve been in a rut with making music for a while cause I wanted to write songs that double as cinematic stories. There’s no reason I can’t. There’s so many different TV shows and movies attempting to push the envelope. There’s no reason I can’t. Edit: That Burp Master cut at the very end was priceless XD

I think the majority of us who use the grid in recording usually intend to add synths and sequencers later on, because it's modern, groovy, and lots of fun

@nialldunsmore8336

3 жыл бұрын

You can map your grids to live drums so all the sequencing lines up. Takes time, but keeps that live vibe with a modern sound.

@mrelegoboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@nialldunsmore8336 But what if the midi is programmed in a demo beforehand? Thats the one thing stopping me because sometimes the synths are so integral to the sound that you can't just remove them when it comes time to record.

@BrianRRenfro

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrelegoboy since it's MIDIi you can just break up the bars (or even down to the beats) and align those to the grid map. The whole point of having MIDI is you should have a sequence at some point in the recording. If you just have an audio track then just have them play it again live. Point is if you can quantize MIDI tracks you can also humanize them. Slide stuff around a millisecond here and there. If it is an audio track slice it up every beat or bar and slide it around to match the drums. Good music isn't made in a day.

@mrelegoboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrianRRenfro thank you! What about recording drums to a demo (or at the end) though?

@BrianRRenfro

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrelegoboy I mean that all depends. I personally don't know any anyone who can play perfectly to a beatless track whether that is metronome or drums. Like I know drummers who can lay down a pretty well spot on track FIRST but if they try to play that same thing over top a guitar/synth/bass line that is playing anything less than 8th notes...they are gonna struggle. Honest answer. 99/100 times if you record drums at the end without having recorded everything else to a click also, then it's gonna be a nightmare. Even then though you can always slice and dice the drums into submission which is made easier if you gate them so they have really sharp decay. Just don't record a demo unless: You use a clicktrack You use a whole band scratch take You just record the drums first Pro level, top tier, musicians can probably do it any order they want but anyone beyond that is gonna go crosseyed trying to even come out the other end with anything useful if they have no click/drums to follow. The drummer is the most important member of any rock band, hence why he goes first, or is there as an ensemble...or you use a click :)

dude this was fantastic , thanks for the video!!!!

Great video man I sat through the entire presentation. I had a band in high school, and I remember our issue being what sound we were trying to produce. All we did was play power chords, and cover our favorite songs. We disbanded while in school, and have not gotten together since we graduated. I think I figured out what it is I want for the music I’m trying to make now that I’ve been on my own. Thank you.

Can't be original when you're obsessed with a genre That's why I like everything.

The "Turn off the Metronome" part. I do agree partly but it requires extremely skilled, very experienced musicians and a total sum of a band rehearsing endless hours to achieve coherence which is not always the case. It is just to much to ask. I better suggest a simple metronome track with basic automation on your DAW.

@RH-xs8gz

3 жыл бұрын

That’s why you practice and get better

@HabAnagarek

2 жыл бұрын

tell that to jazz ensembles that still practice live on the floor, in the round. Tell that to Slayer on Haunting.

@TitaniusAnglesmith

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, I never had an issue with this even in our shitty highschool band.

This video is awesome. Great job!

THANK YOU so freaking much for this AWESOME video! :) this is great and i have had so many arguments about so many stuff i just hit right on spot here! thanks glenn! 🤘🖤🤘

Industrial metal is just gonna ignore the metronome and sample part

"But Periphery Sound Awesome" Yeah! And That Is Why I Listen To Periphery When I Want To Listen A Band Who SOUND AS PERIPHERY!!!" (Read It With Glenn Voice)

@alexeypolevoybass

3 жыл бұрын

Periphery doesn't sound awesome. It's fatiguing to the point I'd better listen to my grandma's rants about how miserable and unbearable my life will be if I stay in rock music, because it's Satan's music. Even this is orders more entertaining than Periphery's sound, considering I'm 30 and heard all that a fucking million times already. Call me an old geezer, but putting distortions after saturators after more saturators and excessive amounts of compression on everything isn't mixing and mastering. Periphery's albums are actually the best example how shitty mixing and mastering can kill a great piece of music. The riffs, solos and everything are stellar, but I can't listen to this band for more than 20 minutes because of sound. They have FUCKING ZERO dynamics, it all hits at the same amplitude and subjective loudness.

@vallabhsivaprasad

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexeypolevoybass Ok edge lord

@Simpaiii

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexeypolevoybass "b-but MUH DYNAMICS...". Imagine THAT'S the reason to not enjoy a band. sucks to be you.

@alexeypolevoybass

3 жыл бұрын

@@Simpaiii dynamics is the thing that makes the groove groove. If the drums weakly slap at the same volume as the other instruments, it sounds like boring and dull shit, which it in fact is. If the bass is just a low end pressure source and doesn't accent anything, it sounds like dull and boring shit. If guitars are nothing more but constant “djdjdj”, it sounds like dull and boring shit, even if you put a dozen of synth parts on top of that. You know literally no shit about rock music and how it works psychoacoustically, yet you jump out of nowhere and start ridiculing somebody because you're too ignorant to analyze and digest what I wrote here.

@alexeypolevoybass

3 жыл бұрын

@@Simpaiii I won't even sympathize you for not having equipment that lets you hear a thing or two compared to your $5 Walmart earbuds. Get your ass up from your coach, go find a job, and buy a decent set of speakers. Maybe then you'll start noticing the differences in dynamic range and how that relates to fatigue and overall audio perception experience.

Superb content Glenn...!

This is a fantastic video. Thank you.

I say this all the time: producing (well, GOOD producing) is about identifying what's exciting and emotional and connecting, not about identifying and 'fixing' what's 'wrong'.