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@michaels8088

Жыл бұрын

BOC,Tycho, early Squarepusher,etc..

@TeslaOsiris

Жыл бұрын

Purrple Cat

@rooxg

Жыл бұрын

sketchiwav , anbuu

@HOLLASOUNDS

Жыл бұрын

2:00 My thoughts "Wow He is 100 percent correct".

@signalfreud

Жыл бұрын

Sparrow Arc Tall by Clark has been jam recently

As a disabled producer/composer, I have had my share of jealousy, looking at what others could do and I couldn't. That changed as my skills progressed, I discovered ways around things that were way beyond my physical capacity. I realized that I can do what I love my own way and that is the important part. Thank you for inspiring me to keep going and to expand my operation into sound design!

@audiobrian1

Жыл бұрын

@Dillon … you have realized your truth to a depth that a lot of us never get to! Applause! I wish you peace, love, and light to your creative path. I can tell already just from reading the energy in your words that it will continue to evolve in a personally fulfilling way!

@dasutzt1980

Жыл бұрын

For nearly 5 decades now, I'm into Music, performing, writing, producing. I saw a lot of younger guys getting "there", being successful and famous and rich and adored, and yes, I felt my share of envy and jealousy. What kept me going, was that circle you describe so beautifully, and my love for it and my faith in it, and I learned, I have to decide, if I want to give in to the jealousy or live for what I love, and I chose the latter. And the jealousy got weaker. Along comes a KZreadr, 170+k subscribers, good-looking, perfect voice, unique ideas, and I listen to his wisdom, without jealousy but with curiosity and he makes me go out there and make what I love, with every video more awesome. Thank you.

@ceejay7034

Жыл бұрын

Never stop doing your thing 👍 never

@ABunnyVTuber

Жыл бұрын

Hecc yeah!

As someone who played in bars for a living back in the 90s, it's odd to see how stressed everyone gets over this topic. From my perspective it's a damn miracle and priviledge of massive magnatude to be able to play music at all, let alone have all this amazing and affordable gear, and be able to post/publish any music and video you want at any time, without the approval of a record label and phsyical music store. Simply awesome. And if nobody listens... so what. The goal was to DO the whole music thing. All that lack of attention that people are upset about today was always there, even before the internet. The difference now is that you get a fighting chance to try, any time you want, as often as you want, for as long as you want. Success and adoration were never assured, and that fact it even more in front of us when we can publish to the whole human race.

@normapadro420

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. My success has been sharing my music with the world. Now we can record our own music any time we want. It's very convenient. I never worry about if anyone is going to listen to my work. I just keep creating more music compositions, because I love doing so. I always wanted my compositions to be different.

ok, boomer here. I think that was a very good and helpful video. I still have issues with this after being a music hobbyist and at times semi-pro for over 40 years. What strikes me is that for me I have over a hundred "friends" on FB and frankly I don't know who most of them are. I think most friended me so they could somehow promote their music. So there is now quantity over quality and a complete lack of emotional connection. When I started in the early 80s releasing music I did cassettes by mail order. Some people were really kind and reviewed my stuff and I got a few people (and I mean a few) ordering cassettes from me. One bought everything. I remember him, I remember his name, I remember what he said in letters to me about my music. He wasn't some "streamer 349, gender not specified, age not specified, location South Korea". I did some production (aka library music) which was used on a popular programme. That means probably millions of people have more or less accidently heard my music. I wasn't credited, so no one knows it was me and I don't know them. That's just weird. I think again though it's been the 2 or 3 people that told me how much my music meant to them is more important to me than the statistics. Pity it was my old stuff but you know, it doesn't really matter.

@bigboss-qv7pe

Жыл бұрын

cool story!

@oldunclemick

Жыл бұрын

I would do some pruning on FB. I just have a few virtual friends on FB (whom I've been associating with online for nearly 20 years) and the rest are IRL friends and family.

@frankquinn954

Жыл бұрын

Great story, but I would love to know if I've ever accidentally heard your creative output. Hint?

@markgriffiths5122

Жыл бұрын

@@frankquinn954 It depends largely on where you are, I had a few royalties that came in from Discovery but it didn't tell me which shows..most of the stuff has been on UK/ Australian / New Zealand TV and then a batch on European TV channels. I was on a "The Sky at Night live" thing with Dr Brian Cox. Also the other thing that comes up frequently is something called "Operation Ouch" which is a children's programme I think.

@frankquinn954

Жыл бұрын

@@markgriffiths5122 Thanks. I'm US-based so I'll have to wait until you bust onto the scene here :)

I don't like being called out at 9 am for not making art that truly represents me, that only I could make. But I might have needed it so thank you. Great video

@VenusTheory

Жыл бұрын

Haha well glad to be of service. Now get back to work.

@Willam_J

Жыл бұрын

@@VenusTheory - Yeah! Get back to work! It’s been an hour, already, and what have you recorded? Nothing! Now, get off your lazy ass and start laying some tracks down, dammit, and they better truly represent you!!! 😂 😂 I’ll be back, in another hour, to check on your progress! 😆👍

I'd call this the price of the ego, which isn't spoken about enough. A majority of mental issues musicians have stem from the ego. Jealousy is yet another one of those things

@VenusTheory

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Learning to check your ego in creative fields is incredibly important for long term sustainability or else you're just stuck trying to find the next hill to climb for the sake of the view rather than the climb.

@ravenatorful

Жыл бұрын

Anybody have the problem where your ego makes you try multiple difficult things in a single project to the detriment of the piece?

@dooshnukem32

Жыл бұрын

@@ravenatorful I spent 15 years in various metal bands, very familiar lmao.

@SideFlame

Жыл бұрын

@@GrootsieTheDog That's what I said

@theschnooks

Жыл бұрын

Another cost of ego is disappointment. I'm not jealous of those who get more streams than I do. I'm happy for them, because they probably put more work into it than I do to get those streams. However, when I first started putting music out to stream, I assumed that organically within the first 3 months, I would get around 200-300 streams between all of the services that I can be found on. Not enough to profit from, but certainly attainable. That didn't happen, of course. The numbers are a lot lower than I thought they'd be. I was quite bummed. But I also do realize that every stream I do get is one more than I would have gotten otherwise, and I'm quite proud of that. That is now how I look at it.

We went through a phase of playing a lot of gigs in Czechia. One of our fans was a guy in his 60s that was known by the Soviet authorities in his youth as a rock and roll rebel - he had his head forcibly shaved multiple times for having "decadent" long hair, he dealt illegal western records like drugs, and snuck across heavily guarded borders just to see his favourite band play. All this really made me appreciate the freedom to freely gather and make /enjoy any art or music we liked, and helped make the eternal battle with jealousy over stats a little easier.

@bealotcoolerifyoudid7217

Жыл бұрын

Yo, manichka they used to be called.

@glomerol8300

Жыл бұрын

"Lest anyone protest that the state's true 'function' or 'duty' or 'end' is, as Locke, Madison, and countless others have argued, to protect individuals' rights to life, liberty, and property, the evidence of history clearly shows that, as a rule, real states do not behave accordingly. The idea that states actually function along such lines or that they strive to carry out such a duty or to achieve such an end resides in the realm of wishful thinking. Although some states in their own self-interest may at some times protect some residents of their territories (other than the state's own functionaries), such protection is at best highly unreliable and all too often nothing but a solemn farce. Moreover, it is invariably mixed with crimes against the very people the state purports to protect, because the state cannot even exist without committing the crimes of extortion and robbery, which states call taxation (Nock 1939), and as a rule, this existential state crime is but the merest beginning of its assaults on the lives, liberties, and property of its resident population." ~ Robert Higgs, 'If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-government'

@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043

Жыл бұрын

ironic, considering what makes us jealous is actually capitalism, but whatever, its a music video i wont get into that debate here

@bealotcoolerifyoudid7217

Жыл бұрын

@@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043 entirely depends on person. Under a beautiful paradise of sovet era communism people were not only jealous, they went out of their way to report their neighbors to have them put in jail, prevent from studying etc. - just to get ahead. And THAT my friend, unlike your reply is a fact. (I lived through it partially as I actually am from ex sovet republic) But I agree, this is a music video. Don't know why you had to bring up your delusions here. Peace

@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043

Жыл бұрын

@@bealotcoolerifyoudid7217 oh yes, obviouslly people will be jealous of others, but what you dont seem to understand is that in capitalism the gealosy is A C T I V E L L Y I N C O U R A G E D, to the point where numbers are allways shown just to make artists produce more COMERTIAL stuff instead of what is ACTUALLY WANTED BY THEM, it benefist companies if their artists are the most comertial and they will be if they try to compete for NUMBERS Also you saying these things happened in a "communist" country sais nothing, guess what?, im not defending other systems, im simply critisising the obviouslly lacking system of capitalism One last thing, i regret saying that i shouldnt say this on a music video, im sorry but politics matter everywhere theire a part of life whether you want it or not, so even here, its important to talk about these issues, especially when the theme is relevant, and here it is

I relate to this so much. Once I started getting the millions of views and the bigger subscription numbers, the more I realized they really didn't feel like anything after a while. Since it was what I had been striving toward for a long time, it ended up flipping the carpet under my feet, making me run to seclusion from the audience and figure out why am I really even doing this in the first place. I had to reconnect back to those times when I was still super new and did it for fun, just to express what I liked to hear myself. Once the ego of fame is crushed there's really nowhere else to go at that point, without imploding.

@alr6533

Жыл бұрын

And now you hot one sub more... xD... great music

@frane_29

Жыл бұрын

Xtrullor! Don't let ur ego ruin something u like bro keep making those geometry dash bangers

It's so weird how we get all worked up by imaginary numbers (that can be bought) on a screen

Thanks Cameron! Once again outstanding take home value here. This is a huge problem that's not even music specific- have you ever noticed the most beautiful people are often the most miserable? So long as we measure our worth in terms of *other people's value,* we will never realize our own.

@dnew2photo554

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Perception is reality and the sooner someone recognizes they can control their reality thru how they perceive themselves and others the better they will be. Having said that, I understand it's hard to shed the years of brainwashing that society as a whole has placed on the human psyche, but it can be undone. We can choose to be mad if someone cuts us off in traffic or we can choose to reframe it and say maybe their child is in the hospital and they are trying to reach them. We can choose to be jealous of someone else's success, or we can choose to give praise for their success. Choose to live your life on your terms. Be you. Do you!

I had one person play my song on spotify and honestly I was super pumped someone randomly listened to it. I didnt advertise or do anything about it. I hope I can keep that mentality.

The only reason I make music is that it, in some rare moments, brings me 'goosebumps' of pure excitement......and it's all worth it! That it can also touches other people is a wonderful bonus!

This topic is so deep, I think it is something that social medias impact on in several fileds. Nevertheless, it is reallu great to have content about it. It helps me a lot as I am right now in a middle of a crisis: "why the f*** am I making music?". We can sometimes lose total perspective on our craft and art when going on the social medias jungle, and for me, every time I go on these, evrytime I feel like a piec of sh*t! As pretty much anyone will read this comment, I still wish everyone's the best while creating!

This topic runs deeper and has a much simpler solution - it all boils down to the unconscious desire so many human beings have for a "pat on the back" (whether it be in the form of praise or money). When you let go of this, you internally become so totally free that you start learning and creating without all those useless judgments/thoughts.

This is brilliant. I found myself getting into photography, I created shots that I liked and felt happy with, then others liked them too. I started getting published and getting some good gigs. It was a hobby at first. But…. The ‘competition’ started (mainly from within myself) with other photographers and clients etc. It completely ruined the whole thing i was doing. So I just stopped, and for 3 years never quite understood what happened, I could never articulate to anyone that asked, especially weird as I see my photos in many of my friends houses. So be careful of going down this trap, it can kill what you love without you even knowing what is going on!!

A few days ago I heared the sentence: "Competition ist the Killer of joy"

i have been through all of this when i was in my late 20s ..but when i reached late 30s..i became very chilled. And just enjoyed making music. And enjoyed other peoples music as well ..life gets better the older you get.. trust me ..

@bskbskbskbskbsk

Жыл бұрын

Big facts!

Art is not a competition. Thank you for saying it. We need to remind ourselves of this often.

@HeavyListeningMusic

Жыл бұрын

It's almost like you completely missed Cameron's point.

I just sent this to my music teacher yesterday: “I’m working on a path to compartmentalize my art in my head so I create it for me and for the joy of creating it. If I can create purely for that reason I can bypass the triggers in my head about ‘what will others think’.”

I have been in the place where “Fred” was in. I’m glad to have watched this video it is really helping me into taking steps to remove this jealousy against some of my friends which has been demotivating my content creation journey. I should be more proud of myself, I started from nothing at the beginning of last year and finished the previous year with so many friends and people who will support me

@Kitas_Nissan_Driver

6 ай бұрын

always will be happy and grateful for you whenever you're bettering yourself not only as a content creator, but also as a human being. I'm thankful to see your rise and growth every time. I'll always be proud of you and you're lovely fans will always be proud of you no matter what.

Cameron, your golden-voiced delivery of philosophy with humour over morning coffee makes for a great start to the day. Thx!

Thanks Cameron! I asked the top producer in our sales office what his secret was. He said, "I don't compete with anyone here because nobody does customer service like me." He was right. He had a niche market that he farmed and totally owned... brilliant!

"Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday." The Good Doctor.

Man I love your vibe and the way you approach these big topics. Thank you for what you do, it’s so important ❤️

@VenusTheory

Жыл бұрын

Ha no way the legend himself! Glad you dig the video

Thank you so much Cameron!! I've been struggling with self-doubt for a long while. This is exactly what I've needing for a long time. 😭❤️ I think the biggest question for me is how to make a living creating the stuff you truly like. Sometimes I doubt if my creations will appeal to the massive audience and that makes me doubt if I can ever make it as a professional musician. I still need to learn to get out of this mindset. 😔

Something I found very profound and what really stuck with me is a passage out of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. It goes like this: “Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration? Does gold, or ivory, or purple? A lyre or a dagger, a rosebud or a sapling?”.

Thank you. I struggle with this a lot when it comes to my job as an illustrator/graphic designer and always feel like I’ve fallen behind my peers. Like I’ve done something wrong, I’m bad at making connections, or I’m just not talented enough. It eats me up inside every now and then. And I have to remind myself regularly that all this is mentally draining and wasting energy that could have been put to better use

@555atU

Жыл бұрын

I take a lot of photos as a hobby and tried my hand at night sky photography. I had about 30 pics i was proud of. Id show the whole batch of 100+ of them to friends and they pick out ones that resonated with them i didnt think much of. In my silent thoughts ... I say "Really? That one?". But my reaction to them is "Thank you". The subjective acceptance can be annoying i guess.

I once read a book: Do what you love and the money will follow. Well after all these years I figured out that you may have to do what you love as a hobby!!

this is maybe one of the most honest videos i seen

Gonna rewatch this every time I need motivation, thank you so much.

6:54 Beautiful message for all of us music makers.

Great video, well said that man

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Man you speak directly to my heart. Thank u

Love the insights Cameron...Thanks for reminding us all what matters. Cheers!

Thank you so much! It was something I needed to hear right now. Most unexpected. Right on target. Thank you, bro!

Such great timing on this topic for my own journey. This was incredibly inspiring, thank you.

this one is deep bruh and it hits hard !! truth really hits hard and Im so thankful !!

I'm glad that you are sharing these lately. I've been asking for this kind of videos that I felt important to tackle and you did. Thank you Cameron for sharing positive influence 😉☺

Your videos are always so interesting and thoughtful. You make some of the best contact on the Internet. Thanks man, you’re awesome!

This video came at the perfect time for me. Thanks so much!

This is such a great video and message! It took me a lot of years of self punishment to reach and it still takes effort but its a lot more liberating! Excellent stuff!

FREAKING AWESOME, DUDE!! Thank you so much. I really needed to hear this today. 😀🎹🎵

My view on making music is, I do what I want, try my best. If other people appreciate what I make I'm very happy, but I don't let it get me down if they don't!

I had many thoughts while watching this. I watched the entire video Thank You !!

Perfect! Thx for this!

Love this man. Deeply motivatin!

Hi! I love this channel so much, thank you for making these mental health videos. I'm new to the music industry and since experiencing mild success I have been so experiencing so many of the negative topics you talk about. All these videos have been helping me so much find a healthier and happier mindset.

Dig! Thanks mate, appreciate your work!

so good to watch this, thank you

As usual helpful and inspiring. I like how you discuss really important things in a life of an artist.

Another great pep talk my friend. Thank you :D

Really enjoying your videos that cover the wider topics for creatives. Thank you.

Great video. As always, you break down the big picture so well.

Epically said and so true, I've been in this place many times doing my music production journey, and sometimes you just have to do it for the Love of the game. That's when you find true inner peace, thank you for the great video! 👍

My way of dealing with those feelings is to get my sense of accomplishment from my main career - software development - and not from my hobby - music production. That removes all the stress from it all.

This is your best video yet. Truly impressive. The amount of works you put on the visuals, to illustrate your points, was top notch. And the subject matter? A foundation principle to anyone who makes art, at any level.

Thanks for this. We all need to hear it.

Wow. Amazing video. Seriously great video, Cameron. Exactly at the right time for me, too. Thank you.

Love this. Keep it up.

THANK YOU for this video my friend!!!!

I really enjoyed this video, many music prod channels focus on the technical aspect of production but it's nice to hear human thoughts and emotions

The quality of content here is unseen. Terribly good job.

you are one of the only persons talking about the true important things and struggles we creators have and i am incredibly grateful that you give this to us

Great as always. If part of your circle is the positive impact your art has on others... level attained. Thanks!

Man, I'm a big fan of your thoughtful videos about creativity! And this one probably hits the sore spot of many an artist's abrased soul- mine included 😁 Glad there's someone trying to remind us what the 'creative spirit' truly means!

Great video and a smart way to think. Thanks so much!!!!

Brilliant and insightful. Ty!!!

Man your videos always hit the nail on the head! I used to compare myself to others constantly but what really helped me was when my therapist told me to compare myself to myself instead of comparing myself to other people. I always had this feeling like I was going nowhere and I was not improving but actually, when you listen to your stuff in the context of your own work, or in this case your own "circle" then I noticed that I appreciate I work alot more, especially when I compared my current tracks to the tracks I made like 5 years ago. I think it's also worth noting that there isn't a set time frame in terms of when things "take off" I used to feel as if I was doing something wrong when producers who were getting more attention and blowing up with only 3 years of producing. Never view stuff like this as a competition because it will really damage your mental health in the long run. As long as your having fun that's all that matters!

I was just subscribed but with this you got my respect. Impressive depth.

didn’t know i needed this video thank you

Super important thoughts. We have to gauge our own values vs. the world. Thank you. 👏

I love this and you are by far my favorite content creator 🙌🏿

I can't tell you how much I needed this video. Thank you

Amazing vid 🙏🏼

“Comparison is the Thief of Joy”

I used to struggle with this. Then I realized the only person I needed to compare myself to or be jealous of was myself. I’ve been producing since 2005 and I put a lot of time and effort into my music and its finally paying off. I’m much happier now that im not being jealous or comparing myself to others.

"What you are entitled to is the freedom to create whatever it is you have in mind," yet so many people don't even have that...

Really nailed this one Cam!

Great video. I like the fact that you deal with the mental side of making music; not just the practical side. As a one man bedroom producer; I find your material helps me to keep going. Still the main thing for me personally is to enjoy my sessions regardless of if anything should come of my labour. The minute it becomes a chor; than it's time to give up. Thanks man!

I've accepted that very fev likes my music, I'm old and don't care as much anymore. But I feel for others so sometimes I just spend little time listen to what others have done on different forums and put a heart comment that I know means alot to many, and I enjoy it :) Thanks for another great video! You are awesome!

Great Vid!!!

I struggle with this concept constantly. Obviously I believe in the importance of creating art that is distinctly my own, but I also recognize the importance of genre and giving my listener some road map of the expectations they should have for the music I create. This is, for me, the current struggle.

@circlemover

Жыл бұрын

My feeling is to tell you to stop carrying this load and put it down. You can not write down to the market place and produce your music to suit a genre and others. No point. Make your music and be glad you have the gift to do this. There is so much music out there its simply not worth worrying about listeners at all...just thank your lucky stars someone can be bothered to check you out.

@K.KILLORAN

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your feedback.

Absolutely unbeatable advice.

This video came out on my birthday! HowdyDoodie. Great video. Disappointment only happens when the outcome is lesser than your expectation. So you either have to go in expecting nothing out of something but still do your best, or you can go in with high expectations, but be really good at being grateful for all that you come out with. Learning to fail is probably the best way to do this. I guess this is a Hope versus expectation thing. If you expect something, you may end up bitterly disappointed. But you can hope for something without expecting it, and be grateful for anything you receive in the experience. Well, that was a ramble.... Great content BTW!

Great video, really needed this. I’ve been struggling with who I want to become and what I want to create and I’m still not there, but I’m a lot closer now. Thanks :)

Thank you for all your content! Really helpful views for a struggling "artist" :)

"This is my circle, perfect in every way I need it to be." Got it. Thanks @VT.

I feel like I will be a "success" when my audience starts to spend as much time listening to my music as I spend making it. I may never be "successful" by that metric, but I try to remind myself that the art I create is itself, the only reward that I am entitled to. Thanks for another great video.

This really resonated with me. For a long time I felt I had to be at a certain skill level to make videos and share my music, I kept feeling inferior to all the talented people that do their music channels, release their music, play their gigs and so on. Jealosy and self depreciation are very human and very strong forces that really can hamper you in your journey. It was a bit of a stone around my neck until I realised that I have to find MY voice and MY path and it will give me purpose and meaning if I do what I enjoy. So I started making videos and sharing my music and ideas from the perspective of sharing my own journey, not trying to be someone else or try to make myself seem a better producer or musician than I am but openly and honestly document my journey of discovery of different tools, music genres and my own creativity. Share without thinking too much about reach, likes or subs or whatever. I just enjoy figuring out how to improve producing music and making videos and sharing the experience to whoever wants to listen and that pure feeling of joy and creative energy when I manage to finish a new song or video while focusing on the experience, not whatever quality criteria I put on myself because I keep comparing myself to others, really makes it a truly meaningful experience. What you say in this video is so true and so IMPORTANT, thank you so much for putting this out there. Sorry for the wall of text, but I had to share. Keep up the good work! 😀

Enjoyed this one a lot!

Such an excellent attitude you have, thanks...

Well articulated !

Wow, such good info, we need channels like yours

WOW. I really needed to hear that

I create for myself…. My enjoyment….. I am in no competition with anyone other than myself….. I try to top myself or top what I’ve done before……. I see others as inspiration…… especially when they have great songs, play great or show a great way to record….. Great video….

This vid is so nice 😭💞

Thank you for sharing! This felt like the Bhagavad Gita specifically for musicians. Here's to creative liberation!

Excellent video essay!

I usually only lurk the comments but I just wanted to say that I enjoy channels with a self reflective/philosophical perspective a lot. So thank you!