As a beginning 46 year old music producer I totally needed this video Ethan. Thank you so very much for the positivity and encouragement in this video!

@manatee_flips6811

9 ай бұрын

What are you using?

@mildcat3147

9 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@jamies1974

9 ай бұрын

Trevor, Ethan is 100% correct mate, never give up or think its too late! Go for it! I am 48 & going for it!

@blessZm

8 ай бұрын

Good luck Chief 🔥

@leandrenpillay8378

8 ай бұрын

@trevorsowder1147 & @jamies1974 - You guys are inspirational. I am going to be 40 next year and also pursuing a career as a music producer. The older we get, the more we realize how much more we need to grip life by the horns and make it ours. All the best to you guys! 🎉👍

Yeh, whatever is going on just sit down an hour a day (at least) and make a tune no matter what it sounds like, get into the habit and faster iterations, great video, thanks! ;D

I downloaded Ableton 10 years ago and bought a DJ controller after leaving EDC feeling inspired. I learned to DJ and make mashups in Ableton pretty easily but felt discouraged when it came to making my own productions. This video inspired me to create this new KZread account and give music production another go (at 42 years old). Thank you.

@CompleteProducer

8 ай бұрын

wow, it's never too late to start, you got this!

Love your vyb!! Thanks for this msg ☮️

Great video! I totally agree with you, the best thing you can do is to try and not give up!

Thank you for Coming back 💕

I'm glad I came across your page I'm trying to begin doing music and you really inspired me with this tutorial your really talented I will need to get more tips from you.

Home run!!! Perfect mix and sounds!😊

This video is AMAZING, there is barely any of this content being spread and it is so important. People live their whole lives not doing what they want to do because they simplely dont believe they can. If anyone is still doubting themselves it is really a matter of time if you make sure you are working on your craft everyday, this literally applies to everything you want to do. Just do what you do and never give up just take breaks if it gets too much. Try having multiple art forms or interests so when you get burnt out you don't go to bad habits. If you love it and do it every day you will make it. I am rooting for everyone reading this; we will all make it as long as we give it our all.

Brian Eno was using the painter analogy way back in 1978 when he started recording his 'ambient' albums - «Music for Airports» being the first (although the «Discreet Music» and «Another Green World» albums also played with this idea prior), and he freely admitted to not knowing what he was doing half the time... and it didn't do his career any harm! 😉 It's a great analogy and breaking down elitist barriers for beginners is totally important! 👍

Love this video, and your channel over all, my production def had a small breakthrough after finding your channel last week

Thanks for the encouragement! Time to get busy with my FL Studio that I acquired years ago.

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

You can do it! I started on FL back in the day (:

This is amazing, thank you so much for sharing 🥰

Inspiring stuff man!! Love from Australia

Great encouragement, Thank you Ethan.

Such a beautiful video honestly. Thank you

Imposter syndrome is such a killer. This video is exactly the type of thing that I need to give me that push. Thank you so much! I genuinely and whole-heartedly believe that I can and will do great things with music, you just wait, I'll prove it.

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

i can't wait! you got this!

Cant believe I’ve never heard that quote….this will be my mindset for this new year and I can’t wait to see where it takes my life. Thanks for the awesome videos and inspiration!

Hey… happy new year… been waiting for your new videos tho…

Great message! I loved this entire video.

Great video!!

I really needed this, thank you Ethan! I have learned a lot of things but still can't get myself to start writing and producing because of self doubt. It's all about the mindset. Thank You!

@trevorsowder

9 ай бұрын

I am in the exact same place mentally my friend! I guess we just need to jump in and get started 🙂

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

there's no better time to start than right now!

Thank you so much i needed this

Thank you so much your so incredible❤

Awesome stuff!

Great video ethan btw the editing , lighting , video is really fire

Liked and subscribed! You ARE right! I took up production after tragedy struck in my family. My spouse at the time suggested i tried with the new DAWs floating around, as production wasn’t something as easy to do from top to bottom during my college years, it just wasn’t so “lone wolf” friendly. I set my goals to something I thought felt sky high at the time, which was to somehow have my music be featured on my favorite show, the William Street Swap Shop, streamed on AdultSwim, and by golly, I freakin reached it. But I get a lot of criticism for spending so much time on it, so I’m kind of stuck with what I should aim for next. The adultswim shows that drove me all got canceled when TBS sold to AT&T and that kinda crushed me. I don’t really have any immediate friends doing this type of stuff and so I don’t have a clear picture or set goal or venue for the last stuff I’ve been working on… I’m not looking to go around the world with it… not yet, but still I am looking for a decent creative outlet to cater to / offer my works, and I’m stuck on how and where I’ll find that next endeavour.

Good video bro, I needed to hear that to continue the dream and level up👌

I've been making music since 2009, first on a cracked version of FL Studio, then ended up buying it and taking music production seriously. I've released music throughout the years, and although I don't have a huge fan base snd lots of listens. I still keep pressing on all these years. Now dont get me wrong, I've been through many iterations where ive came close to quittong music altogether, especially with juggling school and work. I'm just now getting back into music and DJing as I've been feeling inspired to get back into it, even though my life is even more hectic with work than before. And I probably made the best music I've made in a long time during the height of the pandemic, but have yet to release it. Basically what I'm trying to say is, you gotta start somewhere. Work with what you have, and try to stay as consistent as you csn with yhe practice. You may have to take breaks (I took as much as a few years' break at times), but whatever you do, don't quit! If its in your blood and you just don't feel right when you don't create, keep going. Whenever I dont work on music for awhile, I feel out of place like a puzzle piece is missing. Don't let your counterfeit ego get the best of you, listen to your real ego!

We missed you Ethan! What a great video. This needs to be released, lol!

think you a lot love your intro it touched my heart and I learned a lot

your videos and music has gotten so good 🔥

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

thank you!

So nice! You should be a motivational speaker too! Cheers and thanks! You rock!

Good stuff man :)

thank you for the intro, sometimes I get worn down and forget to believe in myself. I appreciate it greatly.

@CompleteProducer

6 ай бұрын

you got this!

Your course has literally changed my life. I started today. I played piano my entire life and took lessons when I was super young. I can play really well but I never expanded on chords or theory. I’m literally a new man after the theory part of your course. Thank you so much brother!!

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

wow i'm so glad you're getting a lot out of it!! can't wait for you to take the other modules as well (:

Dude. You win. Best KZread music video ever. Started playing as wee babe. I’m 25 years into this crazy weird pursuit or job or whatever it is, and you’re 💯 correct. Thank you 🙏

This is why there's one thing more important than anything else: Your mental health. Work on that. Then come back to music. Maybe incorporate making music INTO your work on your mental health if it soothes you, but in general it'd be a good idea to first get your head in the right space, whatever that means to you. Try therapy. Go for walks. Meditate. Try sports. Surround yourself with the people you love. Stuff like that. Great video, thanks a lot Ethan! I'm learning a lot from you. My mental health isn't in the best state ever but I'm trying on getting there. Have a good day.

Welcome back Ethan! We missed you)

Amazing 👏

Love this

Thank you for this one Ethan. I've been producing for almost 5 years now and I am still grinding just to have my moment and be known as an artist and producer. Now I've been struggling to just balance my "night shift" job and just make music after waking up in the afternoon before going to work haha. Money from producing is not that consisted but need to have other job to help my family financially too cause I'm the breadwinner of the family.

@djceddy6945

8 ай бұрын

10 min rule and just make lekker tunes anytime you need to make feel. Dont need the glamorous.

Heck yeah, i started last march, for many a day i write something, and have been so impressed with myself. The i cant voice was in my head went for too long, im using a 2013 imac, midi cont, and my guitar, and honestly thats all i need

Just what I needed

Finally my favorite producer influencer is backkk ❤

My problem has been, instead of producing music and putting myself out there, I sit online all day looking for tuts, courses, and videos, then I watch them endlessly instead of getting anything done. Also, I have learned various programs already and alot of things involved in music production, such as reading whole 100 page threads on gearslutz, writing down all serban gehnea mixing techniques...... Maybe I need to go watch some dopamine videos or some confidence videos, power of positive thinking.... But I think I'll just waste more time on those too. Your channel is set up really nice though, the title got me curious, the video text made me click, the none standard entry and mentioning henry ford kept me watching. All in all it's a very well produced video designed to keep people engaged and sign up to your course. Very professionally done IMO. Not sure how good your course is but I admire your success as a youtuber.

I´m always overcompilcating things (in producing). It´s really hard to get that out of your head.

Jeez, this video Needs way more views, it's a real perspective changer for us beginners🎆🎈

Im a guitar player and I love music. Ive always wanted to make vocaloid music. Challenge for you... can you make a vocaloid track? 😉 i downloaded cubase and bought everything i needed. Started 3 days ago, but i have endless ideas. Anyway, love your video. Please post more.

I have so many of these things already (Ableton Live 11 Suite, 4 nice guitars, a sweet 88-key Korg D1 midi controller, tons of plugins I've bought over the years, a powerful Ryzen 9 PC, super nice audio interface, and good ADAM Audio monitors)....but I still haven't made anything aside from some short projects that were about 10-30 seconds long. I feel like I've got all the info available to me from videos like yours, but I'm having trouble pulling the trigger on something serious. I think it's time to really put in some effort and make something happen. I want to stop hesitating! It's been deflating buying all this gear and not doing anything serious with it and I hope to change that soon!

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

start small! Just 10 minutes a day. see where that takes you...

@rikuwaves

9 ай бұрын

Rooting for you

The major problem with I have with theses wishful thinking approaches is that you have to make yourself believe something. There is a logical fallacy in that practice because the more you try to convince yourself to believe in something, the more you know internally that you don't believe it yet, because if you did why would you try to believe it in the first place? It has to be passive so one can't really initiate it by oneself. You can certainly fool yourself for years, but you'll always have some pain that you don't understand its source (because it is willingly denied). It will feel forced, and deep down you'll know that you've been lying to yourself.

@Kieyukuyurei

8 ай бұрын

Honestly... This is the realest comment I've ever read 🔥 few people actually acknowledge the fact that most of the time, art is nothing but frustration that looks graceful

I like the message about attitude, but then the actual music making with the chords and guitar was presented as a magic aside that just happens. So much more can be said about those key steps.

Hey Ethan thanks for the uplifting content. Looking to join your course one day but worried my computer and Ableton 11 live lite won’t cut it for the course. Any suggestions?

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

well, Ableton has a 90 day free trial, and my course has a 30 day money back guarantee so i would give it all a try and see how it goes! It's risk free so...idk i don't see a downside haha but you can keep learning from the channel if you're more comfortable with that

Talk about synchronicity, I’m literally listening to The Luck Factor right now 🤯

1000th Like! I will come back to THIS comment in a few years when i made it with music. Thanks for the Videos man

my dream is to become a singer songwriter and your channel is so inspiring 💗

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

wow thank you! that's the goal (:

great video! (but why suggesting only macbooks? any laptop would do the job in my opinion)

Hey Ethan do more demos on the new updates as well on ableton live 11.3.10

Will you make some videos about mixing in ableton? I am playing with my own unique style and flow kf music and dont want to have to send songs to someone else when i make edits and have to explain my vision.

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

one of my next couple is about mixing so stay tuned!

Love it Ethan! I have just requested you as a guest on a podcast *Ableton Music Producer Podcast with Dan Giffin.... I'm still catching up on old episodes so if you've already been on it, my bad. But either way I inboxed Dan and requested you as a guest =)

Sometimes we forgot that we are doing some things because we love that , music industry becomes more competitive scene , not the Art , people comparing good or bad with Streams with Views with like and that's sad bcoz modern society drink all you energy with this kind of stuff and you starting to become stressful about a lot of things in music industry , we always forget , that everyone of us has their own way its not gonna be the same for everyone , the main thing is process. Look at Avicii he was one of the best on Scene even now he is , but who want Fame like that ? i would say that 80 % of Dj's and popular Artists starting to hate being famous doing shows and stuff , Avicii said "i just want to make music and enjoy life". That's the key, hope everyone of you will enjoy their life as music producer !

Manifestation can do you things as well

Great video, but I'm more interested in the aspect of "producing" in more of the older school Rick Rubin, Bob Ezrin method, taking a band with potential and helping them write/arrange better songs and improve their playing abilities. This style of producing does seem like there is no one path to success. Any thoughts or tips?

@CompleteProducer

2 ай бұрын

i think if you want to go down that route, i would read rick ruben's book, and start trying to produce bands! and if you don't want to record them, find an engineer who's willing to work with you to record those bands for you. i think if you're going to take rick's approach you can't do it alone, so building a team will probably be the most important thing to get started, I would also maybe listen to some of his podcasts and see how he got started! it also doesn't hurt to know some of the technical side and learn how to put a song together in a DAW. hope that helps!

@sethmassing

2 ай бұрын

@@CompleteProducer thanks for the response, yes I did read his book, but its more of a list of creative mantras, than a "how to" so to speak, but yes your advice makes sense, and thanks!!!

We need more positive focus to make our dreams come true.

Ethan, do you usually pick a "key" to play in? Do you have some type of blueprint to follow when it comes to what keys go well together when going from keys, to guitar, to bass? Sometimes i feel like alot of my notes dont exactly match up nicely, do you have any tips on that?

@CompleteProducer

8 ай бұрын

I have a music theory section in my course where I discuss that stuff as well as a bunch of midi chord packs so you can just drag progressions into your project, but i think basic music theory and making sure every instrument is in the same key will go a long way. C major is an easy key to start in for piano. Have all the instruments play the same chords as well, unless you're well versed in music theory and want to get fancy. keep it simple at first (:

this a great but it would be good to do the same with noi user vocal/instruments input at all. in other word purely made from the daw and samples rather than singing or instrument playing ability because as was mentioned in the beginning of the video you dont have to be able to sing or play an instrument or have music theory training to produce music

11:05 35+75 is a trap that gets me very often too haha

Hahaha i literally just used the exact same paint analogy to explain things to a homie the other day.

where "music producers" fail is in paying too much attention at mixing, mastering, sound design, etc....but then they resoundingly fail in being original. That's the key, thats where the attention should be put in. Forget about how good or bad your song sounds. If it is a good song, you will know, people will know. A good example is BX748 with "miss you all", this track is the worst mix I have ever listened to, but it is a good song. You could use your imagination, money to produce a quality track, maybe pay for the track to be made in a proper studio if you are not able to produce good quality, but if you are, then just focus on originality.

Legendary Video. Thank you Ethan. EVERYONE WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!!

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

thanks Jono!

I thought you were about to sing a killer vocal 😄

First off luck does not exist, it is called probability. Secondly music production is not simple at all. Yea, it may be easy to make something that is extremely simple and sound terrible but to be good at it takes a lot of practice and knowledge. To be good at anything takes time, commitment and consistency, this is the most difficult thing for most human beings to produce.

@themanfromvolantis

9 ай бұрын

Luck and probability are different things. Probability is a calculation of the whether something will happen. Luck (Good or bad) is that thing actually happening. The probability of being killed by lightning is 1 in 20 million. And yet it happens to some people. That's bad luck.

keep making content so i can keep making better productions

i've never actually heard someone say you need to go to music school, just the opposite

Would sound dope with Gwen Stefani on vox too!!

🔥🔥🔥

i know this is supposed to be moivational and all but let me share my short story. if i could go back 10+ years, to the point when i started music production, i WOULDNT do it again. Making music is somewhat easy yeah but making music that actually sounds nice or music that you can proudly present to others or listen for your own enjoyment is insanely hard to make. i have seen people produce for10-20 years and their productions still sound somewhat amateur when compared to the stuff you'd hear on the radio. So if you want to go this road you should expect to not like your own music for years, and you should also expect to spend at least 10k on your hobby within a few years. if we are talking about music production you should prepare to become a professional at music theory, sound engineering, sound design and pretty much a master of almost every aspect of music. i must have spent 10 thousand hours on my hobby over the years and i know i still wont be at "radio level" after 20 thousand hours. but now i cant stop because i have a strong will. but like i said, if i could go back, i wouldnt do it again. My best advice would be if you are still young (15 years old) pick it up but if you are older like me (23 when i started), just buy yourself a really nice instrument, learn how to play that and you'll be alot happier.

Where's the best place to learn Abelton?

@CompleteProducer

7 ай бұрын

check out my video called "The Best Ableton 11 Beginner Guide (in 17 Minutes)"

Ethan must be sent by God fr🔥❤

Everybody nowadays can - but that doesnt make it easier

I'd say that making music is very similar to cooking at some point!

Ethan was creating industry standard bangers after producing music for 1 year. Always wondering how this is possible. I’ve been on ableton for 12 and the music he made in his first year is better than mine now LOL

@CompleteProducer

8 ай бұрын

no it took longer than that to get to the industry standard! probably 3-5 years. but i was able to tour after roughly 1 year or taking production seriously!

@williamfranco7526

8 ай бұрын

@@CompleteProducer Thanks for response. Do you believe in the 10,000 hour rule? Do you think you hit that in 3-5 years? That would mean 40 hours a week production for 5 years to reach 10k hours. Would love some insight!!!!

I dont liste to music any more..I listen to loops

I'm lucky Ethan

Perplexing... you just taught folks how easy it is to create their luck by ripping off "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat and SZA.

can i buy your ikea straw lamp? Trade it for favors

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

lol i think it's from target like 5 years ago

Ford was such an influent person that his portrait was in Hitler’s residence 😂

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

:O

this is simply the law of attraction

@lemonlimelukey

2 ай бұрын

and thank you for the video!

It only took you 1 year to get good enough at making music and being able to tour?

Well, you're right about that there is no age limit to start making music, but that it's really really easy? I mean you picked up the guitar and bass within the first few minutes, but it didn't take you "just a few minutes" to master or even get good at those instruments right? C'mon man. I understand you're trying to encourage ppl here but to say it's a walk in the park? Nah man, that's like lying.

Here is more proof.. You can ask most people to name 5-10 BOC tracks, Jam and Lewis tracks,etc, yet good luck finding classic tunes from KZread producers overall...

So chill. Connect wit me?

You can convince people anything who havnt listened to APHEX TWIN

🫶🫶🫶

Honestly, it’s true, and you will make garbage, accept that. Only way not to make garbage, practice, fail, make, repeat and most of all, learn your craft......find your style, be yourself...

@MrMattmoffett

9 ай бұрын

Nah even then you'll still make garbage. Forever. The best artists on earth still make garbage to this day. That's normal though, no one makes hit songs every time, and I don't think anyone ever has. Hell look at The Beatles, they are one of the most popular acts ever, they have a HUGE back catalog of unreleased, unfinished music that'll never see the light of day. Or arguably their biggest rivals the Beach Boys, Dennis Wilson literally has thousands of songs which will never get a release. Michael Jackson, tons of unreleased, unfinished music no one will ever hear. All these giants we think of who write amazing songs make it look easy because no one's showing you the weeks they spent banging their head against a wall before scrapping the song they were working on. But that's normal, everyone does it, and it never stops, best to just accept that some things just won't work out. In life, and in music.

@manatee_flips6811

9 ай бұрын

@@MrMattmoffett sure, but it’s not garbage, it’s just a bad song.....

Are you a believer?

for sure painting is as easy as the word itself. you dont have to know anything than to spell the word painting. nothing special. its not like it is a art or something.

'PromoSM'

Power of the mind baby! Science has literally found that the human mind interacts with and changes the foundational levels of reality. All we need to do Is feel what we want, immagine that what you want is already yours. As long as you work toward your goal with this feeling in your heart, you WILL succeed!

If no one knows this you wouldn't be able to tell us, because you wouldn't know.

@CompleteProducer

9 ай бұрын

haha "how does ALMOST no one know this??" is too long to fit in the thumbnail!