Why You Don't Sound Like a Pro (YET!)

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

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Thanks to Serge Dusault, Jean Paul Grobben, Parsa & Robin van Rhijn!
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🎸Acoustic: acousticadventure.com
🎸Guitar Looping: www.loopschool.com
0:20 Step 1
1:03 Step 2
2:03 Step 3
3:51 Step 4
5:07 Step 5
6:06 All Layers
6:47 The Little Time I Have
Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on KZread.
If you want to know more about me, check out PaulDavidsGuitar.com or check out my guitar courses at: learnpracticeplay.com and nextlevelplaying.com, and acousticadventure.com
Thank you for watching!
Paul
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  • @becksvlogs9057
    @becksvlogs90573 ай бұрын

    I love how after one of Paul's lessons, the techniques he shows feel so simple. They probably took him years to figure out and fine-tune, and then he just hands all of the tricks to us for free, complete with a guide on how to use them.

  • @ajmusic4500

    @ajmusic4500

    3 ай бұрын

    It’s beautiful selfless isn’t it. He’s just a great guy tbh 😂

  • @joeb3590

    @joeb3590

    3 ай бұрын

    Tom buckovak is the same way, tim Pierce is too, Tyler Larson has great ideas, Rick beato has some handy information as well. KZread is cool

  • @becksvlogs9057

    @becksvlogs9057

    3 ай бұрын

    @@joeb3590 I've never heard of Tom Buckovak, but all of the others that you mentioned are fantastic. The KZread music community is so wholesome and willing to share their knowledge.

  • @vipersb1

    @vipersb1

    3 ай бұрын

    He's getting paid, just not directly by us...

  • @Incountry
    @Incountry3 ай бұрын

    You better have given Mr Cat a rub when he rushed the video….

  • @PaulDavids

    @PaulDavids

    3 ай бұрын

    He gets all the rubs he wants 🥰

  • @sroycze9284

    @sroycze9284

    3 ай бұрын

    Does your cat love music?some cats love music,like one of mine's ​@@PaulDavids

  • @Incountry

    @Incountry

    3 ай бұрын

    @@PaulDavids Good man…👍🏼

  • @KevinMerinoCreations
    @KevinMerinoCreations3 ай бұрын

    Truly appreciate you showing these aspects of your workflow! Very inspiring! 👏👏👏

  • @Ashley-jp4nn
    @Ashley-jp4nn3 ай бұрын

    Honestly I love the sound of distorted close intervals

  • @noahanderson1238
    @noahanderson12383 ай бұрын

    always makes my day when you drop a vid, thanks paul.

  • @TheEliteGuitarist3456
    @TheEliteGuitarist34563 ай бұрын

    step 1 already helped me already. the mellow sound!🔥 Thanks man I have a riff I love but it just wasn't sounding right, but these steps just took it to the next level! Paul is one a legend!🔥

  • @davidcook1057
    @davidcook10573 ай бұрын

    What a gorgeous track, wow. Those vocals with your guitar - just blissful. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and inspiring us on this journey with you.

  • @rahulbanerjee9968
    @rahulbanerjee99683 ай бұрын

    Paul can simplify the guitar like a magician! Thanks, Paul.

  • @tylerjae0622
    @tylerjae06223 ай бұрын

    It’s so awesome to see your production/guitar methods on display! More of this content if you could, it’s very helpful :D

  • @diegowagnerpio9958
    @diegowagnerpio99583 ай бұрын

    Melhor canal sobre guitarra na Internet.

  • @eatingsound373
    @eatingsound3733 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful track, Paul. Great video- love your channel.

  • @echsecutioner
    @echsecutioner3 ай бұрын

    Nicely done! Thanks for your quality content!

  • @allengoeddey2719
    @allengoeddey27193 ай бұрын

    Great video! Nice sounds. Thanks for the insight. Great to see MrCat again

  • @theshimmeringcarnelians
    @theshimmeringcarnelians3 ай бұрын

    Thanks Paul. I would love to see more of your studio process.

  • @eduardocarrillo5669
    @eduardocarrillo56693 ай бұрын

    La suma de capas crea una conjunción genial, que unida al resto del tema genera una atmósfera hermosa. Gracias por compartir el tip 👍🏻

  • @Eternalvigilance1776.
    @Eternalvigilance1776.3 ай бұрын

    I love the way the wanny bar sounds with a good warm reverb 🥹🥹🏄

  • @jimmccall8030
    @jimmccall80303 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous! This is so cool. Thanks very much Paul!

  • @Shane_Bozelie
    @Shane_Bozelie3 ай бұрын

    At Step 3, when you pulled the tracks to left and right. It really gave me goosebumbs

  • @SecurityBagels
    @SecurityBagels3 ай бұрын

    Such an excellent video. Thank you Paul. That riff is awesome too.

  • @noponder
    @noponder3 ай бұрын

    Love those guitar sounds and the way they combine to make all those overtones! Very nice. Love your cat, too.

  • @TomStrahle
    @TomStrahle3 ай бұрын

    Great video Paul and most excellent song!

  • @kevinfitzpatrick2695
    @kevinfitzpatrick26953 ай бұрын

    This solo reminds me so viscerally of a music box of my dad's and i absolutely love it!

  • @Petixo7
    @Petixo73 ай бұрын

    i had to jump on spotify to listen to the whole thing, and it's beautiful. I hope you keep dropping pearls like this every now and then, both the great layering tip, as the song!

  • @DrewHughesMusic
    @DrewHughesMusic3 ай бұрын

    When I listen to your videos with headphones it highlights how amazing your sound skills are.

  • @DaveDickens
    @DaveDickens2 ай бұрын

    Very atmospheric, great stuff! Cheers Dave

  • @jortreitsma2982
    @jortreitsma29823 ай бұрын

    Thanks for these tips! Awesome riff and overall sounding piece of music 😊

  • @pork_friedrice
    @pork_friedrice2 ай бұрын

    Paul…just discovered your channel. As a Dutch expat in the US, keep it up, echt kwaliteit man!

  • @nateh9917
    @nateh99173 ай бұрын

    I'd love to see more guitarist production stuff. I moved to Ableton about a year ago, and it took me months to get really good guitar sounds.

  • @tusleplopp1
    @tusleplopp1Ай бұрын

    It does sound incredible! i love the mellow space you created there!

  • @j.t.2722
    @j.t.27223 ай бұрын

    I am always so impressed with your creativity. You are a superlative artist. Keep doing what you do because you inspire a great number of others.

  • @francotrucco
    @francotrucco3 ай бұрын

    Absolutely hooked with the song but this interlude makes it all ❤ I love your channel and thanks to you I've grabbed my guitar again

  • @nuelkadosh7287
    @nuelkadosh72873 ай бұрын

    I love everything about how you play to how you make music. ❤

  • @honestlynuts__
    @honestlynuts__3 ай бұрын

    I needed this video just now

  • @BigusRiccus
    @BigusRiccus3 ай бұрын

    Lovet it. Great tips aswell!

  • @a1paulh911
    @a1paulh9113 ай бұрын

    Great explanation, now I understand why the Boss Oc5 octave and chorus pedals sound so good. Thank you!!

  • @shalomshalom735
    @shalomshalom7353 ай бұрын

    What a GREAT video. This is so helpful.

  • @82superawesome
    @82superawesome3 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous, I was wondering what I could add to my own stuff to bring the full magic of anything I wrote out, this showed it great. Thanks as always Paul 🙏

  • @alkitzman9179
    @alkitzman91793 ай бұрын

    Thanks Paul I never thought of putting 4 Guitar sounds together to play the same notes. You are amazing. I know how I will record my next original song

  • @adyuriar
    @adyuriar3 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Paul. Always inspiring and encouraging!

  • @THEOmusicoffish
    @THEOmusicoffish3 ай бұрын

    Little producer trick, you can put an instance of Soothe2 on the inst bus in the mix, set it to sidechain mode, and trigger it with the guitar track. It'll carve out only the frequencies the guitar takes up in the mix and brings whatever track you want (in this case the guitar) forward in a way thats subtle to the ear but still powerful. I use this mainly for bringing vox more forward but would work beautifully for your guitar part here. This also allows you to use less gain + verb + other fx and lets you get closer to that original tone you fell in love with when writing. Hope this helps, and beautiful job!

  • @Barkosaur

    @Barkosaur

    3 ай бұрын

    And Soothe2 costs how much? ;)

  • @rymdlego

    @rymdlego

    3 ай бұрын

    @AlphaVlk Check out Wavesfactory Trackspacer for a more affordable plugin that does a similar technique (sidechaining input to carve out frequencies).

  • @ChrrZ

    @ChrrZ

    3 ай бұрын

    yes, soothe2 is amazing, it can do so much!

  • @LennonStephens

    @LennonStephens

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Barkosaur check out trackspacer

  • @markcafebrown2883
    @markcafebrown28833 ай бұрын

    Amazing info. As always you rock my friend

  • @PolinomioP3
    @PolinomioP33 ай бұрын

    Oh wow, this was the definition of magic! Outstanding job Paul!!

  • @l6srob990
    @l6srob9903 ай бұрын

    beautiful thanks for sharing

  • @mattygamache
    @mattygamache2 ай бұрын

    Paul, I've bought all your courses. And now I see grey in you beard! Welcome to the club! I remember your walk to the river where you played outside... cheers.

  • @gulzadahalliyeva3381
    @gulzadahalliyeva33813 ай бұрын

    I love your videos so much!

  • @sassyallure
    @sassyallure3 ай бұрын

    Thanks🤗💖

  • @scottyharp
    @scottyharp3 ай бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @DennisVedel
    @DennisVedel3 ай бұрын

    Wauw it sounds awesome. Pure magic ❤

  • @Howard961117
    @Howard9611173 ай бұрын

    I appreciate this video so much, you explains it simple and it works.

  • @umaduro
    @umaduro3 ай бұрын

    Jezus wat een lekker nummer op de zaterdag ochtend 👌🏻

  • @malcolmhodgson7540
    @malcolmhodgson75403 ай бұрын

    Lovely track, great tips👍👏

  • @boblittmann5721
    @boblittmann57213 ай бұрын

    Great insight into recording this wonderful song!

  • @seanthomasmusic
    @seanthomasmusic3 ай бұрын

    Beautiful music Paul. I h🎉ope that your musicianship becomes as recognized as your teaching abilities

  • @Trit_Leflore
    @Trit_Leflore3 ай бұрын

    It's sounds amazing

  • @andrewgonzalez5411
    @andrewgonzalez54113 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing all this

  • @oooomz7578
    @oooomz75783 ай бұрын

    I would love one of these tutorials for the ambient sounds in the track, everything sounds great

  • @sordavie
    @sordavie3 ай бұрын

    Great video. I also love that orange guitar strap!

  • @robphillips8351
    @robphillips83513 ай бұрын

    Well done sounds awesome and huge 👍👍

  • @N3gativeR3FLUX
    @N3gativeR3FLUX3 ай бұрын

    Beautiful work.

  • @gamst777
    @gamst7773 ай бұрын

    Inspirational video, I really enjoyed it! I would love an instructional video of how to do the basics of recording. For me, I have to lower my main volume when recording music, or else I clip the limit. No matter what I do, I have to choose between clipping or having a low sounding song. Some beginner tips I’m sure would go a long way.

  • @joshmurphy1942

    @joshmurphy1942

    3 ай бұрын

    Agreed! Would love some beginner/foundational recording tips from Paul. In the meantime, for your issue, I believe the answer is compression! You can use a little during recording to prevent clipping if you like and then add more in the mix, but having a "low sounding song" is actually what you want with a dry recording. That way it maintains all the dynamic range and tone that can be manipulated to taste in post. I'm still a novice so take this with a grain of salt lol.

  • @mat992
    @mat9923 ай бұрын

    Cool song and great playing. Gorgeous 🎶

  • @stefandrechsel
    @stefandrechsel3 ай бұрын

    Nice inspiration, thank you 😊

  • @santiagovanegas3812
    @santiagovanegas38122 ай бұрын

    Beautiful! Not much else to say. Just beautiful.

  • @eaglepass5170
    @eaglepass51703 ай бұрын

    Excellent!!

  • @lbarj
    @lbarj3 ай бұрын

    helpful thank you. Familiar to me working in Ableton.

  • @tislota_f
    @tislota_f3 ай бұрын

    the new track sounds amazing! it’s a vibe! and the tricks you’ve outlined in this video really make it shine!

  • @jay64j

    @jay64j

    3 ай бұрын

    Shine is the right word.

  • @jamesball9623
    @jamesball96233 ай бұрын

    Finally a good way to use shimmer besides harmonics… thank you paul

  • @peppy_pepper_player823
    @peppy_pepper_player8232 ай бұрын

    THANK YOU!

  • @MrBonzoMan
    @MrBonzoMan3 ай бұрын

    Beautiful ❤❤❤

  • @vynthage2385
    @vynthage23853 ай бұрын

    Great video. Note that you can also delay the left or right guitar by few millisecond to add more spatial sound

  • @crisbajcrisbaj468
    @crisbajcrisbaj4683 ай бұрын

    perfect for the stuff I' m working on

  • @AnotherJoe
    @AnotherJoe3 ай бұрын

    Awesome 😎🙌

  • @jakeodell880
    @jakeodell8803 ай бұрын

    This is the first time where I heard stereo amps and I really understood how I want to incorporate them in my sound. Thanks

  • @_RLP
    @_RLP3 ай бұрын

    Stellar!

  • @bastiaandenhartigh5701
    @bastiaandenhartigh57013 ай бұрын

    Great vibe recording with the Crocs on

  • @ChrrZ
    @ChrrZ3 ай бұрын

    beautiful!! i love layering too when you are using differentt guitars/amps and you pan them hard left & right, you should also check the volumes, as sometimes oen side is louder than the other one and can itcreate an imbalance and good luck to the person that tries to figure out whats going on in all these layers if he wants to learn how to play it 😂

  • @evetsiksatu
    @evetsiksatu3 ай бұрын

    killer tips and a great sounding song

  • @jonathandepaula2989
    @jonathandepaula29893 ай бұрын

    Brazil HERE!!!

  • @therealroga
    @therealroga3 ай бұрын

    We def need a love button as well as a like button. Just wonderful.

  • @Om-jo8eu
    @Om-jo8eu3 ай бұрын

    Wow!

  • @WestCoastProf
    @WestCoastProf3 ай бұрын

    Use multiple microphones at different distances and angles. Nice, roomy effect. Great video, Paul.

  • @WillDixonMusic
    @WillDixonMusic3 ай бұрын

    Step one: be a pro level guitarist! Lovely video, some great production tips and beautiful end result!

  • @OneYoniDa
    @OneYoniDa3 ай бұрын

    Hi paul i love your videos and i know how you love scales especially the pentatonic and the blues so i like to ask u to make a video about the Ethiopian pentatonic scale I'm sure you will love them and do something creative Tnx

  • @garydiamondguitarist
    @garydiamondguitaristАй бұрын

    Cool, I knew all of these and use them all the time. Nice to see someone explain them to those that didn't though.

  • @alphamegaman8847
    @alphamegaman88473 ай бұрын

    Thanks Paul! Beautiful.👍 You're Cat is Asking to share what little time it has (compared to us), with You! 🥰 Mike in San Diego. 🌞🎸🚀🖖

  • @kennethchikankabe5729
    @kennethchikankabe57293 ай бұрын

    Really awesome, appreciate the ableton part very much

  • @cyberfutur5000
    @cyberfutur50002 ай бұрын

    Neat little tutorial! I like it. A variation, of sorts, I can recomend to play around with, would be to record your track and, make two copies (or better yet, play it super precise again), so that you have three copies of it in three tracks. Let the main track in the middle (pan) and as loud as you need it, then pan the two copies the either side and reduce their volume, both at the same rate (eg: T1 -6db Pan:C; T2: -12db pan L; T3 -12db Pan:R). I usually don't pan fully, but go to something like 80-90%, so that a little bit remains on the other ear. But all values depend on the situation and taste, so play around with it, till you like it. I especially like this with vocals, but also with guitar, bass or whatever. It makes things sound bigger and thicker^^ but keeps them tight and all that... If you want to, you can then put effects on the left and right tracks, experiment around. I really love to put two different reverbs on the two panned tracks, a long and a short one, similar to what Paul showed in the "Halleluja" video. Have fun :)

  • @Eternalvigilance1776.
    @Eternalvigilance1776.3 ай бұрын

    guitar snobs always say that ,.."if you use reverb and delay you're not a good guitar player " ..but you just proved them wrong brother 🎉🎉🎉😊

  • @shalomshalom735
    @shalomshalom7353 ай бұрын

    Can you do same for some blues tone and perhaps also for some rock tone? meaning how you record them and make the guitar solo stand out in these situations?

  • @nedim_guitar
    @nedim_guitar3 ай бұрын

    Sweet part!

  • @MoveUpMedia
    @MoveUpMedia3 ай бұрын

    Sounds delicious. Sometimes I like stereo motion in a part to help add some space and texture. A stereo delay, chorus or auto-pan can be interesting. Also, fuzz octave with heavy reverb mixed low can create some nice tension.

  • @PateeSarasin
    @PateeSarasin3 ай бұрын

    Great track

  • @mycatiseatingme5269
    @mycatiseatingme52693 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much ! I couldn't count how many times i whatched your videos and went " Wow , that's how you do that !? " . Very inspiring and make me grab my guitar everytime. Also , is your cat like mine and how many time did he mess up one of your recording like when stepping on your keyboard or actually one time rubbing his head against the Time knob of a delay pedal ahah ? Thanks again , cheers from France !

  • @MattagastTheGreen
    @MattagastTheGreen3 ай бұрын

    Great video - very tasteful and appropriate to the song; Always better with a cat cameo 😹 I love that Ziggy included him on the Learn Practice Play poster so he can accompany me in my jam room too =) Cheers 🎸🐈‍⬛☕

  • @simon_esse896
    @simon_esse8963 ай бұрын

    Ableton Live 😍

  • @joejurneke9576
    @joejurneke95763 ай бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @aaronjoseph9014
    @aaronjoseph90143 ай бұрын

    By watching this amazing channel I went from "Gimme the tabs bro" to actually understanding what Mr. Paul is saying.❤

  • @dom6452
    @dom64523 ай бұрын

    hopin, blind, and now this one you 3 should just form a band at this point

  • @petertrast
    @petertrast3 ай бұрын

    More studio process, please!!!

  • @theguitarclubonline
    @theguitarclubonline3 ай бұрын

    Rev2!

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