What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about making music when you started?

Wish someone had explained to be the importance of samples, even making your own sample and using non-music samples too.

Don't compromise your stuff for fear of it being lost on people.

  On 1/8/2014 at 6:23 AM, chassis said:

Wish someone had explained to be the importance of samples, even making your own sample and using non-music samples too.

When someone tells you your stuff is good, work even harder instead of relaxing.

Produce, produce, produce.

Document, document, document.

  On 1/8/2014 at 6:23 AM, chassis said:

Wish someone had explained to be the importance of samples, even making your own sample and using non-music samples too.

Interesting, please elaborate.

more cowbell

Not to

  On 1/8/2014 at 11:06 AM, psn said:

When someone tells you your stuff is good, work even harder instead of relaxing. Produce, produce, produce. Document, document, document.

This is good advice. Not necessary self-criticism or obsession with perfection, but perpetual challenging of one's efforts seems like a good way to go. Avoids complacency I suppose.

use compressors. they make a huge difference. ( i ignored them in my music making for the longest time ).

Be patient. Be a man. Fuck vsti's. Use samples. Fuck the police. Make music for pleasure. Repetition. Timing is key.

  On 1/8/2014 at 12:58 PM, MisterE said:

Not to

Pretty much

  On 1/9/2014 at 6:57 AM, digit said:

use compressors. they make a huge difference. ( i ignored them in my music making for the longest time ).

I wish I'd known about it back in 2001 when

Listen to your tracks through various speakers, car, hifi etc - not just your crappy headphones - before making them public.

Also, you can't please everyone - so just try to please yourself.

This (I'm still learning)

  On 1/9/2014 at 6:57 AM, digit said:

use compressors. they make a huge difference. ( i ignored them in my music making for the longest time ).

and this (related with compression)

  On 1/9/2014 at 12:15 PM, westhead said:

Listen to your tracks through various speakers, car, hifi etc - not just your crappy headphones - before making them public.

 

Also, you can't please everyone - so just try to please yourself.

I'm still relatively a noob so I wish people tell me more advice in the future.

And I also wish to meet people who also makes electronic music for this same reason.

  On 1/8/2014 at 6:23 AM, chassis said:

Wish someone had explained to be the importance of samples, even making your own sample and using non-music samples too.

This is something I seriously need to explore - I have no idea where to begin though.

  On 1/8/2014 at 6:40 AM, LimpyLoo said:

Don't compromise your stuff for fear of it being lost on people.

This. Only just figuring this one out after 16 years of producing tbh.

  On 1/8/2014 at 6:23 AM, chassis said:

Wish someone had explained to be the importance of samples, even making your own sample and using non-music samples too.

When Zoe B figured out that some of the sounds in Bucephalus Bouncing Ball were sound effects from pinball machines, I was like whhhhhhat. I just had this perception that Rich handcrafted every little synth sound in there.

I still don't think I'm taking full advantage of samples. Any more thoughts on this?

"Nobody will ever care"

Lol. But that's no why we do it, right folks?

don't buy loads of gear and not use it. get something and get good on it!

read the manual

[edit] see below, double post

Technique trumps technology

Everything's gonna be alright