40 Pieces of Advice for Beginner Music Producers

GENERAL ADVICE

“Stop trying to be like “insert famous artist here” You need to do you! Make music that makes you happy, you’ll be a lot further along your journey if you just do you” – Aiydyn, Dylan

“Read manuals, practice & patience” – Austin, Blake, Balša, Rex

“Quality > Quantity and be ready for a long ride. Don’t waste time kissing ass, just get really good at what you love.” – Wesley

“Turn the feeling of jealousy into admiration.” – Zac “Don’t make WIP’s (Work in Progresses) public and don’t stop learning.” – Brendan

“Creative block is annoying but to get rid of it, try a) structuring a session b) trying something different c) set yourself limits d) just do something different!” – Sam

“Don’t give up!” – Josef

MIXING ADVICE

“Red is bad ….. oh and don’t put soundgoodizer on the main channel” – Ishmael

“Maybe not to waste as much time on other stuff and focus purely on music” – Katon

“Go easy on the highend boosts.” – Harry

“Learn about sidechain compression, clean mixes and that synthesisers are not necessary; record shit with a mic and piss about with effects and resampling.” – Michael

“Best advice I can give is that first understand your DSP properly. No use if you are just moving knobs without knowing your DSP and next piece of advice learn music theory as well.” – Kartik

“Proper phrasing” – Jamie

“Learn the ”right way” of mixing instead of trying to invent new methods by just doing.” – Sam

“Sidechainning is a must! If you don’t know it, learn it!” – Shelby

PLUGINS, DAWS, PRODUCTION ADVICE

“Choose the DAW that works best with your flow (they pretty much all do the same thing, transparency is a thing with output) always experiment and be as creative as possible … most of all have fun and don’t rush in like a mad man.” – Josh

“Learn the power of post processing so your sound design isn’t a basic b*tch.” – Tyler

CAREER ADVICE