15 Nov Pro-tip: Tailoring a sound for labels usually backfires.
It’s real easy to get caught up (especially in drum and bass) with making tracks aimed at your dream labels and constantly feeling pressured to produce tunes that will make a splash but ironically, you will have much more success and fun if you just forget about all that.
The scene moves so fast these days that sometimes it becomes impossible to remember why anyone would want to sit at a computer for tens of hours EQing drums and undoing things over and over.
I can tell from experience, if you want make whatever it is you do really good, just forget about the hustle and labels. I can guarantee you will reach whatever your goals and dream labels are quicker and easier if you make having fun and getting satisfied from your work the #1 priority.
Definitely A/B and critique your work to death against the top producers in the game but that being said, the easiest way to fuck up a tune or a vibe is to produce it with the intent of pleasing someone other than yourself.
Lame as shit but unfortunately (or fortunately?) it’s true.
It’s real easy to get caught up (especially in drum and bass) with making tracks aimed at your dream labels and constantly feeling pressured to produce tunes that will make a splash but ironically, you will have much more success and fun if you just forget about all that.
The scene moves so fast these days that sometimes it becomes impossible to remember why anyone would want to sit at a computer for tens of hours EQing drums and undoing things over and over.
I can tell from experience, if you want make whatever it is you do really good, just forget about the hustle and labels. I can guarantee you will reach whatever your goals and dream labels are quicker and easier if you make having fun and getting satisfied from your work the #1 priority.
Definitely A/B and critique your work to death against the top producers in the game but that being said, the easiest way to screw up a tune or a vibe is to produce it with the intent of pleasing someone other than yourself.
Really lame but unfortunately (or fortunately?) it’s true.