Help For Budding Musicians and Music Producers - Point For To Think About

I have been writing and producing music for about six years. I started out just writing the music but I found it to be to constricting and then learnt, slowly but surely, how to mix the song I was writing. Sometimes it was hard as I could never work out if the song was at fault or my mixing. That is when I started to mix people's tracks (they were totally unmixed). I still was unsure if it was me or if these people's songs were not all that. That is when I got into remixing. I knew that these tracks were good, Telecoustic that they were mixable and that this was now the place to start. I would suggest that anyone else start from this point as sometimes other directions can lead to a lot of time wasting and self doubting problems that do not have an instant solution.

- Write/Play From Your Heart - Firstly, Google this point adding 'Bill Hicks' after it to get the full and honest meaning of this point. I think we have enough people playing boring useless pop. We need some people to write some really moving, inspiring, empowering tunes. The rewards for writing like this are far great than following the herd.

- Having A Clear Idea - If you are writing music, and in many cases, producing music you need a grasp on music theory. You are not going to need to understand everything, you will just need enough so that you can communicate your ideas to the musicians you are working with. If these musicians do not know music theory, there is nothing to fear. In a way them not knowing so much makes your work a lot easier as they will listen to you more as, you know more than them.

- Pay Close Attention - A little obvious maybe, but you should remember that I am talking about all the different tracks, within a track. It can be hard to hear some of the tracks sometimes so be sure to have the volume at a decent level, anything but high volume as this is good for nothing but destroying your eardrums. If you want to ruin you career before you have even started "turn it up!" As I said, find a volume that works for you. Also, if you are using speakers, leaving the room can help you hear the bass better. Just go in the room next door and leave the door slightly a jar. It is amazing how much more you can hear by leaving the room!

If you are looking for more tips on tune writing and music production, you should have a look at this guide to writing/producing, it starts at the start and covers a lot of areas.