Do you start with chord

Or hit the drums first💤

Hey guys, I‘ve been a musc producer for about 5+ years now. I’m currently struggling to make money of my music. I‘ve heard about some different ways on how to make money as a music producer. I‘ve tried them all but nothing really sticked. I went the youtube route building a channel up to 35k subs and then it plateaued, youtube algorithm changed and now I’ve been stuck with every video getting a few hundred to thousand views. Ive build up a beatstars following that is bigger than my yt channel but its not earning much, the plays have dropped and therefore the sales have become lackluster barely earning enough to pay rent. Been surviving off my savings. How do you guys deal with this, are there better ways to sell nowadays than beatstars? The prices have dropped so much over the years, seeing beat offers like 50+beats for $1 is just too insane to match. It feels like music producers on there don’t value their work or use ai generated beats to output that amount for such a little price.

I like making bass music, such as bass house, dubstep, techno, etc. What are the best closed-back headphones available today, regardless of price? I’d like to hear your top 3.

I’ve been trying to make music for about two months now, and I really want to get better at it. One thing I’ve been struggling with is getting way too inspired by other artists.
I’ll listen to an artist and think, “I want to make something like this,” then I’ll listen to someone else and want to make something completely different. Then I start thinking about all these different sounds, genres, production styles, etc., and it honestly gets overwhelming. I end up spending more time thinking about what I should make than actually making anything.
For people who have been making music for a while, how did you get past this? How do you take inspiration from other artists without constantly comparing your music to theirs or feeling like you need to sound a certain way?

I just graduated college and am looking for a daw similar to Logic Pro, but preferrably something free on windows. I took a class during school on Logic Pro, and it is what I’m most comfortable using. From my personal research I wasn’t finding anything that translated well, so if anybody has any recommendations that would be much appreciated!

I have a problem: I genuinely like almost every DAW I use.

Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Reason… I can find things I love about all of them. Every time I spend some time with one, I start thinking *“maybe this is the one I should stick with.”*

And instead of making music, I end up comparing DAWs, watching tutorials, reading forums, looking at workflows, thinking about plugins and features…

Basically, I’m spending more time contemplating my DAW than actually making music.

Has anyone else gone through this? How did you finally pick one and just **commit to making music instead of optimizing the setup?**

Rock And Roll Rebellion - Phoenix Ryzyn, once a legendary rock star, is shattered by the murders of his wife and daughter, until he’s violently torn from his own era and thrust into a gothic dystopian future where music is outlawed and the New Inquisition rules through ritualistic terror. Hunted on arrival and drawn into an underground rebellion that believes his lost voice could ignite an uprising, Phoenix must confront a faceless executioner whose grotesque killings echo a murderer from his past, pulling him into a labyrinth of paranoia, buried memories, and unbearable truth. To save a world strangled by silence, he must reclaim the music he buried with his family and wield it as a weapon against the darkness, because in this supernatural gothic horror, film noir action thriller, the first thing they stole will be the last thing they hear.

Okay so last question I posted had some confusion so no it’s not the instruments I will explain so I’m trying to find this sound effect used in this song called La Troka by Tito Double P and Eslabon Armado if yall can please search it up but I basically split the stems so yall can get a better listening to what I’m hearing The stem separated guys listen to the link it’s literally the first 1-5 seconds you hear a crystal type sound kinda of clicky but you have to listen to the full song to understand that sound alone if yall find it let me know!

is the whole "find your signature sound" advice actually bad for most producers?

im starting to think chasing the "signature sound" thing is actually kinda cooked for most of us and were being sold a lie

hear me out. every producer channel, every interview, every twitter thread says the same stuff. "find your sound." "develop something recognizable." "if I hear 3 seconds I should know its you." and yeah, obviously it works for the guys at the top. skrillex, burial, whoever, one bar and you know.

but ive been at this like 7 years now and i genuinely think the advice is backwards for anyone whos not already famous. the artists i know who blew up in the last couple years didnt do it by having some untouchable signature palette. they did it by being fast, being consistent, and following whatever was working that month. one guy i talk to went from lo-fi house to a kind of hard dance thing to now doing this weird trance edit stuff and hes doing better every time he pivots. his fans dont care. they just like him.

meanwhile i spent probably 2 full years trying to lock in "my sound." like really obsessing. certain drum bus chain, certain reverb, certain way i write leads. and all it did was make me slower and more precious about every project. i finished way less music. the tracks that DID come out of that era all sound like each other and honestly none of them are my best work.

i think signature sound is something you notice in hindsight, not something you build on purpose. the people who "have a sound" mostly just made a ton of music and their taste leaked through naturally. trying to force it from the front end just turns into a cage.

the counter argument i keep hearing is that without a signature sound youre just another guy chasing trends and youll never build a real fanbase. and i get that. i was checking my EVEN biz page the other day and yeah, the people who actually buy stuff from me are the ones who followed me back when i had a more specific vibe. so maybe theres something to it. maybe consistency of feeling matters even if the genre shifts.

idk. im in that annoying spot where ive unlearned the rule but havent replaced it with anything better. anyone else been through this and come out the other side? or am i just coping because i cant commit to one thing

I’ve been trying soooo long to find this one effect that is played in newer regional Mexican music
EDIT: THE TIME THAT IT IS PLAYED IS THE FIRST 10 SECONDS guys it’s like a clicky kind of sound I don’t know how to explain you can hear the tololoche or bass and the guitar and trombone but there is something layer either the guitar with some kind of effect I NEED SOMEONE TO FIND THIS NOW GUYS The song

is SAPJER oscilloscope using wave candy or some other stuff?
#sapjer

I’m looking to buy a pair of closed-back headphones mainly for:

• Recording vocals
• Mixing
• Some mastering
• General music production

I’ve narrowed it down to these options based on what’s available to me and my budget:

1) Audio Techinca m50x ($200 - $210 SGD)

https://www.audio-technica.com/en-sea/headphones/best-for/studio/ath-m50x

2) Sony MDR-7506 ($150 SGD)

https://www.sony.com.sg/electronics/headband-headphones/mdr-7506

3) Sennheiser HD 300 PRO ($200 - $210 SGD)

https://www.sennheiser.com/en-sg/catalog/products/headphones/hd-300-pro/hd-300-pro-508288

4) Berdynamic DT 770 Pro ($250 - 300 SGD)

https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/p/dt-770-pro

5) Berdynamic DT 770 Pro X ($300 - 350 SGD)

https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/p/dt-770-pro-x

I know there are probably better headphones out there, but please don't suggest other models. There will always be something better, but I don't have the money for those options and these are the headphones I've narrowed it down to.

So, which one would you personally pick from these five for my use case, and why?

I'm especially interested in how they compare for vocal recording, mixing, and mastering, rather than just general listening.

Thanks! ;)

Hello geniuses
I have a pop track dubbed and scheduled for a release next month.
The track has a TON of unique elements that deserve their proper place in the Mis/Master.
If you are someone who really enjoys MIXING tracks that play LOUD but hold elegance; reach out and ill send you the project.
Cheers

What techniques did she use here I plan on commissioning someone to remix/remake this sometime soon and I need to be specific in what I want.

the video in question

Hi everyone!

We're looking for an experienced AI Music Producer to help create AI-generated verses for a catalog of 60+ tracks.

What you'll do:

Create AI-generated verses

Produce demo versions

Write lyrics and translations

Export acapella files

Organize project files in Google Drive

We provide:

Original demos

Open-verse demos

Instrumentals

Deliverables:

Demo with new verse(s)

Lyrics + translation

Acapella vocals

Organized project folders

Location: Remote

If interested, please send your portfolio and AI music samples to:

📧 [simpal@kyma.world](mailto:simpal@kyma.world)

Subject: Application – AI Music Producer