3. Experiment with crazy shit and let them float in your head like an ''Ideas bank'' thing. 4. EDM can be stupidly easy sometimes the only thing that will make you pop out in the crowd would be your melodies, even when you have shitty plugins.

then u weren't listening lol

you forgot to add 3. Experiment freely in order to keep your ideas fresh

Not sleeping destroys your brain which in turn makes your music suffer, keep a good sleep schedule.

@@ricochetsixtyten LOL no one ever said not to sleep, just sleep through the morning although that isnt healthy either but better then no sleep.

XD

OSHEEN Dive in and say “Hey I’m a Trance DJ”

No one is gonna help you, unless it's your mum and that's about it.

@G House Heretics

"...a* cardinal sin of EDM."

ghee4345 so fucking true

I feel the exact same way hacking games, so much of the time during the day is wasted on mediocre things Vs doing it 2am in the morning, I know exactly what to do.

yesterday I cried because I couldn't manage to finish a track I'm working on, it sounded the shittiest. Two hours later, still feeling fucked up, I got a beat done that I had been postergating for weeks. And at night I finished another instrumental track to be released. Seemingly, brain works at its best when feeling at the lowest

its a curse too since you dont know how youve done it. creativity is really a hit or miss

All the best stuff I've ever written was at like 2am when I am trying to sleep

Deadmau5 says some funny shit and then Duda makes sense of it in an insightful way. Love them

pussies

@@Breakbeat90s stole my fucking words

Dude, I have the same thing! And generally it's music that I've never heard before, almost as if my brain is conjuring up it's own music out of thin air! It's always baffled me and I really want to learn how to document these songs, perhaps by learning notation and theory

Man, I remember how I used to hear melody in spoon crashing on the floor. It was really trippy

@@akshay_creates I get the same thing when I'm super sleep deprived! Grab your phone and sing the melody into it if you're awake enough for it ASAP!

@@thnder1472 Will def try that out! I also have a very basic piano app that I fiddle with to try and get the right notes. But I think humming or singing it would work better

I wake up in the middle of the nights with melodies and I hardly know another way LMAO but my dad used to work until 8 am in the 80's making tracks with a one-second sampler

Burn Account I'm ready to start making riddim dubstep after this vid lmao

@@nobIzAwSomEEEEE Ha. Lol

he's streamed endless hours just hanging with fans

@@kevinmyrick218 I know I've been around since the begining. There are a few instances of him just talking about how he got his start etc. Very informative, listening to other people's mistakes in general and adapting yourself so you don't go down one rabbit hole and your left with your d*ck in your hands saying damn I wish I hadn't have taken that approach. Learn from someone else's mistakes and in this case take what he's telling you and actually apply it to your own situation. Our hero's are here for us to look up to.

@@pattygq ya he has left a footprint to follow and has been very generous sharing his time, humor and knowledge with us. Pro tips and things to keep our chins up. He's a one of a kind dude..

agree

TezLo same bro. stay underground, ur music gets shit once u get big its been proven time and time again

Yup always stay true to yourself

Same dude im with you on that, I'll consider myself successful, when I least one of my songs touches someone's heart or to help someone in some way

There's something poetic about that love hate relationship he's got with edm

@@bleach.princess he loves what it can be, hates what its turned into

Yeah when Im tired I seem to make like dark techno/tech house wacky sound stuff its weird lol

i can relate but in my case i was creating dark beats

IDK about that... According to Joel himself on his appearance at the H3 Podcast, he was totally on board with it (story starts at the 1:03:40 mark). If I had to guess, he was probably booted for the swearing, maybe for focusing on being a self-proclaimed internet hate machine and not focusing on the product so much... maybe, perhaps? Hell if you want to see Joel at his most apathetic, look for the Omaze video, the apartment tour/chance to meet him video. That one's a real treat xD

he's like the opposite of deadmau5 lol

@@lukisnootis5708 haha he sure is!

I've found this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/adNxmMWFl86ccoE.html

Me too!! Show us Joel!

He's the new Beethoven, or Beathoven, if you will

Ermmm, no

Rhythm is always king even deaf people will feel it, then comes melody rivaling with bassline and then harmony at 3rd or 4th to buff things up when needed. This is when making music for a non musician public. The melody in edm is blended heavily with rhythm to gain in value, it's rythmic, easy to sing and repetitive.

Thats why Avicii was Huge

@@bencawood for his 3 songs ?

Let's not forget that sound design and even mixing are also critical creative factors in creating EDM that offer a genuinely unique sound and style that is shaped by the artist.

It's all about the melody

That's really sad. But I think it really depends on what you're going for in life.. I have no ambition to 'make it' in the industry. I just 'make it' If somebody enjoys what I do and wants to support me, I appreciate it. If they don't enjoy it, it's not for them. If you go in with the expectation that you're going to be somebody, prepare to have your expectations crushed. If you go into it loving what you do, having fun and being open to sharing, I think you'd be happy regardless if you had 3000 listeners, or 3. The fact that he's envious of other peoples success speaks volumes about his character. And his character probably has more to do with his lack of success than the music he produces. Obviously, there's a fair bit of luck involved with getting discovered. These days, it requires being on multiple platforms at once, a sort of quantity over quality. It's not enough to just be on soundcloud. You have to be EVERYWHERE for people to take notice. I don't have anything, anywhere (besides the garbage I uploaded when I was 13, uploaded on YT and Newgrounds) and I enjoy every minute I spend producing music. I do it for me. But as the other comment mentioned, maybe he could mentor on KZfaq and Twitch, giving other producers tools that may help THEM succeed. In doing so, he may find success of another kind, be it financial or some other measure. Just my two cents, anyway. I mean no judgement.

Sad and all but don’t have to post stuff like that trying to discourage others based off one experience of someone born in a much different time ...Today production matters so much more than Dj experience. Social media platforms opened many doors for all the producers you see headlining today, this is a new era if you make the right tracks and know what labels they fit they will bite guaranteed if the music is good enough. We’re in an era that many artist/label owners like to find up coming talent to play their tracks themselves that no one else has ever heard. Followers don’t matter music quality does I don’t care what anyone says if the music is good and it fits I can guarantee you there is no way they won’t take it up. It is so easy to walk up to your favorite dj at the booth of a venue event and hand him or her a usb or cd. You have to be willing to think of it all and do it all and like I said before...your music must reach that standard so production skills are KEY

Post a link to his music would love to give it a listen

This may not be related to music but Jonathan Banks from breaking bad was in his 60s during the show. That show plus better call saul was by far the peak of his career. It isn't over until it's really over. I'd love to hear some of this man's stuff you mentioned

It's called flow! Lot's of science has been done on this

A genius prick.

@@GASH_one WHY YOU SAID THAT ?

@@majobernal3738 His three most favorite words are I, ME, and MY. Can't stand people like this.

@@GASH_one Well that is true , I guess thats why he is friend whit the mouse.

i bet mostly of violent language what deadmau5 using,

@@samuelikene91 lol, "violent language"....or as some of us call it, "language"

@@rowstyles big boy club

Deadmau5 cant play nice with others

This is a relevant quote from Joel's coffee run with Miss Detroit: "This is why Tim Horton’s won’t sponsor this show: because I’m always talking shit about them, and when I’m not doing that, we’re talking about some other shit." I think Razer might've caught on to this notion.

yeah, got to love those times when you just stay up till 10 am just vibing, like you know you need to go sleep, but you just don't wanna, but you really do so you're just like yeah whateve :D it's a mystical place, to be honest I think sometimes you just let go some things and ideas just because of the thought - I will sleep, wake up and make it, but the truth is it's not the same vibe. Idk, there's just something about it - a magical place where time disappears and all that shit lol

I'm the consumer of old EDM from 2012 and down.

I think deadmau5 has a genuine love for electronic music from the tech aspect. He describes himself more as a tech head rather than a musician, after all. Because of this, of course he feels dance music is stale. 90% of it all follows a very strict formula/structure so it's near effortless for the DJ to mix. I definitely wish more electronic producers came at it more from deadmau5's angle of experimentation rather than just making the next one hit wonder club banger.

​@@urphakeandgey6308 Yeah but the productions he is known for are relatively uninteresting. They are pretty basic and they all follow the same exact "deadmau5" formula. Where's the experimentation? Sure, there is "Stuff I Used To Do" but that's not his signature sound.

Complexity does not equal quality. If we follow what you say, then actually all music is stupid.

​@@urphakeandgey6308EDM is extremely broad, I guess you only mean the more mainstream part... If you mean this EDM scene I just mentioned, then I'm more or less okay with that, although don't forget the emerging and established artists who do care about their music; they are not few either. Deadmau5 says he loves electronic music (as well as business), I don't think his love is limited only to the technical, since I also mention the genre as a whole (which does not only include EDM)... His biggest complaint is in the mainstream. I find it sad that mainstream EDM is degrading like this, but we can't call it "stupid music" either... :(

Lul

Euphoria* And yes, it happens.

I love this comment so much you have good taste m8

really?

Sk8erMorris until he reached a *turning point* and met with *Dr Funkenstein*

Darude - sandstorm

Rewatch the video bruh.