Why You Don't Sound Like a Pro (YET!)

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4 ай бұрын

Check out the final result: linktr.ee/pauldavidsguitar
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Thanks to Serge Dusault, Jean Paul Grobben, Parsa & Robin van Rhijn!
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🎸Guitar Looping: www.loopschool.com
0:20 Step 1
1:03 Step 2
2:03 Step 3
3:51 Step 4
5:07 Step 5
6:06 All Layers
6:47 The Little Time I Have
Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on KZfaq.
If you want to know more about me, check out PaulDavidsGuitar.com or check out my guitar courses at: learnpracticeplay.com and nextlevelplaying.com, and acousticadventure.com
Thank you for watching!
Paul
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@becksvlogs9057 4 ай бұрын

I love how after one of Paul's lessons, the techniques he shows feel so simple. They probably took him years to figure out and fine-tune, and then he just hands all of the tricks to us for free, complete with a guide on how to use them.

@ajmusic4500 4 ай бұрын

It’s beautiful selfless isn’t it. He’s just a great guy tbh 😂

@joeb3590 4 ай бұрын

Tom buckovak is the same way, tim Pierce is too, Tyler Larson has great ideas, Rick beato has some handy information as well. KZfaq is cool

@becksvlogs9057 4 ай бұрын

@@joeb3590 I've never heard of Tom Buckovak, but all of the others that you mentioned are fantastic. The KZfaq music community is so wholesome and willing to share their knowledge.

@vipersb1 4 ай бұрын

He's getting paid, just not directly by us...

@Incountry 4 ай бұрын

You better have given Mr Cat a rub when he rushed the video….

@PaulDavids 4 ай бұрын

He gets all the rubs he wants 🥰

@sroycze9284 4 ай бұрын

Does your cat love music?some cats love music,like one of mine's @@PaulDavids

@Incountry 4 ай бұрын

@@PaulDavids Good man…👍🏼

@KevinMerinoCreations 4 ай бұрын

Truly appreciate you showing these aspects of your workflow! Very inspiring! 👏👏👏

@Ashley-jp4nn 4 ай бұрын

Honestly I love the sound of distorted close intervals

@rahulbanerjee9968 4 ай бұрын

Paul can simplify the guitar like a magician! Thanks, Paul.

@diegowagnerpio9958 4 ай бұрын

Melhor canal sobre guitarra na Internet.

@eatingsound373 4 ай бұрын

What a beautiful track, Paul. Great video- love your channel.

@noahanderson1238 4 ай бұрын

always makes my day when you drop a vid, thanks paul.

@tylerjae0622 4 ай бұрын

It’s so awesome to see your production/guitar methods on display! More of this content if you could, it’s very helpful :D

@TomStrahle 4 ай бұрын

Great video Paul and most excellent song!

@echsecutioner 4 ай бұрын

Nicely done! Thanks for your quality content!

@jimmccall8030 4 ай бұрын

Gorgeous! This is so cool. Thanks very much Paul!

@SecurityBagels 4 ай бұрын

Such an excellent video. Thank you Paul. That riff is awesome too.

@allengoeddey2719 4 ай бұрын

Great video! Nice sounds. Thanks for the insight. Great to see MrCat again

@davidcook1057 3 ай бұрын

What a gorgeous track, wow. Those vocals with your guitar - just blissful. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and inspiring us on this journey with you.

@theshimmeringcarnelians 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul. I would love to see more of your studio process.

@MalakiJackson_0207 4 ай бұрын

step 1 already helped me already. the mellow sound!🔥 Thanks man I have a riff I love but it just wasn't sounding right, but these steps just took it to the next level! Paul is one a legend!🔥

@tusleplopp1 2 ай бұрын

It does sound incredible! i love the mellow space you created there!

@noponder 4 ай бұрын

Love those guitar sounds and the way they combine to make all those overtones! Very nice. Love your cat, too.

@eduardocarrillo5669 4 ай бұрын

La suma de capas crea una conjunción genial, que unida al resto del tema genera una atmósfera hermosa. Gracias por compartir el tip 👍🏻

@kevinfitzpatrick2695 4 ай бұрын

This solo reminds me so viscerally of a music box of my dad's and i absolutely love it!

@shalomshalom735 4 ай бұрын

What a GREAT video. This is so helpful.

@Eternalvigilance1776. 4 ай бұрын

I love the way the wanny bar sounds with a good warm reverb 🥹🥹🏄

@j.t.2722 4 ай бұрын

I am always so impressed with your creativity. You are a superlative artist. Keep doing what you do because you inspire a great number of others.

@Shane_Bozelie 4 ай бұрын

At Step 3, when you pulled the tracks to left and right. It really gave me goosebumbs

@honestlynuts__ 4 ай бұрын

I needed this video just now

@adyuriar 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Paul. Always inspiring and encouraging!

@mattygamache 2 ай бұрын

Paul, I've bought all your courses. And now I see grey in you beard! Welcome to the club! I remember your walk to the river where you played outside... cheers.

@DaveDickens 3 ай бұрын

Very atmospheric, great stuff! Cheers Dave

@Petixo7 4 ай бұрын

i had to jump on spotify to listen to the whole thing, and it's beautiful. I hope you keep dropping pearls like this every now and then, both the great layering tip, as the song!

@jortreitsma2982 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for these tips! Awesome riff and overall sounding piece of music 😊

@gulzadahalliyeva3381 4 ай бұрын

I love your videos so much!

@DrewHughesMusic 4 ай бұрын

When I listen to your videos with headphones it highlights how amazing your sound skills are.

@BigusRiccus 4 ай бұрын

Lovet it. Great tips aswell!

@Howard961117 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate this video so much, you explains it simple and it works.

@PolinomioP3 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow, this was the definition of magic! Outstanding job Paul!!

@francotrucco 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely hooked with the song but this interlude makes it all ❤ I love your channel and thanks to you I've grabbed my guitar again

@scottyharp 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@tislota_f 4 ай бұрын

the new track sounds amazing! it’s a vibe! and the tricks you’ve outlined in this video really make it shine!

@jay64j 4 ай бұрын

Shine is the right word.

@pork_friedrice 3 ай бұрын

Paul…just discovered your channel. As a Dutch expat in the US, keep it up, echt kwaliteit man!

@nuelkadosh7287 4 ай бұрын

I love everything about how you play to how you make music. ❤

@malcolmhodgson7540 4 ай бұрын

Lovely track, great tips👍👏

@seanthomasmusic 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful music Paul. I h🎉ope that your musicianship becomes as recognized as your teaching abilities

@l6srob990 4 ай бұрын

beautiful thanks for sharing

@a1paulh911 4 ай бұрын

Great explanation, now I understand why the Boss Oc5 octave and chorus pedals sound so good. Thank you!!

@N3gativeR3FLUX 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful work.

@markcafebrown2883 4 ай бұрын

Amazing info. As always you rock my friend

@82superawesome 4 ай бұрын

Gorgeous, I was wondering what I could add to my own stuff to bring the full magic of anything I wrote out, this showed it great. Thanks as always Paul 🙏

@eaglepass5170 4 ай бұрын

Excellent!!

@gamst777 4 ай бұрын

Inspirational video, I really enjoyed it! I would love an instructional video of how to do the basics of recording. For me, I have to lower my main volume when recording music, or else I clip the limit. No matter what I do, I have to choose between clipping or having a low sounding song. Some beginner tips I’m sure would go a long way.

@joshmurphy1942 4 ай бұрын

Agreed! Would love some beginner/foundational recording tips from Paul. In the meantime, for your issue, I believe the answer is compression! You can use a little during recording to prevent clipping if you like and then add more in the mix, but having a "low sounding song" is actually what you want with a dry recording. That way it maintains all the dynamic range and tone that can be manipulated to taste in post. I'm still a novice so take this with a grain of salt lol.

@boblittmann5721 4 ай бұрын

Great insight into recording this wonderful song!

@nateh9917 4 ай бұрын

I'd love to see more guitarist production stuff. I moved to Ableton about a year ago, and it took me months to get really good guitar sounds.

@DennisVedel 4 ай бұрын

Wauw it sounds awesome. Pure magic ❤

@umaduro 4 ай бұрын

Jezus wat een lekker nummer op de zaterdag ochtend 👌🏻

@Trit_Leflore 4 ай бұрын

It's sounds amazing

@mat992 4 ай бұрын

Cool song and great playing. Gorgeous 🎶

@sordavie 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I also love that orange guitar strap!

@lbarj 4 ай бұрын

helpful thank you. Familiar to me working in Ableton.

@sassyallure 4 ай бұрын

Thanks🤗💖

@stefandrechsel 4 ай бұрын

Nice inspiration, thank you 😊

@THEOmusicoffish 4 ай бұрын

Little producer trick, you can put an instance of Soothe2 on the inst bus in the mix, set it to sidechain mode, and trigger it with the guitar track. It'll carve out only the frequencies the guitar takes up in the mix and brings whatever track you want (in this case the guitar) forward in a way thats subtle to the ear but still powerful. I use this mainly for bringing vox more forward but would work beautifully for your guitar part here. This also allows you to use less gain + verb + other fx and lets you get closer to that original tone you fell in love with when writing. Hope this helps, and beautiful job!

@Barkosaur 4 ай бұрын

And Soothe2 costs how much? ;)

@rymdlego 4 ай бұрын

@AlphaVlk Check out Wavesfactory Trackspacer for a more affordable plugin that does a similar technique (sidechaining input to carve out frequencies).

@ChrrZ 4 ай бұрын

yes, soothe2 is amazing, it can do so much!

@LennonStephens 4 ай бұрын

@@Barkosaur check out trackspacer

@alkitzman9179 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul I never thought of putting 4 Guitar sounds together to play the same notes. You are amazing. I know how I will record my next original song

@robphillips8351 4 ай бұрын

Well done sounds awesome and huge 👍👍

@AnotherJoe 4 ай бұрын

Awesome 😎🙌

@oooomz7578 4 ай бұрын

I would love one of these tutorials for the ambient sounds in the track, everything sounds great

@peppy_pepper_player823 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!

@andrewgonzalez5411 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing all this

@evetsiksatu 4 ай бұрын

killer tips and a great sounding song

@santiagovanegas3812 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful! Not much else to say. Just beautiful.

@garydiamondguitarist Ай бұрын

Cool, I knew all of these and use them all the time. Nice to see someone explain them to those that didn't though.

@jakeodell880 4 ай бұрын

This is the first time where I heard stereo amps and I really understood how I want to incorporate them in my sound. Thanks

@kennethchikankabe5729 4 ай бұрын

Really awesome, appreciate the ableton part very much

@MrBonzoMan 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful ❤❤❤

@jonathandepaula2989 4 ай бұрын

Brazil HERE!!!

@crisbajcrisbaj468 4 ай бұрын

perfect for the stuff I' m working on

@jamesball9623 4 ай бұрын

Finally a good way to use shimmer besides harmonics… thank you paul

@_RLP 4 ай бұрын

Stellar!

@bastiaandenhartigh5701 4 ай бұрын

Great vibe recording with the Crocs on

@WillDixonMusic 4 ай бұрын

Step one: be a pro level guitarist! Lovely video, some great production tips and beautiful end result!

@therealroga 4 ай бұрын

We def need a love button as well as a like button. Just wonderful.

@jochemvanderzwan7432 4 ай бұрын

Just Sooo gorgeous, that Strat!! Can you tell us more about it??

@Om-jo8eu 4 ай бұрын

Wow!

@aaronjoseph9014 4 ай бұрын

By watching this amazing channel I went from "Gimme the tabs bro" to actually understanding what Mr. Paul is saying.❤

@MattagastTheGreen 4 ай бұрын

Great video - very tasteful and appropriate to the song; Always better with a cat cameo 😹 I love that Ziggy included him on the Learn Practice Play poster so he can accompany me in my jam room too =) Cheers 🎸🐈‍⬛☕

@joejurneke9576 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@PateeSarasin 4 ай бұрын

Great track

@nedim_guitar 4 ай бұрын

Sweet part!

@OneYoniDa 4 ай бұрын

Hi paul i love your videos and i know how you love scales especially the pentatonic and the blues so i like to ask u to make a video about the Ethiopian pentatonic scale I'm sure you will love them and do something creative Tnx

@vynthage2385 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Note that you can also delay the left or right guitar by few millisecond to add more spatial sound

@simon_esse896 4 ай бұрын

Ableton Live 😍

@WestCoastProf 4 ай бұрын

Use multiple microphones at different distances and angles. Nice, roomy effect. Great video, Paul.

@gabrieleloreti8096 4 ай бұрын

Very nice work, but how can you reproduce it live?

@structuremania9092 4 ай бұрын

Very bon iver guitar at the start

@chrisgunn121 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful, and I think your cat even agreed..... Thank you.....

@alphamegaman8847 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul! Beautiful.👍 You're Cat is Asking to share what little time it has (compared to us), with You! 🥰 Mike in San Diego. 🌞🎸🚀🖖

@ChrrZ 4 ай бұрын

beautiful!! i love layering too when you are using differentt guitars/amps and you pan them hard left & right, you should also check the volumes, as sometimes oen side is louder than the other one and can itcreate an imbalance and good luck to the person that tries to figure out whats going on in all these layers if he wants to learn how to play it 😂

@dom6452 4 ай бұрын

hopin, blind, and now this one you 3 should just form a band at this point

@AdityaKumar-qi5yy 4 ай бұрын

It sounds like you put a reverb when you just played it over the other . Sounds beautiful

@petertrast 3 ай бұрын

More studio process, please!!!

@cyberfutur5000 3 ай бұрын

Neat little tutorial! I like it. A variation, of sorts, I can recomend to play around with, would be to record your track and, make two copies (or better yet, play it super precise again), so that you have three copies of it in three tracks. Let the main track in the middle (pan) and as loud as you need it, then pan the two copies the either side and reduce their volume, both at the same rate (eg: T1 -6db Pan:C; T2: -12db pan L; T3 -12db Pan:R). I usually don't pan fully, but go to something like 80-90%, so that a little bit remains on the other ear. But all values depend on the situation and taste, so play around with it, till you like it. I especially like this with vocals, but also with guitar, bass or whatever. It makes things sound bigger and thicker^^ but keeps them tight and all that... If you want to, you can then put effects on the left and right tracks, experiment around. I really love to put two different reverbs on the two panned tracks, a long and a short one, similar to what Paul showed in the "Halleluja" video. Have fun :)