Originally posted by Remco

With the transfer to the new site, all stickied topics were automatically unstickied

Stickied it again.

Thank you!

DON'T GIVE UP.

This is the most important advice I can give an up-and-coming DJ/producer.

If your material gets rejected by a label or a mix doesn't turn out the way you want, do not let it discourage you. Just keep at it. With experimentation and diligence, something WILL break your way.

Find some way to keep your song ideas, even the ones that you think might have failed.

I do not believe that most of the work we find unsatisfactory do not have any redeeming factors. That is to say, any producer who knows what he/she is doing would not make extreme bs. However, there are times when this does happen, and we can not seem to find a break -- in terms of being satisfied with our compositions. Maybe it's nice to still have it around. Some parts of it might actually be useful, and in other compositions, might actually be great ideas.

While this might sound like 'pack-rat' mentality, remember that we can change our minds. Most of the time we notice when what we thought was a good idea is not such a good one anymore. Likewise, it is possible that what seemingly might be a bad idea before might be a great idea in another context.

Originally posted by KiKSU

Originally posted by brandedDIGITAL

record label hint,

spend as much time on mastering your track as you do producing your track we get many tracks un mastered and it just takes sooo much from them !

Bullshit.

bullshit? lol i think not

Originally posted by VitaminDLW

Check your levels
One aspect I find extremely annoying is when some effects such as sweeps and reverse cymbals are turned up wayyyyy to high are are more of a nuisance than an enjoyable effect.  So if yo want that awesome transition to work correctly do us all a favor and make sure its not to quiet or too loud.

I use limiters for achieving this, especially when your production is quite busy. The sounds tend to hide from your ears. Making you lenient towards louder and softer samples. I also enjoy the production so much while creating it- that I miss-hear volume levels. but using limiters, each sound just touching base @ it's own DB level. You have much more control over the workflow...

Originally posted by RoutingWithin

I use limiters for achieving this, especially when your production is quite busy. The sounds tend to hide from your ears. Making you lenient towards louder and softer samples. I also enjoy the production so much while creating it- that I miss-hear volume levels. but using limiters, each sound just touching base @ it's own DB level. You have much more control over the workflow...

I find using limiters to maintain your levels can cause unwanted distortion in the mix. Most of the time i only use limiting at the very end of the mastering chain unless a particular sound has very spiky peaks.

You want to give yourself as much headroom as possible for the mastering phase.

Usually ends up being around 4 or 5DB's for me.

Hey guys nice meetiing you all producers out here ,am John Zachariah known as Israeli Tribe ,love EDM music ,so jst wanted to hear all ur doubts and i do have plenty of doubts to be cleraed ,pls do help me
its always nice and soothing to tae ur time to produce a music ,the more time u take into production the quality the track will be

The importance of air. Many times, composers get so wrapped up in exciting sounds that they forget to use the all-important "instrument" called air, i.e., "holes" in your arrangement, spaces that have little to nothing in them. Air is just as important an "instrument" as a great bass line, ornamental percussion such as a tabla, etc. Never underestimate the power of leaving space in your track because the ear "hooks on" to the air. The ear likes the air. The air commands attention. Think of the space between the verse and the chorus. A lot of times, almost all of the instruments are pulled out to emphasized the vocal and tell the listener "Okay, here comes the blow-your-socks-off chorus." One last word about air: A lot of times I'll create the song with a lot of cool sounds only to go back and strip it down, taking away any instrument that doesn't absolutely add to the mix and overall feel and quality of the song. So, put a lot of it on...then take a lot of it off! Leaving sonic "holes" in the track is a powerful tool to make your track stand out and not fatigue the ear.