Let's all agree on this please.
There's nothing more exciting than getting your head around a new concept and the first thing we want to do is create a text post or YouTube tutorial video to show everyone what we've learnt, reinforce our own knowledge and boost our own credibility as producers.
But we MUST be wary of half-truths. There's a reason why academic papers are all peer reviewed. There's no reason why the study of music production should be any different.
Yes, I do think it's fine if you want to post a tutorial video of the new 'sick wobble sound' you made in Serum. But too often we see people posting long tutorials claiming to "get that sound like the pros" and it's obvious they are very amateur producers with a limited knowledge and understanding of the topic who have just learnt a new concept. These posts will inevitably be rife with half-truths which will just lower the standard of education.
In reality, you must be wary about where you source your information from. Would you want to receive an operation from a surgeon who learnt ANY of his practice from reddit forums? So in the same vein (see what I did there), just because you learnt a few new little tricks doesn't mean you should make a post full of bravado claiming to be the one solution to take your production to the next level. I know you're excited and you want to share, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
If you really must post, at least stay humble. Say something like "check out this new technique I learnt" and make sure to stay honest and flexible regarding your own experience and knowledge. Because in this game of audio production, it seems like there's just as many exceptions as there are rules.
So to summarise- like any other field of study, you'll only become really good through a lot of hard work and practice. Nothing will change that. So be patient and get back to work, hopefully using quality sources of information to learn from. Let's all work together to keep the quality and credibility of this subreddit consistently high.
Thanks
Submitted November 25, 2017 at 10:36PM by HypergaMouse https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/7fjnij/stop_making_guides_if_youre_an_amateur/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Saturday, November 25, 2017