25 great music making tips from musicians
25 great music making tips from musicians UPDATE 2014: Advice From Musicians is now a thing - click here to see the best tips submitted by Music Thing readers In the results of the Music to make you happy survey in February, the things that impressed me most were the answers to the question "Whats the best piece of advice about making music that youve ever heard?" Within the 1,100+ responses are hundreds of great tips - some old, some new, some obvious, some arcane. Like these, for starters... Like Kraftwerk, have a non-music day every week or so (Anonymous computer musician) If things go wrong, just maintain that you were playing jazz (Max/MSP enthusiast) Play less (Guitarist, and lots of other people) When learning to play a piece of music, play it first so slowly that you dont get a single note wrong. Then slowly increase the speed. Then, play louder than normal at the proper speed and youll play more confidently (A bass player and a synth tweaker) When editing, don...