Here we are, The Summer Break Series, Volume 5. August is always a busy month for me. As the cities spill onto the beaches, studio rates go down. It’s the best time of the year to work on the indie-est of projects.
I always try to take some time off as well, go see my family in France, and make some music for myself. That adds up pretty fast to a busy summer. This year is no different. Even busier than the previous one, actually. Not complaining: busy is good. Makes me feel alive.
But I digress.
Today I want to introduce yet another lovely Youtube channel. When I started this series, I wasn’t planning to promote only video content, but that’s the direction it took.
This channel has some big videos, but is much smaller than some previous ones I mentioned, like Rick’s or Damian’s. Yet this bloke produces quality content. Considering that and his storytelling skills, I wouldn’t be surprised if he were the next big thing in our niche.
Enough teasing. Introducing Jon Meyer, an American media composer. Jon is a veteran of the industry. He makes a living writing music for movies and all kinds of media. He’s also made a few lovely samples libraries. His latest one, Post Felt: The Felt Piano Reimagined, is on sale at the moment, if you want to take advantage of that.
Anyway, Jon knows what he’s talking about, and he’s great at sharing his knowledge. A few months back, he asked Twitter (it was still called that back then) a question. “What is one thing that you commonly hear from new composers that makes their music sound amateurish?”
As you can guess, he got loads of replies, both positive and negative, and decided to make a video about it. He may have thought about the topic from a media-composer perspective. But interestingly enough, most of his points do apply to our music production world.
I’ll leave you to it. Enjoy the video, subscribe to the channel, and watch many more. This bloke is good.
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