How To Find Your Sound As An Indie Artist/Producer

I walk through the process of developing your sound as an indie artist or producer without the help of a record label or A&R team. I talk about how to steal like an artist, develop your influences into a unique combination, and reference famous artists with the developed sound.

Billy Sheehan Clip:    • Guitar Center Sessions: Billy Sheehan - Be...  
Dave Grohl/Pharrell Clip:    • Dave Grohl Inspired By Disco Drum Beats  
Cory Wong Clip:    • ON THE ONE ! // "Massive" by Cory Wong (fe...  
The 1975 Clip:    • The 1975 Unreleased Demos: "About Time" & ...  

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Hi, I'm Seth, I've been Songwriting & Producing music for the past 10 years. I made this channel because I couldn't find any music production tutorials in my niche on guitar based pop that actually broke down specific songs from artists like the 1975, LANY, Muna, etc. Every week i make an instrumental from scratch in the specific style of a popular guitar-based pop song and show you how I recreated it. I show you my sample selection, production tricks, guitar tones, mixing chains, mastering plugins, all of it. I've worked with many artists in bringing their creative ideas into the real world. I've worked on projects for Warner Music Group and three songs I've written (and two I've produced) have made it onto Spotify-Curated Playlists (Love Pop, OPM Workday Marathon, & New Music Friday Philippines, Cozy Christmas Pop).
00:00 Introduction/Announcement
01:55 This is Going To Take Time
04:19 No One is Original
08:26 Your Creative Family Tree
09:47 Combining Your Influences
14:08 A Ball Of Wet Clay