I took Charlie Puth’s music class so you don’t have to

Never take a class from someone "naturally" talented and gifted, always take a class from the people who struggled to get those same concepts.

Honestly I think that the people that are naturally talented or just “get it” (whatever “it” is) make the worst teachers. A lot of time they can’t really explain the why, because it just makes sense to them

As someone who also has perfect pitch, I'm just amazed at the fact that someone managed to turn something so uninteresting into a talking point, let alone, a career. I've seen him do his perfect pitch shtick on some American TV show and I'm like "WTF people clap for him figuring out a note?", the absolute best reaction I can get for telling my wife about our neighbor's bike's ignition sound pitch and perfect 4th intervals is a "wow that's great, I really don't care"

"I'm not a beginner at all, but certainly not an expert" is the story of my whole life

For that price you can take an audio engineering or music production class at a community college and actually get high quality instruction and 1 on 1 attention lol

I do like his music, but this video is literally the definition of the person who is so far ahead in their field that they can no longer teach the basics, if it is actually meant to be catered to beginners.

Music teacher here! Classes like these are a big problem nowadays with the ease of accessibility with the internet. You don't get to see what you're getting, but "it costs money so it must teach me something others aren't!" There are so many great content creators who go out of their way to educate for free, and unless you're taking a real class which gives you feedback and communication with an instructor, you're never going to learn more from these classes. Thank you for making this video! It's a shame to see that Charlie Puth, an artist I have a lot of respect for, is getting involved with these scams. He honestly probably doesn't have much to do with it other than recording the video(s).

A good teacher doesn't have to be exceptionally talented in his/her own speciality, all they need is just knowing how to speak well and acquiring an effective way of delivering messages. Problem is that most of immune talents (like Charlie) lack of these basic skills because sometimes they can't even explain why they ''get" it. In this case Charlie didn't scam, he's just simply an awful tutor, that's all

I took Andrew Huang's class on music production, and that did a lot of the things you say is missing from Charlie's class. He was very specific about everything, and is just very good at teaching. He used free plugin mostly, or offered free plugins as alternatives to the ones he used. I highly recommend it! I didn't know much production but have been writing songs all my life.

advice to beginners: you do NOT need fancy plugins you see your favorite artist use. realize without the ear they have, the room they record in, and the voice they have, you will not get the same sound. i wish i learned that before i dropped $1000s on plugins moral of the story. learn the basics, and i reccommend getting acoustic foam on your walls. record like theres no mixing, mix like theres no mastering.

Gabi, I listened to your music on Spotify. One thing I would say you need to work on, is allowing yourself to take up more space! Your vocals are very quiet compared to the loud background music. You make lovely music, your vocals are the bread and butter of your songs. So let’s hear YOU more 💕 Make your voice loud and proud babe!

Jacob Collier does logic breakdowns for a lot of his music and they can be boring much like the Puth ones, however, he does them live and answers fan questions. I've found those to be quite helpful

He goes off by his hearing, it's ultra-developed. It's clear that he doesn't know much about the technical stuff. The problem is that it's super rare that someone has hearing abilities of his level, even among musicians. When he says that something sounds good to him, normal people don't even get it.

Once you get to a point where music production tips start to sound like "things you already know", it's usually a sign to stop consuming tutorials and just make music. There are always things to learn and techniques to add to your arsenal - but it gets to a point where you gotta trust your musical taste and your process. Twitch streams are the best though. There are a ton of VODs floating around YouTube - personal favorites being from Virtual Riot and Kenny Beats. That track sounds really dope! Digging the 80's Japanese pop vibes.

ADHD and music productions are a hard mix. What's worked for me is forums- not just asking questions, but getting involved in the community and explaining what I have reasonable mastery of to newer members. I find that when I'm at the edge of my music theory knowledge and someone asks for an explanation I go look it up with more urgency than if it's just for me. (That said, I'm overly motivated by getting approval!) I'm completely with you on understanding why things work. That's how I work best too. I've also been lucky to be on forums that have had a lot of pros on them. When you have several famous authors in your subject, including the guy who wrote the 'Dummies' books, great pros... we once had someone ask what key harmonica Charlie Musselwhite played on a particular track and Charlie answered. Oh, and a bit of advice... don't say you didn't buy the lessons to do a review! Obviously you did it to do a review... then you can write it off! :)

Andrew Huang's series on 4 producers shows how producing can be explained. Most of the artists he brings make a short and very understandable explanation of what they did and why. They prove it can be done, just need the right people and approach.

This also illustrates perfectly how underappreciated teaching tends to be. Some people assume that as a teacher, you just go and randomly start talking about something - and sure, that is how teaching looks like on those days when you are feeling super tired and don't have time to plan anything. But if you want to make teaching work, you need to really get to know your topic and target audience, and think over how to present things in the most palatable, engaging way. That can take anything from 30 minutes to several days (per class), depending on how ambitious you are. I have a huge respect for people who know how to create new inventions and products, be it technology, art, or anything else. But I agree with what others say: Just because you know how to do something, doesn't mean you can teach it well.

As someone who’s created a class, the one thing I’ve learned as a basic person is that it’s YOU HAVE TO CLARIFY WHO YOUR AUDIENCE IS. Otherwise NO one wins from the content you put out

I've been listening to Blanks for a few years now, and I love his videos where he shows his recording/producing process. Good to see him getting more attention lately :)

I bought the Andre Huang course for my girlfriend she really like it and I think the editing was way more concise and to the point. No weird computer fiddling. My girls complaint was that she had to learn ableton on her own. So next course will be Mary Spenders RKC ableton music producers course