Is it 28 years too late to start music production?

rentanutta · Post by **rentanutta** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:37 pm

Shit i really hope not, im 34 this year and although i have been djing for about 16ish years give or take, i was never really bothered about making my own stuff, now though i cant find much that i like so im doing it myself.

spiderprod · Post by **spiderprod** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:38 pm

most well known musicians got into producing at a later stage of their career ,most of the time they endup producing good records .

radeon · Post by **radeon** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:51 pm

not to late and it is good today that the music make is not only for the young but we must be honest to say that young peoples can make music with more intense and exciteings but older peopels make music that is possible to hear the fear in their music. Sad to say in the industry record labels and other places that age does make differences so beginnet at age over 30 finding it hard to get peoples to see them serious. I am 34.

krachtwerk · Post by **krachtwerk** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:59 pm

old dudes, dude!

I'M 30

deckme(N)tal · Post by **deckme(N)tal** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:16 pm

the record industry needing for young people matters only if you want to be a pop/rock star...i don't think this is the case...
90% of the time you don't see a producer face on television....they just...well produce...!

7G · Post by 7G » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:22 pm

it's all about your will...Anything is possible...
If you really wanna take this seriously you must:

1)Find a person to show you the basics of music production.This is the easy way and you wont have to spend money for a school or college.On the other hand there are many colleges that offer such a training (like SAE's 6 month music production course).

2)Learn how to write good music and having quality to your sound.Ideas is what makes the difference now...

3)Learn how you can promote your music.Built your website and promote yourself...

4)Start sending your music to many labels and if you pay attention to the above you will receive good news very soon...

cheers!

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:38 pm

deckme(N)tal wrote:yeah...it is cool to see older guys jumping on the bandwagon of i.wanna.be.a.producer.so.i.can.get.a.living.and.get.laid....and.paid ...just joking. ..but sometimes is just hard to be concentrate on making music after 9 hours of work spent in front of a desktop...

but you know playing the artsy fartsy "i am a musician" goes well at this age for girls...when you have lost your physical ex-bradpittesque shape

You used alot of EMOTICON's my friend is on a mission to eradicate the internet of EMOTICON's <-----the name is dumb

anywayz - coming home after a long 9 to 5 (chatting on the Ableton forum) all i want to do is write beats

age is nothing but a number - you could be 13 and the next phenom or you could be 70 and just be making total jams

age is like a invisible wall people build - OH NO I'm 32 it's too late

the fact of the matter is it's never, ever to late -

think about this, with all the hurricanes, and wars and death in the world who says you're going to be alive tomorrow (or later today) and the one thing people regret the most on their death bed is not what they did - BUT WHAT THEY DIDn'T DO!

so get busy and get on with your life - enjoy it

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:22 pm

I've plugged in an arbitrary 3/15/1978 birthdate for you and run it through
http://deathclock.com

If you're a physically fit non-smoker, you've got until Monday, December 25, 2051

radeon wrote:not to late and it is good today that the music make is not only for the young but we must be honest to say that young peoples can make music with more intense and exciteings but older peopels make music that is possible to hear the fear in their music.

true

i scare myself constantly.

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:38 pm

wow, go for it, you are never to old for anything.

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:39 pm

deckme(N)tal wrote:yeah...it is cool to see older guys jumping on the bandwagon of i.wanna.be.a.producer.so.i.can.get.a.living.and.get.laid....and.paid ...just joking. ..but sometimes is just hard to be concentrate on making music after 9 hours of work spent in front of a desktop...but you know playing the artsy fartsy "i am a musician" goes well at this age for girls...when you have lost your physical ex-bradpittesque shape

33 years old here, started when I was 25 when I got my first synth (Roland JX305). Pretty much once I got out of college with a bachelors in electrical engineering I had money to buy the stuff I wanted, synths, samplers, software, turntables... whatever I wanted. I don't know how I would've really gotten started before then, I could barely keep up with a guitar habit.

I'm trading my Brad Pitt-esque shape in for something a little more Chris Farley-esque, so far I'm only up 15 lbs though

. I only ever make music for myself, I'm my toughest critic (sometimes my wife is

) and I could care less what others think. All too often guys at this age are such fanboys over Sonar, Logic, Cubase, Ableton it's impossible to talk shop without sitting there with them trying to convince you that you should change platforms. Too much ego but some of us work through it.

Yeah, it's tough to work on projects after work, I find that having chillout music playing in my studio helps (winamp plays somafm.com Groove Salad 24/7, also having the right 'cush' works too (ie creating a 'womb' environment, a cozy place that encourages creativity).

I could not imagine my life without music.

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:46 pm

I think some of our cultures have an obsession with youth, or specifically the age group of 18-30. Most everything is centered on this relatively brief period of intensity, with little attention paid to the follow-through that comprises the main bulk of time.

Ever been to a bluegrass festival? Tons of old dudes and super-old dudes playing insanely intricate music....they're so good because they're so old.

or think of it this way...there's a huge market of post-twenties people out there that want music as mature and sophisticated as they are. Anything is possible...

Digi V · Post by **Digi V** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:50 pm

just turned 23.

too old ? eh? eh?

huffcw · Post by **huffcw** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:24 pm

age should have nothing to do with it

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:27 pm

deckme(N)tal wrote:i know there was a really famous piano player that started at its fortys...but i don' t remember his name...

\Jon Tesh

kennerb · Post by **kennerb** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:33 pm

Van Gogh didn't start painting until he was in his early 40s.

Electronic music seems to be somewhat blind to age in some sense. Many of the bigger names stay big as they get older. I don't know why but my guess is that it is more club generated than MTV or touring so the "image" doesn't need to be as much in the forefront.

Goldfrapp are a couple of up and coming folks who are in their middle years.

No time better than now to get going!