MdL at USC: Music Industry Q&A

[monkeyboibeatz]

But this doesnt mean u can't stand out from the crowd... my philosiphy is... if ur good enough .. u will make it

[monkeyboibeatz]

He speaks a lot of sense ... he was the first beatmaking video I seen... now YouTube is full of em.. myself included.

[MAINHATTENHOUSE]

MDL Thank you also for this Video.

U´re just great and you helped us a lot.

I wish u the all best.

[DjSuperK]

what kind of vst do you use???? At least point me in the right direction please. I have been asking you MDL this question since I can remember. Please man please. Thank you

[FALC0NKNEE]

I noticed the Edward Sharpe and the magnetic zeroes remix at the end is there a full version?

[Ace2euce]

Good to see a fellow young producer making good music and big moves!

[nfxbeats]

How did I miss this? better late than never. Thanks for sharing.

[genpatsusensei38]

I'm very enjoying reading mac fanboy rant over every youtube video something like they have a craving for something on mac os platform, develope it soon, otherwise they will continue campaign bla bla. Good luck with your politics.

[MakeNoiseProductions]

nice...makenoise productions

[thagame005]

second glance ....kinda look like the guy from Sex Drive movie

[thagame005]

for all you idiots saying FL studio is a shame....9th wonder said he uses it ... i quote "Its not the equipment or program ...its the person behind it"

[cortezforever]

Disrespecting Dr Dre is not a good look. And what's funny about being the only white kid in school... am i missing something?

[jclittrel]

MDL, what you think of FL Studio 10?

[zeejayem]

Is the class all guys? So strange to not see girls.

[Bregtvanneuville]

Really helpful dude !

You're really tallented.

If you like check out my beat making videos.



[fruitypebbles904]

this proves fl is not crap. i hate people who hate on it. it gets hate because its easy to pirate and download and then n00bs post their wack ass beats on youtube not knowing anything.

[MAINHATTENHOUSE]

@fruitypebbles904

indeed fl ain´´t crap. its not what you use, but how you use it.

for instance give any tool to mdl and he will knock out a phat benger out. no matter if you give him cuby, reason or fl or even pro tools.

believe me its not the software, its about skills and being creative and findin your own style. this is it.

[zeroboroz]

@MAINHATTENHOUSE Very well said man, very well said. it don't really if its FL or pro tools, if you never take the time to know your tools you'll never bring out their true potential.

[spokdck]

I knew before he even said it that his inspiration came from storch and timbo,really comes through in his beats,MDL always has amazing percussion,just like storch and timbo.

[eduardo13rocha]

lololol at the nerd's laughing

[PdubzCrew]

I would of asked.........Give me some free lessons so I can make it big too lol !!!

[RizzoAstronama]

they failed so horribly at the questions

[AyePaul]

AWKWARD......

[MrSalmon88]

theres something weird about a producer who has not been to school for music production speaking in a class like this but he deserves to.

[SuperDylanGraham]

lol so awkward

[theamuck]

this is a trip i came across fl studio the same way...goodshit MDL

[acjei]

dam this dude is doing seminars now lol....good stuff bro. keep it up!

[rumone]

THANX FOR CONTINUING TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE...

[SpaceMusicJam]

Smh dude amazes me everytime.

[davdcl499]

Here are some VSTs for viewers/upcoming producers who are lost. Ask no more:

NI(Native Instruments)FM8, NI Massive, NI Kore. reFX Nexus 1 or 2, reFX Vanguard. Camel Audio Alchemy. Image-Line Poizone, Morphine, and Toxic Biohazard. Tone2 Gladiator 2, Elektra X, Firebird. Spectrasonics Omnisphere, RMX. IK Multimedia Sampletank 2, Sonic Synth 2. Damn near all of EWQL stuff. Rob Papen Predator, Albino 3, Blue, Subboombass (good lows). Korg Legacy. Lennar Digital Sylenth1. There. Get 'em. Make music.

[MichaelKhanTV]

Haha the Scott Storch days were great... Don't do drugs mang!

[QnMtv]

one of my biggest inspirations MDL my dude

[OfficialTechnician]

This was very informative thumbs up from me

[DestructionPro]

Nice to hear your insight on drums, I'll be widdling down my library soon now.

[Aluarth]

Nice work man, weren't you nervous? I did my presentation two weeks ago about my music with Fruity Loops and stuff, it brought me a very good grade. Funny to see that you thit some kind of the same thing, only way more better offcourse.

[DirekoSeattle]

he isnt confident. his arms in his jacket not a good sign for a platinum producer -.-

[MrSalmon88]

@DirekoSeattle what does that matter producers shouldnt be judged by their social confidence but the confidence in their music.

[Massey13Brandon]

@DirekoSeattle or maybe he is just humble. If you watch his videos mdl is very confident. He probally is just nervous. Trust me he knows he's one of the best

[shalmont]

lol you look extraordinarily nervous haha

[iliatilev]

If you tell us some Drum Kits where we can buy will be great or where you buy your drums?

You are the best!

[RAAB0601]

@iliatilev find your own drums

[iliatilev]

@RAAB0601 lol man i have a big collection of any kind of ganre samples...

[RAAB0601]

@iliatilev then why are you asking where to buy drums? its one thing to be curious on how he gets and programs his drums but idk. people need to get their own drums and develop their own style. Either make your own kits, or sample them and eq them like he said. kinda goes in on the argument of technology being more of a curse then a blessing

[THOLLEYMUSICGROUP]

Great job man, I just stumble across your video for the first time and I would like to say you're doing a fanstatic job and after viewing this video I went ahead an subscribed to your channel. Thank You.

[TrackHustle]

Awesome video!



[TdotJohn]

How old are you?

[yaboi14]

There is a biiiiiiggggg difference in producers and beat makers. It's almost an insult in my eyes. any Joe blow can make a rhythm and put a wack ass chord progression behind it but a producer is usually a MUSICIAN first! Producer follows under. Not saying that your not a producer if you don't no how to play anything, let your credits take care of that but if you have the gift that not everybody that calls themselves doing it has, then what you do with it will speak for you. And just because you

[mrbean15000]

the cookies are so distracting rofl

[LKontheBeat]

Pretty cool to see you rise to fame in south cali

[MusiQKisLiPHe]

This is one of of those things that separates a music producer from a beat makers

[KCityTV]

Real producers make good music regardless of what they use. Some people are just ignorant making statements like "Real baseball players wear Nike" #haveaseat

[romodrummerjz]

he uses FL Studio cuz Soulja Boy uses it too lol

[Welcome2MyPlayground]

Good video dude. I agree about the flatness of Reason. I used it for almost a decade and finally switched to Ableton Live. Now my production flows smoother and the quality is much improved. Keep banging out the beats bro. Life is short, make the most of it.

[MisterDvDCollector]

lol. Producers use keyboards, mpc's ect...

In my eyes people who make beats on computers aren't producers..

LOL

[phillyfan8356]

@MisterDvDCollector bro there is so many talented producers out there that only use computer software. Many of these have much better produced tracks than some of the "real producers".

[plod78]

@MisterDvDCollector It's a combination of both. I don't think anyone produces with just using software or hardware alone. What year do you live in?

[volcompunksk8r]

Lol dam it's weird, I used to watch your vids from when you weren't a big time producer and now you came up....it's just weird watching the whole process...but yea dude fuck you...

[DJDangerBeatz]

is nuthing wrong with using FL cause its just a tool and it matter on the skill

[toxiccrumpz]

@DJDangerBeatz i have herd many great beats that put some so called pros to shame with flstudio and i work in the business

[MrSalmon88]

i dont judge people by first look but most of those kids look like they are there for the wrong reasons. i give you credit always helping people to improve their production skills.

[rsm2312]

lol if you think reason sounds plastic listen to Evil Needle... he is NUTS on reason

[cyronrain]

love how u end this ridiculous fl studio is crap talk...

[tadentt]

make a part 2!!! :)

[CHOPPERSUlT]

johnny juliano, lex luger, mdl, kane beatz, 9th wonder, deadmau5, ronald jenkees, you can go on forever.. bottom line is fl studio has been dope since it was fruity

[CHOPPERSUlT]

thanks for all the great videos mdl

[Duffm4yne]

howd you develop your original compositions so fast?

[lancsno1]

you seem like a proper modest cool dude

[plod78]

I already have all my sounds loaded up!

[a7green]

....... This is actually good for you MdL, talking infront of groups, builds confidence.

I don't care what anybody says, FL Studio is badass, cause that's where most start out.

[gavinjamesaitken1]

@a7green FL FTW!!! That's until you buy a mac and then LOGIC FTW!!!

[blo0magic]

lol. I think most people are so worried that Fl Studio makes them look bad. To be honest, all it matters is your skill. Fl studio is another tool you can take advantage but in my opinion its not sufficient enough for a full production.

[crunkgirl711]

@blo0magic most big time producers today use it 9th wonder lex luger and many many more i guess cause its easy to use people look down on it

[blo0magic]

@crunkgirl711 Its great for using it like a drum machine thing but i really think on a full mixing, mastering production, its hard. It doesn't provide the similar mixing console that most people are used to using.

[DJDangerBeatz]

@blo0magic lol that what i post my comment on lol and i was scrolling down and u said that is a tool as i said as well

[PdubzCrew]

People who look down on Fl studio just suck........look at the pro's on it

MDL

Boi-1da (made drake - forever, miss me, it's been a pleasure, eminem not afraid, seduction etc)

theres others too like Lex Luger. Fl studio came up like crazy

[lancsno1]

@PdubzCrew alex da kid too whos getting huge now

[ngolimit2]

MdL you are awesome man

[FunkMasterKRoc]

*raises my hand* how do ppl in the industry respond to u using fl. i use it myself and know ppl tend to look down on it.

and great video

[RizzoAstronama]

You should do a youtube Q&A...and make a video answering the questions people put in this comment.....My question would be...How were you introduced to the person who was your first "big" gig

[AFullPlateProduction]

yah, this is dope! If you guys like beat making videos, I do them! Check me out, pretty much learned from MdL

[EcmGas]

Thanks for this!

[puonne]

You look like younger version of Zach Braff ^^;D

[nesta1951]

you should come and do this at my highschool

[J0k3rMusic]

THANKS ALOT MDL that helps alot for a yound producer trying to make it big one day haha ;)

[IBoBeatz]

For how long do you play Key or Midiboard ? And another question i have. Do you play Guitar and stuff like that ?...Thx for your answer

[nesta1951]

lol like how you brought them cookies lol

[MdLProductions]

@nesta1951 lol they brought those

[markoanddavid]

FUCK waited so long for one of these

[TheeUrbanGentleman]

That is the best looking group of music industry hopefuls. No homo.

[jbreezyism]

i do music production now ever since i saw this dudes videos when i was 14.. hes crazy talented.

[BMUSIK101]

Ma nigga Mdl