Tired of producers showing their DAW sessions with visual/audio meters on social media

[enjoythesilence7]

Look, this is mostly a pointless rant and I know a lot of young people here will hate this post, but I’m kinda bored and tired of seeing so many videos on social media like TikTok or Instagram of producers showing their songs where they just show the DAW session. It’s usually FL Studio or Ableton, with an audio/visual meter in the middle, and at the top of the video it’s them sitting in their studio staring at the screen.

It’s cool for people who are learning to see how a producer arranges a beat, especially when the producer doesn’t just show the song but also explains some of the sound design and the creative and technical decisions behind the track.

But part of me also gets the same feeling I had back then, when social media suddenly became flooded with videos of guitarists who were all magically virtuosos, showing off insane techniques. It’s like, in some way, it takes away the mystery and the magic from certain artists when they show everything.

I can’t imagine Burial or Aphex Twin uploading videos where they break down every single process behind their songs. For me, that would somehow take away the charm of their music. I know they’re from a different era and that today the context is completely different, since the industry itself kind of forces musicians and producers to share their lives and processes in much more detail, but honestly it’s starting to make me tired and bored.

Also, a lot of those accounts rack up tons of followers on social media, but they don’t actually attract listeners to their music itself, just views on the videos they post. It’s like instead of being artists, they turn into fast content creators who aren’t able to build a real audience for their own music.

On top of that, a big part of those producers sound almost the same, using the same samples and very similar styles.

I guess I’m just getting old (I’m 31)

[ThoughtExperiment]

You're old before your time mate I'm more than double that and I feel exactly the same...

[eLawnMust]

Agree, And 65 here BTW... 99% of the internet is EGO...For the most part I see no point in a person's own self needing to be in a video doing nothing or even on a thumbnail of a video...

If the videos don't get enough views to support their egos I'm sure they'll start twerking or showing off butt crack or applying mascara...

It is not wise to have your own image online with AI being able to replicate you in so many ways...

But HEY!... I gotta go there's a couple who just uploaded a video of what they are eating!! Can't wait to see the video of how it has changed coming out the other end!!

[enCiphered]

You didn’t mention the mandatory ugly thumbnail face expression, like they just inhaled something toxic but can’t stop the video now.