- The answer is, drink green smoothies every day.
- Every day.
- That's all you need to do.
- It super power charges you.
- 2019. Oh yeah.
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- What's up Team MBL, it's musicbylucas
- and laurenzray, DJ video creator,
DJ producer and what are we talking about today?
- Today we're gonna talk about
how to dominate 2019 so you can grow
with your music and music career.
- Yes, so you know how it is.
New year, new me but then you're like
but how do I do that and I'm sure most of your
guy's goal in mind for 2019 is to move
to the next level with your music career
and so we're gonna try to just like walk you through
some tips on how to get there really.
- Exactly, and also we have an after party on Discord
so every week after this video premiers you
can head on over to our Discord we have celebrity guest
mix, DJ mix and also we are on there chatting
as well as some special guests and we can
all just talk and continue the party
- Okay so first off you gotta have goals
you have to have goals for the year
so how do we figure out what your goals are
you got to ask yourself what's the most important
things to you what in 2019 do you want most
out of the year what do you want to accomplish
ask yourself those questions, write them all down
and I think from there you will
be able to figure out your goals
- I would say get on either a Google doc or microsoft word
whatever you use or just paper, pen and paper
Lauren actually like to use
- I am a journaler
- Yeah she likes pen and paper
- I do, yeah
- I am more digital I like to use
Google docs or I like to use dropbox paper
which is a new thing that I find really really cool
- Yeah don't force yourself to do a new
technique that you don't really like to do
because you are not going to keep up with it
throughout the year you are going to do it for a while
and be like I hate this, figure out something that
works for you something you actually like doing
whether that be like me where you like to sketch it
into a book or you like to type it out
and see it nice and clean on your computer
- Yeah every time you think of something new
it doesn't matter if you are like on the road
or at home write it down immediately
- This is the hardest, oh I will remember it for later
- You won't
- You never do
- Also you are not going to think
of all your goals right away
- No
- A lot of times it's going to come as the year progresses
- Yeah
- so you got to make sure wherever you are at again
- Keep it up to date
- Write it down, that's kind of part of the reason
I like digital because with Apple everything is on
Icloud so if I just type it on to my note
now it's on my laptop, it's all over the place
it's already all synched
- Yeah I always write them on my phone
and then I like copy them down in my journal later
- Yeah well you have a better memory than me too
- That's true
- I don't have as good of a memory
- So once you have all your goals written down for the year
you have to create a game plan to get to those goals
- Yeah and these are called milestones
- Milestones
- Milestones are really important
because they help you celebrate or know
what the next step is in your goal all together
- That's the thing because I feel like people
have ultimate goals and then there is tiny
little goals to get to the ultimate goal
but all you are thinking about is accomplishing
the big goal so even if you accomplish
the smaller goals to get there
you don't really care you feel frustrated
I still haven't gotten here this is
where I want to be in 2019
- Yes
- And what Lucas is saying no, celebrate
the small victories otherwise you will feel like
you are a failure, you will give up, you will never
feel like you are good enough and those are all
terrible vibes to have in 2019
- Yeah and you have to break it down because maybe
your goal is get a track signed by spinning records
well, there is a lot of little goals that are
going to go into that everything from getting
DJ supports, making sure your track is properly
mastered, making sure the track cover looks good
making sure the title you know all that stuff
- Yeah and whether it just be like get
better at drops or like find a good collaboration
this year with somebody who can help
bring my track to the next level
- Yeah
- There is like tiny within tiny
within tiny goals of greater goals
- And then you will know which step you are on
to get to the major goal which is the best part
- True, that is why you have to have
the game plan because if you are just like
I want to get my track signed by spinner records
(laughter)
You have to figure out what steps
you need to take in order to get there
and if you are feeling like you are watching
this video right now and you are like yeah but I don't know
the steps that I need to do to get there
that is why we created the producers team
I don't know if you guys have heard of
the producers team it's a team that we created
in order to help people because when Lucas started
his music career he didn't know what the heck
he was doing either and he kind of figured it out
as he went along and we really
want to share that with you guys
- Yeah
- Because it took so much time and effort
out of our life to figure it out for Lucas we
want to share that information with you guys
so we will have how to join the
producers team in the link below
- Yeah
- But also we are going to talk about
some other techniques that you can use
in a little bit later in this video
- So when it comes to your goals you
should be creating a weekly and monthly routine
so with my spread sheet that I use
I know that sounds very boring
but I have a spread sheet that I use
where I have my daily goals, like my daily checklist
of things I have to do that happen everyday
I have my weekly goals, my weekly checklist
and then I have monthly you could also do quarterly
or yearly you can set it up anyway you want
you have repeating tasks which are things
that you have to always do and then you have tasks
which are helping you get towards the main goal
- Okay it all sounds very boring
- Yeah
- Basically what Lucas is trying to say is you need
a routine or you will not get everything accomplished
people always ask us, like how do just you two
literally do everything that you guys do
and the answer is the routine
Everyday you wake up maybe you brush your teeth
maybe you eat breakfast, get on the bus
whatever it is in your daily routine
if you skipped brushing your teeth and you
ate breakfast you would probably get to school
and realize you didn't brush your teeth
just because it's a part of your routine and if it
messes up you will forget things and that's
what we are trying to say with your new
goals you gotta create a new routine
- Yeah because if I don't check my list I always
miss stuff and then I am frustrated the next day
like oh I should have done that
If I just would have checked my list
your list is the thing that is going to keep you together
- Right, and you know at some point you
might not have to go to such list
maybe it just becomes a part of you
and you don't even have to think about it
but at first especially when you are changing
a lot of things when it comes to a routine
you do kind of have to be like one, two, three
- Yeah exactly and do a monthly check in
check in every month to see where you are at
with everything and maybe you need to start
adjusting some of your goals
- Right
- Maybe some are further along, some are further back
- Or you need to readjust the smaller goals
or something like that once a month is really good
you could do it even everyday or every week
but at least once a month because you can look back
and see like oh my gosh in this month I accomplished
so much I don't care if it was small
I don't care if it was big but I
accomplished so much and like we said earlier
it's a really good thing to check in with yourself
and give yourself a pat on the back
- And I think the biggest one is don't do it alone
because if you really want to stay motivated
if you really want to be able to find all
the answers if you really want to be able to grow
you have to be able to work with other people
it's a very collaborative industry
- It is
- You don't see Jay Z doesn't go on stage and
rap Kanye Wests song, Led Zeppelin doesn't get on stage
and play AC/DC but Tiesto will get on stage
and play Hardwell it's a totally different world
you have to be able to collab in this industry
to be able to grow because you
need the support of your peers
- Yeah and I also think that just feeling alone
a lot of you guys say there aren't any EDM artists
my parents don't understand I am from a country where
there isn't really, these are the things
that can make you feel more alone
- Yeah
- It makes you feel as if you are in it by yourself
and it can lead to very dark place, bad vibes
sort of thing and that's exactly what you want to avoid
you got to find your people you got to find your team
and if you are from some place where there
are people in person I think the greatest
relationships now are online because before
you just had to deal with friends within your
small town or your large city or whatever
that you just had to be friends with
- Yeah
- even if they weren't like the best matched friend
but now you can literally reach out and find someone
who is exactly like you and feels the same way about things
as you all over the world I think that
is way better of a friendship almost
I hate when people are like oh an online friend
that's not a real friend I think they
are better friends you know
- Absolutely and finding friends that are good
at things that you are not good at I say it all the time
but that is going to be the best way for you to grow
because again if you are not good at it
doesn't matter what it is making drops,
maybe you are only good at making breaks
find friends that are good at making drops
maybe you are not really good at using
FL studio but you want to learn
find a friend that's really good at FL studio
friends will point out, if you work with the right people
they will point out what is wrong with your tracks
- Yeah feedback and it's just nice to get somebody
who is dealing with and struggling with the same things
as you and you together can be like, right
- Yeah
- I love that and so the question is how do you find
these people and if you guys are watching this
and you haven't figured out exactly how to find your people
you know there are lots of forums for that
and now there's Discord and we actually
have a Discord as well so join up for ours
- Yeah hop on to the after party right after this video
- We try to keep it good vibes only on our Discord
so it's a really good place I think to find
positive people who really want to work
hard and are determined for the music industry
- Yeah and we have our own private pages
for the Producers team if you are on there
and we all work together every week
- Right so these are the different ways
so you can join the Producers team like I was talking
about earlier that's just a place of really
like minded people, really determined people
because if they are going to commit to the
Producers team you know they are serious about
their careers that's a really good place to find people
but like you said as well as the Discord
- Even like town pool, Instagram,
there is all kinds of different ways
when I was first starting I found a lot
of friends on town pool that I am still friends with
today so maybe instead of commenting vote for my track
you can go on and try to like if you find someone
you like their track start talking to them
find their sound cloud message them
on there start a conversation
- People want to find other people
and that's I think a fear of a lot of people
oh I reach out but I am small and they won't care about me
you never know honestly Lucas would just see who won
the spin pool talent of the week
and if it was something that was similar to you
you would reach out to them and you would say hey
it's nice to meet somebody else I loved your track
I think it really deserved the win or whatever
- Yeah absolutely
- Reach out to as many people as you can
it doesn't hurt, they aren't going to remember you
if they don't respond back but if they respond back
you never know where it's going to go
- And my online friends are the ones that kept me
motivated when I was working my day job
and I was going to school and it was hard
to be motivated at that time because
I was so busy with everything else going on
- Right and you didn't really know that much about
music sometimes and you had friends that were like
bro it's this or like they would tell you
about certain things everybody starts at zero
everybody starts somewhere don't be embarrassed
to put yourself out there and think you don't
know enough or you are a beginner or something like that
because we all were at some point or another
and no one is going to remember it
they are going to just remember where you are today
and where you are when they remember you
which is usually where you are, where you want to be
- It's like for us right now people keep asking
do you live in the U.K. and it's like no we are
from Los Angeles but they don't remember because
a lot of people joined in recently they just
saw the channel for the first time
- Or they will say something like
of course it's easy for you, you have already been signed
to spinning or you already have a following
or you already TMBL yeah but we didn't have any
of those things literally two years ago
- Yeah they don't remember those times
- Because no one is going to remember that
take pressure off of yourself remember that
no one will remember and take chances, find friends
set your goals, go after them, pat yourself on the back
once and a while and I think you guys
are going to crush it in 2019
- Crush it
- Yeah, and comment below any other tips or tricks
you guys have or that usually works for you
every year because maybe something we didn't mention
or maybe you agree with something that you heard here
and that way we can start a conversation down there and
really help each other out because like Lucas said
it's a collaborative industry and honestly
I just think the world would be a much better place if
we all just supported and helped each other out
rather than tear each other down
- Yes
- Because it doesn't make anyone feel good
- No
- So why would you want to spread those negative vibes
just try to keep things positive because I think then
positive things will happen for you
- Yep absolutely it's a really small family too
the EDM network and family
- Yes it is that's one thing we figured out
- Good vibes only is the best policy
- Make sure to give this video a thumbs up if you
are going to crush it in 2019 and also let us know
some of your goals in the comments below
just start commenting stuff or DM us on Instagram
or comment on Instagram some of your goals
because we love hearing them and we love
chatting with you guys and we are here for you
- Make sure to subscribe if you haven't already subscribed
and check out my YouTube page because I made playlists
for all the different topics so if you are trying
to get better at branding there is a branding topic
if you want to hear more interviews it might help
you figure out what your goals are
and find some more answers
- Nice alright you guys we will see you very soon
- Later
- Bye
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