Andrew Huang: music made from anything
Andrew Huang turns rice, piano and phone recordings into beats, picks plugins at random and shows how a track comes together.
What it is
This is the TikTok of Andrew Huang, a music maker with — as his bio notes — two million subscribers on YouTube, and the author of Make Your Own Rules, a book about creativity. He's best known for making music out of anything, and his TikTok serves that up in short bursts: a sound, a sample, a beat, a finished snippet.
Why we picked it
It's one of the friendliest music accounts out there. Nobody's arguing about "correct" theory; it's all about playing with sound. In September 2026 he picked three plugins at random and built a beat from them, went through his phone's recent recordings to try USB-C sampling on a new Sonicware device and discovered he'd chosen piano and rice, shared his song Crown, and pointed people toward the MIDI Innovation Awards to vote for new music tools. It's hard to watch and not want to record something yourself.
To be fair, there are sponsored gear videos and reminders about his own products, clearly labelled. But the music and the process are what the account is about.
He's also a great antidote to blank-page fear: music, he keeps showing, can start from kitchen noises or a random voice memo.
Where to start
- The piano-and-rice sampling video.
- The three-random-plugins beat challenge.
- His song Crown.
- Scroll back for his reaction to exploring Verso Instruments.
Who it's for
Anyone who makes music or wants to start. Producers stuck in a rut who need a reminder that it's supposed to be fun. And anyone curious how everyday noise becomes a track.
Quick answers
Who is Andrew Huang? A music maker and YouTuber, and the author of the book Make Your Own Rules.
Is there sponsored content? Sometimes, marked with #ad or a sponsor mention.
How often does he post? Several times a week in September 2026.
