Hit song structure arrangement Dance Music Part 1 // EDM Electro House
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Every electronic music hit song follows a certain kind of song structure formula (music arrangement).
In this music production video I'll take a look at song arrangement tips for EDM track.
How to produce music? How to arrange music (music arrangement)? How to arrange beats?
This is music production tips and tricks video for the music producer on how to make a song and arranging beats.
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• 0:50 song structure in general: Verse and Chorus
• 1:20 song structure electronic music
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• 3:17 arrangement Song 1 - M- Outerspace
• 7:07 arrangement Martin Garrix - Animals
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Dexxter Clark,
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Break buildup drop = verse prechorus chorus
Break = Verse
Drop = Chorus
Buildup = Pre-Chorus
I think a drop is a bit different to the chorus as in that it is specifically the exactly moment that the chorus starts after a significant foreshadowing/build-up. The whole section after that is the chorus.
This was very helpful I was looking for this all over the youtube and in the end I found it here, Thanks for making this video.
you are welcome
plz share it on social media if you like
I just started making tunes again after about 4 years. My big issues are arranging tracks in a coherent and DJ friendly way. I watched this video and the track i have been working on has actually started taking shape! man, thank you!!
when listening to track you don't notice the technical details. Hopefully now you do a bit more :)
Anyone else notice the painting in the background flipping around?
i knew i was high but damn son lol glad i wasnt trippin out!
I did too!
Thank you, it's easier when you actually see it 🙏
totally the reason why I made the video :-)
Awesome video dexxter very informative. Would be really cool if you showed us how to create different sound effects from scratch or just music production tips/hacks
thanks.
Good idea, I'm gonna write it on my list!
Thank you soooo much! I needed this although I ve been making beats for 7 years or something now. I will actually use this for an afrobeat but I do think it will work! bless you
This DJ so funky man!
yeah
this is just the video I was looking for
I'm glad you liked it!
There is also a Part 2 with 2 more songs.
Link is in the description
This Dj is so funky man
true ;)
EDM Structure arrangement is what I have been looking for! I appreciate the video and I will check out others!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this simple but effective video! It's super useful for electronic music teachers like me.
Glad to hear that!
i really understand , straight to the point
L'arrangiamento più elementare del mondo, alla pari un brano neomelodico è più complesso . 🍺
Beautiful
This video is very helpful bec of the great placement of subtitles kept in the middle straight for eyesight where we can view the track at same time. Easy to study. Thanks. Plz make more such videos or details of this. I don't get some details maybe make a longer detailed version. Why sidechain of the riser etc.
Thanks man!
No problem!
I will be very grateful to u Dex..nobody explained like u ever..will share my EDM track soon too..love
waiting for your Ebook
did you receive it? if not contact me via the contact form via dexxterclark.com
@@DexxterClarkMusic no..filled the form
@@DexxterClarkMusic thanks ..recieved
Thank you for sharing. I really like this type of your videos. Please make more song analyzes.
Sure thing!
Great !
thanks :)
Tight! Great melody, catchy.
😃
I really Like your weird painting hahaha
You DUTCH are so damn good with music!! Thanks for your videos
I'm sure when they are born their given a keyboard. and FL Studio.
very good video...waiting for your ebook!
it is mailed to you automatically when you subscribe
You sir are freaking amazing! thanks for this! helped a lot
I know! 😂
Glad I could help!
Please share or social media or Reddit
Well the only thing I thought could be the easter egg was the picture frame behind you flipped at some point.
Very helpful, thanks man. Just subbed.
Hi David, welcome to the club :)
Thank you thank you thank youuuuuu
No problem 😊
Helpful thank you
Glad it helped
Great tips!
Superb Work, appreciate you sharing 🙏 ✊
thank you for the compliment
Hey man what do you think dell 5570 laptop for music production. I would like to be able to use lots of plugins and have big projects open with out it crashing and not working properly. What is your opinion on this compute
By the way great videos
google it against latency. some models struggle with that.
the specs like memory and CPU will determine the power with bigger projects with a lot of plugins
Great video and explained 👌. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Dexxter, I must have missed something... counting out the bars, I got:
-> Break-24 / Buildup-8 / Drop-32 / Break-8 / Buildup-8 / Drop-32 / Outro...
Have I identified the sections incorrectly? I followed your video carefully, checked it twice... thanks!
I don't know your song, but it could be correct, maybe there is an intro in the beginning (depending if its a dj mix or radio mix)
@@DexxterClarkMusic What I meant was that in your song on this video it is:
> Break-24 / Buildup-8 / Drop-32 / Break-8 / Buildup-8 / Drop-32 / Outro...
But in Garrix's Animal it is:
-> Break-16 / Buildup-8 / Drop-16 / Break-16 / Drop-16
And i was wondering if I misunderstood something in identifying the form.. I'm new to EDM and trying to learn the form and structures that are common to EDM, so accurately identifying the Break, Buildup, Drop and Break are still very new to me...
Thanks for your answer!
Very helpful. Thanks! Subscribed.
welcome to the club!
Studio One, excellent choice for workflow in any kind of music production. How do you like Version 5 that just "dropped" (see what I did there?) 5 days ago?
I am currently trying to write my own EDM book. Learning from what you told me about EDM structure, like the breaks, drops, and risers, I made my own schema on a 1995 EDM hit that comes from house music. Like "The Animals", obviously you cannot release the video's audio because you do not want to end up being copyright-struck on RUclips, so here is my idea on the structure - This song is "Push The Feeling On" by Nightcrawlers.
The numbers on the left indicate bar numbers for the song.
INTRO AND FIRST DROP
1-4 - drums only
5-20 - FIRST DROP (everything comes in but no vocals yet)
BREAK
21-24 - Verse 1 (break); vocals finally come in as drums drop out
SECOND DROP
25-32 - Continuation of Verse 1 as drums come in with vocals
33-40 - Continuation of Verse 1 as before
41-48 - Voice drops out and sax comes in
49-56 - synth plays, sax track drops out
57-64 - voice comes back as before; Verse 2, with bass, synth and drums added
2ND BREAK
65-80 - new material as the vocals continue
FALSE THIRD DROP
81-84 - this drop is varied in note structure, unlike the first or second drops
TRUE THIRD DROP
85-88 - voice comes in as well as everything
89-92 - continuation of drop as voice drops out and sax and drums plays
93-100 - continuation of drop as sax plays and drums drop out
101-104 - Drums only
FOURTH DROP
105-112 - voice does not sing yet here
113-120 - voice comes in as well as the other instrumental tracks
121-136 - Almost the same as mm. 113-120
137-148 - Voice drops out, both synths (lead and backing) play
149-152 - No drums except the hi-hat is played, synths plays,
153-156 - Drums come in here
157-162 - Drums and vocal loop
FIFTH DROP
163-170 - True drop begins
171-174 - Almost as before……
OUTRO
175-198 - Looping beats continue as before, with fragments of the drop theme, and in the last
measures, they all fade out.
It is a shock that this known EDM hit has virtually no obvious buildups or "risers". But I still like this EDM song anyway.
"From Here To Eternity" of Giorgio Moroder - the early EDM king himself - has risers or buildups but they are only slight. And there are no obvious gaps after the risers. Still this 1977 song is still effective and very danceable.
Electronic music changed over the years
The known structure with 16 bars intro etc is only here since ca 2005
@@DexxterClarkMusic You are right. Definitely right! Started with guitar amps in the 1960s or so, then the Moogs in the 1970s, then the disco explosion, then the TR-808 and TR-909 and Linn Drum Machines and sampler machines in the 1970s/1980s. Nowadays, Pioneer DJ and Traktor are the newest kinds of devices for EDM events - digitized contraptions of the old-school vinyl 2-by-2s used by 1970s and 1980s hip-hop DJs. The "Amen Break" from the 1960s enhanced all of these EDM happenings later on, and house and techno exploded in the 1980s and 1990s.
This is a really informative video.. I love how you broke it down simply.. 🙏🎆🎶💫 great job
thanks.
feel free to share it on social media if you like
I.need this song pliz
Awesome! Sub
welcome!
Hi Dexxter, great videos thank you! Would you be making an analysis of any of Boris Brejcha’s songs (Gravity for example), his structure seems different than other edm songs I hear, thank you again!
thanks for the video, you are great, subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
It would be nice if you showed a midi version instead of audio
Thx anyway helped me a lot
I mailed Martin, but he didn't respond ;)I didn't want any unnessary clutter.
and you can see by the waveform already the different song elements
You say that "nothing is set in stone", i get that. But wouldn't it be easier to understand, especially for beginners, if the number of bars for each part in your example tracks actually matched the pattern you showed in the beginning?
Thanks a lot man I appreciate it
Glad I could help
I always wanted to compose an edm song.im zero in music composition but i have many ideas.Can you suggest me from where i can start it?should i learn piano before jumping to edm composition?
no you don't, but if you do it can help you.
You need to know some basic music theory like scales.
Very good ! so many thanks bro.
thanks :)
Very helpful keep making such videos 💜💜💙💙
then i have a treat for you tomorrow
Part 2 :)
what's the name of the first song?
Love you sir
YES THANK YOU
thank you for watching
Outstanding video, exactly what I was looking for. Sub for sure, checking out your book, and will check back daily to learn more. Well done video, thank you
thank you for your kind words.
feel free to share the video on social media :)
Hi Your link to FREE E-BOOK: More about track arrangement links to DJ music production ebook, Great video's by the way
thanks.
the link is in the description:
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thanks good tutorial!
You're welcome!
How to arrange a guitar solo over a edm track !! That's what I want to learn !
This was good, I appreciate pointing out the details on the hi hat coming in 2nd half of drop as well as counter melodies on final repeat of 2nd drop. However I have to disagree with your decision to make your first drop as long as it was. It should have been half the length you had it. As you can see in Garrix's song his first drop is full length and his second drop is 1.5x length. I think to maintain pacing you have to be careful to introduce the 2nd verse/break as quickly as you can and don't hold the listener hostage in a song section that's too long too early.
thanks for the comment
This is so helpful
thank you
Great tutorial! Just subscribed... is that a Dutch accent btw?
For your patreon, what video is it that goes in depth with your deconstructions?
Hi Murray, thanks for being a patreon:
I've got the part 2 of the video: ruclips.net/video/8eySUfgGg9A/видео.html
And one where I list all the sounds ruclips.net/video/eguULKV_cpA/видео.html
Dexxter Clark Music At 7:50 you say there’s an extended version of this video on your patreon? Could you send me a link to that video? I’m new to patreon lol also GREAT CONTENT. I love the deconstructions. I can make awesome loops, but then have no guidance when it comes to how to arrange my loops into a song and not make it monotonous and boring. I would absolutely love if you broke down the elements of a Jim Yosef song :) thank you so much
Dexxter Clark Music *the style you made this video in was PERFECT by the way, so easy to see what part of the song we were in and what fx/other elements are telling you about the songs energy
Very useful sir ... Can I evolve this technique for popEDM!!! does it work??
Yeah, why not. It's pretty universal.
The music played was not to my taste, I prefer more underground dance music, but really enjoyed the video.. awesome explanation on how it's done. I'll subscribe 😎👍
regretfully, thats the downside of copyright free music, you don't have much choice
@@DexxterClarkMusic I completely understand 😎❤🙏
I see that you are using Studio One, I just got it and have made one song but it is really terrible. I have gone htrough almost every single tutuorial on youtbe and nothing seems to be working. Do you offer a course?
I'm working on one, but it's not finished yet.
Keep practicing. you need to make a lot of songs before you become good
@@DexxterClarkMusic I'll keep trying :) I look forward to seeing your course when its ready. Keep making the informative content!
hey can you make a video bout how to use plugins
I don't understand what you ask.
Every plugin is different
Break = Verse Drop = Chorus
Can you provide subtitle of Indonesian?
no sorry, I don't speak Indonesian.
I'm sticking to Dutch, English, German and French
can the intro be 8 bars ?
yep, but dj mixes are 16 because of the mix-in
@@DexxterClarkMusic yeah I get it , thanks
“Struggling with arrangement” **flips the picture behind him**
whahaha! good one!
I subscribe you but no ebook I got from there y???? This is not fair
it's in the email back after you subscribe.
Did the you get the emails from me this week?
I sent out the link to the book to everyone in the list this week.
Otherwise , send me the first 4 letters from your email address I will look up what happened.
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In your article on PCs for music, you ask “Can I use an old computer?” And you answer yes, but you loose a lot of power. Don’t you proofread? Don’t you know that you can’t loose power, you can only loose your pants or dogs.
Just look at billy jean
this structure only applies to edm songs after 2005. other songs are way less strict in their rules
M.G. ANIMALS track breakdown of his original 5 min and 4 sec track is as follows (INTRO 32 BARS/BREAK 28 BARS/DROP 16 BARS/BREAK 20 BARS/DROP 24 BARS/OUTRO 32 BARS
Video is decent may want to ask for subscribers less frequently and just add more examples; improve your content let it drive your subscriptions. For example give multiple examples/alternatives for intro, build, etc after completing the initial track run through. Perhaps swap out sections between songs of similar tempos genres and styles.
thank you for thinking with me on this one.
constructive feedback is always welcome.
I get what you are saying, this is actually a remake on a video i did one year ago.
I looked at the audience retention and there is a huge drop off when I extend the video, so i shortened it. the audience retention is better and youtube promotes the video still.
I reserved the extended edit for my patreons
The song example was really annoying 🤪
You're very helpful but please do not ask to subscribe too much.
I hate that example song.
congrats
Alternative title: How to make generic royalty free music. There is nothing inspiring about this at all.
Excellent video, to the point and entertaining.
Thank you
Great video and I love how you get to the point, followed by diagrams.
Glad you liked it!
first 😀
i didnt know that break == verse, lol :D hahaha
The mantra here is this - the "break" is the least-danceable part of an EDM song, and the "drop" is the most-danceable part. EDM fanatics love the loudest parts because it is there they can dance their hearts and bodies out - so they wait for the "drops" to let it all loose, and use the "breaks" as breathers from their hard dancing after the "drops" - and they let themselves loose again when the "drops" recommence.
Thank you. Love it.
Excellent - direct and clear - explanation. Thanks for sharing this!
Did you have to use garix? Maybe go for someone who is a little more experienced lol. Thanks for the theory though. Super useful :)
I picked it, because everybody knows that song
Nice explanation, but once the example came I was disgussed. What a shitty commercial example.
Yes you are absolutely right, next time I will use a song that everyone likes :)
Thanks a lot! You are great!!!
my name is also dexter
Just look at billy jean
Thanks.
No
Thank you Mr. Clark, awesome content!
you are welcome.
This video is one of my favorites.
Subed after watching
Welcome to the club!
Pretty good video. Thank you. I think it helped me.
you are welcome :)
I was exactly looking for that ! Super nice content, subbed :) Checking you book as well. Many thanks.
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haha, same country
Thank you! This was exactly what I needed!
Glad it was helpful!
Helped me lot Sir Respected MAX
glad it was useful :)
Good explaination 🙏
glad I could help!