How To Turn Your Loop Into A Song #2- Arrangement and Production
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Today I show how you can take a simple idea with some potential into a bigger concept and eventually a song by trying a few simple production techniques, arrangement ideas and creativity hacks.
This video is aimed at beginners who are not familiar with arrangement and song structure.
I start with a simple 4 bar drum loop with a bass line and try to arrange it into a structure and add some variety to the song.
The video covers 3 topics:
1) Arrangement
2) How to play along with your song and create interesting chords and melodies
3) How to stay organised and motivated
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EDIT - I said the key way C major but it's actually D Dorian (Same notes but different root) Sorry for this but it's easy to make silly mistakes when the pressure of filming is on and I did all of this on the spot so didn't take the time to consider the scale properly. At the end of the day, I just go by ear anyway but sorry for any confusion!
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I got 300 unfinished projects from the past 2 years
Lol. I'm like you
Hilarious
dudentp i can beat that. Haha
Aight we all.
Probably guys can collab on some I thinks.
@@thatsaviour That right there is forward thinking! More people need to think like you! I like that idea!
EDIT - I said the key way C major but it's actually D Dorian (Same notes but different root) Sorry for this but it's easy to make silly mistakes when the pressure of filming is on and I did all of this on the spot so didn't take the time to consider the scale properly. At the end of the day I just go by ear anyway but sorry for any confusion!
Should I make more videos about arrangement and song structure?
yes
In The Mix yes please
Yes! Please!
Yes Yes Yes
Sure
Save ALL of your loops. Come back and revisit them later and you'd be surprised which ones inspire you to form a complete song from them!
I always do that 😁
This is a good idea. I never did that before, but you never know when you might need it
Yesss it's so vital when you go into a creative dip
💯
For real
Man's like "Gonna sound like rubbish, but nobody comes up with a good melody first try anyway", meanwhile I'm jamming to his "rubbish" melody XD
Same
Dude i thought ur pic was a fkn mark on my phone and tried to wipe it off
Jb tunes same and it brought me to his channel so I was confused
And I want to rap on this Melody... Wow
Jokes on you, I'm on dark theme, not gonna get me this time...
You know, what I love most about your videos is that you get straight to the point and you stay on it. You don't ramble, you don't joke around, you don't insert goofy animated faces or stupid sound effects or other distracting oddities I find in some other videos, and you don't try to be a comedian. It's all just useful information. Thank you for that!
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Stevie t after reading this comment: "Phanes, Imma getcha!! Calalala!!!"
I know right lol. Never thought I’d find so many comedians in the producer community 😂
nothing wrong with putting some humour into the videos if it's done right.
You must have been watching Ed Talenti's videos. Helpful, but holy shit that dude's annoying.
Im new to FL studio and this has just cleared my thoughts. Most beginner tutorials just skip and say do this and that u can use this effects and plugins "as beginners" but this video is just pretty simple focusing on the basic but still able to thoroughly show without having to use much plugins which actually confuses me of their functions.
@@primillalavanya881 it's not a web page, it's a program you have to download
I've been a musician for over 25 years, and you're teaching me new concepts and strategies for composition with every video. Thank you for helping others improve, for free. I definitely appreciate you, and enjoy every video you make.
Produced By 2900 who cares
@Produced By 2900 who cares
The source creator is proud of what this guy is doing! Can't wait to hear what everyone comes up with. Fantastically informative video, immaculate execution.
yeah some musician. i am a chef for over 20 years cuz i cook my meal. i am an cyclist cuz i ride bike to work
this dude is purely amazing and kindly do it for free lol what a great
... Guy
@@YANtheONI oops i mean that
He get paid from views
He gets paid from advertisements
I don't get it, what is "lol" about? ;)
After 5 years of making loops this has been the video that helped me finally tackle proper arrangement and songwriting. I literally have over 600 projects of which 95% are just small loops/ideas. And the rest are poorly arranged songs. I have some great ideas, just never had the motivation to continue any because I was lacking structure and at least a somewhat decent arrangement.
Share some of your work, i want to hear it
Bruh...How this channel free of charge??🤯
Just doing my part :)
Shhh, don't give him any ideas. I love this content
@@inthemix Well, we really really appreciate it!🙏🏾
Yeah that's what I was thinking about, this is some premium Skillshare stuff
we really appreciate the information my brother!!!
I genuinely enjoy watching this dude, something about his energy. Feels like home.
Unknown Unknown might be the tonic!
He got that nice aprouch to music :P
Yeah he seems very pleasant and down to Earth. Glad to have found this channel, keep it up bro!
Indeed
that was so gay
I've been into music production ever since i was 12 but 1 year later i still haven't created a single song and today I've dedicated myself to self study and adjust only to my phone, I've learnt a lot here thank you!💜✨
How's the journey, homie?
hows it goin?
what about imagining a visual story before making the song? as an aid to break out the loop syndrome
Tell me more about this
@You People. Just watch movies, video games, anime, and imagine creating songs to fit the action in those videos. Thank me Now, Not later. 💪💃🇷🇺💂
@@xyloch one word: inspiration
Hmm 🤔
@@xyloch Think of a Melody in your head 1st before you even start making it.
Will you be in the next Spiderman movie?
omg thats what i was thinking XD
he is the father of Harry LOL
Spider-Man* r/RespectTheHypen
Actually, he’ll be Peter’s uncle. Ready to die again lmao
Hahaha knew it that he looks like a Movie character but forgot What of them... He looks so much like harry xD
Looks like Goblin's son to me
"Don't worry this is for beginners."
Proceeds to play Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Technically he was just a child wjen he wrote it.... just saying😏
@@landoncrosby beginners and children are two different things.
The longer the watched the video, the more this made my die laughing! ahahahaha
Everybody's heard some of that one, so it's good for beginners!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, yes, this is the video that actually i need and never was able to find cuz i dont even knew how to type to search for it. And today just appeared randomly.. Cool!
Thnx
ROMERO MERO 😂 thats just what i thought
Long live kurt cobain
Good stuff man!
Wow thanks dude! Really looking forward to your new guitar course :)
Wow, my two favourite music teachers on youtube interacting, I'm happier than Mr. Peanutbutter during his crossover episode with Bojack :D
@@titaseafell6520 no
aye paul
Honestly you are a HUGE help. I've had FL studio for years but have never put in any effort to learn the product because it seemed a bit difficult with so many buttons and options, but after reviewing many of your tutorial videos I am looking forward to making lots of awesome stuff =) Honestly best tutorials on youtube
15:10 this "yeah like that" should have been a vocal in the song!
hey sorry for irrelevance but do you know how to recreate a sound similiar to the one at 0:09 in this song - ruclips.net/video/-VXIcgf8biU/видео.html&ab_channel=IDJVideos.TV thankss
@@aerius4479 no
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Amazing tutorial! Rather than intimidated by your skills, I am inspired by what I will hopefully be able to do as I get more used to using the DAW!
In my 13 years on youtube, this may actually be the best tutorial on anything I have needed a tutorial on!
This guy should be my math teacher, I would catch up with my maths in less than a week, omg
Bruh, you'd also know quantum physics.
LOL fr
Michael your videos are very organized, descriptive, made with passion and enthusiasm! I've been using FL Studio for about 10 years now and I'm still learning new things, because of tutorials like this. Thank you so much for putting effort in making these needed materials bro!!!
Exactly this!
The drum and bass already sounds good than most of my projects
Fr
Give it time, you'll become better.
In the Mix: "This is for beginners, so dont worry"
In the Mix: "Sorry guys for the confusion, this is not C major but D dorian"
Me after the Video: "Bauauauauauauauau"
LightOne 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
C major is D Dorian. 😛
@@marklondon2008 Not really, though.
@@SynthApprentice same notes different root
@@jtolliofficial628 Yes, same notes, different root. Having a different root changes the relationships between the notes. You got it!
This is an amazing tutorial. Most tutorials don't actually show you how to do anything, they're just basically a montage of someone using some expensive plugin to make a complex song. Even just the fact that you said which keys to press rather than just assuming we know everything about the DAW makes you a step above everyone else. amazing job!
bought fl10 basic and then learned to write patterns. ten years later of not learning any program techniques became a problem and tidiness and neatness is recommended or else your mind goes insane. but I also was able to to go back to old saved files that I thought I lost, and now I'm here learning new procedures all thanks your videos.
«I don’t want the piano, so I will change it to something else».
*2 secs later*
«So, now I have this epic beat».
I was scratching my head too. I would've liked to know how he changed the instruments out and keep the same chords?
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@@AUGUSTALLEN28 just drop your plugin instrument on the left shit were your instruments are.
midi notes can transpose instruments
I've been looking for a video like this for so long! It always feels impossible to have a good starting point to build out from (as a huge newb with ideas, but lacking deft skill to carry them out).
Your workflow, shortcuts, and song creation process are just what I need! Thank you!
thanks for the tutorial
First comment 😤
Second
Lmao
Yoohhh, Osheen, 🔥🤘🏻👊🏻, what u doin here..
@@Arkeye idioit
Something you forgot to mention, *don't saturate the song*
If you're going to add something, justify it.
Does it need strings, or are you going to throw strings in there just because you like them?
Let the song breathe.
Depends on the song itself.
Absolutely! SImplicity is 99% of the time tops complexity.
One of my biggest mistake for my first beats omg you're right
But these strings go to eleven
Yeah! I totally know what ur saying!
Can you maybe make a vid about the different structure terminology? Like what exactly a pre-chorus and what it can look like, what a bridge is, etc.
Yes absolutely
Good one bro
Now your music theory.
Check out Ralph Murphy, then come back here: ruclips.net/video/8wBOUJ5Mbrk/видео.html
@@milehighcitymusic Yes chorus and hook are the same thing. 'Hook' is another name for chorus in hip hop.
I’ve been producing for years and all of this information is intuitive with time spent on the craft but the way you explained the process brought a lot of clarity! Great video!
It took effect so long to find the perfect one like you... thank you for doing these tutorials
I don't usually comment on vids, but I have to say yours are awesome. Great value, great story, make you want to just make music. Keep up the good work :)
Thank Michal. I really appreciate that :)
I'm an Indian(Kerala),and I'm nothing in music but I'm trying to something in music. U gave me confidence to try something.ur motivational talk is too great.thank you.......
these no bs tutorials are such a blessing for beginners like me (especially the keyboard shortcuts)
it helps a lot, thank you so much!
I use Ableton but this makes me want to make more music! I love this vid. Thanks
CJcrafter 29 use FL studio
Same, but I use LMMS.
DAW does not matter, idea does. Use whatever you wanna use but make something good with it.
*friend enters room* ThAt'S a FoUr ChOrD sOnG
Tell your friends that most songs are.
Moving over from writing drum corps music and branching out to other things, this is very helpful, seeing how other genres are made, and trying to wrap my brain around that I won't be handing my music to people to perform. Respect.
Man you are the only guy on RUclips who makes practical and easy to understand FL Studio tutorials, I saw your video on Voodex or something like that (plugins video) thank you for this great knowledge, you got a new follower now. And left a massive ❤ like
Vocodex
I KNOW RIGHT EVERYONE SKIPS PAST THINGS THAT THEY ASSUME I ALREADY KNOW
Yeah.
just discovered your channel, it's great please never die
you’re such a phenomenal teacher
take that from a producer who cannot even afford a working laptop. youre everything i aspire to become
I have a LOT to learn from you.
Been making music forever now.
And while I have the skill necessary to execute my ideas on an instrument & am rarely low on ideas in terms of melodies, my technical prowess on the computer is very much lacking. I find that messing with the DAW, searching for plugins I want, trying to do mixing, mastering or other things of the like kills my creative enthusiasm as I feel like a blind, dumb baby much of the time.
I'm happy that I found your channel is what I'm saying.
Thank you for putting this out.
Someone said (I think Michael actually) to not bother mixing until the end, so I guess you might want to focus on your melodies first? As opposed to spending time looking for plugins and the overall sound/mix or whatever. This might help the motivation because the progress will come out differently.
Never automate the mixer volume! When you want to mix and master you track it can give trouble! You can better use fruity balance for this and controle the volume with that plugin.
Yep good idea bro thanks
Why will you get trouble with track automation on the volume?
The Devil's Advocate you will be thinking you’re changing the volume but replaying will return to what the automation is at
lol no one using fruity loops actually mixes
i kid i kid but yeah i learned that the hard way awhile ago in logic id use a simple gain plugin and automate that never automate the mixerat least not before mixing
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 What Oisin said... particularly with older versions of FL, if you don't have an automation to set the default volume at the start and you only have the one that changes your volume, you can go back to replay your track and it won't reset the volume to the default value.
This is literally so good, was watching so many videos and felt so lost, but i just had to find out, that it is not my style of explanation. You just go straight to the point and i appreciate that very much!
Always felt my process was a mess, bc I mix while arranging. Just now Ifound out why, and its about what you said: "making it sound good keeps you motivated". Awesome class, man...so technical, and yet, so musical and so aware of the psychological aspect of creation.
I've watched two of your tutorials already and I feel like you do such a great job of breaking this stuff down. Thanks, you've got me excited to try to apply a lot of this stuff as I learn FL Studio
you, my good sir, offer hands down the best tutorials available on youtube right now and all for free. Amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Dude how will music schools feel about you revealing shortcuts? ;) Great video my man.
I was working on my beat and your video help a lot love you 😍😍
Great tutorial on how to construct a song. This will help me a lot. I also love how you played the lead line. Use the DAW and programming to get the structure and basis of the song, perform the leads. I like it.
I really wish he played it full at the end :( (maybe just a suggestion for next time In The Mix :D)
I feel like I'm blind, and he's trying to describe color to me. I think I need to go rewatch a few previous videos lol.
I hear color.
@@paradoxlust i smell colour
@@casper5311 I taste color
@@alexxxolotl i can see colour
@@maedre9330 i feel color
I find your tutorials so useful and something that really helps me is that you always mentioned the shortkeys. Thanks mate!!
Am I the only one who wants this song to be released?
4 in the World
@@martbell1493 5
I want it
I guess its all coming back.
Love the synths - try "paradise lost - one second" :)
why the hell aren't u charging for this type of help ......freaking dope man this could help anyone who needs help getting started
Dude I was honestly floored when you reached the point of playing along with it.
When you got to the point of talking about finding a lead, and you just hit a moment of groove, and you were like: "Yea like that"
That felt very genuine, and man it sounded good and felt good to watch that happen lmao.
addictive keys: The piano I trust
replace it with another VST after 5 second. that is so me :D
Yo. What a highlight there "Don't hold on to ideas that aren't working"
Thanks for the video
The quality of this channel is unbelievable
He sounds like the Bob Ross of music
Bababababa Yeasss
I love your English bro
And your voice sounds too addictive.
He's Scottish, so you must like that accent.
The best video ever for why one should own a keyboard (of some sort) and use it with the daw! Thx man. And I need to watch some more of your videos. Because how to you keep such small channel rack, mine grows with every instrument!
As a complete beginner this video was so helpful and exactly what I was looking for thanks for all of the tutorials
Amazingly well done and super helpful. Minor correction though (pun intended): The song is in D Dorian. Same notes as C Major but the root note is D not C and it sounds completely different. It’s a minor key.
This triggered my OCD so bad while watching
Thanks for the correction. It's easy to make mistakes when filming!
Laryguy LMAO IM DEADD 😂😂
It is not a key it is a mode
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Mateeeee!! I'm definitely not the only one saying this judging by the comments... but your videos have been absolutely VITAL to me in my journey of producing. I learn so much everyday from your videos and still can't believe it's for free. Live saver. Congrats on the 500k subs as well bro you deserve every single one!!
Jack Laing thanks Jack, honestly I appreciate the kind words and it’s good to know that the videos are connecting and helping people :)
Man thank you for this. There's so much I've learned. Also I find it a bit crazy how much of these things I already do even when no one told me, such as organizing the song into parts before starting, adjusting each track's volumes while making the song, etc. Guess I can't really stop being organized when I can
Thanks so much for sharing this, for newbies like me, I think it's very important to see how a experimented producer can work, it's demystify the process and give more confidence in yourself, it's easy to be lost when you start compose a song, and it's important to keep organized like you mentioned, thx! your videos are motivating 👍
probably the most useful video ive watched so far in the complete beginning, thanks
I teach production and I'm gonna send this to my new student ;) great video man thanks!
whoa this is really useful
EDIT: ah, yes, now i'm lost
Thank you Michael! This is the element of the art that is most-overlooked, and truly where the foundation of all good songs are built. I've been learning FLS with the help of your fine instruction. Having come from the analog world of tape, I was avoiding DAW until finding your channel. Thanks again!
Dude, is your dad Willem Dafoe ?
This is the second time this week I've been asked that!
lol
holy hell so great tutorial. TOP RUclips - this man know what he is doing and speaking. Big UP and don't stop doing this.
A masterclass in under 21 minutes. subscribed.
Wow.. Really helpful.. thank you very much!
Seeing you work that fast in FL studio is a huge inspiration..
I would like to see what the song Giorgio Moroder looks like in an fl studio playlist at the peak of the song. There is so much going on and how they bring it all together is like a masterpiece. Like a complex math problem that you have been working on all day and finally solve it. Magic
His accent has somethig to it...but it's just so cool!
I know right! It makes you LISTEN
Did you know?, if you went to Scotland, in particular his home city or town; he wouldn't have an accent anymore. You would have an accent.
Martin Squire You are genius
@@ight3817 Don't you also learn sarcasm in grade school?
Keep going, mate. We need you, just know this.
Regards from Argentina. I start to play whit FL past week and i'm in love whit it. Hope some day have this plasticity to creat the music inside my head. Great video, mate. Thanks
4:43 in this case C major, see what you did there ...
damn dude, this was phenomenal. I feel really encouraged to start learning on my own. Thank u so much!
You inspired me, even when your explanation went like a rocket to me.
My daw is Ableton but the principles are all the same. Thx, bro. You're awesome ;-)
5:05 Minecraft nostalgia kicks in
more like Piano Man kicks in
Why did I read that 'megalovania', I'm weird
Nah... doesn’t sound like it.
I simply cannot explain the pain from the laugh I just let out after going to this timestamp. Priceless!!!
Very helpful! Thanks so much, i really like good tutorials. My music is absulote shit and im trying to improve but its so hard to find good tutorials, this has to be one of my favorite! Keep it up dude!
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Was looking for something in Ableton and for different genre, came across of this video, finished the whole thing. Thank you. 10/10
Thank you so much for the help on structure of a song, as there are not many videos on Intro, chorus, and verse structure. It meant so much for the help, as I am very new to things, but have come a long way from a year ago. Thanks for all the time and effort you put in to help us all.
Somewhere along I forgot to follow through with the tutorial and started jamming.
Thanks so much for providing meaningful, structured instruction for FL Studio users. Your knowledge sharing is extremely helpful, enabling greater success, and appreciated.
This one inspired me. I’ve been confused for several days. Wow, big relief.
Maybe some piano tutorials for us? 😊
One of my favourite tutorials 😄
Excellent tutorial I actually don't mix the song till I'm finished with the production I come from the school of thought that if it sounds good when it's in preproduction it will sound great when you clean it up in the mix. But there's many ways to skin a cat and I like your way of working.
You are hands down the best person at doing FL Studio tutorials I've seen, most people skip past stuff they assume I already know
loving the structuring and the organization and the key shortcuts!
I have 50 unfinished projects since December 2019 when I started with producing music
wanna work together?
@@SuperSloganGAMING for sure.DM me on Instagram @dimitrije_dj03
wish that you would make tutorial how to design dat bass sound..
I love your tutorials. You are my go to for any questions. Thank you!
8:50 Is it my imagination or it is actually a ghostly voice heard in the background?
Says something like "Mika" or something like that...👻