The key to ALL of these is to let your inhibition GO. Biggest hurdle to the beginning of anything creative - just follow it down the rabbit hole, don't worry if it's "bad" or a "keeper". Thanks for this great vid, Andrew. Really helped me kick myself out of a rut.
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
A tool that helps me with this is the improve acting technique "yes, and" where anything said/proposed/offered is responded to with "yes", then added to with "and...". In other words, the quality of the offering is irrelevant, it's accepted regardless, and built on, which creates something greater than just that previous element.
@@ramonafrombarcelona I'll second that. I'd love to hear an example of this. I think I know what is being said, but examples are big for my brain to understand lol
@@ramonafrombarcelona @Nathan Brannan Um, erm, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" might offer better examples? Heh. Um... "My example is two characters walk into a bar..." Does it help if the next person goes, "No, not a bar, a hair salon!" It all comes to a screeching halt. The "yes, and..." premise helps brainstorming by delaying judgment and just accepting any premise, so instead, "Yes, a bar, which has a hair salon in the back." Which brings us to bartenders and stylists matching drink colors to hairstyles! OMG, it works, I had no idea how to provide an example, and had no idea it would lead to drunk hair colors. *blinks.
a really good lyric writing tip, or maybe just different way of looking at lyrics: i was watching an old interview with kurt cobain where he was saying that only the first two lines of Serve the Servants is about their newfound status as a rock band, and the rest of the song is about multiple different things. i thought the concept of all of the lyrics in a song not having to be about one thing was really liberating you can have 3 lines about your dog dying, a chorus about going on vacation with your friends, 6 lines about how you wish you were in a different place in your life, etc. and honestly even if you’re writing about “different subjects” there’s usually a really interesting through-line that will emerge
Feeder's "Buck Rogers" sort of has this going on. I think if you simply want to "write a tune", this can be very helpful. But I also think that if you want to make a more meaningful song then simply replacing the words can work as well. But the question most don't bother answering is what they actually want. I think that Kurt probably just wanted to make a tune. If he wanted to say something more, he would have put more thought into it, obviously. But if someone out there simply wants to "make a song", they should know that there is no boundary and that those extreme bollocks of nothingness will work just as well. But there are so many people who think it actually has to mean something, it makes me feel bad for them often times. So don't let others define everything to the point that you just don't do anything - do things and assess them later. It's music, not bussiness related decisions or a god damn surgery where life is actually at stake.
@@UltraCodex66 idk i’ve written songs where the first verse, second verse, and chorus were all about different things, only to realize months later that they all fit into a sort of larger theme and imo can give the song MORE meaning
A trick I learned about writing lyrics is to take a topic and then writing down words that are related to this topic (5-15 words). Then I try to write about this topic but without using any of the words. For example: Writing about space, and I cannot use the words: black hole, far, stars, silence.
@over the mountain, mountain not to use the words is useful for describing things and not using the words themselves. E.g. Don’t say: the stars. But say: the blinking light bulbs of the distance
I've literally written more songs after just watching half of this video than I had in my entire life before watching it. Thank you Andrew, this has sparked a project that has me and my best friend writing at least one song a week together. It's been awesome.
Just want to drop in one more lyric writing 'trick' for getting started, and this is really helpful for getting something going when you just feel blocked in general. Pick any song you like, anything at all. Write new lyrics for it. Then write new music for the lyrics you just wrote. I don't know why, but when I do this I have a much easier time STARTING the lyrics, then I usually only get a few lines into it before my own ideas for the music start to come in, and then, well, that's it. Just keep following yourself down that rabbit hole. The lyrics can sometimes follow the cadence of the original at first, but I find once I start incorporating ideas for the music, the lyrical cadence kind of naturally changes as well. The end result is completely unrecognizable from the song I started with.
Andrew, I'm a 60 year old rockist and I'm taking your class in February. Can't wait. Your channel has been a great inspiration and I wish I discovered it years ago. Love what you do and hope you can do it for as long as it inspires and fulfills you!
he's a teacher. he probably thinks you have the same kind of thing. in fact, the main reason you 'resonate' with someone like andrew is because, deep down, you know that YOU possess the same kind of creative fire. so be wary of hero worship. i met my idol, allan holdsworth, when i was 17, and he was so down to earth that i stopped idolizing him, and ALL of my musical/historical/political idols etc. andrew has just put in the work in. it's time for you to put the work in now, and i am also saying this to myself; i'm in the same boat as you, come, let's row harder!
Dude, I woke up with melody in my head and now I've gone down the rabbithole of music theory. Literally all of these songs you've made in this video sound sooo good man. Keep it up.
@@blackcat5771 I've written a few things in Ableton, but now I'm a bit more into piano compisition. I've started to learn the piano, and it has been very meaningful and I'm having a lot of fun!
I so needed this, a beginner i wrote somewhat a song. My daughter passed away and wanted to do something for her. She loved music. Your awesome at what you do.
for me as an amateur producer who always started on drums its very eye-opening to see these different approaches. I cant wait to play around with them myself.
good luck with your album, try to not get burnt out with it (started mine in August and I'm only 1/3 done, but I mean, 60 total tracks planned so yeah)
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
i just finished an album myself- i started with lyrics & then made some rhythms/beats/melodys & went from there. gave myself a deadline & made 11 songs in 13 weeks!
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
This is actually exactly how i'll start my vocal process especially, the gibberish "Na Na's" and "Dun Dun's" are very important to get the most out of your vocals and find new and cool melodies as well!
17:55 "I was running through the dirt." before you even started on this one i wanted to put down something in my head and when i came back to finish this video, what i made was immediately so different and thats so freaking cool
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
the part "Sound: Pure experimentation" when he brought his baby, OMG i fell for that dope ambience and singin' made it even better. Keep killin' music ind. n' inspiring people buddy!
This is literally one of the best videos have have watched in a long long while ... incredibly informative, entertaining and amazingly inspirational. It has inspired me to start writing and to keep learning. I'll be signing up for your 30 day course for sure. Thanks so much Andrew and please keep'em coming!
I always start with chords, quickly adding melody and rhythm. Separately, I have a pile of lyrics. Then, I play mix'n'match with songs and lyrics. Great vid!
These are ridiculously good for being instant, and "off the cuff". These sound samples are as comparable to, if not better than, top hits already on the radio.
This is really fascinating. I love this kind of content. Thank you for letting us see your creative process. Interesting approaches. My fave track was the one starting from chords. Just D and A and suddenly such a vibe, the melody naturally comes out of you... So cool.
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
You inspire me to complete tracks. Often times i get caught up in never finishing things but your videos always remind me that the first step is just getting somthing down.
For me personally, being a drummer, I've always started to compose songs with a cool drum beat or one I have stuck in my head! It is a bit tricky to develop a proper melody on top, but I usually continue with the bass line.
Love the use of random numbers for picking chord progressions and such. I rely a lot on constrained randomness and it's been huge help. Glad to see I'm not alone in this!
Definitely not. Out of curiosity, what methods do you use to incorporate constrained randomness to your music? Like random number generators, or something more complex?
Andrew, you're such a massive inspiration to me, as I'm trying to figure out how to do music more seriously and professionally (and also maybe get somewhere with RUclips)! And I love videos like this because even after doing this for a while it's still often so hard to start songs. The songs you started in this video are all so cool and I especially love that last one (I relate to those lyrics a lot).
What I find easiest and most reliable is to just hum or beatbox into a voice recorder for a few minutes, or into a series of clips on a Push or Force. This gives me a skeleton to build a song around, and it guarantees I won't get stuck in a one-pattern loop.
Andrew, this blew my mind 🤯. I took your course (which is amazing) two years ago, but there are a LOT of new ideas in this video. Thank you for giving us new sources of inspiration
Andrew, when I was a kid I used to be really impressed with how amazing you were at music, now that I am an adult and have gotten 1 million times better, you still impress me, maybe even more than before, you're actually insane
hahahaha andrew: “goodbye ceiling, hello clouds” me: aw that’s perfect! i bet he’s gonna pick that one and make something super joyful and uplifting- andrew: yeah not all of them are winners me: … );
it's a really evocative concept - the first place my brain goes this morning is that 2021 mood of staring at the ceiling wishing you weren't at home? there's places you could go with it.
I came here to learn how to start a song but I ended up replaying the songs multiple times because it's so ASDLKJFHLSKJAFH AMAZING and I momentarily forgot what I was here for.
I bought your Book of Chances through a friend's recommendation. I bought Transit through Warren Huart's plugin review. This is my first video of yours which I watched and it really was superb. Great content, great production with inspiring ideas and some killer music. I'm a new fan - thanks for all the help with developing my (expensive) hobby!
Oh man, producing music among babies is hard. I’ve done it 3 times. Your level of video production (and music production) is still amazing, I don’t know how you find the time! My own children are bigger now, much more self-sufficient. They’re also developing great music skills so we all speak the same language. Parenthood is a wonderful thing, amazingly hard but incredibly rewarding. I hope you’re finding time to enjoy it too!
@@mikeciul8599 good idea, these are great tips. Andrew’s energy and enthusiasm is as inspiring as the topic. Also his honesty and editing skills, it’s easy to see why his channel is so huge!
Yo that guitar tone that you used over the drums for the first example was gnarly, I would be super interested in a video about how you get that tone and the kind of toe you have on sparkle mountain. Anyways, great video as always! Your quality is always bar none, keep up the great work! Edit: The more I watch this video the more it becomes one of my favorite from you.
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
This was really timely. I've been trying to get into writing my own songs but always have heard "start with drums" and drums are easily the thing I'm worst at. These other ways of approaching the problem give me some hope that I'm not doomed! XD
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
LOVE the sustainability aspect of the sponsor. I currently need to replace a couple pairs of headphones for one off parts that I wish I could more easily replace
Great tips!!! Even as a seasoned musician it's good since there are a couple of things that normally we skip and get us lost in the creative process! Thank you! Cheers for LilHuang as well!
This is honestly one of the best videos you've ever put out. Not only is it just a super informative and inspiring watch, but it's also a testament to who you are as a musician and legendary internet personality, plus it's edited ridiculously well. Great work, Andrew
I find it easiest to start a song idea with a guitar part, but I actually record bass as the second or third thing I do to the song. Although bass Is often low in the mix, I think it helps to record bass pretty early on, it helps to centre everything in the song around a bassline.
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna Anna is a beautiful girl. He's the person I love, he's my light day. The way the music flows and sounds is extravagant and fun. Anna is icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration, a star. I could go on and on, understand this. I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
I'm an extremley ametuer writer, and while i could write something up with ambition alone thise exercise seems like it can actually challenge you and force you to be creative during the process. I would love to see more writing exercised that can challenge the writing process, Great video.
This video was AMAZING! I'm blown away by how much work you did so fast! You also dropped some REALLY great tips for songwriting that I'm definitely going to adopt. I also almost cried when I saw you front-packing the baby making beats. I'm a mom of 3 little ones still trying to make music and balance family life and that moment was huge for me.
I usually just go with whatever I hear in my head first, which is usually some thematic line, then I build on from there. I find it best to not have a set process for writing music. If you're constantly humming a tune, start there. Make what attracts you to listen to it over and over. From your "running through the dirt" - I've been running through the dirt trying to catch up to you You dropped your shirt on the way out I never doubted you, I can't believe I didn't see you leave.
Lyrics are a HUGE struggle for me so I really like that word writing exercise and some of the things talked about; definitely gonna try and implement that into my writing process
I loved this! I’m prepping to try and record a full album soon, and the part about the lyrics was spot on! I have over 100 notes with little snippets like that! Edit: And yes, can confirm - they’re not all winners, I appreciate that you included that 😂
I'm writing a metal soundtrack for a game right now (first time writing a metal soundtrack) and I literally used a random number generator (3:04) last week to generate ideas for riffs. That's awesome seeing Andrew show that lol.
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The key to ALL of these is to let your inhibition GO. Biggest hurdle to the beginning of anything creative - just follow it down the rabbit hole, don't worry if it's "bad" or a "keeper". Thanks for this great vid, Andrew. Really helped me kick myself out of a rut.
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
A tool that helps me with this is the improve acting technique "yes, and" where anything said/proposed/offered is responded to with "yes", then added to with "and...". In other words, the quality of the offering is irrelevant, it's accepted regardless, and built on, which creates something greater than just that previous element.
@@RJFerret could u further elaborate with an example? It seems interesting but I don't know if I fully understand it
@@ramonafrombarcelona I'll second that. I'd love to hear an example of this. I think I know what is being said, but examples are big for my brain to understand lol
@@ramonafrombarcelona @Nathan Brannan Um, erm, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" might offer better examples? Heh. Um... "My example is two characters walk into a bar..." Does it help if the next person goes, "No, not a bar, a hair salon!" It all comes to a screeching halt. The "yes, and..." premise helps brainstorming by delaying judgment and just accepting any premise, so instead, "Yes, a bar, which has a hair salon in the back." Which brings us to bartenders and stylists matching drink colors to hairstyles! OMG, it works, I had no idea how to provide an example, and had no idea it would lead to drunk hair colors. *blinks.
a really good lyric writing tip, or maybe just different way of looking at lyrics:
i was watching an old interview with kurt cobain where he was saying that only the first two lines of Serve the Servants is about their newfound status as a rock band, and the rest of the song is about multiple different things. i thought the concept of all of the lyrics in a song not having to be about one thing was really liberating
you can have 3 lines about your dog dying, a chorus about going on vacation with your friends, 6 lines about how you wish you were in a different place in your life, etc.
and honestly even if you’re writing about “different subjects” there’s usually a really interesting through-line that will emerge
This is a good aspect!
Feeder's "Buck Rogers" sort of has this going on. I think if you simply want to "write a tune", this can be very helpful. But I also think that if you want to make a more meaningful song then simply replacing the words can work as well. But the question most don't bother answering is what they actually want.
I think that Kurt probably just wanted to make a tune. If he wanted to say something more, he would have put more thought into it, obviously. But if someone out there simply wants to "make a song", they should know that there is no boundary and that those extreme bollocks of nothingness will work just as well. But there are so many people who think it actually has to mean something, it makes me feel bad for them often times.
So don't let others define everything to the point that you just don't do anything - do things and assess them later. It's music, not bussiness related decisions or a god damn surgery where life is actually at stake.
@@UltraCodex66 idk i’ve written songs where the first verse, second verse, and chorus were all about different things, only to realize months later that they all fit into a sort of larger theme and imo can give the song MORE meaning
I think this is how Noel Gallagher wrote his songs as well
@@cayniner this thread makes me think of i am the walrus
A trick I learned about writing lyrics is to take a topic and then writing down words that are related to this topic (5-15 words).
Then I try to write about this topic but without using any of the words. For example: Writing about space, and I cannot use the words: black hole, far, stars, silence.
@@mosbazin592 shout out to NBA anna
Like Taboo! I love that game lol
@over the mountain, mountain not to use the words is useful for describing things and not using the words themselves. E.g. Don’t say: the stars. But say: the blinking light bulbs of the distance
@@radiorain5665 that was what I meant. I just didn’t know if this game exists in English. (I‘m Swiss)
@@landolin_music Woah! And I didn't know they had that game in Switzerland! 😂
It's been 2 years and yet I still come back to 4:34
Need that full version
I've literally written more songs after just watching half of this video than I had in my entire life before watching it. Thank you Andrew, this has sparked a project that has me and my best friend writing at least one song a week together. It's been awesome.
Wow love this!
Great video!! Love the word writing exercise!
factual rami
rami is always there😁
Of course you would
wtf are you doing here hahaha
hi roomie
THIS. IS. AMAZING. I feel so inspired right now. I will probably refer back to this video each time I get writer's block trying to write something!
Aw I love hearing that!
yes, excactly
:)
@@andrewhuang I really would live to write a song
@@andrewhuang What keyboard have you got? I want to get 1
Just want to drop in one more lyric writing 'trick' for getting started, and this is really helpful for getting something going when you just feel blocked in general.
Pick any song you like, anything at all. Write new lyrics for it. Then write new music for the lyrics you just wrote.
I don't know why, but when I do this I have a much easier time STARTING the lyrics, then I usually only get a few lines into it before my own ideas for the music start to come in, and then, well, that's it. Just keep following yourself down that rabbit hole. The lyrics can sometimes follow the cadence of the original at first, but I find once I start incorporating ideas for the music, the lyrical cadence kind of naturally changes as well. The end result is completely unrecognizable from the song I started with.
Extremely underrated, especially for the fact that intermediates prefer rent, but masters prefer theft
So true that's the trick I am using
Andrew, I'm a 60 year old rockist and I'm taking your class in February. Can't wait. Your channel has been a great inspiration and I wish I discovered it years ago. Love what you do and hope you can do it for as long as it inspires and fulfills you!
Hey! We’ll be in the same class! Can’t wait for it to start!
@@By_Design_Musik Same here!
@@Padlock_Steve Don't think Andrew would appreciate that. Any reason you don't have a job or stuff to sell?
I just turned 60, for real! And from Toronto. Slightly proud on Andrew’s success, just as a fellow Canadian.
Hey, I'm in the class too!
this guys an absolute genius, how can this much creativity be stuffed into one guy
he's a teacher. he probably thinks you have the same kind of thing. in fact, the main reason you 'resonate' with someone like andrew is because, deep down, you know that YOU possess the same kind of creative fire. so be wary of hero worship. i met my idol, allan holdsworth, when i was 17, and he was so down to earth that i stopped idolizing him, and ALL of my musical/historical/political idols etc. andrew has just put in the work in. it's time for you to put the work in now, and i am also saying this to myself; i'm in the same boat as you, come, let's row harder!
@@jimmythebold589 *rowing intensifies*
@@YouKilledFritz row, row, fight da powah!
It's been forever since we've had a good "do bass to it"
Glad to see that make a comeback
Dude, I woke up with melody in my head and now I've gone down the rabbithole of music theory. Literally all of these songs you've made in this video sound sooo good man. Keep it up.
How's your music journey been? Have you written any songs? I'd love to know because currently I'm down the same rabbit hole lol
@@blackcat5771 I've written a few things in Ableton, but now I'm a bit more into piano compisition. I've started to learn the piano, and it has been very meaningful and I'm having a lot of fun!
I so needed this, a beginner i wrote somewhat a song. My daughter passed away and wanted to do something for her. She loved music. Your awesome at what you do.
How did it end up?
for me as an amateur producer who always started on drums its very eye-opening to see these different approaches. I cant wait to play around with them myself.
drums are the best, melody is second tho
Every song was a legit banger when getting a full production. If I ever have a musical problem I always come here first and usually last.
Your studio is the most aesthetically pleasing thing ive seen all day
As someone who's been trying to get an album started for a few months, this came at a good time.
good luck with your album, try to not get burnt out with it (started mine in August and I'm only 1/3 done, but I mean, 60 total tracks planned so yeah)
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
Same the timing couldn't be better
How's it going, Chris?
@@waker_link how’s it coming along
You’re so talented Andrew I mean GOSH!
It's like Andrew did a 5 producers competition video, but with just himself and a different technique each time! Love this!
I like how a baby just ✨appeared✨ in the middle of the video
i just finished an album myself- i started with lyrics & then made some rhythms/beats/melodys & went from there. gave myself a deadline & made 11 songs in 13 weeks!
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
i'm not clicking that... anyway i will be putting my album on youtube soon if anyone ever reads this...
This is actually exactly how i'll start my vocal process especially, the gibberish "Na Na's" and "Dun Dun's" are very important to get the most out of your vocals and find new and cool melodies as well!
Damn, such a solid way to show different avenues for song creation! 🔥
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Supr breakfast
Superman have to go to my house and then go back to the store to pick it off at my place at my moment so I can go today for lunch 🥗
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The house was so cute really nice and nice to see you guys happy birthday and hope all is well done and you have been great day ❤
The R&B track was actually 🔥👌🏿
I love that rock riff in the “Start with drums” part
Same rocks!!! 😂
Me too, the guitar tone was raunchy as hell
@@Slamthulhu Yeah, I LOVE that kind of tone
17:55 "I was running through the dirt."
before you even started on this one i wanted to put down something in my head and when i came back to finish this video, what i made was immediately so different and thats so freaking cool
All the tracks sound great but that final track is such a vibe! Always dope to see your process
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
fr i would love to hear the full track
The second song felt so nice 😌
i’ve never learned more helpful musical knowledge is such a short amount of time. hugely helpful Andrew. thanks
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
This is actually so helpful!! also ZAAYAAMMNN that track with the coffee mug lid was tiiiiiiiiiigggghtt
the part "Sound: Pure experimentation" when he brought his baby, OMG i fell for that dope ambience and singin' made it even better. Keep killin' music ind. n' inspiring people buddy!
BRO!!! Im only half through the video and the Music is just insane I love your videos so much like WOW!
Your content is amazing! Your knowledge is SO inspiring ❤✨🙏
21:44 There's something about the modulation when the actual song starts that just.. feels so right..!
The beat at 11:26 is so ducking fire! 🔥
Anybody know what genre of EDM that would be. Looking to recreate that kinda sound.
The most helpful video you’ve ever made 10/10 would recommend to a friend
Man, this video is AMAZING! It inspires me a lot to get up and do something new in my daw
Probably the moment with the OP1 and seeing small hands hanging around is the best of the video :D
OK Andrew, you made me lose my mind. "Searching for a spark that's true" followed by the sound of lighting up a match. Brillant, I absolutely love it
All your projects this upload were fire.
This is literally one of the best videos have have watched in a long long while ... incredibly informative, entertaining and amazingly inspirational. It has inspired me to start writing and to keep learning. I'll be signing up for your 30 day course for sure. Thanks so much Andrew and please keep'em coming!
Wow thank you!
I always start with chords, quickly adding melody and rhythm. Separately, I have a pile of lyrics. Then, I play mix'n'match with songs and lyrics.
Great vid!
These are ridiculously good for being instant, and "off the cuff". These sound samples are as comparable to, if not better than, top hits already on the radio.
Tbh I think the project with the mug lid needs to be finished and released. It might be one of the best things I've ever heard in my life.
This is really fascinating. I love this kind of content. Thank you for letting us see your creative process. Interesting approaches. My fave track was the one starting from chords. Just D and A and suddenly such a vibe, the melody naturally comes out of you... So cool.
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
Holy smokes the guitartone in the drumming intro bit!
You inspire me to complete tracks. Often times i get caught up in never finishing things but your videos always remind me that the first step is just getting somthing down.
jesus christ dude you are beyond talented. i look up to you alot :D
For me personally, being a drummer, I've always started to compose songs with a cool drum beat or one I have stuck in my head! It is a bit tricky to develop a proper melody on top, but I usually continue with the bass line.
While being a father at the same time 11:46 . powerful man!
Love the use of random numbers for picking chord progressions and such. I rely a lot on constrained randomness and it's been huge help. Glad to see I'm not alone in this!
Definitely not. Out of curiosity, what methods do you use to incorporate constrained randomness to your music? Like random number generators, or something more complex?
And this ideo is absolutely 🔥. Thank you so much. Has made me much confident making music
Andrew, you're such a massive inspiration to me, as I'm trying to figure out how to do music more seriously and professionally (and also maybe get somewhere with RUclips)! And I love videos like this because even after doing this for a while it's still often so hard to start songs. The songs you started in this video are all so cool and I especially love that last one (I relate to those lyrics a lot).
Those headphones are exactly what I needed!
What I find easiest and most reliable is to just hum or beatbox into a voice recorder for a few minutes, or into a series of clips on a Push or Force. This gives me a skeleton to build a song around, and it guarantees I won't get stuck in a one-pattern loop.
The amount of likes is OVER 9000! But seriously, Andrew, have a fantastic day! Thanks for this awesome video! Cheers from Sweden. ♥
Andrew, this blew my mind 🤯. I took your course (which is amazing) two years ago, but there are a LOT of new ideas in this video. Thank you for giving us new sources of inspiration
Andrew, when I was a kid I used to be really impressed with how amazing you were at music, now that I am an adult and have gotten 1 million times better, you still impress me, maybe even more than before, you're actually insane
hahahaha
andrew: “goodbye ceiling, hello clouds”
me: aw that’s perfect! i bet he’s gonna pick that one and make something super joyful and uplifting-
andrew: yeah not all of them are winners
me: … );
it's a really evocative concept - the first place my brain goes this morning is that 2021 mood of staring at the ceiling wishing you weren't at home? there's places you could go with it.
Same 😂
Exact same feeling I had!
listen... he don't want it... take it. :P
my thoughts exactly!!!
I came here to learn how to start a song but I ended up replaying the songs multiple times because it's so ASDLKJFHLSKJAFH AMAZING and I momentarily forgot what I was here for.
The song you got from the coffee mug blew my mind. Such an interesting sound and transformation. I need to learn to do that!
Bro... the frist guitar bit with the drum kit beat... absolutely SHREDDING it!!! 😳👏
the moment i heard the tightened tea cup cover at 90 bpm i knew it was gonna be the best one out of the bunch 😂😂helll naaahhhhh 🔥🔥🔥🔥
You are so insanely skilled! My favorite, by far, was The Sound song. Love how that one came together!
I bought your Book of Chances through a friend's recommendation. I bought Transit through Warren Huart's plugin review. This is my first video of yours which I watched and it really was superb. Great content, great production with inspiring ideas and some killer music. I'm a new fan - thanks for all the help with developing my (expensive) hobby!
Oh man, producing music among babies is hard. I’ve done it 3 times. Your level of video production (and music production) is still amazing, I don’t know how you find the time! My own children are bigger now, much more self-sufficient. They’re also developing great music skills so we all speak the same language. Parenthood is a wonderful thing, amazingly hard but incredibly rewarding. I hope you’re finding time to enjoy it too!
I'm sharing this video with my kids...!
@@mikeciul8599 good idea, these are great tips. Andrew’s energy and enthusiasm is as inspiring as the topic. Also his honesty and editing skills, it’s easy to see why his channel is so huge!
I need like, ALL of these songs - but especially the one around 1:20 that you posted on insta. OMG that has a VIBE
Yo that guitar tone that you used over the drums for the first example was gnarly, I would be super interested in a video about how you get that tone and the kind of toe you have on sparkle mountain. Anyways, great video as always! Your quality is always bar none, keep up the great work!
Edit: The more I watch this video the more it becomes one of my favorite from you.
I love the last one you made by starting with Lyrics !
all the songs in the video should be one album, really great stuff, love it
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
I'm confident enough with my own processes that I don't usually get much out of production videos, but I really like the word ladder idea
This was really timely. I've been trying to get into writing my own songs but always have heard "start with drums" and drums are easily the thing I'm worst at. These other ways of approaching the problem give me some hope that I'm not doomed! XD
the cutest thing seeing him groove with his baby 11:20
The editing has only leveled up since the last time I watched you! Amazing as always Andrew!
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
LOVE the sustainability aspect of the sponsor. I currently need to replace a couple pairs of headphones for one off parts that I wish I could more easily replace
This might be the most inspirational/motivational video on music production i’ve ever seen. Thank you🙏🏼
agreed!
Brother, PLEASE finish these songs! I got goosebumps from these. I'm going to check out this video every time I experience writers block.
Great tips!!! Even as a seasoned musician it's good since there are a couple of things that normally we skip and get us lost in the creative process!
Thank you! Cheers for LilHuang as well!
This is honestly one of the best videos you've ever put out.
Not only is it just a super informative and inspiring watch, but it's also a testament to who you are as a musician and legendary internet personality, plus it's edited ridiculously well.
Great work, Andrew
I find it easiest to start a song idea with a guitar part, but I actually record bass as the second or third thing I do to the song. Although bass Is often low in the mix, I think it helps to record bass pretty early on, it helps to centre everything in the song around a bassline.
𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 ➺ BEAUTYZONE.CAM/Anna
Anna is a beautiful girl.
He's the person I love, he's my light
day. The way the music flows and sounds
is extravagant and fun. Anna is
icon, legend, beautiful girl, princess, inspiration,
a star. I could go on and on, understand this.
I love NBA Anna.#垃圾
All those songs sound just amazing. If I had to chose a favorite one, it would be the rap song, this one was just perfect.
I'm an extremley ametuer writer, and while i could write something up with ambition alone thise exercise seems like it can actually challenge you and force you to be creative during the process. I would love to see more writing exercised that can challenge the writing process, Great video.
4:45 i would add: whatever you want "I'll do" (for emphasis with the lyrics from before)
Andrew, long time watcher here, this is most def one of your most inspirational videos. Awesome job 👌
This video was AMAZING! I'm blown away by how much work you did so fast! You also dropped some REALLY great tips for songwriting that I'm definitely going to adopt. I also almost cried when I saw you front-packing the baby making beats. I'm a mom of 3 little ones still trying to make music and balance family life and that moment was huge for me.
The last song definitely would be on my spotify! The vibes!
I'm not a music producer, but i watch your videos for the sheer quality and genius. 🤯 Outstanding.
I usually just go with whatever I hear in my head first, which is usually some thematic line, then I build on from there. I find it best to not have a set process for writing music. If you're constantly humming a tune, start there. Make what attracts you to listen to it over and over. From your "running through the dirt" -
I've been running through the dirt
trying to catch up to you
You dropped your shirt on the way out
I never doubted you, I can't believe
I didn't see you leave.
Man, I love the RTJ style song at 11:15! What a banger!
Listening to your pieces gives me goosebumps 99% of time. You're like the next Timbo (but better?!)
thank you Andrew, such a good teacher 🙏🏼
11:09 needs to be released as it's own song
Soo sweet of you mann!!💗
Thank you for thiss wonderful content & ur efforts behind it!❤️🔥
Lyrics are a HUGE struggle for me so I really like that word writing exercise and some of the things talked about; definitely gonna try and implement that into my writing process
Highly recommend taking a favorite movie quote and creating a song based off of that! It really helped me!
@@mayksounds Oh that's an interesting idea; I haven't thought of that as a starting point! I like it, thank you!
Starting with a brief has been a game changer for me. Write your own brief first. Then execute.
I loved this! I’m prepping to try and record a full album soon, and the part about the lyrics was spot on! I have over 100 notes with little snippets like that!
Edit: And yes, can confirm - they’re not all winners, I appreciate that you included that 😂
wow that sound-rap is lit af! 🔥🔥🔥
I'm writing a metal soundtrack for a game right now (first time writing a metal soundtrack) and I literally used a random number generator (3:04) last week to generate ideas for riffs. That's awesome seeing Andrew show that lol.
what game
Thanks for always sparking inspiration.
Reversed intro always works