How to Make Midwest Emo in FL Studio

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  • Today I teach you all how to make Midwest emo type beats in FL Studio, or any DAW of your liking. We discuss the process for writing guitar riffs with open tunings, instrument recording, various structural elements, and plenty more. I hope you all enjoy :)
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 142

  • @wallybonejengles5595
    @wallybonejengles5595 5 місяців тому +79

    Spent 15 years teaching myself guitar just to hit an Alt Tuning era and have no idea what im doing. LOL.

    • @mudimstrmind
      @mudimstrmind 3 місяці тому +3

      Funny you say that I started teaching myself with alternate tunings before I ever knew there was a”standard” always just tuned to something I really liked and sounded good together Lmaoo

    • @BrockBarr
      @BrockBarr Місяць тому +1

      That's part of the reason to do it.

    • @seanharlow7172
      @seanharlow7172 3 дні тому

      Yeah man, fuckinnnnn same

  • @kirbymelt9115
    @kirbymelt9115 Рік тому +224

    wake up honey, funny musician guy uploaded a new video!

    • @feezo
      @feezo  Рік тому +73

      Perhaps we are the ones who must wake up. For there is no honey. And there is no funny musician guy. The world we see around us is merely a figment of our imagination.

    • @imlskr
      @imlskr 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@feezohahaha funi

  • @Littlered_880
    @Littlered_880 4 місяці тому +24

    Feezo. Before this video I never knew of you or Midwest emo, now Midwest emo is in my top 5 music genres and you have became my favourite music UA-camr, watching this video help me create an ep and now I have a small gig this summer. I’m forever grateful❤️

    • @jvlian02
      @jvlian02 4 місяці тому

      that’s awesome

  • @ShotgunKidX
    @ShotgunKidX 8 місяців тому +9

    This can’t be Midwest emo. There’s no lo-fi recording to start it out 😂

  • @BeachSalad
    @BeachSalad 7 місяців тому +29

    You are actually very good at explaining why you choose specific things and I think that is a much better quality than explaining things just as is, although both work perfectly fine.

  • @PineMountainMusician
    @PineMountainMusician 10 місяців тому +174

    I love the fact that no matter what someone does in facgce, it will sound like never meant. No matter what tempo, what notes, it will always sound like it and idk why

    • @elvien8701
      @elvien8701 10 місяців тому +11

      it has thesame open chord thats why

    • @EggGrips
      @EggGrips 9 місяців тому +10

      ​@@elvien8701 I also think it's cause this tuning always seems to call for the top string doing 0-4-2, I also do this, not sure why, it's just what always happens with these open tunings

    • @dragonsrus93
      @dragonsrus93 8 місяців тому +3

      3 2 1 melody, lotsa pop punk open stuff sounds good with this. dumpweed by blink is another example in open E @@EggGrips

  • @ZombieMarhibia
    @ZombieMarhibia 11 місяців тому +74

    Yoooo this is sick that you can produce all this on FL!! And WOW you know your way around it, hell yeah!!!

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +9

      Thanks man, honestly FL isn’t the most optimal for recording live instruments but I’ve been using it for like 7 years atp so I’ve gotten pretty comfortable with it

    • @cosmicpanda7043
      @cosmicpanda7043 11 місяців тому

      ​@@feezoI feel that. Prolly be so much better off using Reaper or Ableton to record, but the sunk costs fallacy has made be stick with FL

    • @e7193
      @e7193 7 місяців тому

      @@cosmicpanda7043i wouldn’t call it the sunk cost fallacy if it’s what you’re most comfortable with

  • @JackBradleyyy
    @JackBradleyyy 11 місяців тому +31

    This was a super interesting and helpful video. Your workflow is really similar to how I think, but can’t always make a reality, so I’m excited to try some new stuff out now!

  • @PlanetOuid
    @PlanetOuid 9 місяців тому +16

    i clicked on this vid just to hear some of the riffs and the final production, not wanting to actually learn any of the steps but you explained every segment in such good detail man. whenever i want to record some music, im coming back to this video. keep it up man

  • @gotzemusic
    @gotzemusic Рік тому +17

    Ive been waiting for a good midwest emo tutorial for so long. Thank u !!

  • @voodooscary
    @voodooscary Рік тому +53

    How beautifully you make music 😇
    This video tutorial is perfect for today's autumn mood. Not very sad, but pleasant, melancholic.
    Thank you very much!
    By the way, what do you think about teen suicide or salvia palth?
    It would be cool to see a tutorial on something similar in your performance...

    • @kaindavid8142
      @kaindavid8142 11 місяців тому +12

      This is what happens when AI starts writing YT comments.

  • @Addicted.To.Plutonium
    @Addicted.To.Plutonium 11 місяців тому +10

    This is a very indie take on a midwest emo track , good job 👍

  • @dreamcity7514
    @dreamcity7514 Рік тому +13

    When is my man gonna start recording vocals

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +3

      Some day bro, some day

    • @dreamcity7514
      @dreamcity7514 11 місяців тому +2

      better be someday soon, my man has the skills to be one of the best modern musicians lol@@feezo

  • @lvcifxr
    @lvcifxr Рік тому +5

    could hear nothing,nowhere. on this

  • @wterf11
    @wterf11 6 місяців тому +7

    i love using the tuning DADLEFT

  • @luvlamp0
    @luvlamp0 Рік тому +5

    if you liked this ! you should definetely do math rock

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +5

      Hate math, love math rock

  • @itsdynamics7723
    @itsdynamics7723 11 місяців тому +5

    You make me so jealous I would LOVE to make this type of music but I don’t know how to play guitar 😭😭😭

    • @ChristianCastillo-el9tj
      @ChristianCastillo-el9tj 11 місяців тому +3

      You should learn! Within a few months you’ll have a least campfire strummer skills. Getting good is the journey of a lifetime, but the time passes either way.

  • @TheRagingZen
    @TheRagingZen 9 місяців тому +1

    *hears sad midwestern emo licks*
    Hmmmm
    *hears roomy drums*
    HMMMM
    *sees plane fly by longingly*
    THAT’S IT! this is all one big Further Seems Forever reference, it has to be.
    The Moon is Down.
    Great video btw :)

  • @hereformost7774
    @hereformost7774 27 днів тому

    Coulda swore a guy who sounded just like you showed up at my college enrollment center
    Some doppleganger shit I put this shit on and got jumpscared by a near identical sounding voice god damn😭😭😭😭

  • @miaumeows
    @miaumeows 4 місяці тому

    step 1 learn the guitar (my stupid ass really thought it'd be possible to produce songs even after more than 2 years without attending guitar classes/lessons but im confident that once i learn the basics once again i'll be able to produce some cool noises)
    nevermind im actually a noob on music kind of

  • @net6403
    @net6403 26 днів тому

    “the main thing youre going to need for this is some sort of guitar”
    fl mobile user here It’s Over

  • @prengus2076
    @prengus2076 11 місяців тому +4

    Very fire!! What chord shapes did you play on the guitar?

  • @alvarovalentin7001
    @alvarovalentin7001 Рік тому +3

    I unfortunately know nothing about usa geography so I don't know any Midwestern states

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +3

      Alright I’ll give you a pass

  • @Teknotic_
    @Teknotic_ 5 місяців тому +2

    keep coming back to this to use when trying to make a new song as a beginner. thanks man!

  • @kaekuda
    @kaekuda 6 місяців тому +1

    Just got back playin bass n jammin w my friends, Midwest emo rlly motivates me to learn acoustic

  • @HellaSusGBZ
    @HellaSusGBZ 8 місяців тому +1

    Well he missed the number one rule. You must live in a house with a basement

  • @audioinstigator821
    @audioinstigator821 11 місяців тому +4

    Wow bro this is insane, glad I found ya. I dont play instruments but I do make shyt on FL. Super jelous of you, your amazing !!!! I subbed

  • @bruisedbug
    @bruisedbug 11 місяців тому +1

    sounds a bit like emo side project

  • @ThePandemicStudio
    @ThePandemicStudio 7 місяців тому

    dude there is no way to make mdwst without telecaster

  • @paperprairie
    @paperprairie 7 місяців тому

    I live in Nebraska and am sad occasionally. my time has come

  • @i4C4U
    @i4C4U Рік тому +4

    New guitar? Love the way sg's feel. I wish the headstocks didn't dive bomb though 😂

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому

      Had this bad boy for a while but I don’t use it often because it only stays in tune for a solid 3 minutes. I usually use it for alternate tunings and any time I need a little variety

    • @i4C4U
      @i4C4U 11 місяців тому +1

      @@feezo do you have access to a work shop? If you can get a solid set of tuners, and level and crown the frets. You can literally make any guitar play really well.

  • @Ignition_Spark
    @Ignition_Spark Рік тому +4

    I just want you to know that if I ever see you in person I am going to smooch you right on the forehead for teaching me so much about the music that I love.

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +4

      Thank you bro, I will be waiting and watching in fear of that fateful day

    • @imroy-_-8120
      @imroy-_-8120 7 місяців тому

      @@feezois that Midwest emo lyrics?

  • @ascar8179
    @ascar8179 11 місяців тому +5

    Really Really great, you getting better and better! Really dope beat, live the lil mellody in the End

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you man I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @Von694
    @Von694 Рік тому +7

    Omg is this wheezer

    • @feezo
      @feezo  Рік тому +4

      Yes. It’s is me. Wezor . Helo!

    • @zanemartin-music
      @zanemartin-music Рік тому +2

      ​@@feezohelo John Wezzer!!1

  • @solobeats
    @solobeats 7 місяців тому

    This sounds like im sad in 2005 again lol

  • @stephano421jr
    @stephano421jr 11 місяців тому +1

    The guitar reminds of a little of nothing,nowhere and marietta

  • @I.eatSoap
    @I.eatSoap 5 місяців тому +1

    I’m struggling to find any notes or cord that sound good I’m using the same tuning any suggestions???

  • @LUHKNOWNONDATRACK
    @LUHKNOWNONDATRACK 11 місяців тому +3

    R.I.P the Harry Potter closet gold to see u doin yo thang still mane

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +1

      Yo thank you bro I appreciate you

  • @brianferris1
    @brianferris1 5 місяців тому +1

    Excellent. Pacing and time was perfect

  • @MankeyGamez
    @MankeyGamez 11 місяців тому +5

    God ive gotta start playing guitar again

  • @fxtchmetheirsoulz
    @fxtchmetheirsoulz Рік тому +56

    i ❤ midwest emo

  • @Lionn_siimbaa
    @Lionn_siimbaa Рік тому +1

    pls make a tutorial on how to make aries type beats that would bless my life thank you so much ❤

  • @rocketstart
    @rocketstart 9 місяців тому

    my virtual electric guitar is NOT ready for the midwest heat its about to play

  • @matty004
    @matty004 10 місяців тому

    Nice one mate, also the drums sound like shit just as they’re supposed to 😂

  • @marcosscarchetti
    @marcosscarchetti 11 місяців тому

    This sounds a lot like a nothing.nowhere type of beat

  • @alihandal21
    @alihandal21 Рік тому +5

    loved this video. keep it up!!!!

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you :))

  • @melatonin_addict
    @melatonin_addict 7 місяців тому

    by any chance i can get the cords for the main rift i wanna really and try and learn it

  • @Lung911
    @Lung911 11 місяців тому +1

    fuckin new this was coming

  • @billy2896
    @billy2896 11 місяців тому

    can you do how to make mathcore ala The Dillinger Escape Plan (Early), The Number Twelve Looks Like You, or Car Bomb? :)

  • @LJlog
    @LJlog 10 місяців тому

    all this track needs is a screaming sad teenager then its fully tied together lmao

  • @marioarredondo8822
    @marioarredondo8822 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome video tutorial !
    what is the tuning? c:

    • @oamuel
      @oamuel 11 місяців тому

      FACGCE

  • @rynesherman9099
    @rynesherman9099 11 місяців тому

    Lol, the 70s wall panels in that room explains enough for me

  • @oleg.ptiitz
    @oleg.ptiitz 9 місяців тому

    Sick vid thx! How do you record your electric guitar so clean?

  • @fleetingxx
    @fleetingxx 8 місяців тому

    i love watching these while not knowing how to play a single instrument and being musically inept

  • @Dryrubbersock
    @Dryrubbersock 11 місяців тому

    Does any one here like algernon cadwallader?

  • @OVXX666
    @OVXX666 9 місяців тому

    you just.... fiddle around...

  • @nigelgrim
    @nigelgrim 11 місяців тому +2

    Very thorough video my guy and good song as well.

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому

      Thank you man, I’m glad you enjoyed :)

  • @katotornado4312
    @katotornado4312 11 місяців тому

    Awesome i really need to get a little studio set up I have music that I’d love to share with the world

  • @GhettoWxzrd
    @GhettoWxzrd 11 місяців тому

    step 1: get good scrub
    me: alright t_t
    (on a real note, there are some actually great pointers and ideas for getting started with writing midwest emo riffs here! even for those who are less experienced like me lol)

  • @MartinShkreliBased
    @MartinShkreliBased Рік тому

    the guitar melody kinda sounds like apple by bladee

  • @BelakorVenator
    @BelakorVenator 10 місяців тому

    lol the low quality visual loop of transportation glimpses you added to the track really adds to how the genre taps into a nostalgic division from the wonderment of youth. Reminds me of looking out a car window in the 90s, while listening to Four Minute Mile or The Power of Failing with cheap headphones and a Discman… nice touch.

  • @tspmcfarlane
    @tspmcfarlane 8 місяців тому

    Brilliantly explained and easy to follow. Subscribed!

  • @okok5693
    @okok5693 11 місяців тому

    hq videos for novices. really helpful, thx

  • @nasanoir310
    @nasanoir310 11 місяців тому +2

    as a guy from the midwest who listens to a lot of this music, i've never heard the genre called 'midwest music'. acoustic indie-rock or math-rock maybe, justin vernon-ish maybe, but never midwest emo...probably just me.

    • @thedappermagician6905
      @thedappermagician6905 9 місяців тому

      I was in the Chicago scene of emo 10 years ago. Its been called Midwest Emo since then.

  • @thirtytwojs
    @thirtytwojs 10 місяців тому

    reminds me of early modest mouss

  • @atomicbeats044
    @atomicbeats044 11 місяців тому +3

    HE DID IT !

    • @Klinikuull
      @Klinikuull 11 місяців тому

      ayee seen you on tiktok

    • @atomicbeats044
      @atomicbeats044 11 місяців тому

      @@Klinikuull ayy wassup lmao

  • @14gardens
    @14gardens Рік тому +2

    🔥

  • @theepicduck2910
    @theepicduck2910 Рік тому +1

    Finally it is here!!

  • @zerogxbe
    @zerogxbe 9 місяців тому

    what hi hat do you have

  • @prodkoena
    @prodkoena Рік тому +1

    vibessss

  • @Bunkboof
    @Bunkboof 10 місяців тому

    what about screamo

  • @Jonathan_Wick
    @Jonathan_Wick 10 місяців тому

    Lovely sounding, great walkthrough 👌

  • @BeyondKieran
    @BeyondKieran Рік тому

    Toughh. Riff kinda sounds like the main riff for this song is called it’s called what it’s called by hot mulligan

    • @dhimasp8438
      @dhimasp8438 11 місяців тому +3

      dude istg i thought i was high for a sec

    • @korneliusoderso
      @korneliusoderso 11 місяців тому +1

      what are you doing to my brain

  • @coast6756
    @coast6756 11 місяців тому

    Surrenderdorothy type beat

  • @naqaarkana8546
    @naqaarkana8546 11 місяців тому

    how to make mathrock plsss, i cant find how to change fl studio time signature :(

    • @rocknrolan7371
      @rocknrolan7371 11 місяців тому

      Options/project general settings

    • @naqaarkana8546
      @naqaarkana8546 11 місяців тому

      @@rocknrolan7371 yeah but u cant use more than 1 time signature right?

  • @dontworry2371
    @dontworry2371 Рік тому

    its was quite good video for sure to me

  • @lelbra
    @lelbra 6 місяців тому

    wow i like

  • @jameslooney5170
    @jameslooney5170 11 місяців тому

    this is exactly what i needed. i love you

  • @creepymcpeepers
    @creepymcpeepers 11 місяців тому

    Peep peep

  • @TwstedLizard
    @TwstedLizard 11 місяців тому +1

    Those pacificas are nice

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому

      They’re great bro, I love mine. Humbucker with singles makes it so versatile

  • @sxosoil
    @sxosoil Рік тому +1

    Ты гений🔥

  • @shelovesbenneth
    @shelovesbenneth Рік тому +3

    Really the best in showing how to make indie music, you should consider doing an episode rex orange county, he has a very complex. approach of music it'll be fun!
    keep going buddy

  • @ksbeatsbaby7879
    @ksbeatsbaby7879 2 місяці тому +1

    Please make a video explaining how to make those guitar melodies in MIDI!!! 🔥🔥

    • @feezo
      @feezo  2 місяці тому

      ua-cam.com/video/H73nhlf1FUA/v-deo.htmlsi=_XxYRa6PJoZepHdQ not the exact same melodies but this should help

  • @hopendark
    @hopendark 10 місяців тому

    ur vibe is it

  • @michaelanderson8441
    @michaelanderson8441 Рік тому +2

    What interface are you running your drum mics into?

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому

      A little behringer umc1820 action. Honestly need some preamps or some type of ADAT expansion tho, but it works pretty well for now

  • @maxobra13
    @maxobra13 9 місяців тому

    Dope

  • @prodcl6udy
    @prodcl6udy Рік тому +1

    crazyyy

    • @twilightblue1167
      @twilightblue1167 11 місяців тому

      Lmaooo right

    • @feezo
      @feezo  11 місяців тому +1

      :)

    • @prodcl6udy
      @prodcl6udy 11 місяців тому

      yo twilight blue🤍🤍@@twilightblue1167

    • @prodcl6udy
      @prodcl6udy 11 місяців тому

      🖤🤍@@feezo

  • @Bubba7326
    @Bubba7326 9 місяців тому

    reaper is better for this type of recording in every possible way

  • @mrtipsy3997
    @mrtipsy3997 11 місяців тому

    Ayy you kinda look like @crispyconcords