How to SYNTH DRONE without boring everyone

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  • @JamesonNathanJones
    @JamesonNathanJones  7 місяців тому +9

    Here are some of my favorite composition concepts that have helped me make music over the last couple decades: bit.ly/FREEcompositionguide

    • @PCoyte
      @PCoyte 7 місяців тому +1

      Have you read Harry Sword's Monolithic Undertow book about the history of drones? Starts at the Big Bang up until more recent electronic artists

    • @morganbebell9003
      @morganbebell9003 6 місяців тому +1

      Hey man, you've got some great content, but what's with the negativity? 'This' is Boring, you 'hate' that, 'avoid' doing this, 'don't' do that. I understand clickbait tittles, but I can't like a page that's all negative view points. Good music be damned.

    • @angeltensey
      @angeltensey 3 місяці тому

      good drone is a backbone of any contextual music

    • @binarymen
      @binarymen 28 днів тому

      Roots 🔥

  • @ilyandilymusic
    @ilyandilymusic 7 місяців тому +21

    I love how drones can be everything from subtle blissful fairy wings to brain melting chaos. I also feel like composing with drones as a focal point creates a strong relationship between the artist and the instrument. It’s like a conversation in real time.
    “What happens when we do this?”. “I dunno, let’s find out”

  • @scowlsmcjowls2626
    @scowlsmcjowls2626 4 місяці тому +11

    The drones that open portals. ..you know the ones🎉

  • @NickBDesigns
    @NickBDesigns 7 місяців тому +37

    My favorite three words “I like drones”

    • @timothyharrison
      @timothyharrison 7 місяців тому +3

      Is he saying “droln” though?

    • @christofthedead
      @christofthedead 3 місяці тому

      American's professing their love for drones in the current day/year has a similar vibe to how I imagine it would feel hearing late-1940's era Germans bonding over a shared love of ovens 🧐

    • @louderthangod
      @louderthangod 2 місяці тому

      @@christofthedeadWell that went dark. And now for something completely different…..

  • @shpongled587
    @shpongled587 2 місяці тому +3

    Lyra 8 in the "old drone instrument" list was hilarious!

  • @johnthecloud
    @johnthecloud 5 днів тому

    I'm working on a piece of music where I start of with drones, and then put them through filters and a vca that are then controlled by envelopes and LFOs, and bring in and out subtle sequenced movements.

  • @benedekkiss
    @benedekkiss 7 місяців тому +13

    I love your videos about applying classical musical knowledge in other styles!!!

  • @BrettEPierce
    @BrettEPierce 6 місяців тому +7

    I have the same Tascam 414 Portastudio, I would love to watch a video explaining how to use tape loops, or other ways of utilizing a cassette deck in combination with a DAW.

  • @marcburch1163
    @marcburch1163 3 місяці тому +3

    I liked your comment about using tape loops.
    I still use them in my music and have been doing it for a while.
    Early step consisted on Walkman cassette players, a radio shack mixer, arp odyssey an assortment of pedals and an echoplex sometimes Iran everything through a second echoplex. So much fun and never boring.

  • @dossetts
    @dossetts 6 місяців тому +4

    One of the most helpful synth/production videos I've watched recently. I've really appreciated a lot of your content because you keep music and arrangement as a central focus instead of "this cool gear will fix your problems" or "do this thing to make your music cool." Thanks!

  • @1977Bronko
    @1977Bronko Місяць тому

    nice one and gr8 music inside!

  • @stefanabare
    @stefanabare 6 місяців тому +1

    The section at 6:00 gave me Boards of Canada vibes! Nice video and thanks for the tips!

  • @mustangsupersnake7848
    @mustangsupersnake7848 Місяць тому

    I just love this video. I love how you bring philosophy into your articulated narration. This video is quite technical and deals with advanced concepts in composing and shaping of music and sounds. In my discovery, I'm fascinated by your artistic dimension being at the front and center of these interesting concepts and technics.

  • @berndschimpf89
    @berndschimpf89 19 днів тому

    I have loved drones ever since I was allowed to play the big, deep pipes in our church in 1975 when I was 10 years old. The organist showed me the humility key, which was played almost inaudibly at the most exciting point in the sermon. I have been fascinated by these sounds ever since.

  • @andallicansayis
    @andallicansayis 6 місяців тому +1

    do chords above the drone need to contain the note of the said drone? thank you

  • @omnidivergence9846
    @omnidivergence9846 2 місяці тому +1

    You have done a great job with your presentation. Interesting, educational and enjoyable. . I am looking forward to watching more of your videos.

  • @TRB_1138
    @TRB_1138 7 місяців тому +1

    Monuments is an epic piece of of music... Love your stuff, man!

  • @robfel68
    @robfel68 2 місяці тому +1

    Big Sky+Drones transports you immediately to another universe where something doesn't feel right and suspense is unbearable . Good job Nathan!!!

  • @bricelory9534
    @bricelory9534 7 місяців тому +4

    Good stuff! Drones are absolutely fundamental to how humans interact with music - most, if not all, musical heritages have drones as prominent elements in their history. They add a frame for us to process the sounds we're hearing and put them in a specific context.
    Honestly, in many ways, keys are just implied drones. Everything is meant to relate back to that "invisible" drone root note.
    Simple or complex, they can be absolutely intriguing!

  • @SpikesStudio3
    @SpikesStudio3 7 місяців тому +1

    That was a treat. Thanks bro. I work in a very loud workshop where its a natural drone. Its sometimes nice to listen to the activity and think of how to reflect it in my music. This helped. Cheers.

  • @daddylucles
    @daddylucles 6 місяців тому +2

    More drone content 😍

  • @MakerFarmNL
    @MakerFarmNL 6 місяців тому +1

    Not so boring after all! Love your narrative style and humor! You are such a good teacher!!!

  • @hasko_not_the_pirate
    @hasko_not_the_pirate 7 місяців тому +1

    8:45 re/ tape loops, Hainbach would say: Try half speed.

  • @jaixiviii
    @jaixiviii 7 місяців тому +2

    Drone fanatic, not afraid to admit it. Evolving dunes are the best!

  • @johnnyhawk
    @johnnyhawk 2 дні тому

    Love the track at 9 mins 🎉

  • @DennisLB1
    @DennisLB1 4 місяці тому

    Underrated channel. Keep up the great work!

  • @onlinescammer8291
    @onlinescammer8291 7 місяців тому +6

    Even the electric guitar isn't gonna blow people away like in the 50s. It happens to everything. Synths. Sound design. That said, I don't find your drones boring at all.

  • @paulchristey
    @paulchristey 7 місяців тому

    Really enjoy watching your video's, always interesting and helps me think about my own process :) I would love to see a demo of how you use the Lyra 8

  • @Creolegumbo
    @Creolegumbo 2 місяці тому

    Thanks!

  • @G0nz0uk
    @G0nz0uk 6 місяців тому +1

    I love a drone/soundscape, good for the mind.

  • @alitna
    @alitna 6 місяців тому +1

    Great video! I learned a lot!

  • @LoVeAmBiEnT
    @LoVeAmBiEnT 6 місяців тому +1

    That model d drone. Perfect chord progression

  • @indigosnow_
    @indigosnow_ 7 місяців тому

    The light pedal is so dope. Sounds great with synths. Awesome vid as per usual

  • @Jegkedermigmega
    @Jegkedermigmega 2 місяці тому

    Nice concepts you lay out. Just checked out your album "Somewhat the Same" - it's got that eery Reznor/Atticus-vibe to it. I love it! :) Super inspiring.

  • @tobiasphilippen7883
    @tobiasphilippen7883 4 місяці тому

    Which ones would you consider "tasty wavetables"? Any collection etc. you would recommend? Thanks. Also for your inspiring thoughts on drones.

  • @Amazology
    @Amazology 7 місяців тому +1

    Awesome episode !

  • @PCoyte
    @PCoyte 7 місяців тому

    Great video and timely as I'm in the drone zone preparing for International Drone Day performance on Saturday!

  • @PatternRecognitionMusic
    @PatternRecognitionMusic 7 місяців тому

    Some very cool ideas here that can be applied beyond just the scope of drones. Loving this, liked and subscribed!

  • @stevesutube
    @stevesutube 7 місяців тому +1

    Inspirational video. Thank you.

  • @SynthAddicts
    @SynthAddicts 6 місяців тому +1

    Wonderful video! ❤

  • @fromhillrecords
    @fromhillrecords 7 місяців тому +1

    Drones resonate with us. I live to use drones and long sustains in my own music. My own personal theory is that waaaay back we couldn't really make music, just tones. Music thousands of years ago had drones (in octaves), not so much active melodic work.

  • @Confuzius
    @Confuzius 6 місяців тому

    glad i found your channel. great video, thank you! ❤

  • @Jan-f4k5h
    @Jan-f4k5h Місяць тому

    Drones can’t be overestimated. Great video-funny, educational, and deep! ;)

  • @EricRaymondSF
    @EricRaymondSF 7 місяців тому +1

    Loved this video.

  • @freeelectron8261
    @freeelectron8261 6 місяців тому

    Really interesting - thanks Jameson!

  • @maximummovementtheatre
    @maximummovementtheatre 7 місяців тому +1

    They have their place for sure. Love a good drone 😊

  • @defnlife1683
    @defnlife1683 7 місяців тому

    Learned to love drones via Roly Porter. Now excited to listen to this.

  • @patrickcorcoran889
    @patrickcorcoran889 7 місяців тому

    Hey, this video popped up on my feed - I loved it, especially the way you explain drones and elated techniques. I like the way you speak - very down to earth, like Venus Theory and David Hilowitz. I just subscribed, signed up and looking forward to hearing some of your discography on bc.

  • @robertschubert5127
    @robertschubert5127 7 місяців тому

    I love the bass response in this video. Really grabbed me today. Good stuff!

  • @Warrow74
    @Warrow74 7 місяців тому +1

    A slightly dissonant dual oscillator tone through a BigSky does sound awesome 😋

  • @clothshorse
    @clothshorse 6 місяців тому

    @6:12 super lush 🖤

  • @thomasinlondon2849
    @thomasinlondon2849 7 місяців тому +1

    Fundamental creation process must come from deep in the heart, mind, and spiritual connection to energies in this and other dimensions.

  • @HowardMangrum
    @HowardMangrum 6 місяців тому

    Dang, I did not realize, I love drone music. Thanks!

  • @harlycorner
    @harlycorner 7 місяців тому +1

    5:57 this track is f****** amazing

    • @beriomario
      @beriomario 7 місяців тому

      3yrs ago I bought Model D when I saw this improv, I needed analog synth for production. Now I have whole studio 🤣

  • @willcooper8028
    @willcooper8028 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful stuff, the track with the midtone drone reminded me a lot of the across the spiderverse spundtrack

  • @ParadiseVibe
    @ParadiseVibe 7 місяців тому

    Hey JNJ, love your droneified compositions on Spotify, especially those with fat & crunchy moments, and rhythmic gating. Added many into my playlist Ethereal. You feature more than Eno or BOP (No way from Mars). Thanks for the harmonic (and dissonant) inspirations. Well designed emotional soundscapes will screw AI.

  • @ThePedalboardOrchestra
    @ThePedalboardOrchestra 5 місяців тому

    Great video, very inspiring thoughts. 👍👍👏👏

  • @freeelectron8261
    @freeelectron8261 6 місяців тому

    Interesting ideas - just subscribed.

  • @VirtualModular
    @VirtualModular 7 місяців тому

    Honestly, I find drones more fun to make than they are to listen to! My tip would be to really slowly modulate everything, so it's almost unnoticeable, but constantly changing. I also like to slowly fade different notes in and out, so it's not just the same pitch for 15 minutes - I think you can have some harmonic movement to an extent. Also digital oscillators work better than analogue because you can vary the waveform more. I'm sure some people will disagree with that, just personal preference really. You mentioned wavetable, but FM/phase distortion and additive synthesis work well too.

  • @manicmodular8956
    @manicmodular8956 6 місяців тому

    Great drones at the 7 min mark, reminds me of Alessandro Cortini. Great stuff

  • @CCL1603
    @CCL1603 7 місяців тому

    You did it! And you used the Lyra-8 in it too, i love that thing hahah

    • @CCL1603
      @CCL1603 7 місяців тому

      Im also a Gurdy player and a bagpipe player so it tracks 😂

  • @pcuadra
    @pcuadra 7 місяців тому

    I've always loved the outer limits of what a drone based track can be, ever since listening to Zerthis Was A Shivering Human Image by Eluvium. I'm going to try some of these ideas on my next drone tapes...

  • @paulmakl6282
    @paulmakl6282 7 місяців тому +1

    What do you think the main difference is between a pad and a drone?

    • @VirtualModular
      @VirtualModular 7 місяців тому

      It's similar, but a drone goes on for about an hour longer. 😂

  • @edbass624
    @edbass624 7 місяців тому

    I love you’re content I love seeing all your toys and the way you use them but if possible in the future you can teach this ideas in the box with plugins so I can see it in that perspective. Thanks !!

  • @ryan.noakes
    @ryan.noakes 7 місяців тому +1

    Good God I laughed a lot harder than I maybe should have at "Lyra 8" in the list of ancient instruments! 😂😂😂

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L 7 місяців тому

    I’m trying to practice my realisations and now don’t watch your videos unless I’m also practicing scales or something. So, naturally, as soon as you pointed out organ drones often are sitting on the dominant I just did that and then noodled something in dorian. Yay! 🥳
    I often droned on the root or a third or a fourth, but never droned with a fifth until just there. So that was nice.
    Finished it off with an old descending 2-5-2-1; and actually felt Done with a practice for once instead of just running out of steam on transcribing some piece! 😊

  • @michaelkonomos
    @michaelkonomos 7 місяців тому

    Drones the boring but this video is not! Great work.

  • @pavelpetrikor
    @pavelpetrikor Місяць тому

    I like drones too.

  • @ToySounds
    @ToySounds 7 місяців тому

    5:55 track ID?

  • @tecnikstr0be
    @tecnikstr0be Місяць тому

    Can you name me thise instruments your using for these drones so i can buy them?

  • @innersonicsoundsystem
    @innersonicsoundsystem 7 місяців тому

    always an inspiration - thank you!

  • @orchestratedpassage9468
    @orchestratedpassage9468 7 місяців тому

    Guess I'll have to wait for the droneumentary

  • @ghfjfghjasdfasdf
    @ghfjfghjasdfasdf 7 місяців тому

    Looking over your sample pack website and that 8 pack bundle for $55 looks interesting… but I’m curious how big each pack is and how many sounds each one comes with.
    The 2 most important factors of a sample pack imo, are size and number of sounds.

  • @samprock
    @samprock 7 місяців тому +3

    That made me go listen my own track named .... Drone 😆 Now I know science behind it, I used it as bass, rhythmic, texture, melody, moves, rubs, and sweet spots.
    Never thought fancy organ leg work is for drone notes and not gas/brake! 🤪
    Drone feticists are happy, next video bass rehab, please! ❤

  • @LB-pp7pu
    @LB-pp7pu 7 місяців тому

    This tutorial videos are really nice

  • @TheIllynow
    @TheIllynow 6 місяців тому +1

    "These are not the drones you're looking for"

  • @ryanfriebertshauser3466
    @ryanfriebertshauser3466 4 місяці тому

    Brilliant

  • @synkrotron
    @synkrotron 7 місяців тому

    beauty is in the eye of the beholder
    while I am here, are you doing something for Drone Day this Saturday?
    I am hoping to do a livestream

    • @jaixiviii
      @jaixiviii 7 місяців тому +1

      Same here, looking forward to your release! I have a teaser for drone day. Let’s drone!!!😎

    • @synkrotron
      @synkrotron 7 місяців тому

      @@jaixiviii Drone Is Life!!
      (gonna check out your stuffs...)

  • @ingolf7411
    @ingolf7411 7 місяців тому

    I like drones after listening to Lisa Bella Donna´s "Cheyenne Crossing" ... 😊 (and of course the Lyra-8 is so "drony") and "Somewhat the Same" is now in my Bandcamp collection.

  • @DirtyDead1313
    @DirtyDead1313 7 місяців тому

    Is the Monuments song released yet?

  • @Amazology
    @Amazology 7 місяців тому

    Drones fekkin rock

  • @sillysquirrel9979
    @sillysquirrel9979 6 місяців тому

    3:00 came in church without youtube shorts...how dare you

  • @kennethpace9887
    @kennethpace9887 6 місяців тому

    Melody?

  • @DJ.XreX-777
    @DJ.XreX-777 6 місяців тому

    Steve Roach is really good with non-foundational, I’ve noticed

  • @Nenko_Music
    @Nenko_Music 4 місяці тому

    Is it your "home" organ ? holy shrimp ! 😯

  • @travisguide4516
    @travisguide4516 7 місяців тому

    Simon the magpie just made a video on how to build one of his beehive style drones

  • @HpBeck_Fieldrecordings
    @HpBeck_Fieldrecordings 8 днів тому

    ....very inspiring for deep tape listeners like us, thank you!Sub!!

  • @scottadams7820
    @scottadams7820 7 місяців тому

    You can always spice up your boring drones with C4 and a remote detonator

  • @wrenchposting9097
    @wrenchposting9097 7 місяців тому +1

    BWV 543!

  • @LesaDrones
    @LesaDrones 5 місяців тому

    I like drones

  • @demogadget
    @demogadget 2 місяці тому +1

    Lorn
    Deru

  • @jetlag_beats
    @jetlag_beats 7 місяців тому

    For cinematic purposes / film soundtracks, very useful. But otherwise... Jeeee... I really don't know what to do with those weird alien sounds...

  • @GizzyDillespee
    @GizzyDillespee 7 місяців тому

    You see, personally I think drones don't have to remain pitch-stagnant. To me, that's a useless distinction that I'm not attracted to, for aesthetic reasons, either. So, I'll change pitch on my drones when amd if I want to. Mostly I think of keepung the VCA open, if youwant a specific definition. But yeah they're cool to use.

  • @trnngthngs
    @trnngthngs 7 місяців тому

    "I like big drones and I cannot lie...."

  • @djcata7474
    @djcata7474 7 місяців тому

    putting chords over a synth pad that changes pitch, that's microtonal music. Polychords, you should probably reffer to those as polytonality.

  • @TrasherBiner
    @TrasherBiner 4 дні тому

    2:02 "this is not a documentary"

  • @KurtLorenz
    @KurtLorenz 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @ChunterInfo
    @ChunterInfo 7 місяців тому

    I'll name it Bear Wringer

  • @resetreboot
    @resetreboot 7 місяців тому

    Just in time for drone day, I see. I just did an especial about drones and did a couple... one of them with a guitar, an ebow clone and a looper pedal.

  • @McEnroe911
    @McEnroe911 7 місяців тому

    All I listen to are drones. I’m also on Zoloft though