11 Ways to Come up With GREAT Song Ideas You (Probably) Don't Know
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
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In this video I’ll show you how to start a track in 11 different ways. Idea generation is super important in music production (as well as finishing music, of course (if you struggle with finishing tracks, these 12 strategies will help: • Why You Can't Finish M... )
If song starting is tricky for you and you want to overcome writers block, this video is for you.
In this video we go deep into:
00:00 - 11 Idea Generation Techniques
01:10 - Create Inspiration Playlists
01:49 - Use Midi Packs
03:40 - Sample an Old Track
06:15 - Start with a Loop
07:37 - Limit Yourself
11:38 - Sing/Hum a Melody
14:57 - Beatboxing
16:03 - Record some Foley
19:08 - Browse Presets
20:25 - Flip a Sound
22:32 - Use the Session View
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I've taken to writing all of my instruments in a single piano patch and it's actually really helpful.
So I'll write my chords on C2 (or whatever key I'm working in) and in the same midi patch I'll copy the bass note down an octave and cut that up as necessary for my bass. Then on C3 (or C4 if it's getting in the way of my chords) I'll write a basic syncopated arp and add or delete notes until I've got a melody I'm happy with (unless a full arp is what I want) and then I might go another octave up and write some flavour notes. Then I'll duplicate that midi patch numerous times and delete everything except one element until I end up with one track being chords, one track being bass and so on and can then get into sound selection from there.
This also works for percussion by the way. Let's say you're doing a four to the floor EDM track. Put your kick notes in on every beat as usual in a loop, then put other kick hits on the grid, playing around until you've got a groove you like using nothing but kick. Then duplicate it and on the duplicate, swap out the kick for a percussion sound and delete the four to the four kick notes while on the original kick midi patch delete the extra percussion notes and tada you've got a percussion groove and from there you can experiment further with that percussion groove, maybe duplicate it again and delete everything except one note (while on the one you duplicated keep everything except that one note) and now you have options. Maybe the one note percussion hit is a tom and the others are bongos or something.
And yes I'm aware this is all pretty basic stuff I'm talking about but I think it's the kind of thing that's useful to remember regardless of your experience level because whether you're a beginner or a longtime producer you're going to get stuck and sometimes the most basic hacks can be a real help to get you out of a rut.
Also, don't be afraid of synth presets. Seriously. If anyone tells you that you need to create your own "unique" synth sound just remember that every synth they created from scratch is probably available as a preset somewhere. If you like how a preset sounds, use it and if you want to you can always tweak the preset to your tastes. Using presets is no more a cheat than using a sample is. Daft Punk (who I love by the way) will use an old disco sample and change the key and they're geniuses. It's ultimately no different than grabbing a Serum preset and slightly changing the cutoff. Anyone who says any different is a pretentious prick. Make the music you want to make and if you can find shortcuts to get what's in your head into your DAW, go for it.
Alright I like it but now I wanna hear some tunes
@@wolfcasper1611 Oh I assure you I have more than 400 8 bar loops that I hope to someday turn into full tracks lol
@@jedsithor delete everything you dont need and make and album from all the good traxx
Strugling a bit with writers block… and then the BOSS post this video! Watching it RN 🤌🏻
Enjoy, man! 😎 Let me know if you found anything particularly helpful :)
To add on to these 11 smashing tips I think starting with a vocal can help spark inspiration 🤗
Cheers my man,helps me out the dumps in me music production.been a bit down,feeling it's not going anywhere.I think if I was to tell myself I don't have to create all the patches myself from scratch I do better.still I know I'll always love me tunage
Right when I needed it most, Will comes in with the perfect vid. Thanks boss!
You're welcome! 🙂
Another great video from you Will, thank you!!!!
This was a brilliant video, Will! Thank you! :)
Smashed it as per Don Darling. Your 5 minutes in session view produced something better than I’ve made in 15 years of trying 😂. Thanks for the ideas Will. Joris Voorn production video if you can please, he’s smashin it right now 👍🏼
Thanks for this bro 🎶
Great channel, thanks for everything
First comment here! 😁. Gonna save this video and watch it later. I have been struggling with writer's block for the past week or so.
Hoe it helps, Khaled!
Great tips! Thanks Will!!
You're welcome, Vera, glad you found them helpful! 🙌🏻
I get most of my ideas when not sitting at the DAW. The Quick Voice on
My phone is full of myself doing vocals baselines etc. Sometimes, I will get a hit song in a dream and so there have been occasion where I have had to wake up a run off to a different room to try and get it on my phone. The challenge is you will listen to it later, but lose the context of what it was about.
Thx our Master 🥰🙏
Proper 80’s electro in the session view section.
You are truly the best YT channel for EDM tips. Amen brother 😎
So many ideas in 30 minutes. Really amazing.
Someday we could also look the guitar stuffs too. Making melody with guitar from sample or plugins. How should handle that etc...
Amen Brother!!
Hell yeah, amen brother ♥
Great Video!
Thank you! Anything in particular you found useful?
kool stuff,can see a toto remix by eric prydz coming on!!!!!
That electro idea @EDM Tips, really nice. Bandcamp release? XD
Great video as always. I believe you can use Melodyne to convert audio to midi as well. Just another option
Will do tutorial on Kungs.
You're the best sensei.
Hey Will. A question please. Any particular app for recording sound on iPhone you’d recommend? Also loved seeing you use sample in midi - made me realise how certain tracks are constructed. Nice!
Nice tips will
Glad you like them!
sure bro 😊✌️
Also - I don’t use the session view, thinking I should, as I think it would massively help arrangement.
Thanks Will... I typically start with a 4 bars, as well and typically have either some chords and/or bass notes in my head or scroll through the bazillion presets and hear something that suddenly peaks my interest. It doesn't always go anywhere, but those are my methods of madness. I keep trying to use session (Live) view and every single thing I have ever done in there has not been completed. I have even recorded them into Arrangement view, yet still can't finish them out. I even set my default template to open in Session view, and later changed it back to Arrangement. LOL. BTW - having a solid default template when you open Ableton Live is a gigantic key to get going. I have Scaler at the top, turned off, but I find myself using it pretty often to work myself out of a 4 bar chord loop.
*piques* your interest.
@@AutPen38 I never claimed I could spell, but thanks!
I definitely have the same approach to the first part of your message, but I've been still struggling to wrap my head around some of the audio/ midi effects that exist, and trying to organize them as a whole.
great video as always Will. Would you be able to make a "How to Make" series video for the darker more technical side of techno / house like Wheats? He's kind of like Bibi but expresses creativity using different methods.
Hey Will,
At Timestamp 11:44 you mention a Mic that you referred to as a Doubler Mic. It converted Audio to MIDI. I did not see a link to it below the Video. Can you tell me the actual name and brand of that Mic? ElectricEddie
Hay Will, these were great. None of them helps me as I need a good kick up the ass. 😃
Will I Also Get Stuck At How Should i Start The Song..Should i Start With Piano,GTR,Plucks or whatever..I Don't Get Ideas What Should i add next..what should i add in intro,verse,chorus etc...i always start with chords melodies and i'm decent at it...after making chords melodies..i just get blank how should i start the song...
19:08 - Browse Presets - this sums up my whole creative process. :(
i def need this lol
I didnt get the pdf after signing up..maybe because Ive already signed up before?
Since the 3er technique, could not put attention, for the inspiration that entered inside ... 4 hours later.... i finish a few creative ideas xd
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I always get stuck with the starting.
Hopefully this helps, Kausambi :)
@@EDMTips Yes it will.
Nice vid..... Get some templates bro
Please make kerri Chandler 90s style house music
Eeeek! This video is just too dangerous lol!
I try not to listen to anyone else when I get ready to produce. Grammy award winning artists are having to pay out millions in royalties to others for lifting elements off past works. Melodies, bass lines, choruses, hooks; heck someone sued and won for using a 4-note bar that is common place in the pentatonic scale.
I say, just don't do it! You need an idea... use any melody synth/generator that has some type of randomness or probability feature (Pigments 3 or the Elektron Syntakt).
You could produce a banger that puts you on the map (Robin Thicke) only to lose it all because you copied someone else's work, on purpose or inadvertently.
Idk why but for 3 months I couldn't do more than a 8 bar loop 😂🥲🥲
If you are not tired of listening to those 8 bars for 3 months straight, maybe you should just loop them for 10 minutes and your song is finished ;-)