The Stupid Easy Songwriting Tip No One Ever Talks About
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- I'm gonna say it-writing in an 8-bar loop could be holding you back!
This stupid easy tip is going to force you to write better songs. This sounds SUPER gimmicky, but it's not. It's actually a pretty obvious and simple technique.
Somewhere along the line, music producers screwed this whole songwriting thing up. We got consumed with trying to create a whole song in an 8-bar loop.
I'm guilty of it too...so I'm pointing the finger at myself!
Sure it's possible to turn an 8-bar loop into a full song, but does that mean it's going to be a GOOD song?
Odds are, you're going to be missing some ESSENTIAL pieces that are needed in great songs and productions.
Artists like Skrillex, Fred Again, Rezz, John Summit, and many many more (across MANY genres) all do this same thing...
Let me explain! (enjoy the video)
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Moose 🐕 can't type but he wanted me to tell you all that he produces "dog house, and dogstep"....whatever that means🤷♂
We already follow him on Spotify ♥️
Psytrance, techno, downtempo, house, hip-hop, some dnb every now and then and getting into ambient now!
Loveeeee to see the eclectic taste!!
ambient, folk, chillout, electronic, dubstep, trap, tearout, riddim. i have multiple songs of each of these styles and the last few videos of yours have been super helpful!! subbed!
Love the eclectic taste! Appreciate you watching the vids and happy to have you part of our fam here 👊♥️
Thank you Moose and Zack for dropping knowledge on us! Great tip. I produce synth ridiculousness and dubstep… and mostly just ridiculousnesses in general. 😂
Hahahahah I love ridiculousness! So does moose 👊
Also a good idea to play the ideas on top of each other, and if they sound at least OK together, you know they sound like parts of the same song :)
100%!! Always wanna check to make sure it sounds like we're still in the same song hahaha. I remember the early days where I started producing and my breaks/drops sounded like two completely different songs, genres, producers 😂 We live and learn right?!
It’s nice to know I produce the same way as you. I always produce a breakdown & Drop together and create the track from it. It’s helped me go from being able to produce a track in a few months to a week or two. It’s a game changer
Woah! That’s a huge difference in time! You’re finishing music much faster! That’s awesome ♥️👊
Indeed this helps. I found myself many times making a drop, spending hours making it super cool and then not being able to write a cool breakdown that can match the vibe/song
Yupp!! Exactly!! This really helps with that!
sameee
@@itsrazing one of those things i think we've all struggled with!! really hope this can help!!
@@TheCosmicAcademy it helped A LOT, thank you!
Funny enough I'm using this concept of writing since last week, this helps so much! Awesome tip again!! 🔥🙌🏻
hahahaha great timing!! but this is seriously the most gamechanging obvious tip. If you were to sit down with a guitar and start strumming/singing you'd automatically think of writing a full song with verse/chorus/prechorus/etc. But for some reason with production we love that 15 second 8bar loop 😅
@@TheCosmicAcademy it is! Yeah, for sone reason we as producers tend to just make those loops. But even better, if you make 5 breaks and 5 drops, and you don't really all the idea's, try to combine some of those idea's. Maybe a certain drop or idea works better on a certain break! ;)
I make synthwave-influenced electronic music. This is such a simple idea, and yet, if applied, can make a huge difference in anyone's productivity.
Ah sick!! I love synthwave and anything that stems from it haha ♥️👊 and thank you! Appreciate you watching and dropping the message!
I love your channel. I write Trap music and other hip-hop subgenres. Thank you for existing.
Thank YOU!! 👊♥️
Bass house and DnB!! Giving this a try on the next one. 🔥🔥
Hope it works out well for you and you write your best song yet! 👊
Thank you for the idea! I hope now I'll break my 8-bar loop curse ✊
I produce synthwave/synth-pop tracks
Excited for you to try this!! Gotta let us know if it worked!!
I really like your content! Thank you for inspiring and getting me to think more. (in a good way) 🙌🏾
I'm so glad! Appreciate you watching and dropping the message! 👊♥️
I like to write in R&B, pop, House music, and getting into Reggaeton.
Progressive House & Melodic Techno!! Such a helpful tip I'm doing this from now on!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯 Always love your production videos Zack because reminds me of Cassian :)
You gotta!! Makes such a difference in the quality of the songs. And I laughed at the cassian comment because I don’t do a good job of hiding who I look up to huh?! 😂 dudes been next level for so long. He’s a monster
@@TheCosmicAcademy I am starting to see that! I can't wait to implement this into my jam sessions! Bahahaha please don't!!! He's my main dude also and I feel there isn't much on YT about his production styles and techniques. Seriously he makes "perfect" music in my opinion. I would love to get to his level of production fo real!!
I am an all music listener, so natually all kind of ideas forms to be queued up in the synapse web in my brain to get hopefully some day get realized.
I just found your channel and i can't stop watching 💯🏆🏆🏆🏆
These are so helpful. Thank you
this is such a great video. thanks Zack!
Absolutely!! Happy to hear you enjoyed it 👊
Kinda late but I love to make Bass House & jump up + neuro DnB. Love these videos as a beginner producer!
Never too late haha! Awesome genres! Happy these videos can help and wish you the best along the way ♥️👊
@@TheCosmicAcademy I'm curious would you say your Academy is more geared towards someone who hit the "beginner wall" after getting a lot of the basics down or a more intermediate producer trying to take the "next step" ?
Great video! I write Future/Bass House style tracks, often a fusion. I also sometimes accidentally have this 2 song idea approach, however, what I then find tough, is getting them to transition from one to the other. So that would be an incredibly helpful video on its own. I try to use parts from each idea so they marry but its still not always easy
Thanks!! What you can try is once you have your two sections…try and put them on top of each other! They don’t have to work / fit perfectly but there should be continuity! You can also try having an element or two that appears in both sections/ideas! Thst becomes the bridge
@@TheCosmicAcademy thanks for the response Cosmic, will focus on that
so helpful! dubstep (and all of it's subgenres)/house/synthwave/chill/bass house
I like electro house, ambient and sometimes tech house
Love em all!
I like to experiment a lot, but I mainly produce something that right in between House and Hardstyle!
Love it!! And finding the ways to blend your favorite parts of diff genres is what it’s all about too. That’s how you push a fresh, new sound across!
@@TheCosmicAcademy It is the most fun as well! But tbf most producers who I look up to do the same, combining sounds and styles they like, and make it totally their own! That in my eyes pure art! 🔥
You guys are constantly helping guide us, and it's incredible. Thank you so much for all that you do. Personally I love future rave and bass house. Beautiful idea btw Zack!
I'm thrilled the videos have helped ❤️ And thank YOU!! We really do appreciate you watching our vids, and being part of our fam here on YT. Means a lot 👊
so simple but so effective! This one is special thanks Zack 💪
♥️♥️ always appreciated dude
This video’s absolutely perfectly inspiring! Thanks for this idea. I have been struggling beat block for a long time as an amateur music producer and I believe it will be helpful to me.
Thank you!! And really excited for you to try this…hope it helps you write better songs (and makes the whole process easier) 💪
Future house is a big favorite but i love to experiment and try to take some ideas from other genres and see what happens! :D
love it! and thats what its all about! trying to find those ways you can combine the things you like from different genres to ultimately create your own!!!
I like to write drunken house, because I drink beer then write house... it's a new genre I'm working on but it's getting expensive and I'm losing friends!
Hahahaha I can see a lot of people excited for this new genre!
Such a great tip Zach!!! House and Bass house :)
Thanks!! House and Bass House all the wayyyy 🕺🏻
melodic Techno and Indie Dance
niceeee, I love em both!!
Thanks! Another great tip!😀
you’re welcome! happy it can help! and most importantly, I appreciate you watching the vids ♥️👊
@@TheCosmicAcademy You helped me a lot. I'm really feeling happiness, because I'm growing🙂
Hearing that makes me feel happy too! Keep working hard 💪
This is huge. I’ve just started but I’ve been breaking down the song structure of songs I really like. I have connected the dots to this concept but haven’t quite had my oh shit moment until this video with it. Thank you for the incredible breakdown.
♥️♥️ always happy to hear the “oh shit” moment has happened!! Haha. For real though, glad this helped things click 👊
Solid tips
♥️♥️ thanks!! What kinda music are you writing over there?!? Gotta share now! Haha
Uplifting trance
Love it!
bro!where i can find this melody midi? Pls help me!!!
Hahaha it’s on my computer 😂
Great video!
I like to produce Bass music, Dubstep and Ambient 💜
Thanks!! ♥️
Very nice tip. Trance❤
So minimum 2 8 bar loops? 🤣🤣🤣 just playing
😂😅
I try to produce Big Room, using very cinematic breakdowns so it has a warm feeling to the ears. Also love making super sick drops as far as I can xd
Loveeee it!! I’ve always been a big fan of having that cinematic feel mixed in!
Melodic Techno🎶🎹
i loveeee it!! and lemme ask...do you typically like to start writing with melody? chords? building drums? what's your process look like?
I actually like to start with a chord progression, when i come up with a melody (usualy with the help of riffer😁) i build the whole song around it. Maybe ill change the drop to one chord only.
Awesome!! Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bit of help!! Haha
Tech House baby!!!!!!!
House, Deep House, Tech House, Reggaeton
awesomeeee!! 👊❤️
Hi I like to write R&B music🎶🎹
Awesomeeee!! 🕺
hiphop, plugg, trap, rnb
Melodic Techno
Love it!!
Does your label release melodic techno?@@TheCosmicAcademy
@JF_Auran_Music_OFC we’re a production school…not a label 😅
Sorry I got confused with other channel that has a label 😅@@TheCosmicAcademy
Melodic house!!
That’s what I’m talkin bout 🕺🏻
progressive trance
Love it! ♥️👊
house and techno
Uplifting Trance 💪
Lfggg!!! And when you write, do you typically start chords/melody/break? Or you go drop first? Or is it diffferent each time? What’s that process look like?
@@TheCosmicAcademy I always start with chords and build the melody around those. I need to get into the emotional state I am feeling in that moment to know where to take the track. Alternatively, I ask myself, "how or what am I feeling right now", "where are we going to take this next emotional journey..." and then it's go time. Here is an example of letting go of the toughest time of my life 👇🏼
ua-cam.com/video/FD-jBJlKL1M/v-deo.html 💚
@@IanSolano i figured that was gonna be you're route hahaha great stuff though on that track. I'm melody/emotion/feeling in music all the way and this had tons of it!
@@TheCosmicAcademy Thanks for taking the time this morning 🤝
this is my 9th consecutively watched video
UKG, DNB, House
Yessss some goodies there!!
Progressive Trance / psytrance
i also produce future riddim :D
Awesomeeeee!! 💪
House, tech house, techno
Love it!
EDM fullon
Hiphop
Deep house, pop
Love emmm both!!
Cosmic > youtube game
Uk house
Loveeee it!! 🕺🏻
NOOOO I missed it, Still one of the first :))
Hahaha you realize I wait for you every time now!! The pressure is building 😂
I always appreciate the comment regardless ♥️👊
House, Tech House, Bass house.
Love em!! The trifecta!!