"I'm not a musical genius" says the guy who created a perfect song without listening to it.

@xeno6416

4 жыл бұрын

Mostly

@illyrosen9772

4 жыл бұрын

That guy always says he doesn't but it seems impossible and disturbing in a good way

@brylancaldwell1556

4 жыл бұрын

It's a sad day when people consider repetition a masterpiece. MAKE ORIGINAL MATERIAL

@fizzicist7678

4 жыл бұрын

sometimes ya just gotta FEEL the music (says the guy who can't drum for shit by 'feeling')

@brylancaldwell1556

4 жыл бұрын

@@fizzicist7678 I feel ya man

Shady Cicada: "You're not going to be making these masterpieces overnight" Also Shady Cicada: *composes an entire soundtrack in 10 minutes*

@Chronorust

4 жыл бұрын

Keyword: YOU'RE. That includes us, bud :)

@Chronorust

4 жыл бұрын

@@brylancaldwell1556 Naw, their called "examples".

@beemilkfordinner

4 жыл бұрын

Brylan Caldwell Well what’s wrong with them, Mr. Intelligent Musician? How about giving some critique so he can improve?

@beemilkfordinner

4 жыл бұрын

Brylan Caldwell First off, Ms. Ignorant Musician. Second off, I never said I had a problem with it, but you did. I think it’s more reasonable for you to explain yourself, since you’re the one complaining about his music. Going to add something: I find arrogance is more likely to lead to ignorance than amateurism. I suggest you take a good look at yourself before you go too far off the deep end, bud.

@beemilkfordinner

4 жыл бұрын

Brylan Caldwell I never said I wasn’t ignorant, but I can definitely say I am a woman. But hey, gender has nothing to do with my argument. Just because you wish to defend someone on the internet doesn’t mean you’re ignorant. We’re social beings, and most of us are willing to jump into an argument just to put our two scents in. We like to debate, hence why this is happening. And who are you to bitch about me commenting? I bet this is the highlight of your day! If it wasn’t, you wouldn’t be responding to me right now. In conclusion, don’t complain about someone’s artistic abilities unless you want to critique and help them improve. I can tell you’re bitching about Cicada just to start an argument and have nothing constructive to say. Which is why I’m finished with this comment thread. Cheers.

Music is like a cake. Harmony is like another layer. Sometimes it makes the cake better. Other times it can be too much. You don't want a thin cake, but too thick is also bad. Hope this helps!

@lukelcs8934

4 жыл бұрын

So... music is a lie then. I lie to our ears, a deception that makes us feel things that aren't real. This would be a much better meme/philosophical discussion if we were talking about movies or games. (also, I legit just spelled philosophical correctly the first time with no need for auto correct, should I be impressed or is that normal?)

@touffedaviau8370

4 жыл бұрын

Crafter Daemon Also, there’s a time & place for for pancakes and a time & place for wedding cakes!

@dynaheart

4 жыл бұрын

@@lukelcs8934 It's pretty normal

@mumbo4567

4 жыл бұрын

But what if you are allergic to cake?

@jlgamer3987

4 жыл бұрын

What about onions? Onions have layers. H a r m o n y i s n ' t o n i o n s .

“Reel em in with that Solo” Top ten anime betrayals

@nepunepu5894

4 жыл бұрын

wait until "don't use wood wood" appeared

@trackernivrig

4 жыл бұрын

@@nepunepu5894 WAIT WHERE WAS THAT?

@nepunepu5894

4 жыл бұрын

@@trackernivrig in our most nightmare-ish dream

@trackernivrig

4 жыл бұрын

Nepu Nepu lol. Really though, was that in the video?

@nepunepu5894

4 жыл бұрын

@@trackernivrig no

And right when i’m having trouble making music Thank you

@Medlek

4 жыл бұрын

Where is your music? 🤔

@moisturecookies3789

4 жыл бұрын

Somewhere in the depths of soundcloud

@tev5040

4 жыл бұрын

@@moisturecookies3789 For me, the same week that i've scrapped like 20 songs just because the melodies were boring :)

@moisturecookies3789

4 жыл бұрын

I can’t even find a good start for what i’m going for. I partially blame the lack of instruments i have

@Medlek

4 жыл бұрын

I know crap about instruments, programs and libraries, I almost exclusively do chiptune lol

Your "messier versions" 110% honestly sound like a climactic lead going into endgame where it's revisiting and remixing the original theme to reflect a chaotic final battle.

@thebadmedic89

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

The problem I have is my melodies just have this certain cringe to them. I can't explain why. Sometimes I'll write something and think it sounds great, then a day later, it gains this cheesy-ness.

@Jenna_Talia

4 жыл бұрын

I'm like that with a lot of things. I think it has something to do with you being in a different mood or in a different state that updates how you see the song. Any pride in making it has dissipated and you're left with what's actually good and bad about it. My advice is to think in detail, what's making this cringeworthy and if you don't know then you don't know. Probably a good time to brush up on theory. It's just a case of laying out a foundation, trial and error, smoothing over the bumps until you have yourself something you genuinely like.

@citrinitass

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you listened to it just a bit too much

@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice

4 жыл бұрын

I learned in writing communities that one way to write is to maintain a mood, like don't go to bed, don't change the lights or your clothes, just bust out something shitty all in one go... Because once that mood is gone, you can no longer vibe instinctually with the original creative spark. You're now in editor mode. Editor mode is excellent for polishing up the piece, using a critical eye to remove what doesn't work. It's probably the same in music. The melody isn't bad, you're just out of the original mood and you're critiquing it. That's a good thing. Don't scrap it, but make it better.

@grass324

4 жыл бұрын

Always happens to me every tim

@thereal_SEV

3 жыл бұрын

I've been stuck with the same Melody for 8 years now, i have the opposite issue

Shady: let’s do it with Zelda. Here’s the normal theme. *electric guitar starts*

@dhgocaink3311

2 жыл бұрын

I think it sounds like what plays in the first Hyrule Warriors

All jokes aside, your channel has really helped me make music. I've only been taking music seriously for maybe three of four months, but I'm proud of how much I've improved in that time, and I feel like part of that credit goes to you and similar content creators. I wouldn't of ever taken up music if nobody really inspired me to.

@paloma111

4 жыл бұрын

which audio interface do u use?

@Tjejify

4 жыл бұрын

Squigga

@killysnowsw

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tjejify squigga indeed

@caviaporcellus7253

3 жыл бұрын

@@killysnowsw am I a retard for using musescore

@killysnowsw

3 жыл бұрын

@@paloma111 late reply, but i use ableton

"Don't toss your lesser ideas in the trash" I actually agree with this statement pretty well. I had made a custom song that unfortunately people didn't really like, there were a lot of issues with it, so I was going to basically leave it for dead because I had already been working on it for a week straight and just didn't want to bother with it anymore, and in the end I ended up stealing away bits and pieces of the custom song for other works, like using the drum pattern for a completely different song, and then taking the melody I had made and using it for another separate project. tl;dr if you're making a song and think it sounds like petrified ass, who knows, maybe someday in the future you can recycle parts of it to make something better.

This should be fun Edit: Just finished the video and I would like to say I absolutely loved it. I think it would definitely be helpful for someone starting music

@retrorebootmusic

4 жыл бұрын

So youtube is broken, I think. "This is awesome, especially for 3 square channels." That's the comment I see before clicking it. That's a comment I saw on a different video earlier today. Edit: okay so i went back to that video and now its a different comment asking something about famitracker. KZread, wtf?

@hypergoner2935

4 жыл бұрын

@@retrorebootmusic um, I am so confused. Did you mean to reply to me or just comment on the video?

@MesserXxomby

3 жыл бұрын

Shit, dude, it's helpful for people who aren't new and just seemingly painted themselves into a corner.

@cryptic2121

Жыл бұрын

​@@retrorebootmusic oh lol that happens to me too sometimes... usually when i have the youtube auto translated ^^ youtube has always been a pretty buggy mess, even typing this comment i just got a bug lmao

Megalovania - Super Smash Bros (Rock/Metal Cover) || Shady Cicada Coming soon...

@xeno6416

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@angelus-senpai3469

4 жыл бұрын

@@xeno6416 Lol ^-^

@Tr0lliPop

4 жыл бұрын

oh my gosh i cant like i cant ruin the 69 likes nice

@milleniam

4 жыл бұрын

IM SCREAMING NZZNZMXMXMZMXMZ

@suffermore66

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

"Take your time" "I'm not a music genius" Says the person who makes bangers in 10 minutes flat. Don't belittle yourself, your are an amazing musician, and are an inspiration to thousands of people! For proof, just look at the amount of comments on this video that say the same thing! Just keep being you, and never underestimate yourself! - Nebula, a common fan.

@Tr0lliPop

4 жыл бұрын

This shall get more likes! like your own comment if ya have to! THIS•COMMENT•SHALL•RISE•TO•THE•TOP

bold of you to assume i know how to read

@nepunepu5894

4 жыл бұрын

at least you can write

@BonaparteBardithion

4 жыл бұрын

@@nepunepu5894 Talk-to-Text.

@YoungsterSkaymore

4 жыл бұрын

Hsiabehzh siwj nsj t jwisn

@nepunepu5894

4 жыл бұрын

@@BonaparteBardithion at least he can talk

@nepunepu5894

4 жыл бұрын

@@YoungsterSkaymore at least you can access the internet

"You could just change the entire atmosphere and the style of it-" *Elevator music intensifies*

"You're free to do anything in art as long as you enjoy it." This is such an important message that can be applied to so many aspects of life. When you stop caring so much about being good at something, and just try to enjoy yourself, everything just feels better. Also, as Cicada said, please never throw away "messy" or "bad" ideas. They can always be developed or recycled for later projects. (Another idea that can be applied to basically anything you do.)

nonono please don't let this be the last video of this series!! I just started making music via daw and your videos have inspired me like crazy. Thank you so much for this vid man!!

I enjoy reading the little blips of text on the screen

7:50 sounds like a super sonic final boss... could be called "the upper hand"

@Tr0lliPop

4 жыл бұрын

it is the "hero/good guy leitmotif" shady used in his final boss theme "before the world dies"

As someone who loves a well-used messy melody, you're only giving me more power by teaching us how to "avoid" them 😈

I would definitely like more of these tutorial-ish music videos

Finally, a person that doesn’t tell me to stack the layers! Rules so simple that I actually understand it! Time to have that bass boosted drum solo in the start of my song like almost every anime I’ve ever watched xD

I've been waiting years for Shady to play "You Will Know Our Names". Shady please do a cover.... you once said you would. Your absolutely amazing and have improved so much!

Chrom is sans from wood wood saga confirmed

The "change the entire atmosphere" part didn't prepare for what was coming 😂😂😂

7:07 the entire xenoblade soundtrack is the best thing ever made, fight me.

@digitalrainstorm3546

4 жыл бұрын

Best soundtrack for a videogame

@friskycalibri2293

4 жыл бұрын

*Bruh MGRR exists*

@Ziess

4 жыл бұрын

I will supply the weapons for this battle.

I was wondering if you would ever do a review of some of your subscribers' music. I mean, you've been teaching us, so I think it's be cool if you heard what we made of it.

@nerderonofficial

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Its always nice to see what the instructor has to say about the student's work.

@MesserXxomby

3 жыл бұрын

@@nerderonofficial I'm not sure if he feels comfortable thinking of himself as an instructor, though. More like another student a few years ahead who helps you with homework occasionally.

0:38 i'd argue with that

@Ghostii_

4 жыл бұрын

i wouldnt argue with that comment

Soooo basically throw everything in the bg, got it.

This man is a psychic. Right when I'm struggling, BAM new vid!

"I'm not a musical genius" Doubt (X)

@averageperson4953

4 жыл бұрын

X

@Evilc

3 жыл бұрын

X

@kiyu3229

2 жыл бұрын

X

blud said we won't be makin masterpieces overnight but he makes fire tracks in 10 minutes 💀

You should do a pirates theme of some sort! That sounds fun

I nearly spit out my cereal when he changed it from rock to like soft elevator jazz

"You won't make a masterpiece overnight" -The same man who makes amazing songs in 10 minutes

@Mizu2023

Жыл бұрын

Awfully sounds like "Money can't buy you happiness"

Make the Pokémon theme with wood wood I challenge you

PLEASE NAKE MORE OF THESE, you are a musician who was capable of inspiring me to the point I tried digital music making and fell in love with it. You doing these and the way you did this one helped quite alot!!

@trolmaso

7 ай бұрын

How's it going? Make anything good, haha?

Whether or not you’re a professional, you seem to know more about this stuff than I do, so thanks for these tips!

This video genuinely makes me want to start writing music and I've never had any interest in doing so. All my work is visual, but this made me want to try new things, thanks Shady!

8:37 I would like to request an elevator for my home with this music

@Doodlesdoo

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly 🤧🤧

now i can make SANS song

7:06 Clearly he hasn't heard Here I Come or Lost in Time

@Tr0lliPop

4 жыл бұрын

uhh... he made them?

@Delecy

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tr0lliPop i don't think you understood the joke

@Tr0lliPop

4 жыл бұрын

@@Delecy nah im just continuing it, no need to whooosh me

@ddrtv7237

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tr0lliPop how was that continuing the joke when you didnt agree alomg with it

Hope you keep this series going, it's really helpful

I’ve been in a rut with my own compositions but your videos always get my brain running a few ideas. Thank you and keep up the good work, my dude. I would love to see more of your tips and tricks.

This was great! I would love more videos like this. Because your style is fun, informative, and down to earth, it makes the music theory much more accessible and helpful.

This actually might be one of my favorite videos of yours, oddly enough. Some pretty great tips and examples! Keep up the great work, man!

You say it doesn't happen in one night yet you make these in ten minutes

Please make more of these. I love your videos and since they're both comically amazing and actually useful. Thank you. :)

7:07 I agree. Fight me!

Tfw almost all the samples sound really good 👀

God, I love how you explain this! I've been struggling with making music even though i have so many ideas in my head and pieces i want to compose. Thanks!!! You're my favourite composer on youtube!

Love your work. I get a goofy grin every time I hear the final results of every time challenge you do. Started trying this out myself because of you. Thank you for your passion

thanks for putting your equipment in the description. it’s really helpful for people like me who are trying to make music but don’t know where to start

This video was super helpful! It’s so easy for me to get in my own head about how I should be writing music, just hearing someone offer some new suggestions on the process is super refreshing! Excellent job, thanks :)

thank you so much cicada san

I'm so happy u made this video Shady! I've been wanting to make my own v g melodies for a while now and i can always count on your awesome vids!

Your videos have really been the bridge I needed to start realising how music works.

Dude your channel really inspires my music I thank you for uploading!

THIS IS JUST EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDES please continue this serie, it could be so much helpfull to me and other people who wanna make music

I love the video game composition style. Please, do more tutorials and tip videos like that

I've been trying to make chiptune video game-y music for nearly a year now, and while I don't spend a lot of time doing it, and none of my tracks are really all that good, I think they are much less garbage because of you, so thanks!

This video is a relief! These Tips lead to a better understanding, even if I can´t immediately apply it. With a lot of videos I find myself watching steps that don´t add to my own comprehension

5:33 Composer legitimacy is over 9000!

This was actually really helpful! Would love more!

This was and is really damn helpful. I’d really appreciate if you could make more of these... they really are amazingly good sources for me! I love everything you make, man. Please keep it up! :P

the messy melody is the breakdown before the emotional climax/bridge of the song before the ending reprise of the main motif

Oh man, this is just what I need. I am in track with music making itself, but I have no idea on music theory, or how to make good melodies. Thank you, and I hope you have a good day.

I dont understand why i liked the messy melody better? (The example, not Zelda)

Whether someone is new to music or has been making it for months, this video is very helpful! Thank you!

My 2022 new year resolutions is to make a game soundtrack for no reason. You've been a great help, thanks

Been subbed for a long time, and this is legitimately one of my favourite videos of yours. I think it's earnest and helpful, and entertaining to boot.

Hell yeahhhh. Been wanting to get better with chiptune and stuff.

Thanks for the help!!!

My childhood is thoroughly attacked

More videos like this! I love seeing everyones different music making processes

This was awesome! Thanks for the tips! :3 If you have any more to share, I'm all ears. 👂

Please make this a continuous thing, It’s so useful

I love this stile of video.

I was always wondering when the magician will reveal his secrets

Well this was pretty cool! Seems this would be great for beginners but even for people that have been working on music for a while, a couple tips can send us in the right direction when we're stuck in a rut, especially with such a variety of examples, so awesome!

that bossa nova part was fire

10/10 would watch again

I loved this video, it was also really entertaining how you make it so funny with your wierd comparisons

Honestly, I feel like Shady's use of examples has helped me understand these concepts better than most of the advice I've received about composition.

I require more of this series. I'm making my own game and I need as many music tips as possible XD

2:00 I feel that messier/more chaotic melodies like this one are more suited to visuals, it's a great way to highlight the importance of what you're showing in video and show that that specific part of the video has more than meets the eye.

When you said to make the melody dance over the rythm... , something clicked. Chords are the rythm of course. Thank you man! Continue to make great music 🎶

Great vid, neat tips ! Thanks !

This was so vague but amazing at the same time! Love this video 😎

i just needed this omg, thank you so much for making it! can you also make a video teaching us how to make drum beats?

When you made a chill bossa version of the song in step 5, that temporarily transported me to a beach vacation where i can chill without getting sand everywhere. Thank you XD

This will surely be a help when creating music! Honestly, I just mess around with an app called Auxy and having only around 10 sounds to use without paying for the full version until I get something that I think sounds good. I subconsciously use the looping melody thing all the time, and I really love it. Also, you’ve gained a subscriber!

I love this! Thank you!

Yes! Please make this part 1 of a series!!

Pllllsss more of this godlike stuff!

You are the Bob Ross of music and ily

This is what I've been looking for this whole time!! WHY HASN'T KZread RECOMMENDED IT SOONER!?

Its really interesting atching an artist's creative process and hear them thoughts, even if you work different or dont work at all.

Super inspiring and useful, thanks a ton for this breakdown!

I'm really not someone who is good with other people but when I watch your videos I wish I had a friend that makes music like yours, whom I could make music together