We need a series like this! *"ARRANGEMENT IS MAGIC"* 😄

Ah great example of contrast is the Chorus of Attention (Charlie Puth), the songs builds up and after the prechorus, there is just bass and drums

I’ve always produced like this since I started my first beat in 1995. Good job on this!

I want to try this method: I'll use youtube to mp3 to download my favorite songs, then drag the file into my DAW, use markers to denote the song structure, and listen for which elements are coming in and out. Thank you as always for the videos, I learned tons!

Good point about how Tycho uses contrast. That's one of the reasons I'm a big Tycho fan. It's constantly evolving texturally. Rhythms, chord progressions, melodies, tones. It never sits still, yet moves naturally from one texture to the next, in far more dimensions than most other music in the genre. Tycho's Horizons is one of my favorites for contrast.

In Prog Metal it is also common to change the time signature. For example 3/4 in the verse vs 5/4 or 6/4 in the chorus, combined with open chords. This can have really cool and massive effects.

One of my favorite ways to use contrast is to sing an ascending melody over descending chords, though I think that's called contrary motion. It's still contrast in my book.

@andricishami2581

Жыл бұрын

That sounds really cool... Do you have or know a video that shows that please?

@ChrisHardyWorld

Жыл бұрын

@@andricishami2581 I did this at around the :49 mark of this song starting with the line "But I'm prepared, I'm on alert...". The vocals ascend as the chords descend. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rHVhp7dpiMbSnLg.html

I hope this video helped you a bunch, and I ALSO hope to see you TOMORROW (October 15th, 2022 @11am CST) you can sign up right here 👉 www.produceracceleratorcourse.com/october-live-workshop

You’re on a roll with the arrangement focus in your videos. Loving this. Thank you.

Thank you Nathan for such an amazing and well explained video!

Man I wanted to take his coarse this weekend but was out of town. Can't wait for another one so I can jump in. Excellent video on Dynamics. Thanks Nathan!

wonderfully enlightening as always

Really helpful thanks a lot! And great music honestly !

I found this quite useful. Thanks!

love the vids, down to earth solid advice cheers mate

Thanks for your continued awesome content. I'm learning as much as I can from you. Next month my Mac should be here, and then i'll order logic. By January I want to be on the pathway to learning as I follow along with you. Thank you for you continued contributions.

Thank you🙌🏻

Great video, very inspiring, thanks! 🙃

Nice video it's really inspiring!!

learn so much from you . thanks

Great content! Contrast makes it interesting 🤘

NICE TUNE MAN

Thanks for this. It's so timely. I've been struggling with a track that I felt was missing something. This is key.

@paulluckey6997

Жыл бұрын

this Telegram stuff is a scam.

Thank you for this man.!!!

@NathanJamesLarsen

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Glad you like it!

Effects are nice

I suggest you to read the book “Musical Composition” (Alan Belkin).

appreciate this a lot, thanks dude

@NathanJamesLarsen

Жыл бұрын

For sure! Love seeing your name in the comments, Jordan :)

@JordanBrennan

Жыл бұрын

@@NathanJamesLarsen Gotchu brother, these tips honestly I'd be lost without.

Great bro inspired from srilanka a small island 🏝️

You really make me want to get back to playing piano more. I wish we could jam! Great content as always man

This was helpful, thanks! (Also, did the first example remind anyone else of "Frame of Mind" by tristam and braken?)

@DuskfoxOfficial

Жыл бұрын

For now you can stay Right here we will play Until somehow you can find A slightly different frame of mind Right here in my arms Away from all harm You'll be safe from all the flares Although I know you don't care Oohh... Oohh... Oohh... Oohh... You can lift your head up to the sky Take a deeper breath and give it time You can walk the path among the lines With your shattered frame of mind Withstand, you could always stay We can wait right here and play Until somehow you can find A slightly better frame of mind

@joshuanaut861

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a track off the Nick Cave / Warren Ellis Assassination of Jesse James soundtrack

In magic you can create things either by alignment or contrast. So yes, it's actually magic....or chemistry, or whatever ya want to call it.

clinical stuff i been learning guitar 40 days today get sketch of my track one day....................

Wich bass sound you use bro sounds so GooD

@NathanJamesLarsen

Жыл бұрын

I tracked my electric bass with some distortion and added a sub layer with Substance which is an Output library

Hij heeft als gedaan bij mij

4:25 Are you writing for Imagine Dragons? 😅

Trap is the same 4-8 bar loop repeated w sumn counters

The music is really cool. But contrast? It’s like the contrast of finally biting into a piece of mint chocolate after the mint chocolate ice cream you’re eating has been screaming mint chocolate the entire meal. It’s different. It’s big. It’s even epic in how different it is texturally. But if you zoom out…..

@NathanJamesLarsen

Жыл бұрын

Contrast comes in many forms as I mention. So if you are looking for verse I and verse ii to sound like totally different songs - I mean, okay but constrast doesn't need to be "whoaaaaa it's 10000% different" - again, soft vs loud is contrast. This isn't a case to just make non-cohesive music. It needs to make sense. But to say it isn't contrast is (I think) missing my point.

Nathan, 😇You should try a Challenge - 🤤Fl studio mobile producer VS 😈Pc Daw(logic, Ableton) producer

I prefer my music repetitive and played 100 times an hour on the radio. /s

You didn’t show any contrast, you have shown development through adding complexity and variety. A huge difference between this and contrast

@shegohardd7084

Жыл бұрын

First example was definitely contrast. Long vs short notes…

Eerlijk geluiden heb dat is schuld van armin van buuren

Skilled artists make it sound so simple. Guess i know this isnt my place to be making music 🤷‍♂️

@NathanJamesLarsen

22 күн бұрын

Believe it or not - I spent probably 4 years making absolutely horrible music. My stuff was not goood and I would probably feel the same as you. Don't give up - if you love making music then don't stop. Keep going. Learning is hard but it's worth it!