Why This Simple Song Is Actually Brilliant (Fred Again)

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MY GEAR:
DAW (Music making software): Logic Pro and Ableton Live
Studio monitors (speakers): Yamaha HS8's
Headphones: Audeze LCD X (open back)
Camera: Canon 80d
Computer: Mac Studio with M2 Ultra chip and 2 TB hardrive
Midi controller (keyboard): Komplete Kontrol 61
Interface: Scarlett Clarett 2 pre
Desk: a cheap one from ikea
Chair: also a cheap one from ikea
My favorite plugins that I use the most:
XFER Serum
Sylenth 1
Nexus 3
Kontakt
RC 20
Valhalla Shimmer
Valhalla Vintage Verb
Shaperbox 3
XFER OTT
Fab Filter Saturn 2
Fab Filter Pro C 2
Arturia Pigments
Baby Audio Comeback Kid
Output Thermal and Portal
LABS Soft Piano
Hardware that I use behind the scenes but not in videos:
Elektron Octatrack (my fav)
Elektron Digitakt
Korg Minilogue XD

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  • @itsd0nk
    @itsd0nk3 ай бұрын

    Fred Again’s style is simple yet incredibly tasteful. His drones and those transposed out of nowhere bass lines are the salt and pepper spice to that simplicity. He’s my favorite EDM artist right now.

  • @vyktorproduction

    @vyktorproduction

    2 ай бұрын

    you said it all, really love the drones he creates.. Wish someone (Alex Rome please please please) would make a video on how to make harmonical drones :p

  • @itsd0nk

    @itsd0nk

    2 ай бұрын

    @@vyktorproduction piano + any infinite decay reverb 🤌

  • @prestigious5s23

    @prestigious5s23

    2 ай бұрын

    Simplicity is key! The most timeless tracks are always the simple ones. They seem to connect with people in a way that's different to complex tracks, where if there is to much going on it becomes a bit much. To me, trance became to bulky and it killed the original sound leading it to become very unpopular, while at the same time techno/house stayed true to its roots and has always maintained a strong following by keeping it simple. Of course this is always opinion based and that's my take on it!

  • @kevinmyrick218

    @kevinmyrick218

    21 күн бұрын

    ew his generic music is not great and no song will stand the test of time.

  • @shotar4671

    @shotar4671

    21 күн бұрын

    @@kevinmyrick218 cry about it

  • @jakebsweet
    @jakebsweet3 ай бұрын

    Great video Alex! Your channel is awesome!

  • @marcstatz
    @marcstatz3 ай бұрын

    Love your thoughtful video, Alex. I appreciate your passion and the energy you bring to your videos. Please keep making them!

  • @LLAWREN
    @LLAWREN3 ай бұрын

    very helpful video, Alex! Simplicity is awesome, this track is just so mellow, phenomenal 😍

  • @Mopark25
    @Mopark253 ай бұрын

    Fred Again is the master of minimalism.

  • @mmmus1c
    @mmmus1c3 ай бұрын

    Welcome back sir, your videos is very useful

  • @ImmortalVAXz
    @ImmortalVAXz3 ай бұрын

    Alex is back! And he’s back with a banger

  • @geo3106
    @geo31063 ай бұрын

    Bro is back and it’s fire.🔥

  • @c4ctusc4ctusc4ctus
    @c4ctusc4ctusc4ctus2 ай бұрын

    the way i say 'ohhhh HELL yeah' every time you say 'isn't that cool?' as if you can hear me is what sets your channel apart my bro. THANK YOU for this video and every video. I'm literally JUST starting to learn production after DJing for nearly 3 years now and man you are my hero! THANK YOU ALEX !

  • @Ray-xy6zn
    @Ray-xy6zn3 ай бұрын

    Love the new setup!

  • @jamessheen3959
    @jamessheen39592 ай бұрын

    This is gold bro! I recently starting edm music production and came across your Edm bootcamp. Will have to sign up soon thanks bro 🙏

  • @jeanroy9207
    @jeanroy92073 ай бұрын

    Always great video!

  • @dovlev1460
    @dovlev1460Ай бұрын

    mannnnn love your track analyses. So insightful

  • @joeygproducedit7863
    @joeygproducedit78633 ай бұрын

    just wanted to say how much i love this channel!

  • @user-hz3rf1zk3w
    @user-hz3rf1zk3w3 ай бұрын

    i audibly gasped when i saw you finally posted a new video :D

  • @acd85sc
    @acd85sc3 ай бұрын

    Such a great breakdown, thank you!

  • @helisoma
    @helisoma3 ай бұрын

    was waiting and waiting and waiting for the best producer instructor on youtube 😎🤗 wb!

  • @stephenstilwell1488
    @stephenstilwell14883 ай бұрын

    welcome back G

  • @thisisfreewill
    @thisisfreewill2 ай бұрын

    Great video brother! 🙌 loved how you broke it down and made it all digestible. Simplicity is key 🔑

  • @roryanderson3478
    @roryanderson347829 күн бұрын

    Man I love your passion and attention to detail, you are so good at getting to the core of what makes good music good, I hope one day I can be making good music too

  • @reactionswithreitumetse3790
    @reactionswithreitumetse37903 ай бұрын

    Welcome back 🎉

  • @Zombiebrainstew
    @Zombiebrainstew3 ай бұрын

    Welcome back

  • @SproutyPottedPlant
    @SproutyPottedPlant3 ай бұрын

    Fantastic, simple chords and a nice happy vibe!

  • @Medina-xh2mz
    @Medina-xh2mz2 ай бұрын

    I love these kind of videos ❤

  • @ThisIsDynamo9
    @ThisIsDynamo923 күн бұрын

    great video! so simple yet so moving

  • @MatomeVictor
    @MatomeVictor3 ай бұрын

    ThankQ Alex ❤❤😢

  • @fpvwalleit-drones2884
    @fpvwalleit-drones28842 ай бұрын

    Nice man, you've got it!

  • @havanaseed2028
    @havanaseed20283 ай бұрын

    best teacher on youtube!!

  • @ze_michael
    @ze_michael3 ай бұрын

    top edm producer on youtube🔥

  • @tarat.techhh
    @tarat.techhh2 ай бұрын

    dude!!!! great video

  • @Zer0FuQsGiven
    @Zer0FuQsGiven2 ай бұрын

    You make it look so easy, haha! Fred is a genius, so good!

  • @lucianocutinoroa7311
    @lucianocutinoroa73113 ай бұрын

    VERY NICEEEEE BROOOOO!

  • @trackquestmusic
    @trackquestmusic3 ай бұрын

    Sweet!!!

  • @zacjbaker
    @zacjbaker3 ай бұрын

    It's a great fucking day when Alex Rome uploads! 🤩🐐 Hope you're well boss! 🙌

  • @andrewhuang2839
    @andrewhuang283913 күн бұрын

    Keep making this content

  • @HarryAdee
    @HarryAdee2 ай бұрын

    I knew I subsribe your channel but haven't seen any video from you. I have to scroll down my subscribtion list bcoz I don't remember your channel name. Glad I found you again.

  • @blessos
    @blessos2 ай бұрын

    Eager to jump on your course. Just waiting for my darn network provider to sort out my coverage so I can jump on a call with you!

  • @lambbear
    @lambbear2 ай бұрын

    Great video and great advice. Especially as someone just starting to get into making music I appreciate hearing that a good song can be very simple and doesn't require tons of overlapping automations. The only automation you used in the video was a volume fade! You do have a way of making Serum look way easier than it actually is tho...how do you do that!?

  • @leajon9849
    @leajon98493 ай бұрын

    Ya been missed ....love from the U.K

  • @tempestional
    @tempestional2 ай бұрын

    if you listen to fred's id 'sweet little mystery' you can really hear the similarities

  • @majorse203
    @majorse2032 ай бұрын

    alex: the song is really simple but awesome also alex: so this is really hard for me to recreate

  • @bebertbeberr7655
    @bebertbeberr765515 күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @stephenking5081
    @stephenking50813 ай бұрын

    Hey bro, love what you do, you’ve helped me grow a lot. so I followed you step by step in this tutorial like I always do and the Serum arp synth ended up sounding like a conga drum lol. Did you skip a step in the video? Please reply, this would be really helpful ❤

  • @JimboCruntz
    @JimboCruntz2 ай бұрын

    Your arp synth sounds quite messy because you’re playing (drawing) the dotted 8th manually with echo on. I’m pretty sure it’s a dotted 8th delay on a staccato (short plucked notes) synth playing single notes with portamento (slide) on.

  • @Antony-qq1ob3bz3g
    @Antony-qq1ob3bz3g3 ай бұрын

    exsiveive

  • @MrSmith_
    @MrSmith_2 күн бұрын

    Would love to see a breakdown of Opus by Eric Prydz.

  • @NimaFrancisOriginal
    @NimaFrancisOriginal3 ай бұрын

    🔥🔥

  • @JesusIsRealJ1247
    @JesusIsRealJ1247Ай бұрын

    Can you do a video on the band "The Diogenes Club" ? They've got some really dope stuff that I'd love to see covered in a style study.

  • @GunterDS_SteReo_G
    @GunterDS_SteReo_G3 ай бұрын

    It Reminds me to Julien Jabre Swimming places

  • @shweezy24
    @shweezy242 ай бұрын

    Please do trinix and colins live mix of sky full of stars by coldplay!

  • @servetdemirci8009
    @servetdemirci80092 ай бұрын

    🔊🎼🥇

  • @mlonas5561
    @mlonas55613 ай бұрын

    Could you try to make KREAM - So Hi? Or any other song of them? They have really nice rythm in their songs

  • @rin59
    @rin592 ай бұрын

    Can someone explain 3rd and 5th notes and things like tonic and stuff like that to make chords easier to do on my own? To understand them better? Pls

  • @majorse203

    @majorse203

    29 күн бұрын

    David Bennett Piano is a KZread channel ran by a pianist who explains music theory. He has some videos on chords if you wanna check them out.

  • @armi2n
    @armi2n2 ай бұрын

    2:55 I think rather than sine wave, Fred is using Rhodes keys.

  • @blessos
    @blessos2 ай бұрын

    Hey Alex, could you link to your Spotify? I found one Alex Rome account but not sure it's you. Cheers!

  • @jugg3rnog
    @jugg3rnog3 ай бұрын

    love this breakdown. i would be pretty interested in a breakdown of 'ten' by Fredagain too if you're down!

  • @BenCaesar

    @BenCaesar

    3 ай бұрын

    Word that song is gold

  • @SuperHonkyPodcast
    @SuperHonkyPodcast2 ай бұрын

    I don't think you replied to my other comment @Alex Rome but I tried signing up for your online course and your scheduler is messed up! It won't let you change the calendar to next month in order to select a date. Just shooting you another heads up hoping you'll see this msg.

  • @AlexRome

    @AlexRome

    2 ай бұрын

    Hey, my scheduler is not open a month from now. I have to do that manually. Shoot me an email alex@alexromesound.com and I’ll get ya scheduled.

  • @villan8155
    @villan81553 ай бұрын

    Logic hurray!!!!!

  • @Farabeats70
    @Farabeats703 ай бұрын

    👍👌🤙

  • @vincentamaro8671
    @vincentamaro86712 ай бұрын

    what kick was used at 5:42?

  • @djaluno
    @djaluno3 ай бұрын

    Long Time Broh, this is helpful tho you also consider us fl studio users

  • @007cambon
    @007cambonАй бұрын

    Is Fred’s surname flintstone?

  • @mikenesor
    @mikenesor3 ай бұрын

    Logic

  • @TAIGZZZZ
    @TAIGZZZZ3 ай бұрын

    do avaion

  • @iloveaudio812
    @iloveaudio8123 ай бұрын

    Fred Again literally be lookin like the Charlie Kirk of house.

  • @hannesobrist2160
    @hannesobrist21602 күн бұрын

    Thanks for dooing the analasys. Check out this need modulation in the very famous song, it took me almost 2 hours to understand what is happening in Numa Numa to the chords. 1:00 - 1:40 kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6Kj0qp8fJSwm5s.html

  • @ForeverLyricsMusicOfficial
    @ForeverLyricsMusicOfficial3 ай бұрын

    PLEASE TELL ME: What programm it is?????????????????????

  • @kamelyun58

    @kamelyun58

    3 ай бұрын

    He's using logic pro I believe

  • @villan8155

    @villan8155

    3 ай бұрын

    @@kamelyun58exactly

  • @finedragoon8191
    @finedragoon81913 ай бұрын

    is he using logic pro or ableton?

  • @feriante777

    @feriante777

    3 ай бұрын

    Logic

  • @Heisenberg1269
    @Heisenberg12692 ай бұрын

    I was getting deadmau5 vibe

  • @DrihunGaming
    @DrihunGamingАй бұрын

    sounds like anything you'd find on MrSuicideSheep's channel. Never heard of Fred Again and he sounds like any edm out there, very early 2010s

  • @ZTRCTGuy
    @ZTRCTGuy3 ай бұрын

    It's... good background music. I mean I'm not a big artist because I don't upload music but I can write this on a sunday afternoon. I think it's boring. But that's the beauty about music, it's completely subjective.

  • @mrmattyd
    @mrmattyd3 ай бұрын

    🤔Adore u is very chill, but tbh it lacks something compared to some of his other tracks. It's almost 90s dance the way the piano drives it, which isn't a bad thing, but it's still a bit meh. Nice recreate though, Alex!

  • @vadimkozlov3008
    @vadimkozlov30083 ай бұрын

    I think the main issue here is the lack of fl studio

  • @tonightweride77

    @tonightweride77

    2 ай бұрын

    lol no

  • @lisardfreak

    @lisardfreak

    2 ай бұрын

    Fred uses logic m8

  • @verbitracks6432

    @verbitracks6432

    2 ай бұрын

    Ableton if you wanne go for gold

  • @simonnguyen692

    @simonnguyen692

    2 ай бұрын

    lmaooo

  • @NewBeatz722

    @NewBeatz722

    Ай бұрын

    Frfr

  • @Gettin_chunky
    @Gettin_chunky3 ай бұрын

    Such a sick vocal? 😂ok buddy

  • @hank6869
    @hank6869Ай бұрын

    'Promo sm' 😡

  • @sunshinerecords6696
    @sunshinerecords66962 ай бұрын

    This is not Sound Great

  • @sskmusicofficial
    @sskmusicofficial3 ай бұрын

    Alex Boi Is back🫡🫶🏻

  • @MichaelFluhrIsSnakDaddy
    @MichaelFluhrIsSnakDaddy2 ай бұрын

    Ok but also Go Iggles