Song breakdown?
Added 2020-04-12 18:29:23 +0000 UTCHi everyone. Even if you don't want to be a songwriter, I think its incredibly important to be able to write something - a chord progression, a melody, a cool lead guitar part, an interesting rhythm part, etc.
I have an idea. Why don't I take some songs and break them down to their basic elements - chord progressions - guitar parts - bass lines - rhythms - drum parts - vocal melody - lyrics and discuss how they all fit together in music theory and composition terms and maybe go into a little on lyric writing as well. I probably won't do it unless enough people are interested, but I think it would be a pretty fun way to learn how music theory applies to actually making music.
This is a song I wrote, and I thought it might be fun to break this one down because I could also talk about the songwriting process - how weird it is and how everything comes together over time. AND the recording process - how I tracked everything and mixed it. This track in particular was one that I wrote, recorded and mixed entirely by myself, so I have access to every aspect of the process. I have a few more I'm working on and would love to include you in the process if that sounds interesting.
What do you think?
Comments
Good idea. Perhaps you could put jour tips in the lyrics!! That would be fun!
thea van Geleuken
2020-07-11 10:30:34 +0000 UTCit's a great idea
Alice Bruère
2020-06-14 21:17:48 +0000 UTCplease please do
surfer dude
2020-05-20 02:07:37 +0000 UTCScott, that was really cool. Eventually yes this would be great, maybe seeing the breakdown would help in making specific goals during my learning process.
Joe Fodor
2020-05-14 11:59:30 +0000 UTCI agree; sounds like fun.
Didier Garcia
2020-04-16 02:45:08 +0000 UTCDo it!
Brainjo
2020-04-15 22:03:54 +0000 UTCYep, sounds like a great idea. Do it
Michael O'Donnell
2020-04-14 03:51:48 +0000 UTCYes great idea. I purchased the PUSH 2 just to try and understand this very thing. We are on the same wave length here in the PNW.
Charles
2020-04-13 16:49:34 +0000 UTCThe sooner the better!!!
Bart Driessen
2020-04-13 16:48:11 +0000 UTCYea man.. a major goal of mine is to be able to breakdown a song and be able to jam along.. I have been learning songs for a long time and can regurgitate fairly well but anytime I am with musicians playing tunes I am not familiar with.. I just kinda sit there like a bump on the log.. I can already see the music theory course are going to really help on this endeavor but having specific tunes as an example will take it to the next level.. rock on sir!
Jacob Gray
2020-04-13 14:19:41 +0000 UTCI'm hooked
benjamin schermutzki
2020-04-13 06:06:51 +0000 UTCYes! please do it!
Bobby
2020-04-13 03:48:15 +0000 UTCI sometimes get stuck in the songwriting process. I use Logic Pro X as well. I'll start with drums, get some guitars recorded, lay down a bass line, and then I stop there because the rest of the process is more complicated. Seeing you break this one down would be super useful. Nice tune!
Brody
2020-04-12 22:22:04 +0000 UTCLove this idea!!
Davin
2020-04-12 22:08:06 +0000 UTCThat definitely sounds interesting!
Ryan Arana
2020-04-12 21:58:34 +0000 UTCGreat idea. I have been struggling with pro tools.
Joe Zeigenfus
2020-04-12 20:15:28 +0000 UTCDefinitely! Especially the melody/chords/guitar parts relationship
Josh Firlotte
2020-04-12 20:13:14 +0000 UTCI'm very interested in the process from the idea to the completed song. Also, I'm a singer first but I'm trying to become a better guitar player and atm I can't sing and play at the same time. Is that a skill one learns as they become more proficient on the guitar? Is there a process to help with it?
Joe
2020-04-12 19:59:24 +0000 UTCI think it would be fantastic!!!!!!! Great sound!
Vivek Lam
2020-04-12 19:46:07 +0000 UTCLove the idea for learning music theory. Suggestion; Break out the parts to focus on different subjects so we may chose the parts we want to watch. For example, I would want to learn theory, chord combinations, soloing, melody, but I have no interest at all in Logic pro x and mixing and tracking. Sounds like a good method though to offer something for everyone's varied interests.
kent tomaselli
2020-04-12 19:23:13 +0000 UTCthis! this is brilliant! I'd really love to have this type of videos! I'm super interested and excited! The entire process of writing, recording different instruments and then mixing everything would be amazing! this is exactly what I'm going through right now and having all this on one resource is priceless. Thanks a million!
Alexander
2020-04-12 19:08:08 +0000 UTCWould love to see this as well. pure gold!
Stuart Gilmour
2020-04-12 19:03:53 +0000 UTCYes!
Ken Schroeder
2020-04-12 18:55:56 +0000 UTCLooking forward to it.
Marcus Fessele
2020-04-12 18:54:53 +0000 UTCCool, I would like to see what was going on in your mind while the songs playing. How technic and theory is used in your song. Great fun tune BTW! Really dig it. Even with basic jamming over a jam track. Curious what goes through your mind while improvising. The shapes the scales. Would be cool to get ideas. Similar to the ending to the YouTube "how to use the CAGED system to play solo" or "minor pentatonic scales in the CAGED system" video. Digged that!
RobbieD
2020-04-12 18:44:18 +0000 UTCGreat idea! I think that would help me out alot...been trying to structure songs with whole whole half stuff.
Jordan Fournier
2020-04-12 18:31:54 +0000 UTCI’m super interested. I’ve got a song I’m struggling to write a chorus for.
Jed Ullrich
2020-04-12 18:31:04 +0000 UTC
