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Great you've made me write songs every five minutes.

I looked at this guys room and went. “Oh yeah this guy is qualified to teach me metal”

I love the way you hold yourself during your explanations. Very well spoken and straight to the point. Definitely quality content right here. Please don’t stop because you’re amazing

Dude.... WTF!? That guitar riff was sick right off the top... I cant even fathom being able to do that. Need more lessons

Euge Valovirta said he used toontrack drums on his last studio cd. Said you will be hard pressed to record drums yourself with the quality that Superior drummer was recoded. Then the dude said he runs his real amps to an IR load when in the studio for similar reasons. Blew my mind.

Hey Jason! thanks for making this video, it really relieved a bit of my artist block I've had these past few months!

Really enjoyed this content mate, thank you from Australia! Gonna get my guitars from my Mum's place and start creating some killer ideas that I have had in my head for years! Keep it real :) thank you again (and of course I subscribed too).

I'm always excited to see what melee weapon Jason has sitting in the corner of his studio

I always wanted to write metal songs, and make an metal album , this really helped me, thanks

Great video, so simple in a world of complexity. Love it. Thanks Jason

Amazing info Jason, you are one of a kind buddy

I'm a Hardcore Fan of your videos!! THANK YOU!

Amazing Jason!! love the videos.

This is one of the msot helpful producing videos I have ever seen by far!! THANK YOU

Amazing work!!!

Definitely A great tip, we're trying come with new album but don't know how I want it to sound yet, but this gives me ideas thank you!

Thank you for your simple ideas... helping me alot

Love the video, motivated to create something cool!

Another great video! Thanks!!!!

Something tells me this guys favorite movie is Bill and Ted's excellent adventure.

You an inspiration man, keep up the great work

Thanks for another great video Jason. I'm still in the very early days, getting better and guitar slowly but surely and just started a bass course. Managed to pick up EZdrummer 2, 2 EDX's (Big Rock Drums and Progressive) and 2 midi packs (Action Drums and Thrash Metal) during black Friday sales all for less than the normal price of just EZdrummer so pretty happy with that. Yes the discounted extras were a limited choice but was pretty happy with the demo of them. Looking foward to putting these tips to good use in the coming weeks.

true inspiration mate ,excellent playing too .

hell yeah brother

exactly what I have been doing as well! Great video :)

Great video!

Great vid, bro. I’ve been producing electronic music in the box for 10+ years and I’m just now incorporating analog instruments, bass, guitars, drums, into my tracks. I’m a head banger by nature so producing some heavy metal tracks is definitely in my immediate future. Since I’m playing everything myself I now have an idea how to track all this stuff. Thanks for the tutorial.

I’m currently trying to write my first metal track within a two week timeframe, the knowledge is there, the skill is there but my confidence is zero! So I’ve been really struggling, but this video had already helped so much!! I know have more than just my intro 😂 Thanks so much!! I’m just gonna binge watch all your vids and have an album at the end of this journey 🖤🤣

*My kind of metal content right here!* ❤

Very encouraging :)

Great video ! I also use studio one but I'm pretty new at it . Good stuff here , it definitely is inspiring me to come up with some new music.

thank you so Much , you are amazing person , you gave me HOPE . thank you Sir

Noticed the Siren flyer and patch, awesome!

Yep 👍 that’s how I write songs start with drums then come up with riffs 🤘🤘

Great stuff 👍👍👍💯💯💯🤙🤙🤙

This is exactly right and some of the best advice for anyone that produces their own music - just start recording already! Just like anything else in life, the more you do something, the better you will get. I wasted too many years following red herrings, procrastinating, watching videos, reading articles, buying more gear (or worse - tons of plugins that I didn't really need), making 16 bars with a riff or 2 and not taking it any farther because I thought it needed to be "perfect", waiting for some genius idea that would never materialize, etc. Anything but actually playing and getting busy tracking. Luckily I've overcome that over the last couple years and started to actually finish songs. The best part is that each one I make seems to be better than the previous one, and now can say I'm pretty damn confident in my ability to write AND record. I did pick up an electronic drum kit last year and learned to play (was always just a guitarist/bassist/keyboardist and vocals) - that really helped speed up my process as I like playing the drums better than programming them, which I found a bit tedious and seemed too much like work. Any sloppy drumming of mine can be easily tweaked later since it's all MIDI - still much faster and more human sounding for me.

This was a great video! My songwriting process is pretty much the same. I use EZ Drummer 2 with the Modern Metal add on with Studio One. But pretty much the same process, although I'll sometimes come up with a riff first and find a beat that works well with that. Usually I'll record the first guitar part and then bass, second guitar part, third etc. Vocals I always do last.

Great vid and some wise words. Thank you! It took me several years to internalize that songs are to write this way and starting- and filling-riffs not necessarily have to be the best for getting somewhere. Not to mention that parts could be re-arranged and overworked later on... was unthinkable for me. This technique aplies to any kind of creative blocking but imho becomes crucial if you're struggling with writing a master-thesis or something important like that. The same "songwriting-mechanism" ... any written down nonsense will most likely bring you further than a blank page!

i wrote a song and a riff already i just keep forgetting the lyrics i wrote myself 😭😭

Thanks 👍🤘🤘

Thank you Jason. You the man!

Damn right! Write and Record the metal!

I love Jason

Un domingo en la tarde, con ganas de componer, sin banda completa...usted me acaba de dar un gran idea jejeje, Gracias lml

A big reason I wanna play is to make metal instrumentals. I just need an audio interface and I could start putting my ideas down.

This is my favorite guy ever

i have ezd2 metal machine the death pack and studio one good lesson thanks for making this video

Im always use drum groves when i play guitar, its so much easier to find a riff that fits the drums and vice versa.

hell yea! \m/

I had a little hard time this evening getting that second guitar down. If I'd panned that first guitar to one side it probably would have been easier. Thank you.

That's an awesome process!! My recording setup isn't modern enough for this. I use a Tascam 2488. It is capable of doing a lot more than I know how to utilize. I have an Alesis drum machine and there are some decent drum patterns in my DigiTech RP 360. For most of my life I've always been a straight jack player, but recently I have really fed my GAS and now I have pedals and stuff that I don't understand well enough to fully utilize. Like Loopers, I understand that it is an awesome tool for creativity, but I'm not proficient enough with the functions. Think you could do another video about using loopers in the writing process for crafting tasty lead lines?

I swear I didn't even think when I clicked on this video! My subconscious did!

Bro is jacked

Cool ! It was like seeing Bob Ross the Painter. 😅

I'm banging my head trying to figure out what DAW to use and what percussion plug-in's to use in order to help me record bass lines!

What does your mastering chain look like? What plug ins do you use are you using stock plug ins?

I play raw black metal so most of writing involves blast beats. I generally publish whatever I write that day. No afterthought

I guess I’m going to spen these next “5 minutes alone” hehehe

Could kinda go through your whole setup you have behind you in this video please? Thanks

Hey man, you're too good to be true... You're not an AI machine, I believe...? hehehe... Great man, I appreciate your help.

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i love writing songs. sad thing is i dropped my seven string a few weeks ago and the body split in half, its still in the repair shop being glued back together......also bought myself a new lighting set and a new camera going to get back into making videos again soon i hope

What software did you use to record everything and place the ezdrummer tracks?

I struggle with during the doubled take memorizing what was in the first take and making them match. That is what takes me the most time.

So what would be the best way to write down the rhythm and timing of the chords and riffs if someone can’t read or write music , I understand it’s recorded so you can go back and listen to it but most music is notated also but if you can’t write music it makes it kind of tough .

I'm a sucker for pen and paper.

any recomendations for beginner friendly (and not expensive) software like ez drummer

Hey man I love what you're doing but I have a few questions I use the same exact setup as you actually studio One I got easy drummer I got like library the extreme and death metal and couple other packs I was just wondering if maybe you could do a video on like starting from the beginning like let's say I'm running my guitar directly in and I'm using an amp plugin like I'm using a free one actually emissary I'm just not sure about levels what all I want to put on as far as compression or anything else I'm really just I'm at a loss for where to start I'm so up tutorial video on how to get started from the beginning with metal might be really helpful man and I'd really appreciate it

Hey, is it better to keep notes simple or make it more complex 🤔🤟🤟🤟

Wow - that's super impressing. And a rly nice tutorial for beginners like me. Had no clue how to begin yet and now I'm super hyped to just start! Any affordable alternative for ezdrummer for the poor beginners?

What is the name of the song that your talking over

great motivational video, however missing a bit on the essentials: how to properly EQ the damn guitar sound...that final sound isn't the result of an EV miked through an SM 57.....pleeeeeeeease! ♣♦

Hi! Im Hungarian and my favourite music type is metal, and i want to write a song but i doesn't got a bass guitar. Please help. What can i do? Thank you! you are Awesome!!!

Got any to tips specifically for melodic death metal with operatic female vocals?

I find it so much easier to have riffs to add drums to....must be from so many years of playing in a live band lol.

Just curious, when you recorded both guitar tracks, why didn't you just copy the one then pan it instead of playing the same thing twice?

I've never been able to properly double track guitars. I never remember what I played in the first place and the minute I tab it out my fingers forget everything they know. I figured out a passable trick though. My rig consists of the amp into 2 1x (a 12" and an 8") cabs and I connect them with a Radial Cab-link box. I mic the cab and pull a line out from the Radial into another input on the interface. Switching the polarity on one of the inputs in Studio One bizarrely seems to alleviate any and all phasing issues.

A like, for you.

Step one: Write a metal song. Just kidding lol. Great advice man thanks.

Can you send me a tab png to play your guitar riff

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I DO THE SAME BUT I LET EZBASS PLAY OFF MY JAM

5 minutes you mean 15 minutes

Video is 14 min

when I hear "writing music" I'd always expect writing sheet music.

You sound STRIKINGLY similar to Chris Sabbat. The voice of piccolo and vegeta from dragonball. You literally have the perfect voice for voice acting lol. Great video and great tips brother! 🤘

tqvm jason for the tutorial you are the best salute🫡

Making music is easy, perfecting them is the hard part.

Thank you Jason. You the man!