You can’t write a better song if you don’t write another song.

Get that 2nd chord progression down before fleshing out the entire loop is MAJOR!! for breaking out of the never ending loop syndrome.

Getting the extra progressions recorded asap is great advice I totally agree. Get the ear used to changes before it’s too late

Developing the first loop / part with all the instruments and fully tricked out before coming up with other parts can be a trap. I do my best to get one instrument all the way through first. I finish way more songs like that.

When it comes to song writing, writing out the entire baseline or chords from start to finish helps me with the layout of the song, which gives me the direction for every other part (melody, harmony, drums, etc.). I suggest a method like that if someone is stuck writing and arranging nice loops and don't know how to transition from one part of the song to the next, which is the toughest part of songwriting in my opinion.

Thanks for having me Adam! Always fun chatting abott it music and studio life 🎧

This is pretty good advice. As mentioned, being flexible is super important to work with others. Sometimes you have to be flexible in your own policies or even pricing, it just depends on the person you're working with, and the interest you have in the project. Always remain humble and teachable and that will take you far.

I actually love playing with plug ins for inspiration and for exploration reasons. There are a few foxholes you can fall down with that approach. Personally, it's my favorite part of generating an idea. Just flipping through everything. Turning things on and off. Mapping, automation... it gets the bug going lol Thank you for this video!

I love you channel. It's 3:39AM here right now and I'm watching this. Thanks for these great videos man. Respect +1

People forget that a chord progression isn’t a song. A loop isn’t a song. People have written songs by figuring out the progressions, melody and lyrics first (before you even worry about production) for a century.

You guys seem super chill. Very inspiring. Thank you!

Thank you for this video; about a year I pushed myself to write and release a song a week, which i managed to keep up for 9 weeks. However, I burnt myself out and then found that I didn't have the time to properly get back into the groove of writing/producing during my final year at uni. I've just finished now though and am super excited to devote more time to what I love - this was the perfect reminder I needed to hear 🙌

Great advice! The immediate embellishment looping trap is real. I force myself to play the song all the way through on bass guitar and letting it guide the different chord progressions. I wish someone had told me this at the start.

8:52 I really dig this because I’m a life long musician trying to song write and produce…

i love how chill and real y’all are lol

This was such a great video. The bike riding analogy was spot on. THANK YOU!

Well said!!! Yeh even buying those plugins .. to make a loop ... is part of the inspiration and process of the "bike ride" aka...a point on the path on the songwriting journey.

Thanks for the answer y'all!

Love this video. Using your own initiative. Thank you for this reminder.

Thanks for a great video! I write music for tv and do mixing, I was doing it for years before I really started doing it more professionally, and I've been writing music since I was a teenager. I always say, you gotta be a sicko, lol. You just gotta do it.

Glad I watched this. The idea of going to the associated minor for the chorus helped me (and has me wondering what other choices there are, so I’ll spend some time listening to songs to see different chorus choices people make - and how often the associated minor is used!). Now I’m wondering how to break out of a two loop repeat and come up with something for the bridge… where’s that confounded bridge? Any suggestions?

My dream is to write songs and have singers I trust and admire sing them, because I suck at singing. I currently am aiming for Billie Eilish. I know it's a hard goal but it would be worth it. Thanks for this video. ❤

Thanks for the discussion!! - and the producer book: my format keeps changing, though there are some things that work well (and I include composition notes- maybe too wide a scope). That'll be great to read.

Nice, relaxed and interesting! Keep the videos coming 👍

Wow it is like watching Garth & Wayne Dudessssssss!

I’ve written almost 500 songs. I have no knowledge of music theory, notes, etc. the songs just come to me

all the best with your song writing

Great advice: add a second chord progression as early as possible. Yeah, i can see how that can help me from just stopping at a simple loop because i grow bored of it.

As a songwriter I like to hear more about Brock story on how he went about collaborating with other artists. I have released a couple of albums but i rather have better musicians use my songs

Thanks for answering my question! ❤

Very helpful information. Thank you both!

me thinks songwriting = less plug ins and more actual instruments (guitar, piano, ukulele etc.) no need for computer type technology or digital interface. just an instrument (or maybe just voice), piece of writing paper, and pencil/pen. This is the way to start out being a songwriter. This way you develop yourself as a writer and sharpen your skills at creating original melodies, chord prog., rhythms , and lyrics. If you don't develop these skills and just use plug ins then you are maybe getting good at picking out pre made tones and beats, but that is not the same thing as writing your own music.For example, a 'chord progression' is a very tactile thing between a musician and his or her instrument. It has to do with the way you hands are moving (whether guitar or piano etc) and muscle input and all kinds of tactile brain-body type stuff. If you just 'pick' a chord progression from a list of pre sets you miss all that. It's like the difference between playing football out in the yard with your friends or playin Madden football video game. The latter is more like production and less like songwriting.

speaking about beginning a project without a deposit, there are two reasons not to trust somebody... one - you don't know them. the other - you _know_ them.

I'm just sayin, if anyone wants to collab on degen country or experimental anything, hit me up

i worte a pretty good song today it goes: i am a mouse i live in a house i sleep on a couch antidisestablishmentarianism

Almost skipped because no offense when scrolling it looked like that man and lady who give terrible song writing tips

you've got a resonance issue in your room or something, like around 250hz it's really coming through on this video. just saying! great video though.

Please people...don't rush your songs in the name of quantity. If you can make a great album in a few years that doesn't have a lot of BS filler, its worth the extra time spent.

13:28 I’m on the last 3 minutes of the video and it seem like more of a talk. There’s no structure. If the whole video was on the thumbnail topic it’d be way more interesting. If you had points to talk about it’d be great. The best part of the video was the top comment.

For some reason, when he said "By the way, my name is Adam Sliger" I got uncomfortable. Like I was literally in the room with the two dudes (I think, any way) and had to back up to create space. Okay, back to the video.

your girlfriend looks like young sheldon's dad

I mean yeah, writing modern country songs, isn’t very hard. It’s extremely derivative and paint-by-numbers. Your friend kind of took the easy way out, lol. (Good for him, go get the bag and all that, but just saying).

Are you sure your name isn’t Gary

Nice video ....just not for me though.

Now with AI... being a writer is the ultimate skill. Write music, then turn it into music. Make some popular songs and boom you can probably write music for other people. My entire channel is all AI music I've been making and writing.