How To Turn Your Loop Into A Song #1 - Inspiration and Production

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Today I show how you can take a simple idea with some potential into a bigger concept and eventually a song by trying a few simple production techniques, arrangement ideas and creativity hacks.
This video shows the demo project at the point before we transposed it down, started the lyrical ideas and recorded the guitar and cello. I show how it progressed from a simple 4/8 bar loop into an idea that could be expanded on with vocals. Sometimes a song can take a few sessions to get to this point and at other times it takes only a few minutes. In this case, I spent a morning making this basic concept however the final project took many more weeks of sessions to fully develop once Brad had written the lyrics and main melody. Don't be worried if it takes a few sessions, weeks or months for a concept to come to life - often the best things in life take time :)
The Clint Mansell Song I reference is here - • Clint Mansell - Moon O...
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The song used in this video is "Nothing To Lose" by Miavono
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@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

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@mahiramvevo 6 жыл бұрын

i neen your help do u have fb ?

@bigmack6112 6 жыл бұрын

What version are you using? and which do you prefer?? Fruity,Producer or Signature? I am new and considering purchasing it...I currently use Logic Pro X..

@akiramenai4973 6 жыл бұрын

I'm certainly not him, but I started with Producer, and a month later went to Signature for all the extra plugins. Signature gets you Newtone (like Autotune) and GrossBeat (similar to Stutter Edit, but basic), and DirectWave, the sampler with full functionality, among other things.

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

I started on Producer but I got an upgrade to signature. Producer had 99% of what I needed :)

@bigmack6112 6 жыл бұрын

In The Mix I just bought Producer. Have been watching all of your For New user videos trying to learn my way around the Daw... wish me luck...lol

@metalgeartac8186 6 жыл бұрын

I found that if I get stuck in a loop, I'll try and take a half hour or an hour break or work on another project so when I come back, I'll have a new perspective. It really does help a lot.

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

Metalgear Tac sometimes there is nothing more valuable for forward progress than taking a break from doing any work. Fresh perspective is so important :)

@GuyGamer1 6 жыл бұрын

if you had ideas then you would have made them and be able to come back later to them.

@JGHFunRun 3 жыл бұрын

Plus that let’s you get a better idea of how good your loop really is. For the same reasons.

@ProducerGio 2 жыл бұрын

@@CarefulHowYouStep same

@EmpiricalMind 6 жыл бұрын

Lost count of how many unfinished tracks I have saved, I can't stay invested long enough to get anything finished.

@EmpiricalMind 6 жыл бұрын

I don't think we're alone brother, it's frustrating as hell but you just have to keep trying new ideas, something will come together, it's part of music creation I guess.

@djgank8268 6 жыл бұрын

True dat. lol but I've found that sometimes I'm just feeling good and thats when I get a full track laid out. I used to spend so much more time just making loops and not getting anything done even though I wanted to. I feel like now I've gotten a grasp of when to work on a song and when not to. which is HUUUGE to me! Like have fun in the DAW yo!

@EmpiricalMind 6 жыл бұрын

Cheers, ya key is to know when to leave something and start a fresh.

@ShoryYTP 6 жыл бұрын

EmpiricalMind Same here. Yeah there are a buch of us

@EmpiricalMind 6 жыл бұрын

I guess not finishing many tracks doesn't matter, as long as the process is still fun, and you're learning new stuff.

@wilberforce95 5 жыл бұрын

this is so cool, what a solid track.

@inthemix 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Will

@santoshpss 5 жыл бұрын

This is the power of music, we can experiment so much and decide to take the next step, we can *create* anything.

@charliesimon7595 6 жыл бұрын

I subcribed right at 10:06. That chord progreession with the strings was totally brilliant

@ternitamas 6 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite in the album, the build up is amazing. The synergy of the all little elements is fascinating

@anhejo2913 6 жыл бұрын

I love how detailed you show your songwriting process! Thank you a lot!

@Bassboy0415 2 жыл бұрын

Even though I've had this strategies in my toolbox for years, sometimes they get hidden behind the constantly stacking knowledge of DAW's and music production. I love coming to your videos forr critical reminders, a fresh mindset, and often brand new ideas. Thank you Michael!

@xoener 6 жыл бұрын

Nice song! A bigger problem for me is not being able to break out of a specific chord progression. I can keep building on a loop and adding melodies / pads / effects, but at some point I want to have variety but it's hard because I keep hearing the same progression in my head -- it becomes the foundation so anything new I try to hear in my head still plays on top of the same progression.

@akramelmansouri6752 9 ай бұрын

you probably forgot you ever wrote this comment, but were you able to get through this? i'm kind of in the same spot

@xoener 9 ай бұрын

@@akramelmansouri6752 Wow yes I don't remember writing this comment at all, haha. Five years later I still continue to write more incomplete songs and have the issue breaking out of the same chord progression, so I guess the journey continues. Just an idea that popped up in my head, but I wonder if I randomly pick a different set of chords in the same key or even a different key, essentially forcing myself out of a chord progression and trying until I find one that works with the previous one? I'm kind of curious so I might go try that out now!

@luce1914 9 ай бұрын

@@xoener i think i got some ideas for ya: look up some songs and their chords, steal the progression so you kinda can see and feel what other people do with music. Usually a verse will have different chords than the chorus The easiest way to change the verse from chorus is if the verse has 4 chords, just remove one so the chorus has 3 chords. (Verses generally have more chords than the chorus) Sometimes a verse will have all major chords and the chorus will have all minor chords You can also change things by having the verse start on the root, but having the chorus end on the root (and just random chords from the scale for the rest) Goodluck!

@xoener 9 ай бұрын

@@luce1914 Appreciate the advice, so I think I was generally going the right direction using chords within the scale. So another idea popped up now that we all have the power of AI on our fingertips -- I asked ChatGPT about a chord variation based on my existing chords and it actually gave me a set of new chords that I started playing around with and so far seems to be giving me something new to move forward with for one of my songs. Definitely not something I could've done 5 years ago lol

@dannykomjathy5611 4 жыл бұрын

Woah I appreciated the end of this. Where you spoke on the conversation that everyone is different; but, no matter what don't sit on a loop/beat for too long and also not giving up. Really nice hearing this from you! (:

@coolben1310 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing tutorial, the way you explain that as loop breaking the loop concept it's exactly right. You won a sub, best regards.

@nabilmohdeb5647 2 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say thank you michael for the effeorts you keep making for these videos, the way you explain things makes it so easy thank you from the bottom of my heart man ❤❤❤ we truly appreciate the tips and advices you keep providing with that positive energy much appreciated 🙏🖤

@DrVilest 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for covering this topic💥

@raajmattu 5 жыл бұрын

your Bollywood remakes and instrumentals are amazing! keep it up!

@Otchengazoom 5 жыл бұрын

This os the most useful production tutorial I've ever seen because you explain not only WHAT do you do, but WHY you do that. You explain where the ideas came from, which is usually hidden at others tutorials. Thank you very much. Hope you will continue use that point at your videos in future. 😊

@Table-Top 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video with some golden advice. I often have a great idea thats 8 bars long but am frustrated and can't expand on it. I actually save it in my "ideas" folder and come back to it a few weeks later. But you've inspired me to try a few of you tricks to get it going. Appreciate you passing on what you know.

@93prince11 6 жыл бұрын

tabletop581 ahh I need an ideas folder so my main won't be so cluttered, thank you!

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

tabletop581 me too! I have a folder called "experiments" where I'm not afraid to try anything and see where it goes

@scroez 6 жыл бұрын

lol I've Idea & inspiration folders for my Artwork & my DAW (Logic) that are filling my Hard drives, I'm so fussy it's disabling my work flow. Though I got what you were doing, even though I use logic & not used FL. Cheers man nice one...

@andromedadelux 6 жыл бұрын

I really need to organize my project folders, before my next song is called, Fuck these 5ths its 8ths.

@gennadiichelak 2 жыл бұрын

I can't stress enough to say how useful are your videos! I'm kinda stuck and don't know how to move on, this has definitely helped me!

@cococorino5767 6 жыл бұрын

oh my gosh this is really what I needed

@vlle.2567 6 жыл бұрын

me too! really useful, I ALWAYS have this loop-problem!

@cococorino5767 6 жыл бұрын

ikr! this is like, my biggest problem in trying to make music

@casology1934 6 жыл бұрын

oh man it's a cow

@cococorino5767 6 жыл бұрын

he's here

@nightmare_core_ 6 жыл бұрын

👍🎧🎶📎,I was working on a loop this week , but this is just on time.

@JohanDaniel 6 жыл бұрын

This is the right video i was searching for a long time! great work bro!

@bpetersson5024 4 жыл бұрын

this series of loop to song videos are just amazing! big thanks to you!

@bulutyesilyurtt 2 жыл бұрын

Dude your videos are golden! Keep up the good work. Huge respect!

@johnbarbour5258 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! Just found your channel and I love it. It's also great to see another Arturia Minilab Mkii doing real work!

@vlle.2567 6 жыл бұрын

you are so amazing! you keep me motivated! I will find out soon how good these tips work for me :)

@OlivioSarikas 5 жыл бұрын

One of the Best FL videos i have watched so far - Sub!

@BassF1sh1nCat 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much. I will be watching your videos as courses to make the music I want to make. I'm a 60 year old retired gent and my journey is beginning, thank you for being my guide.

@deankumar 5 жыл бұрын

so glad I found this on youtube. I love your channel. keep up the great work!

@AnymMusic 5 жыл бұрын

I usually make the drop first, and then with all elements, I see what I like and can modify a bit for other parts. After that I add more stuff, like pads or arps

@Pnkfloid49 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video I was stuck in a loop and changing the last couple of notes worked for me to transition into a new phrase

@teogorqui7061 3 жыл бұрын

When I find myself stuck and I need inspiration I watch this video, thank you so much you are the best🙏

@ferencav 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Inspires me to open some old projects and try to finish them.

@kylehaggard7465 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Extra points for referencing Moon, one of my favorite soundtracks and movies

@alimarcafebarley 3 жыл бұрын

Thank youf for this man . You are amazing

@WAV-E-MUSIC 6 жыл бұрын

Great timing man. Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

5 жыл бұрын

What font are you using for your thumbnails?

@tomrosenjacobson80 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love the high production value. Keep it up

@dontsettlefor500mill 6 жыл бұрын

NIce work, man. This vid is one of the good ones.

@Kostaras4444 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, dope track too! really brings a light in this common mucisian problem, also love the "Moon" soundtrack

@romanglinnik8073 5 жыл бұрын

Omg, only by watching this video put me and my track on a new level. Thanks I was really stuck.

@DJ_R3N4N 6 жыл бұрын

It happens sometimes with me, thanks by the advices! Keep making the good work!

@LifeIsGood1992 6 жыл бұрын

thanx man , you nailed it !

@wardka 6 жыл бұрын

Keep it simple. I need that advice! That's why I rarely ever finish anything. My projects get too complicated too quickly.

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

We've all been there, 100 tracks of competing stuff for no reason! Good luck with your productions :)

@benjoseph8131 4 жыл бұрын

Home Depot type beat. (All in good fun, love your work, and thanks!)

@danecustance2734 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and process on this subject.

@Mango-dk9wu 6 жыл бұрын

congrats itm, you have shown a well to man dying from thirst. :D

@kerwinfernandes9583 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing the flow! God Bless u! :)

@maxy4609 2 жыл бұрын

I def like how you arrange the other loop to song vids. This first one was a lot to take in and my mind was everywhere bc there was so much on the screen. It’s still a good reference though, keep it up!

@MCGIMMICKTV 6 жыл бұрын

Great video man, I learned a lot from this. Hoping it helps me break free

@LuckeySev 6 жыл бұрын

Man this was so helpful. I go through this and you hit the problem on nail. By the way it sounds great.

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

LuckeySev No worries, thank you so much :)

@dallasstorey 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video thank you.You are clear and concise.More like this one to show idea development, arrangement , vocal placement tips, maybe even a complete start to finish with vocals? Keep up the excellent work..you are a gifted teacher.

@itryen7632 2 жыл бұрын

I got recommended part 2 first, and it took me MONTHS to find part 1. This is why you should put links in the description, folks.

@rotasjon8578 6 жыл бұрын

amazing how the song turned out! you inspired me

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

Jonas Rotabakk Thank you Jonas!

@repomanband 2 жыл бұрын

very helpful video - as a songwriter it's always fun to see how that process happens for others.

@michaellarsen180 6 жыл бұрын

Hey bro, just found your channel - love your style (reminds of my own). Also you support good tips for beginners, just great!

@andromedadelux 6 жыл бұрын

Step 1. Break your resolve. Step 2. Lead your movement when there is none. Step 3. Give your construct movement and be inspired by this movement. Step 4. Be inspired by automation to create movement. Step 5. Arrangement. I will say, breaking resolving chords, melodies, or even simple arpeggios may be difficult for the less musically inclined. But its essential to any transition.

@neo7462 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! You have a new subscriber. Very professionally done with clear information. I am a Cubase user, but all of this info translates well.

@arisaragih5396 4 жыл бұрын

BRO I HOPE YOU GET MORE AND MOR SUBSCRIBER. I really appreciate you make all of the videos, because its very easy and simple to understand. i really hope youtube pay you a lot. i will share your channel to my friend. thats what i can do to thanks

@cactusdill-dos2579 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, new subscriber here, I have no idea in FL but the last 2 weeks watching your vids help so much.

@TheRav3n 5 жыл бұрын

Im a new sub. This is art. I never had too much trouble getting out of a loop.... Until I decided to play it unsafe.. Thank you!

@Utubesuxmycock 6 жыл бұрын

love yah dude seem like a really cool insightful dude!

@Taitmon Жыл бұрын

Excellent video mate!

@electrify.. 6 жыл бұрын

Your content is really underrated man. Keep it up

@j0dgers 6 жыл бұрын

I use Reaper, and used to use FL, but I find that your videos are fairly universal for most DAWs, and I appreciate that. Especially with FL's pipeline being different from most other DAWs. I must say, FL's UI does lend itself to the tutorial/explaining format of videos imo.

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

James Rodgers - Composer Reaper is an amazing daw, I'd have to agree about the tutorial UI layout. It's very easy on the eyes and brain with the way it's layed out.

@Utubesuxmycock 6 жыл бұрын

go FL 20 baby you wont regret it

@GoldBass 5 жыл бұрын

I use LMMS (Linux Multimedia Studio) which is based on FL's workflow and UI. 80%-95% of any FL-based tutorial translates well.

@YamiFoxx 6 жыл бұрын

This is a topic I've always struggled with, and never found a solution, so thumbs up to u! Liked and subbed

@DRocksRecords 6 жыл бұрын

You explain well man. Thats great. Thanks

@ashwah 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mike!

@timmah4476 4 жыл бұрын

Another wicked video man - fair play :)

@Bladerbotvary 6 жыл бұрын

i get the idea now. thanks for this video i found it really helpful

@PapaKumaMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Love the track too!

@reisaki18 6 жыл бұрын

Its more like a Movie Intro... 😎

@andrewmcbride88 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Very helpful. Also, love the shirt :D

@Chris_ITGuy 6 жыл бұрын

These tips are so simple but so good! Like just the one about building to go into a new section or adding cutoff. Like just reminding me of different ways to do transitions I think really helped! I’ve got a song in this stage right now and I got a melody, chords and it sounds good, but I need to make it not repetitive and need to figure out some structure and some transitions:) Thanks for the vid! Btw love the FL hoodie!

@inthemix 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I find that it's easy to forget simple things that you once knew or can do to move something forward (risers, impacts etc) Listening to other music helps with that too :)

@thetree2044 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoying your videos , really helping me

@JoshJoshMusic 6 жыл бұрын

Wow that's what i felt everytime

@xanfow5706 6 жыл бұрын

Just some good tips to turn a loop into a song, Thanks!

@OneEyedWheeler 6 жыл бұрын

Nice, nice!!

@andeverythinglikethatect.7653 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@momaw627 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, dude!

@affinx 6 жыл бұрын

Master🙏

@RavinSingh81 2 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. As someone who can write lyrics, but has less than no knowledge about music, it just blows my mind.

@AdzBeatz 6 жыл бұрын

this was a great help

@kirillSunrise 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you man for sharing your expirience

@laszlozoltan5021 5 жыл бұрын

good stuff- I like the tip of using midi to learn to play along using that to experiment. I also have been finding a lot of interesting stuff that Ive just packed up and forgotten about, reloading old loops with "newer" ears- can be an exciting place to restart a project

@sparkie1763 5 жыл бұрын

Dude this was super helpful

@persona83 6 жыл бұрын

Very cool and inspiring. Now, back to my 200 unfinished 4-bar loops. =)

@inthemix 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, me too man!

@abdullamalalla9357 4 жыл бұрын

your video make me take the sound step , thanks .

@ahri3887 5 жыл бұрын

This is much better than the other loop to song video, but i really enjoy these arrangement videos and would like more

@marc.lepage 3 жыл бұрын

Moon soundtrack is incredible. Good call.

@mathieupilon 5 жыл бұрын

this video was so helpfull ! I was just wondering, what version of Fl Studio are you using? what kind of visual aspects did you change/add/remove? your work is very clean