Mellow Berlin School / Synthwave Song Deconstruction

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Күн бұрын

A video about how to build a Berlin School song. I've been working on a song for an upcoming graphics demo a friend is building. Let's take it apart and see how it works!
0:00 - Start / Sounds
3:35 - Section 1- shifting chords over a repeating figure.
10:01 - Section 2 - using internal repeating figures / patterns / motifs
15:00 - Section 3 - contrasting rhythms with driving bass vs conversational lead
22:20 - Section 4 - setting and breaking the listeners expectations
26:27 - Section 5 - breaking the rules about staying in key
29:43 - Section 6, 7 & 8 - the drop and the emotional payoff / buildup
34:40 - Section 9, Intro & Outro - bookends and wrapping up
36:52 - In Summary / Tips
39:42 - Complete song (though not quite finished / polished.)
Repetition is a good thing. / adamneely
And then there's the comedy gold - • Repetition Legitimizes...
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@m0osebeard 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Synthseeker. I'm new to Berlin school music and enjoy all your videos about it. You're a good teacher. From sound design to song structure. Thank you

@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you for the kind feedback!

@BradRossMacLeod 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos dissecting your Berlin School approach have been really helpful to me. I've been moving from creating more abstract, beatless ambient to exploring more rhythmic structures like this. I've been doing okay with sound design--building a palette of sounds and elements--but have been having some struggles with approaching structure. So this is gold to me. Thanks!

@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m glad it’s helpful for you!

@ripplesr5655 8 ай бұрын

haha! Poetic bro! That is whole philosophy of music you just established. This is so captivating and magical to watch. Love your content man!

@synthseeker 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated!

@yg713 3 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your lessons. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@poxipaul 4 ай бұрын

Very nice resources!!! Sound great with simple changes!

@synthseeker 4 ай бұрын

I hope it’s useful for you. :)

@colinweeks1638 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm new to Berlin School style music but I love it! Great to get your analysis. Hopefully, one day, I'll be able to do some of this myself. Thanks again!

@synthseeker 7 ай бұрын

Start as soon as you can! You can do it!

@alexringess Жыл бұрын

Hey Luke. Very instersting video. When I watch it, I was thinking that in fact, your general structuration and approach is mainly prog rock but with incorporation of a lot of Berlin School techniques. Mixing these 2 musical things is always interesting. Berlin School music can be inserted in a lot of things. That's very interesting ^^

@synthseeker Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@rayderrich 2 жыл бұрын

This was extremely enjoyable and educational to watch, I really appreciate you sharing all this insight.

@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for encouraging me to make more. ;)

@_bitclick_ 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah! A new tutorial video! We were desperately waiting. :) Please keep it coming.

@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delay!

@m0osebeard 3 жыл бұрын

@@synthseeker but isn't delay an integral part of Berlin school music? Ha!

@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын

@@m0osebeard ROFLCAKES :)

@AutPen38 8 ай бұрын

This a small and pedantic point, but at the 30:00 minute mark, you said "That's a C7", when it's a C MINOR 7 with no fifth. It could be written as Cm7(no 5), but since the fifth isn't what gives the character to seventh chords (the third and seventh do that), it's perfectly adequate to call it Cm7. Today I learned that due to the lack of polyphony in the soundchips in 8-bit games consoles, jazzy seventh chords played on early Nintendo and Sega consoles were played with just the root, 3rd, and 7th, just like in your piece. In the chiptune community, that Cm7(no 5) that you played would be described as a "Famichord", because it would have been the way the chord was built for Mario games on the Nintendo Famicom.

@synthseeker 8 ай бұрын

Maybe pedantic but we like pedants around here…thanks for sharing theory details and video game history! Win win!

@zenstories 2 жыл бұрын

Love this deconstruction! Did you finish the piece eventually? Could be fun to watch another breakdown of the final track or maybe another one (as long as it is Berlin School; because we have only too little Berlin School tutorial on KZfaq) Thanks a million for making these videos. They are very helpful :)

@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын

I did finish it but it was actually used for a corporate graphics demo at my company. :) I’ll do another one soon.

@antonioc-s7753 3 жыл бұрын

NICE!!!!!!

@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын

Hope it’s useful for you.

@Romenet310 28 күн бұрын

I know this is an older video but can you maybe do a talk about the process you follow for selecting your sounds that you use for this genre? Hope my question makes sense.

@synthseeker 26 күн бұрын

I will consider a video on that soon, hang in there.

@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын

12:05 - errata - that’s a whole-step not a half-step. Derp!