Producing a song like "Cardigan" by Taylor Swift

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Watch me listen to "Cardigan" and analyze it: • Deconstructing 'Cardig...
Distorted stuttering organs, tasty rnb guitar, and high heel shoes form the basis of this track! Watch as I break down my attempt to use the writing and production techniques that I found in Taylor Swift's song. Leave me a comment to let me know of other songs I should break down!
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@taylorswift8451 3 жыл бұрын

HOW DID THIS GET 88 views?? U DESERVE TONS OF VIEWS OMG

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hopefully slowly but surely, haha. Do you teach music?

@diegomatamoros3940 Жыл бұрын

Thought you were Taylor lol

@fairweatherson7143 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this! I've been a writer a long time, in fact I'm published (yay) but only just finding my way as a producer and often struggle to create interesting rhythms without more traditional drum sounds. This was really insightful so thank you!

@trishatriesinher20s 3 жыл бұрын

omg underrated channel this deserves more views!!! 💛 i learned a lot from this video! Thank you so much!!!

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

@united016 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are outstanding! As a producer and songwriter, learning so much

@Hellxkitten 14 күн бұрын

Wow!!

@mflatt12 3 жыл бұрын

Requesting "Kyoto" by Phoebe Bridgers!

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out!

@lizquin6688 2 жыл бұрын

This is so good and your hard work and skill and talent is really shining through! Such a good and great executed idea wow

@GiiBorgesB 3 жыл бұрын

Loved how you took us step by step through your version! It came out amazing, tho. I’d love to see more Taylor!

@johermeah2785 2 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about music production or theory, but I love your videos because of your enthusiasm and how you deconstruct great tunes in a way that's quite interesting. Got a new sub :)

@lusiii432 3 ай бұрын

OMG YOU NAILED IT!!!!!!! WOOONDERFUL WORK YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@lordeheal2215 2 жыл бұрын

you're criminally underrated. support ya! ♥️

@nevadatorres2865 3 жыл бұрын

This is some Really great stuff. Please keep doing this

@bibigorg5121 3 жыл бұрын

wow, you truly impressed me! you're amazing! thank you! love your work! i hope you continue to make videos like this : ) turned on my bell notifs!

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much! I'm glad that you're enjoying it! I'm definitely going to keep making content so let me know if there's anything you would like to see covered!

@727fairy6 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how I get here but I'm glad I did. This is amazing. Loved it

@davidholler1 6 ай бұрын

Great. It would help if you click on the track you'r describing. That way we could see the track settings on the left. Example: when your describing the heel track 1:12 , you still have the tambourine info on the left. It'd be great to see the settings for the heel track. In fact you do this in the several videos I've sen thus far. That doesn't take away from the awesome work you've done. I hate negative comments, this is just an observation. Keep up the good work. You've got a nw subscriber.

@ishahakeem 3 жыл бұрын

Well this was just amazing. Aaron Dessner is that you 👀 I don't know if you've done much Taylor but if you ever get a chance or need ideas could you do something similar with her song Style from her album 1989. I really love all the music and production behind it and just find the whole musical production world thing so fascinating that I'm just trying to play about with it now aha. Hope you see this comment :)

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the comments. I am definitely going to dive more into Taylor and her Max Martin produced stuff like 1989- thanks for the suggestion!

@nataliakallay 2 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel and damn, it is amazing

@mirrorball1752 2 жыл бұрын

You're teaching is so good, i barely know stuff about production but i found the whole video interesting plus learnt stuff too.

@MusicIsAVerb 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful!

@CyrusJimenez Жыл бұрын

SO GOOD

@user-wn5hp5ls2x 3 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. Thank you so much you'll be helping a tonne of people!!

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Please feel free to share with anyone you think might find it helpful! Do you write or produce yourself?

@user-wn5hp5ls2x 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicIsAVerb yes I write songs! currently just starting out but really enjoying it :)

@Karternancy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much this is so helpful and inspiring!

@chrisbaldinger1099 2 жыл бұрын

WOW I loved this!!! As a learning producer this was really cool! I would love to learn how you synced the organ with the drum! It’s a really cool effect!

@wassupkevin 2 жыл бұрын

looooove this

@danielaaleman7394 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome!

@hugogavert2770 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! How did you do the filter on the organ? Can't see that in the video and I'd like to try something similar

@catherinepatagnan2595 3 жыл бұрын

Please do more of these videos 😍 it's so cool and informative. And do more taylor hehe

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

I will! Thanks for watching! (and more Taylor is DEFINITELY on the horizon...)

@guiv2810 Жыл бұрын

Amazing , would love to see more details about this organ/filter thing

@anajagacic1972 3 жыл бұрын

loved this! I am currently learning to produce my own music and struggle because i end up with either too much layered or something missing. This was a great tutorial to see how you arranged step by step and building the "cake". Also I learnt that I have to pick a unique melody or beat and slowly build it up, not necessarily starting with piano and then feeling like I have to play the piano constantly and come up with a complex piano lead. Thanks a lot, keep them coming please :) Requesting Griff - Black Hole

@germantarnoski7130 2 жыл бұрын

Excelent

@keatmn Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@janisbush3530 2 жыл бұрын

You are a genius.

@fatwanadhor6504 3 жыл бұрын

This is so good

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Dynamite is up next so I’m working on my bass chops today, Taylor let me get away with synth bass for this one...

@chrise8567 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! What effects did you put on the drums so they sound like an echo of the snare? Is it simply volume or a hi-pass filter? Or did you put some delay on the snare?

@luca-sp3rz 2 жыл бұрын

also requesting motion sickness by Phoebe bridgers :)

@dreameroptimist02 2 жыл бұрын

This us amazing. I really wanna see more and more videos from you. Subscribed 😚 Plz make a long like Taylor Swift's crule summer

@aniruddhasarkar2433 2 жыл бұрын

How am I a year late to this! 😱

@luca-sp3rz 2 жыл бұрын

this is amazing!! how do you choose what to play over the original chords and their progression on the guitar to make it sound full and fill it up?

@muhammadrajabal-mukarrom4013 3 жыл бұрын

Omg. This is so cool. 💖✨

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Do you play or produce?

@muhammadrajabal-mukarrom4013 3 жыл бұрын

Music Is A Verb I wrote some songs but I cant play any instrument. Just playing with GarageBand & lyrics. Lol. That’s why it’s nice to see u created all this stuff. 🙌🏾 Please check other songs by Taylor Swift. And also Lana Del Rey (her album Norman F-ing Rockwell was so good). 😊

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

GarageBand is how I got started! I don’t think it’s too dramatic to say that it changed my life. I’ll definitely look toward more Taylor and I would love to do one on Lana Del Rey! Similar vibes to this new Taylor album sonically.

@shubhangikanjilal6707 Жыл бұрын

I can write songs but music kills my song. This helped tons! Yet, I wish a composer would help me out as well. Like I'm not confident in my music as much as i am about my song

@obiwanjakobi1415 2 жыл бұрын

i like this can you do more

@paulwood4142 5 ай бұрын

Just found your channel, I like your stuff, why did you stop making videos?

@jia-yeelee3645 3 жыл бұрын

amazing video!!!

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Do you play or produce?

@jia-yeelee3645 3 жыл бұрын

Music Is A Verb learning how to produce right now haha, im not really good at it 😂 but i learned a lot from your video! thank you! :)

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Of course! Are you using logic?

@sacredsoliloquypod Жыл бұрын

Wow u r good

@marianazatti 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!! Thank you so much for your work in general. Subscribed immediately!

@benji5791 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think you could do something like this for « Style », « Wildest Dreams » or « Out Of The Woods » ?? Or maybe « Ivy » ??

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to do more Taylor, and especially some of her older stuff like you're suggesting. Look out for it!

@cheerxcrazi197 2 жыл бұрын

please work w me 🤣 immaculate taste

@cineclue 2 жыл бұрын

Tnku sir ,sir plz upload lesson on theory for future bass plz sir

@nelliemar Жыл бұрын

How did you get that choppy organ sound? is it side chained?

@obiwanjakobi1415 2 жыл бұрын

hey i was wondering how you got the shaker to fit into triplets. i have TONS of shaker samples but i dont really have one that was specifically meant to land in a triplet kind of pattern. i have played around with them for a while but cant really figure out a way to get it to have that triplet swinging feel to it. would love to hear your thoughts!

@MusicIsAVerb 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I feel your pain! I have definitely sat there frustrated cutting up shaker and tambourine loops for way too long. This might not be the simplest answer- but honestly I gave up on using samples for those two instruments in particular a few years ago. I always record them specific to the track I'm making and then make a loop from that. I'm no expert percussionist, but I typically play for long enough that some section of what I played is loopable and then I go with it. I hope this helps!

@obiwanjakobi1415 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicIsAVerb ah nice, yes thank you! ill have to go buy an egg shaker or something lol

@nelliemar Жыл бұрын

And could you do mad woman!?

@hyunsuksicecream5227 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! What DAW are you using?

@MusicIsAVerb 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I'm using Logic Pro X. You could definitely create any of this is any major DAW- but I find Logic to be great for quickly creating and getting ideas down.