How to Produce a Song in The Weeknd's Style - Music Production Tutorial

How to Produce a Song in The Weeknd's Style - Music Production Tutorial

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How to Produce a Song in The Weeknd's Style - Music Production Tutorial

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  1. 1 Intro 0:00
  2. 2 Giveaway 0:48
  3. 3 Starting With A Synth Arp 1:10
  4. 4 Automation Is The Secret Sauce 1:55
  5. 5 Making A Giant Bass Patch 3:18
  6. 6 Adding Pads and Atmospheres 5:08
  7. 7 Pad Ramp Up Effect 7:35
  8. 8 Adding Analog Style Layers 8:40
  9. 9 Digital Vocal Pad 9:53
  10. 10 Brass Arp 10:45
  11. 11 Mike Dean Synth Lead 11:40
  12. 12 Adding Drums 13:00
  13. 13 Transition Synths 13:40
  14. 14 Rising Synth Motif 15:00
  15. 15 Punchy Drums 16:00
  16. 16 Funky Bassline 17:30
  17. 17 Subtle Background Pads 19:26
  18. 18 Layering The Bass Melody With A Synth 19:50
  19. 19 Extra Synths and Pads 20:05
  20. 20 Opening Up The Synths 21:30
  21. 21 Adding Risers, Hits, and Ear Candy 22:50
  22. 22 Experimenting With The Song Structure 23:30
  23. 23 Cinematic Drums 24:08
  24. 24 Layering Unique Arps 25:40
  25. 25 Changing The Chord Progression 26:55
  26. 26 Adding A Wild Synth Solo 28:00
  27. 27 Wind Down Outro Effect 29:45
  28. 28 Ambient Intro Vocal Effect 30:30
  29. 29 Automating Between Keys In Autotune 31:05
  30. 30 Spacey Vocal Chain 31:45
  31. 31 Fading A Vocal Out Into The Background 34:00
  32. 32 Lead Vocal Chain 34:20
  33. 33 Drier Verse Vocal 37:50
  34. 34 Call and Response Ad Libs 39:40"
  35. 35 Explaining The Asymmetrical Song Structure 40:39
  36. 36 Outro Vocal Layer 42:48
  37. 37 Full Listen Through 44:55
  38. 38 Outro 47:42

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