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Pop Music Production - Transforming a Subscriber's Demo in One Hour

Make Pop Music via YouTube

Overview

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Watch a real-time music production tutorial where a professional producer transforms a subscriber's demo song in under an hour. Follow along as the instructor enhances Joe Stewart's original demo by tracking guitars, programming keyboards and synthesizers, layering drum arrangements, and applying various production techniques. Learn practical approaches to automating effects on verse guitars, adding pedal organs, creating guitar licks, incorporating piano hits, designing chorus pads, and crafting response melody plucks. Discover how to integrate live drum loops, program chorus bass lines, automate drum elements, write new guitar parts, layer verse synthesizers, build big chorus drums, and arrange keys and synths for maximum impact. The tutorial concludes with quick mixing techniques and a complete playthrough of the transformed track, providing insight into professional pop music production workflows and creative decision-making processes.

Syllabus

Intro 0:00
Giveaway 1:06
Listening To The Demo 1:53
Project References and My Ideas Before I Dive In 5:05
Automating Effects On Verse Guitars 6:35
Adding A Pedal Organ 11:05
Guitar Lick 12:35
Piano Hits 14:20
Chorus Pad 15:50
Response Melody Pluck 17:00
Adding A Live Drum Loop 18:12
Chorus Bass 20:30
Drum Loop Automation 21:16
Verse 2 Guitars 22:15
Writing A New Guitar Part 23:03
Verse 2 Synths 25:00
Big Chorus Drums 26:45
Chorus Keys and Synths 27:35
Quick Mixing 29:40
Things I Wish I Could Add 31:05
Final Playthrough 31:50
Outro 34:10

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