Literally the entire melody of Willow by Taylor Swift are 1,2,3 of the key. Most of her melodies just cleverly combine those scale degrees, with NSA visits to the 4th and 5th scale degrees.
Musical progress is always the result of breaking boundaries. You can't break boundaries without establishing them before, though. That gives genres some legitimacy in my eyes. Genres establish the boundaries, they define the tools, they teach the craftsmanship.
I didn't stop. I got the free Ozone EQ today and tried to analyse Directions. Wow! That is so rich in sounds! The high-hat is the only part I could clearly distinguish. Everything else is so organic and fluent like an organism, yet absolutely harmonic. After all it's not different instruments but always a synthesiser.
I grew up from hardcore to trance to techno.. Alltough discovering the techno scene felt like coming home... I think I like peaktime techno so much, because it seems like a hardcore / trance crossover... I know this is an irrelevant comment... I love this video!
Seriously, though... in so many cases, the nuances between genres can often be really hard to pin down, especially with so many traits that crossover from one genre to another. I once made an observation that many people would argue that a song was from a particular genre based on the DJ they first heard play it and the genre that DJ was known to play or, in some cases the label it was released on (late stage Hooj Choons was confusing for a lot of dance music amoisseurs). This was especially true of late 90s, early 00s "Progressive House." Take Silone Soul's "Chic-O-Laa (H-Foundation remix)." A lot of Prog House DJs had that record in rotation and so many people swore it was a Progressive House tune. Maybe the most egregious I experienced was this group of kids who were absolutely certain that "Pumpin" by Novy and Eniac was trance because Dave Ralph played it it at this huge rave in Washington D.C. (never mind Donald Glaude also played it later that same day). Anyway, just musing on the nature of genre labeling and why, at the end of the day, EVERYTHING is trance.
Ok, Alice, so I know that you are gonna know what I'm talking about: as a producer, or engineer, specifically as one who either (1) works with clients in the presence of clients and/or (2) alone, but makes content that is viewed by others, there is an important creative decision that we all realize we must make: What is my default "Playback-Posture" - i.e. "what the hell am I going to 'do with myself' during sessions, when I'm playing back tracks??" LOL, I know, but it is an important style choice, a branding decision, and it matters, for the producer, and the clients. Some people have a confident nod, some people groove or tap, etc. And I suppose, yes, there are some famous producers and mixers who have made "do nothing. like, nu... thing..." into an option, but I think that it's not a great one. All this is just to say: Alice, I think your Playback-Posture / Production-Chair-Dance is excellent. One of the best I've ever seen in fact. You really managed to nail it. And, also, your videos and music and skills and stuff are pretty polished as well. Keep it coming.
Aww thank you! Sometimes I think maybe it is cringe that I keep dancing to music but then I just can't hold myself and most of the time I don't even realize it. All the best to you! ❤
The Secret making a hit is to experince a special feeling and translate the feeling into music. You have no stories to tell you will never have real success. This is also the reason why no new genre is upcomming - because no one is experincing real things anymore, most people experince everything threw the internet.
I’ve been trying to flip a country song without having to shadow box reference tracks beyond watching official TH-cam music videos. Like _Fishing In The Dark_ by _Nitty Gritty Dirt Band_ through the magic of EDM.
It is hard to know how much Anyma uses unfortunately I have never met him but a lot of top of the top producers use loops, EXTENSIVELY. I personally know some big names do it.
Even though you might not agree anyma approach to techno is a little influenced by trance. More so the psy trance genre since it is more sound design oriented . Even the pre drop melodic themes are a little reminiscent of the astrix style of progressive psy. A thing that "bothers" me is that i think what afterlife did to techno is like what swedish house mafia did to progressive house. You couldn't even search progressive house online without being bombarded with that edm style of big room house. Thank god pro house was saved by Nick Warren , Hernan , Guy J and co. A similar thing is happening now when you search techno . Anyways great content and very nice track . 👏
thanks again !!! I can't wait to see your courses and your videos, one day, with the French translation, perhaps with artificial intelligence it will come quickly.... 🔥🔥🔥
@@Alice-Efe merci, do you know l'application rask AI ? pour 50 € (sur rask) je peux traduire tes videos en version francaise ,mais tu en as tellement ...
Indeed the entire producer world seems to copy/paste Afterlife style music these days. Even to the point where it gets pretty boring. Generation Z producers I guess. Then again, isn't recycling old proven hits and calling them "Nostalgia" another form of lazy, "hey look at me" producing? Just wondering.
It’s because they wanna get famous at any cost and quick. The whole techno scene feels like this now with a few exceptions. Luckily, there are still amazing artists outside that keep it real, we didn’t discover yet or maybe never will because they don’t care about socials or becoming famous copy cats.
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👀I am sorry for ruining "somobody that I used to know".
The interesting converse is how small changes in rhythm, syncopation, sound design etc. can make simple, well-known melodies feel fresh! \o/
@@schubertludwig Definitely!
Kinda blew my mind, not gonna lie
Literally the entire melody of Willow by Taylor Swift are 1,2,3 of the key. Most of her melodies just cleverly combine those scale degrees, with NSA visits to the 4th and 5th scale degrees.
AND IT WORKS 😍
i find it amusing (in a good sense) how you tackle issues and analysis of elements, which gives away you might be a sort of programmer (?)
I like how this girl explains everything👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I'm a music producer from Brazil and I love your videos
8:40 - This is where you hear the unique sound of the Dorian scale, marked by the raised sixth in a minor scale. It really stands out.
good luck with your new single! well done for practicing what you preach! we'll see how good your advice works.
Thank you!
Musical progress is always the result of breaking boundaries. You can't break boundaries without establishing them before, though. That gives genres some legitimacy in my eyes. Genres establish the boundaries, they define the tools, they teach the craftsmanship.
Being around for while now...Thank You 😊. I'm sure a producer yourself you understand.
I didn't stop. I got the free Ozone EQ today and tried to analyse Directions. Wow! That is so rich in sounds! The high-hat is the only part I could clearly distinguish. Everything else is so organic and fluent like an organism, yet absolutely harmonic. After all it's not different instruments but always a synthesiser.
I grew up from hardcore to trance to techno.. Alltough discovering the techno scene felt like coming home... I think I like peaktime techno so much, because it seems like a hardcore / trance crossover... I know this is an irrelevant comment... I love this video!
Thesis track is amazing!! Heard hundred times already
Aww glad to hear that!
Great and informative video as always 🎉 thank you, keep up the awesomeness 😎
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be 🙂
That Directions Trance track sounds great 😎🔥
Good musical analysis & explanation!
everyones nostalgia is different
These tips will help everyone get that unforgettable trance feel from the 90s!
😅😅😅😅
It always comes back.
Great Video! Thanks 😻
Thank you!
Thank you! like always, brilliant.
Seriously, though... in so many cases, the nuances between genres can often be really hard to pin down, especially with so many traits that crossover from one genre to another.
I once made an observation that many people would argue that a song was from a particular genre based on the DJ they first heard play it and the genre that DJ was known to play or, in some cases the label it was released on (late stage Hooj Choons was confusing for a lot of dance music amoisseurs).
This was especially true of late 90s, early 00s "Progressive House."
Take Silone Soul's "Chic-O-Laa (H-Foundation remix)." A lot of Prog House DJs had that record in rotation and so many people swore it was a Progressive House tune.
Maybe the most egregious I experienced was this group of kids who were absolutely certain that "Pumpin" by Novy and Eniac was trance because Dave Ralph played it it at this huge rave in Washington D.C. (never mind Donald Glaude also played it later that same day).
Anyway, just musing on the nature of genre labeling and why, at the end of the day, EVERYTHING is trance.
Exactly, everything is trance!
0:25 Haha It's Magda Gessler! Greetings from Poland 😁 It's Magdla Gessler
Ok, Alice, so I know that you are gonna know what I'm talking about: as a producer, or engineer, specifically as one who either (1) works with clients in the presence of clients and/or (2) alone, but makes content that is viewed by others, there is an important creative decision that we all realize we must make: What is my default "Playback-Posture" - i.e. "what the hell am I going to 'do with myself' during sessions, when I'm playing back tracks??" LOL, I know, but it is an important style choice, a branding decision, and it matters, for the producer, and the clients. Some people have a confident nod, some people groove or tap, etc. And I suppose, yes, there are some famous producers and mixers who have made "do nothing. like, nu... thing..." into an option, but I think that it's not a great one.
All this is just to say: Alice, I think your Playback-Posture / Production-Chair-Dance is excellent. One of the best I've ever seen in fact. You really managed to nail it. And, also, your videos and music and skills and stuff are pretty polished as well. Keep it coming.
Aww thank you! Sometimes I think maybe it is cringe that I keep dancing to music but then I just can't hold myself and most of the time I don't even realize it. All the best to you! ❤
Nice tape trick 🙏🏻✨✨
The Secret making a hit is to experince a special feeling and translate the feeling into music. You have no stories to tell you will never have real success.
This is also the reason why no new genre is upcomming - because no one is experincing real things anymore, most people experince everything threw the internet.
I love the wobble tip !!!
I REALLY need to jam some of your music. Everytime I hear clip of it in your vids I'm super digging it.
You should! 😊
@@Alice-Efe will you shoot me a link to the best place to check it out?
I use TH-cam music, but you never know where people post up.
Just search for "biskuwi" in any streaming platform. @@hockinghillsalive3624
@@Alice-Efe Okie doke.
@@Alice-Efe my name is Sammi. Nice to meet you.
I just found and subbed your YT Music page. 👌🏽
I still love all-night trance and techno raves. Embrace the friek within.
Yooo love that new track Alice!!
Love your voice
Excellent advice here. 🔥
Simple the best❤️🔥🙌
But I will copy what you did here so it will means that I copied my favourite artist ;) Thanks for all your work!
Awwww ❤
EPIC! Love you!
I’ve been trying to flip a country song without having to shadow box reference tracks beyond watching official TH-cam music videos. Like _Fishing In The Dark_ by _Nitty Gritty Dirt Band_ through the magic of EDM.
Good luck!
Lol that split second bit about using loops... I wonder how often top producers like Anyma for example use premade loops with hats or other elements?
It is hard to know how much Anyma uses unfortunately I have never met him but a lot of top of the top producers use loops, EXTENSIVELY. I personally know some big names do it.
Even though you might not agree anyma approach to techno is a little influenced by trance. More so the psy trance genre since it is more sound design oriented . Even the pre drop melodic themes are a little reminiscent of the astrix style of progressive psy.
A thing that "bothers" me is that i think what afterlife did to techno is like what swedish house mafia did to progressive house. You couldn't even search progressive house online without being bombarded with that edm style of big room house.
Thank god pro house was saved by Nick Warren , Hernan , Guy J and co.
A similar thing is happening now when you search techno .
Anyways great content and very nice track . 👏
Ok I just got a huge urge to make a peanut butter jelly sandwich. Brb before I watch the rest of the video...
Haha understandable!
Always amazing ❤
Thank you! ❤
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit the directions track is amazing
❤
You can not escape the paste
thanks again !!! I can't wait to see your courses and your videos, one day, with the French translation, perhaps with artificial intelligence it will come quickly.... 🔥🔥🔥
I want to have the subtittle but the AI translation is not implemented yet on our distributors website. The moment it comes, I will make it available.
@@Alice-Efe merci, do you know l'application rask AI ? pour 50 € (sur rask) je peux traduire tes videos en version francaise ,mais tu en as tellement ...
Time for the French to learn some English, will make it a lot friendlier for tourism lmao
@@jhm8614 yes I have basic English, but at this level a little more technical .... 😅🙃😉 What's tourism lmao ?
the wobbles reminded me of zedd
Someone That I Used To Know is even MORE like Baa Baa Black Sheep :D
0:25 Magda Gessler lol xD
0:26 Magda Gessler 😂
tldr: use vibrato, nursery rhyme melodies, and eq on your productions
Indeed the entire producer world seems to copy/paste Afterlife style music these days. Even to the point where it gets pretty boring. Generation Z producers I guess. Then again, isn't recycling old proven hits and calling them "Nostalgia" another form of lazy, "hey look at me" producing? Just wondering.
It’s because they wanna get famous at any cost and quick. The whole techno scene feels like this now with a few exceptions. Luckily, there are still amazing artists outside that keep it real, we didn’t discover yet or maybe never will because they don’t care about socials or becoming famous copy cats.
a penat jaeli bread
Like, like, like hundreds of likes !!!!!!!!
Hello Alice!! Reggards from Brazil :D !! I love your videos!! I really want to send my new album for you , I would like an feedback and I´ve make this album with your lessons and tricks
Ayooo what’s up with the trance bashing these days 😂
haha not bashing but teasing.
it is similar to teasing your favourite friend. You love them much but you just can't pass an opporunity to tease them 😅
what
;)
its a dude
You are not the thirst.
Die Sprecherin hat leider einen leichten Sprachfehler.