Oscar, you need to release this track asap. My god it is good. Did not expect such a banger at all. My track suggestion for this week is “Patrik Berg - Living the Lie”. For me this track is a perfect example of how hihat gears can bring and take energy. Oscar made a video called “Simple and effective hihat strategies” some time ago. You should definitely check it out if you want to learn something about this topic. For House I feel like “Eli & Fur - Otherside (Dosem Remix)” is a good pick for this week. I wish everyone reading this a nice day, until next time.
I wasn't expecting that ending but I love what you did, I also was thinking it needed a broken kick beat to make it stand out against the pumping chords ❤
In my opinion, in music, rules are meant to be broken... They should be broken and not bent... This is what creates new musical styles and opens up new sonic horizons. Apart from that, I discovered your channel a few days ago... I really like what you do... Thank you for sharing your ideas and tips, you help me a lot... Stay safe, salutations from Switzerland. P.S. The beat at 8:38 is gold and powerful... I've always been a big fan of triple kicks... I love it !
I enjoy most forms of rave music, but as someone who is addicted to Hardcore and Speedcore I love that you mention going faster as a way to break the syncopation rule. The thing about the rules of techno is that they are for techno. As you showed here you don't need to follow all the rules to make techno, but breaking them could lead you to producing an entirely different genre of music.
10 years of having fun and trying to understand what most things do in a DAW . now its a whole new experience understanding composition and building on a track but that's the work I guess . My work flow has got alot smoother but still not always happy with my tracks feeling like they need more , a drum fill etc, it's all part of the experience. Thanks for all the knowledge
you make these ideas feel so approachable. I never before have thought about how music is made, your skill in presenting the building blocks is very nice.
What a great turnaround on the topic of rules in music! Thank you! Just a few notes: Great example of dance music without kick (actually without any drums) would be Lorenzo Senni, you can search his live shows on TH-cam and see the crowd banging their heads to it 😄 And Venetian Snares is one person, not a band, still a great example of tricky ever changing rhythmic patterns
Venetian Snares is actually not a band, but a single dude from Canada with a classical music education who started doing crazy Jungle breakbeat shit with another guy called Panacea in the 90s. He's now like the "Aphex Twin of Jungle" doing weird piano / viola / noise breakbeat stuff. If you like this, maybe also look into Apashe from Belgium.
Also, VSnares is not really messing with the rhythm, but all his music is consistently in a 7/8 time signature. Its simply not in 4/4 like most electronic music. It takes some getting used to, but once you understand the groove of that time signature its super fun to listen to and also quite "danceable"!
I really really love what you did with this video!! The twist was very satisfactory. Gave me dopamine for hours. Thank you! hahaha and I just saw thats such a new video... perfect timing..
Beautiful class. It's very interesting to understand that you don't need to know music theory to make music, but when you do, things can reach places you wouldn't expect!
In the beginning, there were no offsets. On any dance record cut on vinyl. Anywhere. Then, sometime around 2000 that started to change. Simple ambient prerolls always existed, but their beat values were highly predictable, like a -4 -8 -16 beat offset for example. Suddenly, I was buying awesome tracks with exotic positive value offsets that started with a kick drum. And DJs really REALLY had to know their music to mix those tracks correctly. The one that confounded me most was ‘In the Underground’ on Stereo Recordings, with its +23 (or -9) beat offset. Plus twenty-three… meaning you weren’t dropping it in on the One, you had to drop it on the 23rd, or 55th beat to get it right. And if you weren’t in the zone, hyper-focussed on the count, that one extra beat meant you were late and missed your ideal next mix. “Okay, hold it on the second kick drum… dumb ass” This replayed in my mind over & over almost every set. The song was too good to pass on, it was the core resolve-type track after my opening peak sequence. Today, things are EASY by comparison with Rekordbox & Serato cue points for more visual mixing. WARNING: DO NOT RELY ON ANY VISUAL ANYTHING WHEN MIXING MUSIC. (Yes, that includes the levels.) Thank you for reading. And much Much LOVE ✊🏼
Your videos are so helpful, well produced and cover great material. I had never noticed the kick was providing synchopation in Atlanits, propoer penny drop moment! thanks!
Great video, thanks. Back to the number one rule in general - there are no rules. Techno will never develop - or any other genre, if people keep following rules.
"Hold back and tease - you can break that, too" - reminded me of Schranz as an entire subgenre of Techno with the sole purpose of breaking that very rule 🤣
oof that subsequent 37, sold one of my two but will never sell the other one for sure ♥ Big love for Venetian Snares by the way :) It's a one man "band" (but with the genius of many)
I love how by breaking all the rules techno you magically ended up with a deep house track! This is so cool ❤
I LOVE breaking rules.. what if you break Deep House rules?
PS: Thanks so much for the invisible kick sidechain tip!!
@@ExplorerOfTheGalaxy Logically that'd mean you would end up with a techno track
Man, how much I hoped for the kick to be finally introduced 😂❤️
Right? 😂
Left me at the apex
Oscar, you need to release this track asap. My god it is good. Did not expect such a banger at all.
My track suggestion for this week is “Patrik Berg - Living the Lie”. For me this track is a perfect example of how hihat gears can bring and take energy. Oscar made a video called “Simple and effective hihat strategies” some time ago. You should definitely check it out if you want to learn something about this topic.
For House I feel like “Eli & Fur - Otherside (Dosem Remix)” is a good pick for this week.
I wish everyone reading this a nice day, until next time.
Your positivity is contagious and teaching is inspiring, thank you
In the comments to say the same thing!
I wasn't expecting that ending but I love what you did, I also was thinking it needed a broken kick beat to make it stand out against the pumping chords ❤
In my opinion, in music, rules are meant to be broken... They should be broken and not bent... This is what creates new musical styles and opens up new sonic horizons. Apart from that, I discovered your channel a few days ago... I really like what you do... Thank you for sharing your ideas and tips, you help me a lot... Stay safe, salutations from Switzerland. P.S. The beat at 8:38 is gold and powerful... I've always been a big fan of triple kicks... I love it !
@@JimJohnMarks What you mean by "we" ?
This is wild ❤
I enjoy most forms of rave music, but as someone who is addicted to Hardcore and Speedcore I love that you mention going faster as a way to break the syncopation rule. The thing about the rules of techno is that they are for techno. As you showed here you don't need to follow all the rules to make techno, but breaking them could lead you to producing an entirely different genre of music.
Love the organic creativity in this one! 👍✌
I really appreciate that you have a wider understanding of different kinds of music, and you use that to inform and reinforce ideas for techno.
10 years of having fun and trying to understand what most things do in a DAW . now its a whole new experience understanding composition and building on a track but that's the work I guess . My work flow has got alot smoother but still not always happy with my tracks feeling like they need more , a drum fill etc, it's all part of the experience. Thanks for all the knowledge
Oscar, I really want you to release the full version. This track makes me feel awesome when I hear it.
love this "Rules of Techno" series, great job Oscar!
Such a strong Dead Can Dance vibe from the start!!! ❤
To break the rules you must know them first. The people who were so impatient with you the first time must've forgotten this.
I actually dig the song you made in the end, I started dancing in my chair to it
that final product was actually insane
That groove at the very end is tight!
It's not techno anymore, it's "boenke boenke" AND I LOVE IT
Thats creativity anywhere any moment
I love that
Btw the track is awesome❤
Dark & moody
you make these ideas feel so approachable. I never before have thought about how music is made, your skill in presenting the building blocks is very nice.
Man is this video because of all of the hate? Your videos are fckn awesome and you inspire me.
I knew the kick would drop at some point - that I would wait soooo long for it (and enjoy waiting) was a surprise! Well done, very well done!
Breaking All The Rules ❤ such a beautiful detroit techno it turned out to be 🙏 I would listen to it as a complete track!
You know a music making tutorial is good when the result is an absolute banger
What a great turnaround on the topic of rules in music! Thank you!
Just a few notes:
Great example of dance music without kick (actually without any drums) would be Lorenzo Senni, you can search his live shows on TH-cam and see the crowd banging their heads to it 😄
And Venetian Snares is one person, not a band, still a great example of tricky ever changing rhythmic patterns
There is actually just one song without kicks that’s mixable… umek xep
Man you are inspiring me so much, thanks for this! I'm really impressed with your talent to make those trippy videos
Venetian Snares is actually not a band, but a single dude from Canada with a classical music education who started doing crazy Jungle breakbeat shit with another guy called Panacea in the 90s. He's now like the "Aphex Twin of Jungle" doing weird piano / viola / noise breakbeat stuff. If you like this, maybe also look into Apashe from Belgium.
Also, VSnares is not really messing with the rhythm, but all his music is consistently in a 7/8 time signature. Its simply not in 4/4 like most electronic music. It takes some getting used to, but once you understand the groove of that time signature its super fun to listen to and also quite "danceable"!
Show dont tell! Your videos getting better and better, top!
I really really love what you did with this video!! The twist was very satisfactory. Gave me dopamine for hours. Thank you! hahaha and I just saw thats such a new video... perfect timing..
The SIDECHAIN part was mindblowing, that for that
Love this new format
It’s 2 AM I don’t produce music but I’m loving this
Beautiful class.
It's very interesting to understand that you don't need to know music theory to make music, but when you do, things can reach places you wouldn't expect!
Oscar, all my respect to you. Talented happy man!
I really enjoyed your video. Your energy is infectious
bruu!! Started doing some techno 3 days ago and it got pretty nice... but now u come showing off in this amazing video xD thanks!
Ooooeee!!! That whispering part is a track on its own. Super nice to do something dark with it. 🖤
That intro music is sick bro. Props from CH
In the beginning, there were no offsets. On any dance record cut on vinyl. Anywhere.
Then, sometime around 2000 that started to change. Simple ambient prerolls always existed, but their beat values were highly predictable, like a -4 -8 -16 beat offset for example. Suddenly, I was buying awesome tracks with exotic positive value offsets that started with a kick drum. And DJs really REALLY had to know their music to mix those tracks correctly.
The one that confounded me most was ‘In the Underground’ on Stereo Recordings, with its +23 (or -9) beat offset. Plus twenty-three… meaning you weren’t dropping it in on the One, you had to drop it on the 23rd, or 55th beat to get it right. And if you weren’t in the zone, hyper-focussed on the count, that one extra beat meant you were late and missed your ideal next mix.
“Okay, hold it on the second kick drum… dumb ass”
This replayed in my mind over & over almost every set. The song was too good to pass on, it was the core resolve-type track after my opening peak sequence.
Today, things are EASY by comparison with Rekordbox & Serato cue points for more visual mixing.
WARNING: DO NOT RELY ON ANY VISUAL ANYTHING WHEN MIXING MUSIC.
(Yes, that includes the levels.)
Thank you for reading.
And much Much LOVE
✊🏼
who wrote dat song...in the underground
Teaching and listening gives a whole new vibe
Excellent. Thanks!
Oscar, this was an absolute blast to watch after a busy day at work. Perfect to wind down with. Thank you for your work.
Ending made me chuckle
Nothing better than witnessing a moment of brilliance as it happens, dare to break the rules!
damn Oscar, you are truly a lovely personality. keep your stuff going. Its making me happy and im sure im not alone!
Much love.
The beggining of the video is amazing, you're crazy, man, I love you, haha
So cool
Im so glad I found this channel, keep that attitude up buddy!
Great video! The end was fantastic musically and in that "real" sense.
Nice! Those vocals kinda remind me of Bowie
That intro was amazing! well done
You sir. Are a genius. One producer to another. Kudos from Toronto.
Bro this channel is gold if you want to learn usuable interesting musical theory. That's the way music theory is supposed to be
Full song please! I love it!
The song has me floating among the stars man🌌🪐, I really hope you release it otherwise I'm replaying the end of this vid to the end of time
🎼
I love the hidden kick!
I absolutely loved this format of videos!
Love your spirit 🎉 you’re extremely talented and possibly the best out there! Thank you brother for all your help. Respect ✊
Thank you so much.
Bro you know venetian snares!!i tought you were more mainstream techno respect bro
Oh my gosh that drop is just awesome! This should be an actual song man!
4:20 very, very nice example You picked there mate! jungle dnb for life
Excelente trabajo! Sigue así crack, saludos de un mexicano en Irlanda 🫡
Btw venetian snares is also a breakcore producer
Banger track! 🔥
Your videos are so helpful, well produced and cover great material. I had never noticed the kick was providing synchopation in Atlanits, propoer penny drop moment! thanks!
That song is wild I need that released
Hats off to you my friend 👏🏻
Excelentes Videos!!! Gracias!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!
Great video, thanks. Back to the number one rule in general - there are no rules. Techno will never develop - or any other genre, if people keep following rules.
love it Oscar ! Release ! ❤
Oscar, you have a great voice! 🎉🎉🎉
Saving this for the insecure moments! 🫶🏻
You made my day :3
Really love your videos, continue on that path mate !!!
Magic
"Hold back and tease - you can break that, too" - reminded me of Schranz as an entire subgenre of Techno with the sole purpose of breaking that very rule 🤣
The invisible kickdrum reminded me so much to Sangria by Thomas Bangalter
This was awesome on so many levels Oscar !!!
oof that subsequent 37, sold one of my two but will never sell the other one for sure ♥
Big love for Venetian Snares by the way :) It's a one man "band" (but with the genius of many)
a well deserved like
That last one wholeheartedly reminded me of a early 2000s trance song tbh
Idr the track id tho i was a kid lol
I was waiting for the explosive moment with the Snoop Dogg's meme GIF and dogs dancing too!
Oh wow! The song is amazing 🔥🔥❤️❤️
Amazing and inspiring video as always!
The initial song reminded me of Dead Can Dance, particularly Severance.
The first bit sounded like Dead Can Dance.
When is the release? ... BANGER!
PERFECT ❤
Wow, this hits…!
That track was fire bro
Your content is insane Oscar!
bro is so cheeky with his meta humor
thank you!!!!!!!!!
….. seriously good
nice edutainment
Peace and Love on Planet Earth
jajajajajajaja having fun! thats rigt brooo!! loviu oscar!! you estimulate my brain! ♥
Thanks for another great video!
Thank you for this very interesting and inspiring video. Kisses from Belgium.