Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love | Theory & Arrangement Breakdown
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Matt Donner is back with another one of his signature theory and arrangement breakdowns. This time, he analyses Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha’s summer hit, “In The Name Of Love”. In addition to pointing out the song’s key and chord progression, Matt touches on a topic a lot of you have requested: melody writing.
The vocal melodies, as well as the synth melodies, embody catchy and predictable patterns, without being too repetitive. Matt explains how Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha achieve this, while pointing out the notes they leverage.
He also covers other familiar concepts like relative modality (seen in the bridge), note pedaling (seen in the drop), chord inversions, and the song arrangement format. This is a must-watch for fans of the song, as well as music theory enthusiasts.
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Vocals are instruments too, when you have such a voice like Bebe, it's money. It's got its own sonic style/sounds. Great video Matt!
Yes! Thank you!
Do Shelter by Porter Robinson & Madeon pleaseee!!!
it is done
Matt, your teaching style is incredible. Love every episode.
Even tracks I'm not interested in dissecting, I watch as long as you are explaining. Your energy is contagious.
This is one of those Sherlock Holmes things where it boggles the mind until Sherlock explains it, then it all seems so simple, and we wonder how we couldn't see it in the first place.
I'm getting hooked on these videos, and I'm definitely learning more as I go along.
I just call that the build-up. 10:20
His voice is so soothing omg
If this were music class lessons when I went to school...!
do Louis The Child - It's Strange!
yehhhh
or the You & Me remix by Flume, I'd love to hear what you could get out of that chord progression!!
Wish I saw this 4 years ago. Great video for beginners and especially myself to hear what Matt has to say. Love it bro
please never stop doing these. Really helpful. Subscribed
Please make a video about chord inversion, and why you might choose which inversion!
Thanks for all of these videos!
Vigo Jansons definetely
this is needed :D
thank you so much, honestly you're an absolute legend I'll definitely experiment with this when I next start a track :')
Great song choice. I hear this all the time at my gym!
These breakdown are the best thing on youtube
Can't resist to watch every video from Matt just as I see he has uploaded a new one. Great analysis and such a wonderful and professional hand for those who have passion for the music industry.
Thanks a lot and please keep it going!
When you showed the chord progression for the song, I immediately pulled up my guitar, (which was just beside me) and started playing 😂
Love these breakdown videos! Awesome that you did a Martin Garrix track =)
Thanks for breaking down one of my favourite song. That G major shift for bridge section is the amazing idea i learned from the video.
Glad you liked it!
This channel is going to be so huge.
When he played the melody on midi only thing i heard in my head was "the lick". Jazz heads know what im talking about
Qwerty link a non jazz head please :)
Please do that video on why you might choose different inversions! Thanks. Love this series.
My kind of TH-cam. While im not making music, I like to watch stuff like this~! Keep them coming
dude your rock i love the way you give a lesson. i never get bored thanks a lot for everything
I was so excited to see this got posted!! can't wait to watch it when I get home!!
yo, matt, you're one of my favorite people on youtube. keep it up!
Instrumental refrain a.k.a THE DROP!! 🔥
Love these videos keep them up Mat !!!
That piano sounds beautiful 😍
Thank you! I learn a lot from every episode!
You da man Matt. Thanks for all this.
Good video as always Matt! I always learn so much from these videos. A video from you on any Flying Lotus track like "Never catch me" would be awesome!
Love your stuff Matt! :D
I've got a suggestion, it's a bit older song then usual tho: Porter Robinson - Lionhearthed. After the first drop u get a breakdown then a sort of build up, just that it keeps on getting filler. then u expect a drop but it doesnt come, instead u hear a bridge, i think it is. (wich sounds amazing). I would love theorie about that part. it totally changes the vibe of the song and i think there are some interresting notes used in the chords and melody. cheers :)
I said G in my head ! Yesss ! all thanks to randscullar cant belive i kind of have a grasp on music theory! pat on the back for myself
Love these breakdown videos, MORE MORE MORE :P
Great video, i learned a lot! Thanks
pls dooo porter robinson & madeon - Shelter
Great video, always powerful !!!!
thanks a lot for this. super concise and easily digestible
Matt you are awesome!
When looking to your videos explaining the musical theory behind this hit songs, I just ask, do this guys really know what they are doing, all that music theory behind the songs, or they just do it because of luck? Because from what I've seen from Garrix or The Chainsmokers from their in the studio videos they don't talk too much about that kind of stuff
there was a reddit about this same topic on r/EDMproduction
Honestly if it sounds good just go wih it. The theory helps alot when analyzing
you totally right,but they have the 'ear' you know,if they have it music theory doesn't play such major role
Dani Vicente Hey! I'm a producer and DJ myself, and from personal experience, I combine my ear with the theory. I do have some classical training. I normally start by using my ear. When I finish up the song (before mixing and mastering), I go back and review it with classical knowledge and music theory.
A lot of the "theory" most EDM producers use really come from their thousands of hours of experience producing via trial and error, doing mostly just "what sounds good" to them. Yes, basic theory helps as far as understanding keys and chord progressions, but if you ever watch when these guys produce, they rarely will call a 4 or 5 note chord by its name. They will just move the notes around in the chord until it fits what they want. Music theory can define these chords, but there's little use to producers in doing so when creating. In my opinion, music theory (analysis) is really a backwards looking way to understand WHY or HOW something works, but not totally necessary to MAKE something work.
'Music theory can define these chords, but there's little use to producers in doing so when creating' I thought that even knowing music theory may harm some of these guys, because a lot of them even break the scales without knowing and they achieve good sounding, rich chords that are kind of weird when written down, but also I think this is kind of sad because it's then a matter of luck? They have the ear to know when something sounds good, but they don't have the knowledge to make something good, so they will hit random notes until it sounds good, and that's kind of crazy, so is it useful to know how you can make an interesting chord progression, or is it really that useless music theory knowledge and it's better always to go with your ear? I think know the answer to this but I thinks it's kind of sad haha
Thank you so much!
Great video as usual!
Thank you from making these videos. Love them!
Thx, learned a lot! :D
My new favourite channel
Could you do tennis court ( flume remix)?
Sam Dempsey +1
I dont believe that he has any explanations to that, flume is at a whole other level.
I'd love to see some analysis into Deadmau5 Strobe, keep it up!
You are the best, thank you for sharing all your knowledge
Wow, stumbled across this. So great. Thank you
Love these videos Matt, keep 'em coming! You mentioned sleepless by Cazzette one time; would you be able to do a breakdown of that song?
Fuck you got me with the c major implementing the d in the instrumental reframe, just amazing
I fucking love these
thank u for this amazing tutorials!!
Great Video! I would call it build up and then the drop ^^
Love this series, and hoping for more :)
Thank u soo much!
Wow! matt great explanation. Keep it coming.
These videos help out so much, keep going!
will do!
Could you analyze any of Flume's songs? Not much simplicity but his songs are really interesting. Nevertheless, great videos, I really appreciate them! :)
appreciate your deconstruction
Love these breakdowns....more please !
so good man keep up with the hard work
Ur videos r deeply inspirational ! 💟
Wow
Awesome video, I'll do some mentor-ship after I know all the relative modes haha
This guy is So Awesome 😍
Please do a video on How You Love Me by 3LAU!!!!
Martin : DAFUQ? did i do all of this wow.
Mouje ffs mate stop taking the piss out on edm producers. They are a lot better than shitty artists like Ariana grande and taylor Swift
LOL
Do Virtual Self please. I think that it would be a very interesting video and artist to look into.
what you called the chorus is the build up in my brain but hey, whatever works for you ^^
MARSHMELLO!!!!
if it had no vocals it would follow this (i’m not very good with theory don’t judge, this is just what i do)
intro | break | build up | drop | break | build up | drop | outro
Cool teacher....
Any chance you could analyse some James Blake? Retrograde maybe.
Wow! Great stuff! Can you do a breakdown of Perfect Strangers by Jonas Blue?
Can you tell me whats in the piano stack? It sounds cool
Thanks for the video, but may I ask how do you make a melody fit a chord progression (like intervals and which note in the scale best fits and interval jumps etc.) so well and so it sounds good? Thanks! You're very inspiring and nice to learn from.
Not to be harsh to Martijn (that's what we called him here in The Netherlands) But all the melody line-credits in this breakdown, goes to Bebe. She recorded her own vocals at home so these ideas are totally hers.. Martin himself, is not a musician, because he paints only blocks in Ableton, a real musician would play chords and melody lines on a actual MIDI keyboard. But nevertheless, he has good ears to create interesting patterns and nice songs! Thanks for the interesting breakdown!
you'd be surprise how many people can't play instruments and just can make good music.
First of all, he uses FL Studio, not Ableton. Secondly, dj producers are musicians too.
"A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented. Anyone who composes, conducts, or performs music may also be referred to as a musician"
SEEB that remixed "I took a pill in Ibiza" actually chose to get rid of all their manual equipment in favor of just using a PC to do their producing. And you see where that got them :p
Even Calvin Harris and Deadmau5 barely knows how to play an instrument, Calvin explained that he simply does string by string.
Hey, could you do Eric Prydz- Opus. I think you'll have fun with that one.
Do it for 'epos' by zedd...this one is awesome..
@Matt Donner loved the breakdown. Can you make a breakdown video of "The middle" by Zedd.
pls do sad machine by porter robinson.
Please breakdown Shelter by Porter Robinson & Madeon
Do rockin by The weeknd or true colors by The weeknd Pls
amazing and helpful thank you, i laughed around 13:15 lmfao
It's not G major in the bridge, it's C major with added 7 (B) and 9 (D), so it becomes CEGBD chord.
Bebe after watching this “ man I was just singing my heart out , I don’t know about this techy stuff “
Hey please do a theory and arrangement breakdown of Porter Robinson and Madeon - Shelter pleaaasseee
is there a way to submit a song for you guys to break down?
Would love a breakdown of Illenium - sleepwalker
So in the chord progression of the song, why is the C Major and D Major named flat 6th and flat 7th, respectively? There aren't any variations from the original C and D Major chords, so why put the flat in the name?
Please do Animals by Martin Garrix and Split by Chainsmokers & Tiesto!
if you wanna I can sing this:)
I love if someone let me sing his/her song either for demo only.
He sounds so much like Robert Downey Jr. I couldn’t stop hearing it
Hey Matt I know you already did Spectrum by Zedd, but I'd love a video about his track Papercut with Troye Sivan
do surface by aero chord
This guy is the ComicBookGuy of music production lol. I wish he'd make some vids where he takes the piss out of some producers and DJs.
do you charge to book time with you? because I would really love to do it but I'm on a budget.
Matter Donner, can you detail your musical background? Thanks!
Maxi Cardozo It's quite extensive. You can find his bio on Pyramind's website
+Cameron Fritz Thanks!
Ofc its great but we know than MG writing songs randomly drawing notes in roll, check his live creatings.
I love u
Thanks for the price :P
I'm certain they did not theorise this like you have analyzed it man. You tell a fab story however!