Overview
Learn to produce a pop song in the signature style of an emerging indie-pop artist through a detailed 25-minute music production tutorial. Master essential techniques including drum programming, brass synth arrangement, bass layering, vocal effects processing, and string orchestration. Follow along with step-by-step guidance on crafting verse structures, pre-chorus transitions, and chorus arrangements while exploring creative elements like ambient pads, synth leads, and vocal harmonies. Discover professional approaches to sound design, mixing techniques, and arrangement decisions that define modern indie-pop production, complete with practical demonstrations of slapback delay, reverb effects, and vocal layering strategies. Conclude by analyzing a finished track that implements all the covered concepts.
Syllabus
Intro
Laying Down Drums
Verse Brass Synths
Creating A Synth Bass
Layering Real Bass
Verse Claps and Fills
Changing The Chords For A Pre Chorus
Adding An Ambient Pad
Programming Live Strings
Synth Lead Layers
Chorus Drum Arrangement
Chorus Bass
Chorus Synths and Keys
Adding An Underlick
Lyric Concepts
Verse Vocal FX
Slapback Delay and Reverb Effect
Chorus Lead Vocal
Chorus Vocal Layers
Making A Second Verse
Making A Small Bridge
Listen To The Final Song
Outro
Taught by
Make Pop Music