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How to Make Alternative R&B Music - Production Tutorial

Make Pop Music via YouTube

Overview

Learn to produce alternative R&B music in this detailed 25-minute production tutorial that walks through creating a track in the style of artists like Always Never, Manila Grey, Shaker, Anders, and PARTYNEXTDOOR. Master essential production techniques including bass line creation, melody loop construction, percussion layering, vocal mixing, drum building, synth arrangement, and special pad effects. Follow along with comprehensive demonstrations of vocal production, verse structuring, delay throws, chorus development, and final mix bus processing. Get hands-on experience with professional audio equipment like the Apogee Duet 3 interface while learning industry-standard production and mixing workflows used in modern R&B music creation.

Syllabus

Intro
Laying Down A Bass
Creating A Melody Loop
Adding Percussion
Trying Out The Apogee Duet 3
Mixing The Lead Vocal
Vocal Sends And FX
Building Up Drums
Layering The Synths
Adding Vocal Production
Structuring The Verse
Mixing The Rap Vocal
Producing Verse B
Delay Throws
Layering The Chorus Vocal
Chorus Drums
Risers, Hits, And FX
Chorus Synths
Really Special Pad Trick
Synth Accent Layers
Small Mixing Stuff
Recap
Full Listen
Mix Bus / Master Chain
Outro

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