10 Tips To Take Your Production To The Next Level | Make Pop Music

In this video, Austin will show you 10 tips that you can use to add depth, width, vibe, and spice to your productions! Learn 10 ways to INSTANTLY level up your song!
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Lost In You by Joshua Ryan
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My Gear:
DAW: Cubase 11 Pro
Desk: AZ Studio Workstations
Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6
Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB
MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61
Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88 & Roland Juno 106
Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus
Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800
Microphones: Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59
Camera: Panasonic G7
Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7
Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels
Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Tip 1 - Make Your Own Risers and Hits 0:40
Tip 2 - Add Movement With Sidechaining 5:12
Tip 3 - Layer Elements To Add Dynamics 7:15
Tip 4 - Add Turn Arounds and Drop Outs 10:25
Tip 5 - Add Things That Only Happen Once 12:48
Tip 6 - Heavily Alter Sounds 14:24
Tip 7 - Automate Stereo Width 17:43
Tip 8 - Use Unexpected Sounds 19:32
Tip 9 - Use A Couple Organic Elements 22:02
Tip 10 - Mix As You Go 24:00
Outro 27:00

[@Coreygraymusic]

Always dig your vids man. Thanks for sharing

[@davyboy9568]

why do I feel like 3hrs with you would change my life? level up production baby!!!!

[@ChristopherSiu]

God knows I needed this video.

[@_crepp8921]

same

[@mjk5254]

Learn something new every time.

[@JoshuaRyanGoff]

Always a VIBE with Austin! Thanks for being amazing at what you do ❤️🙏🏻

[@LighthoofDryden]

I always leave these so inspired! Coming from a classical/folk world, your videos have single-handedly taken my pop production up to the next level. Thank you!

[@CervenkaMusic]

This half hour flew by. Thanks for these tips. It says a lot about you that you're willing to share these tips. God bless you! 🙏🏻

[@raulgazmer4235]

thank you austin

[@CharlesK441]

Awesome advice!! Thanks Austin

[@mixedbyangelo9093]

I love these tutorials. Thanks Austin.

[@tsukkikei571]

I've been busy all these days. I'm here just to say Austin, you are one of my favourite youtuber, mentor, producer and artist.

[@matmymusic4837]

As always, amazing Austin, thanks for this

[@oldschooljohnny]

I was loving your WEEKND video, now I'm watching all of them.

[@azizolivine]

one of the best production videos ever for a creative

[@dafingaz]

So many gems!

[@TizzieStudios]

Thank you so much! Exactly what I was looking for!

[@rugosotv]

just recently discovered this channel for audio/music production.... definitely one of the very best

[@jasonvillarruel]

actually the best

[@Brown_Records_Entertainment]

production techniques are amazing. Thank you!

[@amirhosseinhasani8117]

Thanks man

[@deepspacemusicofficial9671]

Loved this one Austin, keep making more vids

[@misleadin0]

I legit hit the like button before even watching now🤘👏

[@NOAH-zq7wh]

Thanks

[@suitrocker3709]

Your channel is great! As a band we are learning so much from your videos and using a lot of your tips for our productions! You have a fan in Italy 💪🏻🎻🎸 Little idea: we know it’s a little different from your core music context but it will be great a video on how produce songs in style of The Lumineers and similars! Thank you for your fantastic job!

[@abinashsharma1688]

best music production channel 👏👏🖤

[@riharrds]

You're amazing! Thank you so much again! Love it :)

[@ralfkohler831]

thats so awesome! Your videos help me so much. THX

[@notsmelliott]

Super dope thanks!

[@Beveryexcited]

Great vid to provide options to spice up the production. Liked it, as always!

[@crosbyadams1541]

Thank you for always giving such quality content and advice. You the goatttttttttt

[@ZebraRecordsOfficial]

Very professional. Very informative. On point. Very helpful. Thank you for your work and time that you put out into making these videos! Keep up the very good work! 🤗

[@Ignabevacqua]

This is really valuable!!! Thank you so much!

[@monstie2795]

Dude idk what I would do without you 💜

[@andyarthur8077]

Great vid! Very helpful!

[@nomanssky09]

Thanks for sharing this quality content mate.

[@TuesFiliusDeivivi]

Austin you're amazing !! Thank you so much !! ;P

[@DinkoKulenovic78]

Thanks for sharing! Great video!

[@joshuadongardive4482]

So helpful 🙏🙏 💯

[@emiliorodriguez6117]

Bro these really have made a huge difference in my production

[@JansleyMusic]

These are awesome tips, I definitely need to experiment with layering and adding more organic sounds. Thanks Austin! Look forward to writing a song with you one day

[@prodbylevain]

Thanks a lot for this video. Awesome tips!

[@imanfarzaneh7296]

Awesome tips

[@MrBoggot]

Being stuck with a song (well, since last night, so nothing serious), I know have some ideas to move forward ....thanks mate 👍

[@jonathansanso5900]

Good tips, Amazing channel, nice vibees, thank you, From Arg🇦🇷✨

[@iamrownie]

great tips. some of them new for me i would say. experiments matters

[@ciscofuentes1428]

That’s super interesting hearing your thoughts on how to mix while you go. I track a lot in Cubase and also try to mix on the fly but have been wanting to send out some songs for mixing...I am always lost on what to send as far as stems so I never end up sending anything because of the confusion.

[@cubaseman1487]

i love your videos

[@jakobschuetz2395]

What a good looking talented man

[@ChrisLeePiano]

Your vids are so informative. I find that Omnisphere has just too many sounds and it takes so long to audition each of them. How do you go about the process of finding the right sound you want quickly?

[@norayelkelapone]

very good video thanks! I'm talking to you from Spain

[@TheRealSandman]

Can you do a video on how to improve workflow & get beats done quicker? Sorry if you've already made one, I've just thought of this in the moment.

[@samprestwich1290]

Love your videos dude! Please do a video of how to make a Surfaces song (Sunday Best, Sheesh, etc)

[@jakeskate1998]

hey, i think it would be really useful if you made a video showing a kind of arrangement checklist. Meaning, we get so much mixing advice on KZbin but I'm starting to realize more that the arrangement is even more important than the mix, if you could show like making sure all frequencies are covered, creating space and fullness basically everything you need to get right in the production to be able to then get a killer mix

[@MakePopMusic]

Arrangement is all down to the song at hand and taste. I think the only thing I can teach to help with that is how to identify what different elements are, how to use elements together, how to tweak elements to fit together, and just showing as many examples as possible. Check out some of our longer How To Make _____ videos! They cover a ton on arrangement!

[@JestaHs07]

With so much layers going on, how do you make them all fit into the mix without masking frequencies or phasing issues?

[@nomnomtutorials6884]

Hey Austin thank you so much for another great video! Quick question does anybody know where to get camel crush? I have a version of it but the guy is not working properly🙁

[@miheehan5724]

🙏

[@8dioproductions]

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[@challyss7]

Hey, one question i have. When you were saying you track organic rhythms and what not, my timing is normally off by a bit and i dont quantize it for the sake of keeping it sounding natural. But the problem i run into is when i track numerous things without quantizing it sounds messy and amateurish the more layered sounds i put. So my question to you is how do you go about correcting or avoiding an issue like that?

[@peteryu9866]

Whoa.. Some people say don't mix as you go.. But it does seem to save time if you can handle it..

[@MakePopMusic]

I literally can’t fathom why people wouldn’t mix as they go.

[@peteryu9866]

@@MakePopMusic Something to do with focus I've heard but if you can do it.. It seems a real big work flow boost..

[@hosseinak3638]

I have a question about vocal do we need to edit and tuning every vocal specialy when working with a great singer does it need to do some editing and tuning or just leave it as it is??? I mean singers like Sam Smith or Bruno Mars who are great singers do they tune their vocal???

[@MakePopMusic]

It depends on the song at hand. If it’s a ballad with live instruments, you can get away without tuning much. In a big pop arrangement where everything is pitch perfect, I’d still be fine tuning the best singers in the world.

[@ILOVEVIDEOS901]

this song gives me Justin bieber/skrillex purpose album vibes. do you think you can do a video about making a song of that style?

[@cayxine]

90

[@wenged4811]

Hey guys, i'm looking for cubase artist or element, do u think steinberg will do a promo soon ?

[@deliaplessberger9726]

Is there a chance that you could do a video on how to produce a Madison Beer Song, like her song „blue“ that’s on her new album? I absolutely love watching your videos!

[@mengwu1391]

Does Apollo x work well in win? What model is your motherboard? Add lightning expansion card? I've heard that it doesn't perform very well under windows

[@MakePopMusic]

I have the UA Apollo with USB and it's been perfect

[@dorukgokcan7707]

Can you please make a tutorial of how to make a music like mac miller(Like his “What’s the use” type of song)

[@cleanrapmashes832]

hey man could u please make a tutorial on how to make a justin bieber type song 🙏🏾? but his earlier work from when he was younger like my world and my world 2.0

[@ujj1875]

1:38 could u share what preset the spacy bell is??is it from Serum? Thanks so much for the video!! 🙂🙂

[@Goran-Mogli]

The tape says Omnisphere...

[@MakePopMusic]

It’s Omnisphere! Can’t remember the patch off the top of my head.

[@danontheair]

What are the chords in this one? Sounds really nice!

[@monstie2795]

@MakePopMusic, I have a video idea. what if you try to make a best in for example FL Studio

[@hepthd5245]

Hi Austin, big fan of the channel. I have a question. How do you gage when there is too many instruments in the song? the amount of layers you have is super complex and for me it seems really overwhelming. Also, do you ever feel the need to highpass instruments as some of your instruments don't have it. I go to university in London and they always say to high pass but I just want to know from someone who actually does this for a living what your point of view is and if you have any tips. Cheers!!

[@MakePopMusic]

I just add what is needed to complement the vocal. Sometimes I add a ton and then scale back once we get a vocal in. Sometimes a song is perfect with 8-12 tracks. Sometimes it’s 200. It’s just about learning, when, where, why, and how to use elements in your productions.

[@hepthd5245]

@@MakePopMusic Thank you buddy much love!

[@linktaylor9675]

@22:37 how did you get that vocal? how did you process it?

[@MakePopMusic]

Pitching, formant shifting, distortion and compression, reverb, sidechain :D

[@linktaylor9675]

@@MakePopMusic It would really help it you made this into a small tutorial on your instagram page just showing the full process. Taking a completely raw vocal and walking it through. I try to do it all the time but it never sounds like the way I want it. I like that 'Chelsea cutler' whale sound but I'm not sure why It doesn't work for me. I use regular auto tune, little alter-boy(sometimes autotune pro) decapitator , cla 2a/76, vintage verb, and kickstart. is there something I'm missing?

[@JamesJohnAgar]

Great video again and great channel, but one video a week is not enough we would like to see some great content..

[@MakePopMusic]

One 30 minute video every week, plus Instagram, plus constantly posting and chatting in our Facebook group. Plus making samples, presets, and free content for MPM. All that on top of me working on 5-10 projects for artists a week.