Advanced Songwriter Chords in Beatmaking

[@juicerox]

I'll be a Reason fan for life. The 13 update to me has been incredible and having spent over a month with it now, its the best Reason has felt in years.

[@AndyRobinson1010]

A beautiful explanation by Olivia to her thinking on chord structure, loved it.

[@eluherlu]

Wow I remember Olivia's video about the old Reason. Really inspired me

[@gregserenade6653]

THIS (among so many other things) is what makes Reason the best music making software. with the right sounds (which Reason has plenty of) and programming the players you can command the Reason rack like a band and make yourself a world class producer. Literally

[@synthboffin]

Thanks Ryan for another fab video!...I'm a huge fan of Olivia Broadfield so this was a special treat - thank you!

[@Uniblab8]

She thinks like I do with regard to chords. I am a piano player and guitarist and my use of triads has always included some sort of enhancement note(s) within the whole key. Piano is so cool to do this kind of stuff with. On guitar some of the notes I try to add stretch my fingers pretty far. Excellent video.

[@gregkozdemba5865]

Chord inversions with cv routing information. Nice job as usual Ryan

[@jazzsong8566]

Thank you, Ryan! Your tutorials are always the GOAT and make me run into Reason and experiment. Thanks to Olivia too ❤🎉

[@somuchfortalent]

scales and chords is such a fun player.

[@niiranen]

This is exactly what I need. Thank you!🙏🏻

[@TwdlD]

I have been making my own sequences this month. I find it interesting what I am into at the moment. And that might change a year from now. I love the fact I can make my own presets.

[@borismutina685]

ok, going to get chords finally. btw, is it only me who's missing Ryan's banjo?

[@deeplink_audio]

Great video, really showcases how a bit of simple yet well thought decision making can make an impact to your music

[@TrevorOuellette]

Thanks for doing these videos. Really helpful!

[@ashleyprincewashington2130]

Love it ❤❤❤🔥💯

[@CityMorpher]

Awesome tricks! Thanks alot :)

[@razhmazh]

Ryan the goat!

[@Artek604]

Ask her why she hasn't upgraded to R13, please :) Great video, BTW! Olivia's awesome!!!

[@ReasonStudios]

Haha! She's got Reason 13 ready to upgrade but Olivia is notoriously slow at upgrading things in her life. I used to make fun of her iPhone 5 when the rest of us were carrying around the iPhone 12 and she was probably in Reason 11 until somewhat recently when I was helping her out with something and forced her to go up to 12. :D /ryan

[@Artek604]

@@ReasonStudios Ok. Changing subject - why won't you just do an update to Chord Sequencer to include this one - and other, possibly - chord sets so that everyone can have it by default and doesn't have to specifically download and save it somewhere?

[@michaelstephen5775]

Awesome

[@arothmanmusic]

My struggle is always taking what Ryan ended up with here - a sonically interesting 8-bar loop - and turning it into a functional song. I know the whole "break it down and build it up" method, which works for club tracks, but all too often I end up coming up with a neat loop that I can't seem to turn into anything more.

[@ReasonStudios]

It's a good point and first of all, I guess take some comfort in the fact that we all struggle with that too. I call it blank canvas syndrome. When we load up any new song it's a blank canvas and that can be daunting but we manage to get an idea going and eventually we end up with a nice loop but then once we look to develop it, it can feel like we're staring back at the blank canvas again because we have 20 seconds of music that needs to become 3 or 4. I'll give some thoughts to how I could make a video that helps people break out of blank canvas syndrome. Thanks for sharing your experience and inspiring a new topic idea!! /Ryan

[@8piscean8]

Just to piggyback on this I’d like to see this topic explored as well.

[@Noldy__]

How would I CV root the Bass generator when I use Reason as a rack in Ableton? I'd love to have a chord channel in Ableton control the bass generator that is on another channel. Basicaly, have 2 different rack extension communicate with each other via CV.

[@JeroenJongeleen]

The beat with the 1st bass line reminded me of Mike Oldflied. I wonder what Mike would make of this :)

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Why did you decide to use the Channel EQ rack device and not just the mixer channel eq?

[@ReasonStudios]

That's a great question, Marc!! That's a habit I've gotten into for the broader Reason community that might be following along with the Reason Rack Plugin and so I tend to favor the Rack inserts so that they're still included. The sound is identical and the workflow is probably more sensible to use the Reason mixer. Of course in my own music work when I'm not talking to every other Reason user I will go up to the mixer because I love that workflow from my recording engineering days. /ryan

[@chriswick21]

ah i was following along perfectly until the drums were pulled out of thin air. haha. guess its not really about copying it, but rather learning the process and seeing what's possible. these chords sound great!

[@Sol_Keez]

They stopped responding to my ticket because I am eligible for a free upgrade. How shitty of a company 😂 haven’t heard from them since June 24th

[@marsthesecondgenesis1291]

I am pretty new to reason as I could never afford to buy it but now with the reason plus I have got it. People seem to hate subscriptions but it allows poor people to get high end software to use. I love using reason as a plug in in studio one. My songwriting skills are very limited but using the tools in Reason allows me to cheat.

[@Orangebritches]

Man I completely agree. With subscription options, the overhead needed to learn something new or start a business is so much more reasonable. With reason plus and Adobe creative cloud you can pretty much do anything in digital arts that you can imagine. I like owning things, but I really love having these tools available at a fair entry price that allows the developers to keep improving their stuff.

[@alhadinon]

8:28 Now I want to solve a sudoko 😅

[@guatapal]

🤯

[@trackmasters65]

Wow I wondered what happened to her as she was part of the old reason community.

[@mattskalicky]

Fmaj9 for reference

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I learned what Chords sounded good about 14 years ago, in Reason by spending hours drawing in Midi notes, You dont need to know any theory all You need is to have the ability to hear when things are in key. Music theory is cool but I would never sit down and make chord progressions buy looking at chord sets on paper.

[@TheValueOfN]

Music theory allows one to instantly know which variations of chords to choose when trying to convey certain emotions.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@TheValueOfN Yes however I just play or draw what I hear and feel in My head and its not that difficult to bring that out. I'm not exactly successful no big placements but I would say I'm very good at creating emotional and or feeling and very very good chord progressions and melodies, not being big headed but that's probably My strongest musical ability to come up with the perfect chords very easily and fast.

[@trojanpro]

Pace is inevitably important to which chords to use. So if the Dame played slower the same chord sounds different.

[@JulioWilson-q4e]

Im Sorry I refuse to believe that Reson just hasent made any of the Akai MPC'S avalible on the platform. I'm a Regliously Loyal Member of the Reason Community. I love the DAW. I figured that I would buy a MPC because I ams a natural Beatmaker at heart. So needless to say I bought an Akai MPC one +. at the time Reason 12 was the newest version avalible. I knew that Reason 13 would soon be avalible. But to no availe Still No MPC Support. Reason PLEASE and any of my Breatheron that shares my frustration. Reason Propellerhead Please give us support for the MPC's .... Thank You.

[@djshmul1]

My first target always was harmony and still till day classical and jazz pop , maybe a new piano roll generation need more of this .Playing piano both classical and jazz ,dont have time to learn new So called updete Reason 13,better sitdown and learn more improvising and voice leading like phrigian dominant or some sharp 11 with flat 13 or lydian sharp eleven

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I dont think about it I just do it either draw or play random chords triads or not I always end up with something I wanted.

[@alaukikdj]

Why 500 dollars for a daw? For such workflow. So expensive for indian buyers.. are you guys only thinking of your country only? .. think of every country in the world.. and the prize model..can you fit the needs of that particular country music . I wanted to buy reason but its to expensive for me.. and don't ever start a subscription model.

[@stephenroldan5107]

Then don't buy it

[@stephenroldan5107]

Have you seen the prices on other daws

[@chriswick21]

the subscription is totally worth it, and it's only $20 a month. you get more with the subscription than buying the current version outright and you can cancel anytime if things are tight that month.

[@StephenTiffoney]

Lovely that you guys done that with Reason 12, and did not allow a Reason 11 Suite update to allow those. You guys got all your money for these advertisments from people who paid for versions of Reason below 12. Stop being assholes. Those that paid for Reason 11 Suite have very valid claims that you sold them an old product.

[@SjarMenace]

reason is not it. The workflow is trash and to clunky

[@trojanpro]

Which version?

[@ceffess]

I think it is sad when personal opinions are expressed as universal truths. In my view it favours identity posturing over creating meaningful conversations. Have a good day!

[@SjarMenace]

@@trojanpro every

[@Erika-uu8tj]

no offense to Olivia or anything but why are you calling the broadfieldian chords? she didn't invent them. I've been playing these chords for 35 years. Among millions of other musicians who have been playing them for as long as they have as well.

[@ReasonStudios]

I'll take note, Erika! And from here forward they shall be known as Erikonian Chords. 🤣😉 But to try and give you some kind of real answer: of COURSE we're not crediting her with inventing the order of notes in a chord. I'm calling them Broadfieldian primarily because it's a fun word to say while on a Zoom call but also because they're the style of inversions she gravitates to which makes her sound. I'm a guitarist and it's the same thing - nobody is going to invent a new chord on guitar. We've had the instrument for hundreds of years. That exploration is over, but there are certain players who gravitate to certain inversions and voicings that make their sound. Dave Matthews is a classic example because he was self-taught so he found the weirder fingerings by himself. One might call those the "Dave Matthews version" of a chord if you made a guitar tutorial video but you're not crediting him with inventing it. Make sense? /ryan

[@StephenTiffoney]

The scales & chord player is cheating. Get good at your music theory. Learn how to do it, this will never work perfectly.

[@trojanpro]

Sound is imperfect, that's why you hear it. Ohm.

[@chriswick21]

wahhhhhhh cry about it

[@StephenTiffoney]

@@chriswick21 calm down child

[@StephenTiffoney]

@@trojanpro I am very much a hear it and if it’s good work out why later kind of guy. I can’t argue with that. I do like imperfections though.

[@chriswick21]

@@StephenTiffoney i agree music theory is important, and it's fun to learn! but to say that this is cheating is like saying a woodworker shouldn't use a table saw. this isn't cheating, it's just another tool to help musicians get what they want! :)

[@ceciliamackie]

Unbelievable! Shall we be friends?