djent songwriting step 1: riff salad | Thick Riff Thursday, Ep 8

[@adammoultontravel]

You should do some livestreams! Would be sick to see this type of content in an unedited format :)

[@metalpuppet5798]

I second this

[@burneraccounthandle]

thirded

[@nickpov3y]

I love your songwriting content and have been thinking the same

[@collinklein830]

fourth’d

[@idekbran]

@@collinklein830 fifth'd

[@viljar_5339]

The very first riff reminds me a lot of Dracul Gras - Periphery. About 2:50 into the song

[@willruddermusic2646]

Guitarist mainly here. I love making Djent/Metalcore music with hhppy Pop melodies and sensibilities :) Happy Djent lol

[@haydenmample8541]

My primary instrument is my voice. In two choirs for school. Next is guitar. I like the piano to but I just dabble in it. Percussion is fun sometimes.

[@breatheasy333]

May you find your way of completing full songs! I’m in the same boat and can often feel like I’m not a “real” “musician”. Cheers.

[@MattGrayYES]

I’m a guitarist, I basically don’t make my own music but I’m here for the djent

[@calonordstoast]

Seeing someone actually dude the midi drums by hand like this, separating the cymbals and kick/snare..mind just opened up

[@anthonybattista2394]

Guitarist making similar music. Progressive metalcore, djent stuff. Love your videos and this series! Super helpful!

[@DanWeinel]

Been loving these thick riff Thursdays man! I’m mainly a guitarist but I do a bit of everything. Former producer/engineer here

[@whatalegend6035]

My new favorite series of all time🤘🏼

[@thomasyoung8953]

Texas based here. I mostly do vocals for my project but I compose as well. its symphonic metal with some djenty and prog stuff. love all your Thick Riff Thursdays so far.

[@benjaminramjan3742]

Great stuff man! Sick riffs! Love it. Guitarist and backing singer here in a modern metal band.

[@joshuasplural]

Main instruments drum and guitar, things i make Classical, prog, digital fusion (funky chiptune), chiptune, and some jazzish. Can't wait for you to continue somethin with justin now that he's out of school. THe LBR series was a joy to watch.

[@johnny_b_dude]

Ayyy, fun video from you again. I'm a guitarist / vocalist from Poland, dabbling in production. Your workflow is really inspiring as you lay ideas and tracks pretty effortlessly.

[@SurrendertheEctypeofficial]

Great work, keep em coming. Cheers from STE

[@braydengrieve3383]

Absolutely love these videos, another reason to look forward to the end of the week! Watching you work though ideas is such instant inspiration to pick an instrument up or go work on a mix that has been sitting for waaay too long

[@cauapaulon167]

Thank you Nick for always bringing joy to my thursday, love to see you doing what you love, always a big fan!

[@zechkurien3031]

Mainly a guitarist for like worship music, but also a vocalist. Working on an indie soft rock Christian project but also a modern alt metalcore thing Still working on getting harsh vocals though, so it might be a while

[@GIAtkins22]

Honestly glad I'm not the only one that struggles with getting those perfect tight takes. Never knew about guitarists ego 😅😅😅

[@StanDew]

Thiiiiiiiiickneeeeeeeeess daaaaaay

[@90sjordy]

Really enjoy your videos man. Love the longer videos personally. Also, im primarily a drummer/guitar player but play several instruments.

[@AmosM_Music]

I’m a guitarist and I’m getting into writing djent/modern metalcore, these videos are super helpful for inspiration

[@nickbroomhallmusic]

Glad you’re finding them helpful!

[@loganlawlorOG]

It's giving Spiritbox

[@laser5able]

Hi there! I mostly do vocals and divital arrangements but recently started to play a guitar and really liked to take a look at your brilliant work and workflow

[@matt6288joyce]

You should run a contest where listeners write and record vocals over your less instrumental tracks. Would be amazing!

[@stefan7396]

A few weeks back youtube threw one of your vids in my recommended list and I just thought "wow this dude knows his shit and has a really organized system". Anyhow you inspired me to start following your recording routine and making banger riffs and recording them. Really underrated channel that puts up high quality content. Keep it up my guy

[@nickbroomhallmusic]

Sorry for the late response on this, man! But thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words and I love to hear that these videos have inspired you in your own process 🙏

[@dippozz8622]

aspiring guitarist and singer here! I really like prog, djent, midwest emo and lately been obsessed with the kind of hyperpop that Brakence makes :P

[@Lure_Music]

That's super sick Nick! I learn so much watching your vids and I try to use it on my own riffs and comps, too. I just love how you reinforce your ideas in a complete mix! (My main instrument is the guitar)

[@trialbystone2532]

Loving these thick riff thursdays. Really liking this riff salad to full song workflow! To answer your question from the video, I'm primarily a guitar player but I also play violin and bass and I kinda sorta do vocals as well. My main thing is folk metal, but I'm really all over the place stylistically.

[@jamiekeith7324]

Guitarist who prefers to create somewhere between deathcore and djent style music. Newly trying to get into recording on my own and loving the content. Very informative and fun to watch and love your play style.

[@MitchellBader]

Really enjoying this series and getting a peek at your approach! I'm mainly a pop punk/metal-ish guitarist and also do recording and production.

[@davidholmes5174]

Awesome and helpful video man! I'm a bassist and guitarist with some drumming experience, and I want to write prog metal. Your videos and your music are a huge inspiration to me, you always capture the vibe of your riffs so well!

[@Amanet13]

Ooo my this riff rowwwks

[@autismbass.]

Been binging your vids since finding them. About the question you asked midway through, I’m a bassist but just trying to get some riffs down on guitar while writing

[@bedaskun5312]

Dude just discovered your channel and been binging it a bit lmao. My main instrument is the guitar but I do have a few projects where I am the vocalist, and what you said about "the energy take" is so true. Anyway love the vids dude, I've always wanted to see some producer content kinda like Andrew Huang's but to this style of music, and you nail it perfectly ❤

[@statedroopers]

Drummer here! Love the content.

[@mrpeanut268]

Male / 30 / Guitarist mostly (20+ years) but I play a bit of everything / Heavy Alt Rock mostly, but I dabble in a number of genres. Have always had a massive love for Djent/Metal, just can't play it for shit. Subbed a few weeks ago, loving Thick Riff Thursdays!

[@Treble1nParadise]

I'm a guitarist & I like to make music similar to yours but I'm also a big fan of making "simpler" deathcore, lots of breakdowns etc. I also make plenty of acoustic stuff as well. Love the vids man!

[@robertmacleod7851]

Started on bass, playing ska and pop punk. Also listen to and really appreciate the guitar playing on metal and hardcore. Found you via Insta but longer form here is so good. 🤘 From Scotland

[@docrockland9464]

I love this riff. I would love to learn to play more riffs like this. What songs would be a good place to start learning how to play riffs like this? These djenty, bouncy, poppy, slidey riffs.

[@calebeiben8536]

Wage war is a good band to start, lots of fun riffs like this

[@BrianHeffner]

Vocalist here 🎉

[@KoriTV]

Was there a part two to this one? I was looking forward to the next episode finishing this one 😂

[@giovanniparadiso1519]

guitar is my primary and I do progressive breakcore

[@TheJustinside]

primary: guitar, music: metal/hardcore

[@iammatthewbirch]

Banging riffs again 🔥 As per your KZbin analytic request - I play guitar and sing, mostly write alt rock stuff these days, but I really want to get into making prog/djent stuff. 🙂

[@leoniarte]

I’m mainly a guitarrist. Playing on a brazilian band called “Versch". We released a new song called “Não Dá Mais” recently, if you want to check it out :)

[@beriadn]

Bass player here, playing metal in a very static x style currently, but i have also played some reggae in the past.

[@Anthony-Termine]

Skin flutist from upstate New York here!

[@thankyoumisterspell]

Mostly piano these days, but I do have my Tele and Bass VI within reach at all times

[@elliottstewart2996]

i’m a bassist for an indie pop/ synth pop band but the drummer and i are the only ones who listen to heavy music haha

[@LestatAlone]

Bass is my primary. I write mostly hard/alt rock stuff.

[@kevinjsmithjr]

i cant stop playing totk edit: oh and cool riff btw

[@joshcantu5405]

I'm a guitarist/drummer. I've been primarily been playing guitar for a couple of years. I've been working on the thumping technique that tosin abasi uses. I have a strandberg 8 string Rich Henshall edition.

[@Sinisterbvnny]

Prog guitarist here - of course. 😂😂🤘🤘

[@Titanik14]

I'm a drummer that enjoys playing djent, math rock, and prog.

[@Morroh]

I would love it if he would update WT Brawn Bespoke to Reaper 7. Still my favorite of all the Reaper themes.

[@meloxdeath]

I'm form Spain and I play guitar and sing/scream in a metallic hardcore band (Tear Me Apart), in a screamo band (Insire Nome) and I also have a metalcore solo project (meloxdeath).

[@karm1834]

Guitar, my metal, uk hardcore, deathcore

[@c.r.0422]

Main instrument is guitar and I do backing vocals (screaming and singing) in a metalcore band.

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

My primary instrument is vocals and i mostly write indie rock

[@Tucker358]

Main instrument is guitar! I play in a blackened deathcore band call Of the betrayer

[@kyteluna]

Im a guitarist! And I’ve been learning to produce my own stuff for about 1.5 years now. I’m from holland and I make metal! Mostly Thrash, Glam, core and prog (yea weird combo, still figuring it out)

[@drkstrnd]

Answering your question: Im mainly a vocalist but I do some guitars too, envious of your skills hahah

[@RyanBeTheName]

Just came across your channel today. KZbin has been on a hot steak lately, so I feel like I might actually get something done. I primarily play guitar. I enjoy messing around with vocals but its just something I do more for fun. Bass pretty swanky as well, but also for fun. Me and a buddy play mostly heavier stuff. I also like to mess around with ambient every once in a while.

[@MarkusKarppinen]

Main instrument is guitar. I play in an alt rock band called Pinehill

[@carlprinston]

I’m mainly a bassist but I play mostly everything. I write post-rock/ trying to do metalcore lol

[@jeffreymarcum9053]

Ya boi started as a guitarist but now I'm a drummer I played alot of early 2000s rock and pop punk now I'm playing alot of early jazz mainly miles davis

[@OnyxSkiesXIX]

I’m a guitarist by default but I do everything in my current “band” cause it’s just me. Program drums, play bass, sing, mix. My music is, I dunno, emo / post hardcore by way of pop punk I guess.

[@alexandercarlinmusic9467]

Primarily vocalist but I also play guitar. I do vocals and guitar in an emo/pop punk/post hardcore band but I do vocals for everything from pop to musical theater to deathcore to emo and everything in between.

[@sprucetree8665]

this sounds like that one part of Dracul Gras

[@tusharjamwal]

I play Guitar and thinking about picking up a bass to learn. I definitely want to eventually sing and play keys & drums too but I'm not in a rush. Focusing on guitar first, learning riffs like Holy Wars and You only live once.

[@bristoejmusic]

I play guitar/drums, and i sing, and my main genre is djent/metalcore.

[@nickpov3y]

i make a bunch of different types of music, but perhaps most relevant to this channel, i am a drummer and I used to play in a djent band. aside from my rapping, most music I make is very heavily influenced by post rock and post metal. the djent band i played in and started (crevassian) was very heavily inspired by uneven structure, miroist and cloudkicker. my goal was to make the most posty djent possible. recently, i've started a post rock band, but also, your riffs have inspired me to write metal (entirely virtually, for now) again.

[@carlprinston]

Yooo I love miroist, happy to see another fan haha. I’m a big post rock fan, do you post your music anywhere?

[@SoodTube]

Great video dude! Could hear some p5 influence on that riff, don't know if that was intentional or not haha, looking forward to the next episode!

[@ericwinterspruce0110]

It's been almost a year, Nick. Where's step 2? 😭

[@StanDew]

Guitarist and screamer, my dude, playing some post and melodic hardcore.

[@MichaelBogaMusic]

Dope as usual! I’m a media composer and guitar is my primary instrument. I’m good enough to play on most of my productions if necessary.

[@amanjoshua994]

Dracul gras.. but it’s nick’s version😂🤌 loved it man

[@absofruitlyriley]

guitarist, but i play bass and scream in a metalcore band. i also play the trombone. (not in a metalcore band)

[@oceusMMXII]

I hear Talus battle theme, I upvote.

[@oceusMMXII]

Also - primary: guitar, style: prog metal

[@infelicitas]

So I mainly play guitar. And I mainly make metal. I have 2 (serious) songs on my channel if you're curious

[@awaitingtheday]

My main instrument is Guitar, but I am also a songwriter as well. Would love to sing but thruthfully I’m no good at it 💀

[@MindMingler]

I love TRT 😊

[@drewzuhh]

4:16 my life hahahahah

[@jeremypilato1571]

Vocals and guitar are my main stuff! I play a lotta proggy metalcore and symphonic stuff. Im happy to be in the minority of vocalists watching you haha My band is called Hornet, and we have one single out called Seven Seals. Feel free to check us out!

[@redtoesmaster2931]

This sounds like the bridge/outro of dracul gras by periphery

[@redtoesmaster2931]

That first version of the riff from months ago

[@yamashita_kazunari]

I'm a drummer learning guitar and I don't make stuff yet but I wanna do acoustic/soft pop music (joji-esqe) and hard djenty metal songs (plini/jason richardson)

[@adroit57]

Im a bass player/producer from australia who wants to get into metal/djent production!

[@burneraccounthandle]

guitar, making thall

[@joshkuhnmusic]

I play djent Spitfire libraries

[@Jonthebard]

To your question I'm guitatist and singer who plays pop punk

[@a_gill242]

Bro where’d you go :( missed you two weeks now

[@Fitzington]

I do vocals and play guitar and bass. I dont know how to genretize my music but I guess I make metal and prog lol

[@tusharjamwal]

Modern Metal 👍🏼

[@Fitzington]

@@tusharjamwal Hah, true. Its two separate projects though lol The metals more like Djent/Beatdown and the progs more like Prog rock/jammy I guess

[@trevorpaulson]

I play acoustic guitar, bass, and I sing.

[@jnbovee]

I do Instrumental guitar driven music. I also have some Kiesels. My music's kind of like yours except not nearly as good lol

[@jgcapdevielle]

hi nick, im learning a lot from you, wondering what kind of mac are you into ...

[@Jgdrums01]

Drummer first but also a guitarist and produce music/ play anything from pop punk to modern metal stuff

[@joesmith5617]

Singer and guitar for a metal core band

[@tonygonzalez958]

Guitar and try to no avail prog. Lol I'm from the judas priest maiden era. I love prog but man it's hard to play.

[@anthonypaul8491]

fuck, that riff is nasty. I'm a guitarist that writes metalcore/deathcore/djenty stuff

[@Im_Not_A_Dad]

I’m drummer for indie rock bands.