Epic Ramp Song Form - Ben Levin

[@trumpetsuazo]

Man I am so happy I found your channel. You have this Bob-Ross approach to making music and its so playful and open. Thank you

[@jones1749]

I never thought about it like that, ben levin really is the bob ross of song writing

[@illsthaprophet]

That was like Bowie, Massive Effect, and Radiohead all got together and made something magical happen. That was just mesmerizing. Thank you.

[@loganwhitemusic]

Justin Strahan damn that’s perfect

[@mcmire]

I did NOT expect the song at the end. I mean, let's face it, what you came up with in the beginning was cool, but I was like, "ok, that's a cool loop you got there". Then you started stretching it out and I was like, "ok, very interesting". Then you played the final product and I was like "where did THAT come from?!" I know you edited stuff out, but man... that was something else.

[@Inyrth]

That sounds awesome. Something that I would put in my playlist.

[@GuyNamedSean]

There’s no reason I shouldn’t be able to do this. There’s no complex crazy stuff going on. I just don’t let myself think as freely as our fake doctor. I get five minutes into something and end up hating the sound and getting stuck.

[@ianremsen]

investigating why that negative energy exists is very important. if you're putting yourself in competition with others (like the doctor) subliminally that can be really bad. it's something in one's mindset that's a process to reduce

[@codymccormick2613]

Seriously. One thing that helps though is writing with a plan. Plan out the sections and give some limitations for yourself. It really helped me

[@BenLevin]

I agree, you can do it. I think people wait for good ideas, but I don't think it's always clear what a good idea is until you look back at it in the future. Have you ever tried to make a bad song on purpose? That can be pretty fun and can help lighten things up. You might even like what you made :)

[@JoohingDenSeje]

Greg Gregory Well my dude, there is nothing in the upwards direction that constitutes anything that people would want to give something, so your statement appears to be problematic.

[@godwithus44]

In the same boat.. it's been years since I've actually completed any music. Struggling badly..

[@Butwhy23]

Amazing!!!! You always keep inspiring me dude... And that falsetto.... Sooooo good...keep up the good work!!!

[@proceleusmatyk]

Some serious Steven Wilson vibes here! Amazing!

[@droopymccool2383]

wow Ben you've been seriously working on your vocals and the payoff is hyuge!

[@BenLevin]

Thank you! It's true, I've been practicing a lot.

[@procrast]

tho there's auto tune in there, no?

[@themennissvids]

There's pitch shifting (he shifts his voice up and down octaves to create that perfect robot double thing), but that's not the same as auto tune.

[@procrast]

i know what pitch shifting is, thank you, but are you sure?

[@droopymccool2383]

the pitch shiftng gives him the voice doubling, if there is auto tune it's subtle.

[@BramVanhooydonck]

The climax chords are gorgeous. The guitare solo is beautiful. I love the switching into facetto and the passion that builds up ever so slowly.

[@wulfenii64]

I am so glad we have youtube and people like you Ben. I learn something new every time I watch your channel. Thanks!

[@cliffhughes6010]

Epic is the word. The result is superb.

[@codymccormick2613]

Ben thank you for sharing your knowledge and ideas. You inspire so much

[@NonTwinBrothers]

I like these old vids so much

[@ril3yjordan]

This video started and hearing the initial tracks I thought it would end up a mess. That final track was so awesome, it seems like you did it so fast. Impressive.

[@dach3405]

Love this one!!!

[@hrlarson]

Amazing! You are an inspiration.

[@fjeinca]

Nice work! More!!

[@GregoryRedWolf]

Pretty sound!

[@co_iso]

very powerful. thanks for sharing your music with us, Ben

[@Seth-hc2bj]

Hey Ben thanks for inspiring me to make more experimental music. It really helps with my confidence as a musician to watch you week after week making music that's just as delightfully left field as it is beautiful. I'll be a patreon as soon as I can, and keep up the awesome work!

[@alegiddings]

Your voice is so beautiful in this song, it really has improved a lot! pd: by the way, i'm learning a lot about reaper with your videos :P

[@juanmaidana8185]

It's crazy how you just go ahead and do stuff without caring if it's the beast piece of art that has been ever made, such a cool working mentality. Your ideas seem very clear and simple, yet they work AMAZINGLY well. Lot to learn from guys like you. Great great vocals, btw!

[@BenLevin]

Thank you Juan, I think writing a good song is really good, but writing a bad song is just practice. Nothing to lose in that equation!

[@svartsjokolade]

This channel is a gold mine. Thank you for being an inspiration, Ben!

[@音姫soundprincess]

sock filter FTW!

[@cottoneyejoe1able]

i love you ben thank you for your hard work

[@patbreacadh]

Oh man, yeah!

[@patbreacadh]

Killer vocals! Great stuff.

[@alexanderkonczal3908]

WOW! what amazing results. Definitely something I'm going to try. Thanks, Ben!

[@jacobcorr337]

Dude this is unreal. Those vocals sound incredible!

[@paralirava]

Wow, so good!

[@HoggerKiller]

Wow, that became a great piece of music! Thanks for sharing Ben.

[@kpourhamidi]

Holy wow!

[@Ellotus13]

Holy crap I could listen to the pad sound alone for at least 10 minutes. It's massive and the texture is really damn ominous, good job on it and the whole video in general

[@rockrollinnolan8521]

Yeah! The slide guitar was awesome!

[@STU88R1]

Aw man that gave me the chills!!

[@phillipstewart9996]

That "What happens next" part gets me too much

[@davidsimpson2560]

Another inspiring piece! I have to say I had no idea where you were going with that, but I loved it; you really nailed the vocals and the guitar solo.

[@orangejewsify]

This song turned out amazing!

[@DingusMcBrungus]

Damn, I got mad chills from this one

[@tempo511]

So good, watching you work on songs like this reminds me why I love making music, I often lose sight of the fun and creative aspects of making music and get stuck on not liking what I make so it's hard to progress. I need to just let loose and have fun with it. You are awesome! Clearly a very talented and creative musician.

[@walkerweyland7685]

You always continue to impress me!

[@christopherspoelstra1096]

That was quite moving... Vocals really are great!

[@picturesofaneighbourhood5950]

Woah this one turned out WILD. Love it man!

[@yusufronco]

its really great to watch you go through creating a track like this in a DAW. there have been so many times that I have started a song and gotten 3 tracks in only to feel like the whole idea was bad. But you showed me that maybe I just need to add a little more rythmic/harmonic content. Thank you for teaching us how to improve.

[@sullymanders3713]

You're amazing man, I love everything you do.

[@brileystewart]

this song is SICK

[@whynowind]

I'm late to that party but his deserves to be at least a 6 minute piece and why not a full concept album to develope an immersive story with lirics and music. This is awesome.

[@andrewavenenti8716]

Ben you became Trent Reznor for a minute there i saw it. It was crazy!

[@elizabethgorringe6854]

Your voice! 😍!

[@17xyz17]

This. Is. Majestic. Also there's quite a big blade runner vibe and I love it.

[@jscurley]

Hell yes!

[@Gnurklesquimp]

There isn't a whole lot of progressive house that I like (check out Protoplasm - Mononoid though) but I LOVE all the ways that tension builds with. There's simple things like opening low-pass filters, low-pass plucks that get a longer sustain over time, delays that almost sound too chaotic by the end etc. but I recently found that intensifying FM modulations can be crazy as well. All of my decent synths were quite haphazardly put together though, to get one that keeps sounding nice as it gets modulated is quite the challenge. Much easier to take one that sounds good unprocessed and just use low-pass techniques from there as that basically always sounds good.

[@konstantinoskartas151]

That is insanely good and it started so innocent...

[@noahmurphy0]

This is so dope

[@BAwesomeDesign]

The bass dancing @ 3:12.... (kisses fingers). Perfect.

[@snapjazz2222]

Epic falsetto! King Diamond would be proud.

[@MawcDrums]

Incredible!!!

[@silvenshadow]

I love this song. :)

[@matthewontherocks]

The emotions at 12:16 are godly

[@AveCastGames]

This is the best song you’ve ever done imo. Great fucking work bro!!! For real, it’s amazing!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@hugosinfield4865]

Your falsetto at the end sounds very Thom Yorke -esque. Beautiful.

[@rocknrollbabyyy8269]

It also takes me 2 mins to climax!

[@ReyaBand]

Outstanding. Sublime. Delicious. Lovington. 🖤

[@holycrimpsauce]

Damn. That was so good.

[@aidanmaclean5140]

This is so cool, I think it the song Exit Music for a film used a similar thing

[@shannonlandre4442]

Badass bro

[@renshulamith3648]

Oh no! Ben I wish you and bent knee would have done some dates in England. You're so high on my list of bands to see live, but I just can't make it to europe at the moment.

[@imanoljesusdelpozo4907]

I would really buy an album for this single

[@jakewelch.design]

Is this blade runner 2049

[@TheSecretProvider]

Uh no, because this music is actually good.

[@jakewelch.design]

TheSecretProvider 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@LaniakeaLeathercrafts]

Dayum, shots fired.

[@biobiobiobiobiobiobiobio]

I wasn't the only one. The compression distortion sounds just like the big bassy synths in seawalls

[@Cainthesavior]

Thanks for sharing this Ben, you are an inspiration! I love your videos so much :D

[@MusiKube_]

Okay, this is the first original music I’ve seen of Ben’s after seeing a bunch of stuff he’s done with Adam Neely, that final product was amazing!!

[@Charlyfromthenuclearcity]

I'm digging the "crap out of it" lesson here.

[@Marazzzza]

Damn! Amazing tune, thank you for sharing :)

[@racejones8784]

He's like the male Bjork.

[@geniusaboutsockss3573]

Wadsmitter Thom bjorke

[@halflearned2190]

Wow, Ben. This is super cool. Are you putting it on Bandcamp?

[@fliccilf4715]

3 words: Holy fucking shit

[@bassclarineteffects-carlki9219]

awesome i like this one.....i seem to have been oblivious to Bent Knee until now....'Being Human' & 'Way Too Long'....WOW you all sound amazing. i will be unable to catch you on your tour as i'm in the UK and to travel to my closest European destinations will be difficult because of gigs and moneeyz. i hope you add UK to your tour in the future all the best

[@Dizzeegaskell]

Yes Ben. The quality and value of the content has gone huge since patron. It's working

[@erikandersson9668]

Loved this song, is it possible to listen to it anywhere else than youtube?

[@pocketdialmusic]

I really need to invest the time in figuring reaper out properly so I can give this a go

[@adriancruz2822]

That moment he went beast mode.

[@watercolourmark]

Have you ever conjured the devil while making music? If so, how do you get rid? This is a fairly urgent question....

[@shabadgrover]

I'm loving your song-writing videos; this song was great! PS. Has anyone told you that your voice sounds a bit like Damon Albarn?

[@BenLevin]

Thanks! No, but no I'm checking him out and I see what you mean!

[@kavedude]

I was thinking the exact same thing about the falsetto tones

[@AlexWhiteLanda]

I cannot unhear this now

[@TheAmazingCobalt]

AlexWhiteLanda SAME

[@ldbonq]

This is like an alternate univerese Radiohead, where Thom Yorke is actually Ben Levin.

[@davidstoneback6159]

Where do I get that awesome shirt!?

[@miki890098]

This is giving me strong sigur ros vibes and I fucking adore it

[@TiagoLageira]

ya ya ya ya boi

[@snowsurfer2512]

I like

[@epiczeven6378]

Holy shit, beautiful guitar part :o!

[@mateuspadilha3329]

0:56 CuUUuuuUwuu

[@renichbon]

Keep on waltzing, man! :)

[@Smooth219]

this reminds me of muse for some reason

[@gunstaf]

Pls cut Just the final song And put It in another vídeo. That way i could download it. Cuz It ends FREAKING AMAZING

[@esurerus]

the voidzzzz

[@brandonjc6695]

Couple of tracks I could think of in 'epic ramp' form: Nathan Fake - You Are Here Everything Everything - No Reptiles Anyone know any others?

[@Milobdfl]

Brandon JC almeva - 4bells

[@BluesBrogio]

sounds like radiohead, but unpretentious, light and fun

[@manuel8887]

Wow, you really like Björk. Great stuff, by the way,

[@Hobobski]

Bent Knee, huh? I've been watching your videos for a while and I guess I already own one of your CD's. Also a signed poster with your face on it. Dunno how I missed that one.

[@derekcap6735]

epic.

[@greenoak1]

DuuuuuudeeeeEEEEuuuuudeeeeeed!!!