I'm in the process of using all these techniques right now for my next song. :)
@stationdisatrous64711 ай бұрын
Trey, we need a full version of the song!
@Rightchickenwing11 ай бұрын
No, but given me food for thought for sure. Trey wheres a new song from your band ffs?!? 😮😮😮
@Rightchickenwing11 ай бұрын
16:39 the problem is everyone is gonna go and look at these "hacks" and then everyone will be trying to use these same hacks. But some songs will come out better than others
@aprilkurtz158911 ай бұрын
Tool likes their Fibonacci medium rare. And hell yeah.....Angel of DEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTH!
@riptideL11 ай бұрын
more of this please. There is so much info on recording and mixing but nowhere nearly enough about songwriting. Nice 1!
@treyxaviermusic11 ай бұрын
Everything on this channel is about songwriting, so you’re in the right place!
@BombstractGnome11 ай бұрын
That first tip tho “what’s the worst that can happen, make a bad song, delete it”
@BigChutes11 ай бұрын
I don't even know what is going on here, I am not a songwriter... but I was entertained none the less. Great video!
@treyxaviermusic11 ай бұрын
Interesting that the algorithm plopped it on your lap then, but welcome nonetheless! I aim to entertain hahaha
@ericfritts599411 ай бұрын
Trey's never hurting for lyric inspiration: "If you need surfing with mennnn"
@JETGuitars11 ай бұрын
That was awesome! Who knew the trash pile of tiktok had some treasures in it! By the way, I was not ready for a c-section mid vid, but we had one, and it was well-timed and I feel much better having had it. 😂
@intriguedviewer50111 ай бұрын
Using the Fibonacci sequence is kinda silly. If there is a climatic part of your song, such as a solo or breakdown, consider putting it around 2/3rds into the song's playback (seconds or beats wouldn't matter). Essentially 2 parts before it to build up tension, 1 afterwards for closure.
@cobrasys11 ай бұрын
Well, what the guy said there was basically what you said, only he tried to make it fancy. The value of φ (phi, or "the golden ratio", which _is_ related to the Fibonacci sequence, but is also its own thing) is ~1.618; he's telling people to multiply the length of the song by 0.618 to find the "phi moment", which will give you 61.8% of the length of the song... which is very close to 2/3rds (which is ~0.667 or 66.7%).
@madmanno556611 ай бұрын
The advice about “2 years” reminds me of “4000 rainy nights” by Stratovarius, where Tolkki originally wrote it as “3000 rainy nights”
@malodesi11 ай бұрын
It's so anstonishing how well some of these instantly worked out! Great video and inspiration!
@crankydragon11 ай бұрын
Phonetics + Metaphor is akin to "form meeting function".
@nooneinparticular986811 ай бұрын
So it’s interesting as someone who has been writing since I was 12, 40 now, to see all these thoughts on how to write. Lyrics for me usually come last. I usually take a mostly finished song and just go for a walk. Listen to it. Feel it. Until my brain wanders enough to grab onto a first line. I don’t usually go into a song with intentions of writing about something in specific. It takes time. I usually am able a few months later to realize what I had been saying
@LulzWalker11 ай бұрын
I thought this would be cringe af, but I was pleasantly suprised. Thank you Trey!
@xamislimelight896511 ай бұрын
If I had a dime for every time a prog kid told me to "use the Fibonacci sequence" (a writing joke Tool themselves thought was weak) I'd have enough money to buy a Gibson. I wouldn't, but I'd be able to.
@SlyHikari0311 ай бұрын
The two things i think of when i hear Fibonacci being used in music are tool's lateralus and Gilded runner from Genshin impact. Ps. I love your editor, Also, 12:50 is pretty neat.
@Rightchickenwing11 ай бұрын
4:09 this is a cool video idea. Hope you can find more niches like this Trey! 😃
@Rightchickenwing11 ай бұрын
4:52 Omg didn't expect the crazy ref dancing
@Rightchickenwing11 ай бұрын
11:01 I find your lyrics in Scream "Carrapace wearing the face of a man" is really cool
@dominicspizzirri439911 ай бұрын
This was a great video. I’ve learned so much from you and things like this. Thanks man. You’re doing amazing work. Hope all is well.
@nicolaebreaban815411 ай бұрын
I am learning so much from your channel! Thank you!
@RobbieFitzgerald11 ай бұрын
That one for oblique motion fascinates me. I think thats what Mr Big used on To be With You, if I understand it correctly. Edit: Wait. It was Extreme, More Than Words.
@rmp5s11 ай бұрын
Andrea Stolpe is AWESOME...she was my professor for a couple courses when I studied at Berklee and she was one of my absolute favorites. Her and Jimmy Kachulis. Legends!! They have a bunch of great people there, but they were a couple standouts. For sure.
@hatempire11 ай бұрын
The songwriting corner of Tiktok seems like a rich community. More videos like that, please, Trey! Also, I have two questions about a specific band and would be great to know your insights if you feel like answering: - Do you enjoy Bad Omens (especially their latest album)? - If you dig them, would a song be worth of a video analysis someday? I love how they borrowed influences from The Weeknd and trip hop to fuse it with metalcore sprinkles (and i really think that Noah is a clever lyricist).
@josueiprojectsbass11 ай бұрын
Anything? 😏
@JustinNogle11 ай бұрын
Professor Charles, err Trey Xavier to the songwriting rescue! 😎🎸🤘
@JackTaylorGuitars11 ай бұрын
Towards the end I swear I could hear Adam Neely shouting in the distance?
@thomaskinsey342411 ай бұрын
Paranoid by Black Sabbath has almost all the verse vocal melody on the up beats, but more importantly there’s little flips in and out of the downbeat in special places where the syllables require it, very similar to the example Trey made. Great stuff man!
@reidiculous474711 ай бұрын
THE ABSOLUTE KING OF BERRIES
@SorooshMhs11 ай бұрын
Indeed
@kuromyou79692 ай бұрын
I watched this video yesterday and, no joke, I heard it in my dream this morning!
@TehCoza6 ай бұрын
"trying something in music never hurts" use a shard of glass as a guitar pick
@lowenbad11 ай бұрын
I’m good at production and arrangements, but I am terrified of writing trite lyrics and ruining a composition that I worked so hard on.
@Rightchickenwing11 ай бұрын
8:14 NICE!! 😃
@chrismusicx11 ай бұрын
Hey! I went to school with Brit haha what a surprise.
@dropaudio758611 ай бұрын
I was really hoping we'd get to hear the full song at the end. :(
@Tobias198511 ай бұрын
trey's goin' modern again!
@orlock2011 ай бұрын
Modal is the adjective and mode is the noun. The seven modes are taught in basic music theory.
@treyxaviermusic11 ай бұрын
That didn't make any sense in the context though
@orlock2011 ай бұрын
@@treyxaviermusic It's probably cut from a longer video. It would make sense when talking about Gregorian chant harmonies. Gregorian music is in modes and not modern scales. He is saying he likes harmonies are on the third of the chord being played by an instrument. If the instrument is playing a C and two people are singing, then one is singing in E an octave higher than the instrument and the other is singing in E an octave below the instrument.
@treyxaviermusic11 ай бұрын
That makes even less sense, the thing he’s describing is a pedal tone, he clearly just used the wrong word. Nothing he describes is specific to any of the modes
@TheStrykerProject11 ай бұрын
Dude! I TOTALLY want to hear a song that at EXACTLY 61.8% mark of the song, a new section busts in. Like, I can just imagine on the up beat of the third note in a measure, you have to immediately switch to the "C" section. 😂 Using such exacting techniques just KILLS the joy of a song, imo. It's the same with movies. I had such a hard time finishing the Marvel Avenger movies because they were SO formulaic with their action sequences. Sure, at first those sequences were awesome (in the true sense of the word), then later, even within the same movie, I was like, "OK...time for a new lyric!" And don't get me started on overly repetative lyrics/choruses...UHG!
@dropaudio758611 ай бұрын
13:42 is this guy saying that fibonacci wrote music? I can't figure out who the "his" could otherwise be.
@user-jj7qn7sm9j11 ай бұрын
So you made a Police song XD. Great vid Trey. -Moto
@treyxaviermusic11 ай бұрын
That’s high praise
@videosbyddc11 ай бұрын
+1 for ViB3 MACHINE! 👍
@GuySchwartzakaChuckNorris11 ай бұрын
It's so weird to listen to slayer as a grand grandson to holocaust survivers, but slayer are awesome and brutal af
@NGBit3 ай бұрын
Or you can just be After The Burial and write a giant breakdown based on the numbers of Pi.
@naughtysmurf6411 ай бұрын
I actually learned something!!😂
@BcBaxley11 ай бұрын
This Song is so Prog 🤣🍻🤘
@Lord_Swoledemort11 ай бұрын
What’s up? What’s up? What the fuck is up Denny’s?
@chrismonaut11 ай бұрын
I mean... raspberry IS the king of berries. Tastes the best and is really healthy as well.
@user-yk4gd1fl4z11 ай бұрын
The Friday stream ever coming back ??
@JSNM_11 ай бұрын
syncopation is the kewpie of mayonnaises
@DroctorKloebner11 ай бұрын
13:41 did someone say tool?
@ericolson32610 ай бұрын
Unless I'm missing something important, that Fibonacci suggestion seems like full-bore nonsense. I could get behind a rule of thumb about having a climax or change every x# bars or seconds, but making it relative to the overall length of the song is ridiculous. So in the latest incredible 10 minute prog epic, we have to wait 6 fucking minutes to get to the interesting part? Listeners have no clue how much longer a song is going to be, just how long it's been already. We all have a sense of when we're getting to the "okay, I got the idea" point and start reaching for the skip button -- that's where the change needs to go.
@stationdisatrous64711 ай бұрын
The c section... The climax section lol
@DA-lt9tg8 ай бұрын
Are you by any chance a Quake player? I've heard the word "clutch" usually only there.
@aery385411 ай бұрын
Are you still accepting songs for your song contest😢
@rmp5s11 ай бұрын
"Emo emo emo emo emo emo emo emo"...🤣
@brentradshaw505710 ай бұрын
Is there something wrong with youtubes viewcount? You should be getting way more views
@SanderVerstraten11 ай бұрын
Glad you're on TikTok so I don't have to.
@Amhiel11 ай бұрын
Cue all the TOOL fans explaining Lateralus in 3, 2, 1... 😁
@redcomn11 ай бұрын
Ah yes I used math in my song 😂😂😂
@Jeremy-hx7zj8 ай бұрын
Hi Trey. Big fan of the channel but youre just WRONG about raspberries. Garbage berry.