How to arrange any song

Learn how to arrange any song by using concepts like macro and micro arrangement and learn about song structures like chorus, drop, verse and son on.
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00:00 Intro
00:39 Chorus and real-worl examples
03:28 Alternative chorus and ArtBat example
04:55 Bridges vs breaks with examples
07:20 The drop
09:22 Intros and outros
09:56 Must learn!: Macro arrangement
10:30 3 Step Top-down arrangement
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12:16 Single top-down arrangement in 10 minutes
25:11 Using reference track (Joyhauser) for top-down arrangement
28:30 Double top-down arrangement
30:40 My favourite: triple top-down arrangement
33:45 Bottom-up arrangement
37:10 Arrangement style for absolute beginners
#arrangement #theory #edmproduction

[@Alice-Efe]

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[@djkaya9558]

mostly my own flow is the arranger of my track.

[@DJeMo]

Boss talk and boss walks always..... cheers Yalci, big love from northern ireland

[@Azim0015]

Please break down the bass from ARTBAT - Return To Oz!!!

[@wreignone]

Ur videos are top notch! Keep up the great work!

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Thanks Alice, interesting stuff :)

[@vferraz88]

it's just crazy this is free content, there's nothing like this on most paid courses out there. Thank you so much, Yalcin. You are the man. kind regards from brazil.

[@franciscovalle6241]

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[@patrick-ch6te]

@@franciscovalle6241 what’s up guys my wife is from Brazil 😂😂😂😂😂

[@iandeegrees1509]

dont say this too loud otherwise the content must be paid :-)

[@JulianeWolfMusic]

*woman 💜

[@hydro5378]

@@mrsftw1 she transitioned

[@_ENOC]

As a vinyl DJ spinning deep house for 25yrs near San Francisco, I can say that you and your willingness to share this information is what the house music community has always been about. Humble, helpful, sincere. You are a blessing for those of us yearning to make beautiful music. Thank you.

[@dikkyvanderven2878]

Thank you so much for this! Arranging is what i struggle the most with!

[@Alice-Efe]

Hope the video helps a little bit.

[@JacksonGrant]

Great video, I haven't seen many that describe arrangement in any dance genre very well, this is the best I have seen so far. I like the way you describe your thought process for the little decisions that make a big difference. Thanks again.

[@VIP_AMAN1]

How gud u at arranging now ?

[@pacochavezlp]

Yalcin you have taught me so much, I started producing 7 months ago, I didn´t know anything about ableton or music. Now I´ve started to produce my own songs and know so much more about music and song arrangements. You have made me love techno and electronic music even more! Love from México.

[@Alice-Efe]

Really really happy to hear that Paco! Techno and electronic music is really beautiful and there are many things to explore and learn everyday.

[@ketama047]

she is really excellent, I agree

[@eli-shulga]

looping everything to the full length and then removing using the "do we really need X I don't think so" is such a brilliant method. Best method I saw to break the "8 bar barrier" - Thank you!

[@johan9187]

Such great content, we are so blessed to have you! Looking forward to the micro arrangement :D

[@burtayzulaloglu9284]

This channel is an absolute gift that keeps on giving ... You can always tell how much effort is put into these videos and the fact that we can access them on KZbin is amazing! Thank you Yalcin!

[@ryanw1541]

As a beginner who has been using the bottom-up arrangement style (without really thinking about it), this video is really helpful to get me to break out of it and look at reference tracks as well as looking at the arrangement in a more macro style. I find myself spending hours on micro arrangement and never finishing tracks so this video is fantastic. Also, your explanation was broad enough to encompass all types of EDM so thank you for that!

[@andreasforsberg7163]

Dude, this was both inspiring and super useful, ages since I watched a video this informative and concrete. Keep em coming please 🙏👍❤️👌🏽✊🏽👑

[@ogreyes8653]

Love all the knowledge you transmitt to us, the new producers, to me this is gold

[@mirowalker5841]

Just found this video after watching a bunch of your more recent ones, and it's real gold. Thank you so much for the clarity, honesty and empathy with which you share your craft. It's really appreciated.

[@kidddj100]

Thank you very much Yalcin.This came for me at the right time as I was so frustrated with the arrangement of my tracks. You are a blessing. Cheers!

[@grmn3564]

I'm incredibly glad I found your channel, your videos are invaluable! You cover the things that I think most intermediate producers struggle with and don't allow us to make the big next step :) thank you so much!

[@drop_table_music]

Awesome work! Thank you so much for providing such high quality content! The production value and editing is outstanding.

[@aaronbrown2587]

Wow...this is an amazing tutorial. Really makes arrangement feel approachable. Excellent teacher!!!

[@luisrocha26]

This is exactly the content I've been looking for for months! I always struggle to develop an idea into a full song, and this organized method is perfect for it. I'm not an EDM producer but this content is absolutely beyond genres. Thanks Alice!

[@washingtonbertrand5206]

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for this! Love your channel, love your music, you are beautiful! Thank you Alice ❤️

[@Forwardslashhug]

Alice, I love your work!! Thank you for the amazing tutorials. Your videos are so well organized and descriptive...its perfect to me! 🙏

[@nothinguploaded]

The information you disseminate is invaluable. There are so many music production channels out there regurgitating the same techniques and practices about how to make generic tech house. So grateful that I found you!

[@shellmusicwave]

You're a great man. Thank you so much for your hard work. Most people post videos that explain everything besides the structure, so beginners don't manage to complete the arrangement of their first composition. Thanks to you, everything secret is revealed, inspiration to finish my sketches and release a full track. Good luck in your future work!

[@andrewmeakin-jr7zj]

One of...if not the best video on this subject that I have come across, thank you.

[@missingnumber3302]

Wow, amazing video. It just clicked!! Awesome, Yalcin!

[@MantequillaConPollo]

Awesome thanks man, this is exactly what we asked for! Love that you listen you your community 🖤

[@sebasguitar132]

The way you're cleaning the parts 19:00 remind me of a jazz improvisation class when my teacher told me that you can think of the phrases like big chunks using a scale that work trough some chord changes (Macro Arrangement) or a phrase that takes each chord arpeggio to create a phrase (micro arrangement) different concepts but damn awesome the way you are explaining this!

[@DjMGD29]

Man, you're the Best! I watched only few minutes of one block and it is so clearly explained! I just wanna start to try! Thank you! 👍

[@clebiovieira]

Alice, I've been learning a lot with u. Thank u for sharing such valious content.

[@davidcooke779]

Fantastic video. One of the most helpful arrangement guides I've seen. Thank you so much.

[@JoinTheBlocks]

So clear and articulate, really clear and simple to understand. Thanks Yalcin

[@james-kc3pv]

Thank you 🙏 this has to be the best arrangement tutorial I’ve watch 👍😀

[@djpapakuma]

I have been making electronic music since 2001 and the one thing that has held me back is building an arrangement. I have so many ideas and loops, but not so many finished tracks. This video was so informative and I am confident that I can complete my arrangements with this knowledge because your explanations were clear and you gave great examples that are easy to follow! Thank you for creating this video and it is time to watch the micro-Arrangement! Thanks again! :)

[@delphisignal]

This is me too. Always with the loops. I've collected 1,000's of great ideas.

[@Futemire]

I'm in exactly the same boat as you, glad I'm not alone, and glad I found this great channel!

[@_ENOC]

Recovering loop maker here, just wanted to share the moment everything changed.... Let me preface by saying I've been spinning vinyl house music for 25 yrs so you would think song structure is easy for me.....not really. The moment that changed was after following a video like this bar for bar.... I got halfway through the video and arrangement and realized having half was like having the whole. I think forcing myself to follow along made it all click. Hope this helps!

[@riquelmista6153]

BRO YOU ARE A GENIUS, THIS SOUNDS AMAZING. CONGRATS

[@JakkeJakobsen]

Thought to myself "Damn, I really like this guy", and yeah. You explain everything so calmly and well. Techno isn't my main genre by any measure, but this is gold if you wanna do dubstep, techno, trance or hardstyle. All your videos are. Thanks for making music production doable for us all!

[@jackarts6901]

Really enjoyed watching this! Ive used both of these styles while trying to perfect my workflow. The (single) top down approach is really working for me right now. I’ve used the bottom up method a lot, I’ve realised you can waste a lot of time working like that though. A few times Ive spent hours trying to get things to gel together, and ended up scrapping everything except the chorus. Much easier to just start with that! Neat trick with the midi track as a labelling tool too!

[@pauljoneseyboy9615]

Thanks Alice I am working back through all of your teachings.

[@andrewdickinson1981]

This has been the best tutorial for me. Struggle getting finished loops into an arrangement and abandon too many tracks before a proper mix. Not arranging means you don't properly learn to mix at the end. Game changer, Superb as always 👍

[@nathanbryers]

Amazing content today . This is really gold. High quality & dense - Your understanding is beautifully portrayed. Top notch. Thankyou Yalcin Efe

[@Alice-Efe]

Thanks a ton Nathan, really appreciate it.

[@RogueFire29]

amazing video Yalcin!!

[@utkarshabondre9509]

This is sooo good!!! I cannot remember for how long I've been stuck making 8/16/32 bar loops that I really liked only to get annoyed and hating the entire idea just because I couldn't make a whole track. Can't wait to get back to it and hopefully complete my 1st track :')

[@Alice-Efe]

Thanks a ton! Good luck with the arrangement.

[@potatoheadhaoy]

Something I would highly recommend is to keep your ideas and loops, store the patches and keep the midi rolls, and stitch those ideas together. You can have like 2 or 3 loops, and end up with a full arrangement from just those 2 or 3 ideas. Like sometimes you have a chorus ready, but you just don't know it, and you'd have a loop where that idea might work as the chorus if you transpose it to the same key and bpm. It's not always going to work out of the box, but usually it does if you tweak the drums to fit everything else. I cannot stress how much just changing from a closed hat to an open hat can make things sound really big in the chorus. This way you waste a lot less time, and get more songs out of what you can currently do. You can always strip those ideas down (for instance, removing the hats, snare or kick, or even the pad) to make breaks and/or verses that can build up to the full version to keep things interesting, too. It's also worth trying to mix and match different things (add a different chord progression for the last chorus, exchange or add variations on the melody for different verse/chorus/break sections) and see if they work better. Sometimes you have good ideas, just not in the right places. All of these things help you rethink what you've done so far, because often the reason you don't like an idea is not because the idea itself is bad, but it's just a couple components not fitting with the rest of what you've made.

[@GGSAfterburner]

Those two arrangement Videos made my production so much better! Such a game changer to me

[@markemerson98]

this is super. bravo . I was a little stuck with transitioning from session ideas to arrangement - this hits the point perfectly for me...

[@justynwclark]

I cannot wait for the micro arrangement video. This was so informative. Thank you so much for all of your videos.

[@MarcVFons]

Very AWESOME video, I´ve watched tons of paid tutorials and nobody explain this esential question in deep, thanks alot!!!

[@Ultraskill23]

Thanks for that video, you always listen to the viewers. I’ve remember asked you for this video before 1-2 months ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tomaszboril]

Best channel from music industry, absolute class without bshit or trash tips. Spot on, well done and havefun on journey!

[@marianomartinez9763]

One of the best videos so far thanks!

[@jacksun7796]

Dude - your content is so useful. Thank you so much for taking the time to spread your knowledge.

[@cekirdekci32]

This was such a dope video. Especially arrangement is my topic for entire week. Glad i started with this good video. Normally it takes hours to find a good useful on point video.

[@SebastianViolinist]

Fantastic well crafted video, arranging my ideas and not overwhelming new tracks with too many themes has always been tough for me. This methodology promises to be incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@luigicurreli303]

daaaaaamnnnn I havn't seen your videos for about a year you grow up so muuuuuuuuuuchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! seing this just makes you wanna get into a melodic techno track even if is not your kind of music

[@gnt132]

Uno de los mejores tutoriales que vi en todo KZbin en los últimos años!! Felicitaciones!!

[@mikem859]

I am so thankful for your guides, they help me so much!

[@kristianclarke]

This video is is simply amazing, so clear to understand and paced perfectly - thank you Alice!

[@fredramsey]

Hands down the best arrangement tutorial I’ve ever seen! This will be a huge help to me.

[@hasan7786]

I finally sat down and watched this video dam is it super-informative. Ive struggled with arrangements forever, making loops has become second nature but now i have some tricks and groundwork to use when moving to the arrangement so thank you so much. This is extremely helpful, especially the reference track idea. Always avoided it since most folks mention reference tracks but never elaborate on its use. Dont copy it, just identify the elements in that arrangement and use it as a springboard for what to include in a section or ultimately how to start from scratch. Amazing video!

[@isabellapakulska]

Hands down best arrangement tutorial there is. Full stop. Thank you!

[@tarotaddicts4695]

Teshekular, this is just precious and you're a powerful teacher. Thank you!!!

[@AncientEnergyEyesOpen]

Alice, you are amazing. I've been sick for a week, and listening to your vids. This one blew my mind. You explained exactly what I was doing and why it was causing me to quit. Your double top down method is a gem. I'm going to try this and see if I can actually make something sound decent....for once. Thank you for this, and THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU!

[@OguzhanKaragoz]

THE BEST ARRANGEMENT LESSON SO FAR!!! THANK YOU

[@keremcanylmaz9719]

Belki de anlatması en zor konulardan birini bu kadar akıcı, öğretici ve yararlı şekilde anlatmışsın ve ayrıca herkese açık bir içerik. Gerçekten harikasın.Çok teşekkürler

[@khangtruong4967]

Great video! Found this very professional and you can tell a lot of time and effort went into creating this. Thanks!

[@IvarConq]

Thank you Alice! Your lessons are incredible, many thanks!

[@f1xzor]

Thank you Alice! This video really helped me and setup my mind on how I should arrange my tracks, and what's the track structure looks like. ❤

[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

I keep coming back to this one. Thnx.

[@mrgibonskc]

Cool video, thanks for this hints! Very useful ones

[@Rhekluse]

I don't make techno (maybe someday) but I absolutely love your content and how intelligently you teach & explain everything. Thanks Yalcin!

[@dman030]

Perfect timing this is for me. Great explanation! Even though I knew the basics, this was very clear and with some nice details. Thank you Yalcin.

[@djhodja6623]

Best video! Thank you mate. You are a good teacher!

[@Epic_UFO_Music]

This was GREAT 👍🏻 I always loved doing different elements and breaks, it’s one of my favorite things to do :) This video was of superbly intelligent production and sincerely appreciated ! There’s always something to learn Thank You !!!

[@n4Sphere]

pure gold - most helpful information for arrangement!

[@veronikasmusic1817]

I really enjoyed the video!! The commenting while building up a track is great! It was interesting to listen to your perception of the track structure. Be sure, I was knocking my head with you when the track was building up) Thank you so much for sharing! This is a great format of video!

[@okoiful]

Hats off. Great job Yalcin :)

[@hallocine]

This is gold ! I'll check the micro arrangement video.

[@Milo-ff9wq]

Hey, in 2019 I researched all KZbin looking for guidance and it was really complicated to find anything that answered my questions. I suspended my producing career lol. Your content brought me back to life because it didn't only answer all the questions I have but also creates new knowledge I didn't know I needed! I'm really grateful man. Hope you are great and I'm a suscriber forever

[@itsmistera]

loved the video, took notes, learned much. thank you for your contribution

[@tvdeath]

Your channel is a gem! Thanks so much

[@jaym2112]

Great video. I've not completed one song worthy of public posting, but I really enjoy the creative process. These are my favorite moments: 18:40 This is why I do it. I know and love that feeling -- when a part just works and you feel like you nailed it, you got just what you were hoping for. I could even feel it just by watching you feel it.

[@Tokkoran]

Thank you so much for your video series on arrangement!

[@dekatronmusic524]

You are great at what you do, a master teacher of electronic music production! We are lucky to have you as an excellent go to resource! Thank you!!

[@mazenkamar7328]

This is awsome man!!! Definately the best arrangement video ive ever seen!!! Thanks buddy

[@benbawden3348]

This is hands down the best, most inspiring, most simple to understand and most beautifully explained description of how to build a track I've seen, I've watched a lot and I think I've gained more from this than any other and we don't even have the same DAW but the way you've explained it all is completely independent of DAW features or at least I've taken away enough from this to utilise my own. Litterally almost every tutorial I've seen from Ableton producers has been more about how to do things in Ableton like yeah use this key command or create this macro to speed things up, same with logic and cubase etc and by the end of it I'm like shit, I've got studio one so wtf do but you've avoided all of that and explained in basic terms how to achieve musical goals not how wonderful certain software is so thank you, thank you very very much, totally earned subscription, respect and appreciation for sharing your knowledge in a way I understand. Amazing!!

[@phtr7]

Thanks so much for the tips!! I've been struggling with arrangement! Know I have a much better understanding!

[@artyan5946]

So amazing again, ty man! Very positive energy from you!

[@damonwhite9521]

Amazing detail and well explained, the best on youtube

[@johncarter2741]

Great video and advice. I create my individual tracks in MPC, then stem out and arrange in DAW (cubase) like this… kind of. You’ve helped me loads with your structured arrangement midi track. It’s tons more graphical and helpful than basic marker track. Cheers! 🎉

[@elvisojeda5600]

I've been going thru all your arrangement videos... Wow... This is very valuable information. Thank you, all the best for you always!

[@Leviathani]

That was really great. Thank you!

[@randomthought6637]

Your videos always take me to a whole new level in production , thanks alot you are amazing

[@antoinerb1955]

Wow best Video I ever saw on arrangement, Top!!!

[@inakiacosta7484]

This is such a great video, thanks a lot man.

[@shmeetoo5542]

Awesome as allways, continue this way we learn so much !

[@AkaTapiokaStroka]

Excellent video! I learn so much from your channel. Thank you very much for all the work.

[@KoeCo4035]

10:05 is quite the most crucial advise, when it comes down to working efficiently and not losing yourself in this fiddly work. I just found out recently and it's the key for not losing the big picture. It's hard and tiding working on the details and you still have to get the concept. Great job including this. Anyways, your channel is super educational and well understandable. Luv it!

[@lobogerom]

such clarity and simplicity on explanation .. thanks indeed

[@markymarkp61]

Great tutorial, as usual...new to this and thought i was doing it wrong..this has really helped clear things up for me...really looking to tge micro arrangement tutorial! Hats of bruv👏👏

[@jean-baptiste9230]

Top notch info! Thank you!

[@BartWronsk]

Great content (and a part I struggle with the most), thanks for lots of immediately applicable and useful advice!

[@djtahitisnow]

Alice, you're an amazing teacher!! Thanks so much for your videos!

[@sergiyg7563]

Great example of making something vague and implicit - structured and explicit! Many thanks Yalcin!

[@Alice-Efe]

Glad it was helpful! Cheers

[@ricoman89]

Thanks for all your great videos, I really struggle to arrange my tracks and this really helped 🙌🏻