How To Make A Song Like Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" [WITH FREE SAMPLES & PRESETS}

In this video, Austin shows you how to create a song in the style of Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department. This video pulls inspiration from songs like Fortnight, The Tortured Poets Department, imgonnagetyouback, and I Can Do It With A Broken Heart. Don't forget to download the free presets and samples!
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Timestamps
Intro 0:00
Free Sounds 0:30
Main Juno Pad 0:42
Making A Retro Bass 2:45
Polybrute Arp 4:15
Granular Noise Sample 5:10
Kick and Snare 5:45
E Keys 6:55
Subsequent 37 Theremin Lead 7:30
Gated Synth 8:18
Pre-Chorus Arrangement 8:50
Pre-Chorus Arp Fill 9:09
Chorus Drum Arrangement 9:30
Chorus Chord Progression 10:55
Chorus Key Arrangement 11:45
Key Layers For The Chorus 12:30
Big Sparkly Arp 12:54
Chorus Drum Fills 14:15
Synth Ear Candy 15:20
Writing Lyrics 16:00
Vocal Mix and FX 19:25
Crystallizer FX Throw 21:00
Vocal Stacks and Arrangement 21:21
Vocoder Effect 22:18
Chorus Vocal Arrangement 23:18
Taylor Swift Yells 23:50
Full Play Through 25:25
Outro 27:30

[@GeorgefiVe]

Well that is a GREAT PRODUCER but also a GREAT SONGWRITER working... awesome

[@ferienambalkon]

I got to be honest - being both a Swiftie and a music producer I didn't expect this... but this video is already one of my favs on this channel! Thank you!

[@akwilde2332]

Hi, can I ask some question about mixing background vocals like those that taylor has ? 😁😁

[@IMJUSTWANTTOTALK]

My favorite type of videos! Please more like this Austin!

[@mattiatedone8793]

the best channel on KZbin in terms of clarity and very high quality. Well done.

[@ShiaMajer]

Please keep this series coming~~ I subbed to you for all things Taylor, love your other videos mimicking her music

[@juliasmithoficial]

AMAZING as always, thanks Austin!! ❤

[@TaylorTheGamer72]

You never seize to impress with you incredible producer skills Austin... you're my favourite KZbin producer without a doubt 💯❤️🤗

[@taynjae]

By far the most informative, creative and overall BEST production tutorials I have ever seen

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@charlesbarclay8181]

Man you never cease to amaze me

[@marklarm]

Nice job Austin. Great video, thx!

[@prodbysant19]

Man this song is one of my favorites from your tutorials. what a great song

[@KiDAppleBorg]

I love how you circled back to your sweet tooth pack. It’s one of your most fire packs, in my humble opinion. Beat and process was very enjoyable. ✌🏾

[@BronwynGuinto]

Such talent! Loved this because I’m a massive Swiftie

[@eusarh]

you're a genius, thank you so much for doing this kind of content. i've been watching mpm videos since 2017 (i guess, can't really remember it), and all this time it's been making me a better producer. thank you again. greetings from brazil! ✨

[@nataliakallay]

So happy for this one 😍

[@MakePopMusic]

Thank you! Had a blast doing this one!

[@josuamuller4543]

I find it really cool that you included analog synths

[@MakePopMusic]

Glad you liked that! I actually made this ENTIRE thing with analog synths too just to see the difference but I thought it may be harder for people to follow. Want more analog synth content in the future??

[@josuamuller4543]

@@MakePopMusic I mean it is I guess. And for me personally I don't have analog synth cause of the big price tag but i think it's just so good to understand it and see how it sounds and where the difference is. I just love analog synths and I'd love to see more with them haha I think a healthy mix between digital and analog is the best haha Thank you

[@MattiasEliasson74]

@@MakePopMusic Can we hear that version too? And more analog content please!

[@colbymassymusic5976]

Great chorus! Love it

[@inmyheadtypeshit]

Literally perfect

[@thecontrast4290]

Another great track...so talented...thanks for sharing

[@foturkey2738]

I’m enjoying this more than Taylor’s album.

[@MakePopMusic]

make a change . org petition to have me produce her next record

[@foturkey2738]

@@MakePopMusic that’s a great idea. Your last Taylor song was outstanding.

[@thisisemia]

once that lil granular loop was in!!!! been feeling stuck these days and this video was v inspiring

[@angelocast]

Amazing! thank you master!

[@zumabeatz]

This is dope🔥🔥

[@rasolzamini8678]

Nice keep op the good work

[@kinishao]

Just brilliant ...

[@aleahtucker4391]

I dont use this DAW, but these videos are still so amazing and helpful

[@micahcornell9383]

Perfect Intro

[@radiojean]

so good i had to warcg twice

[@timburlingame3810]

Another great video, thank you! Love that Theremin Lead! I downloaded the presets, but the ANA2 preset seems to be missing a WAV file.

[@sanjithroy]

That snare had so much weight, it almost felt like I was on heaven.

[@thenextmrsbrownful]

Your singing voice is beautiful and fragile here

[@kenabadilla788]

This is so fun to watch. Do you mind sharing the project file from cubase to study the whole thing? Thanks much!

[@gavinaltman8577]

I kind of wish the little melody before the prechorus would be made into a massive bridge melody. I can hear it in my head.

[@AlexDMast]

Yo Austin! I'm looking to set up a studio and start my journey. Do you have a MIDI controller that you recommend? I've looked at several but that's the one thing that will be my biggest purchase to start off, so I'd love to get a good one. Thanks!

[@tomcatomas]

Super cool How-To-t-Swift, kind of a Masterclass right there, thank you. It's a weird album: 31 songs, and not a single radio hit /dance floor hit among them. Several could (easily?) be made-up and elevated to single-dom, IMO: I Can Fix Him (no really I can) -- is mood-wise a little bit blues-swampy which suits Swift's style of singing /storytelling very well -- it even has a nice chorus, although it's presently not 'dressed up' as such (just like the rest of the album.) The chorus lyric is enticing and easy to sing, so it's almost oven-ready. It has a really cool, or actually, warm, atmosphere that works well as a build-up. Though the producers choose not to let it explode in the big radio-friendly chorus it seems to build up to. --- Another ripe track is: But Daddy I Love Him ... this one's even developed a good bit further toward a classic radio hit. Though still without going the Full Monty. There are others, but all 31 tracks has this element in common that ... I kind of get the feeling that it is ON PURPOSE that Antonoff, Dessner and Swift did *not* develop any of the songs all the way toward a hit single. As if it's -- I dunno, an experiment, or sumpin'

[@lightning20222]

Do you have any released songs? I would love to hear your song on spotify!

[@piercethebrii]

Wow dude

[@beatzbyporter]

Hey Austin! Could you maybe do a video on how to make a song like lorde?

[@johnlemon9953]

Hey, have you ever heard Roosevelt's music? He does really great synthpop and makes very interesting productions, would be very fitting to those kind of vids, idk just an idea, great video as always

[@planeguy95]

Yeh boiiiiiii

[@radiojean]

did u plan this instrumental or were u just going with the flow? super cool i wanna know what ur process was like was it in the course

[@charlesbarclay8181]

He usually starts from the stratch.

[@skitt123]

In Trance Gate, how did you make it go between the 16th and 32nd notes?

[@Dawdlingwhistle337]

Can you do a video on how to make a song like Stephen Sanchez thank you.

[@KitQcz]

💙🖤

[@bernardokutchessy6238]

I hope you work with Taylor one day❤

[@radiojean]

can u make a video on how to make a song like billie eilish; her sad ominous songs

[@Korvah]

I want you to please do a video on how to install Output bundle on Mac 💻 I will appreciate you please and thank you again

[@MarcChaperon]

Awesome :) thanks ! I feel like taylor swift new albums are like "undermixed" or "premixed", I don't know why, it feel so blurry with all the reverb and the drums section are wayyy too far. I don't really understand how this can be so big. Maybe it's a really new way of thinking music, or maybe it's more lyrics based and because i'm french I don't understand it verywell...

[@MakePopMusic]

It’s just a super ambient style of mixing. Less punchy, more roomy. I kind of like it because EVERYTHING now is so overly in your face. But I get where you’re coming from

[@realbeksy.]

what chords did u use?

[@KomalSammal-hd6hj]

Bro pls make a video about "how to make song like Stephen Sanchez" btw love from india❤ I hope u'll read it and next Friday we will get the video by ur love

[@ASmithAllStars]

I can’t get Serum on iPad 😢

[@itszacharytime]

can we PLEASE get some vital presets 😬

[@MakePopMusic]

We have some!

[@itszacharytime]

@@MakePopMusic YAY!!

[@DanBeatsKR]

Can you show how to work compressor la 2a

[@MakePopMusic]

It’s really just figuring out the gain reduction you want, then deciding if you want the side chain on so it doesn’t take low end content into account for compression thresholds. Then just make up the gain. It’s fixed attack, release, and ratio.

[@DanBeatsKR]

@@MakePopMusic Bro thanks, but can you show me plugin work on some examples.

[@vadimmartynyuk]

the intro tho

[@MakePopMusic]

high production value over here baby

[@TURCHA19]

Это же Олег Шаумаров только Американский

[@FoxyMoxie1969]

Oh dear, I thought Austin was just going to fart in a mic, as that would about cover the content of this entire album. I saw someone else describe Tortured Poets Dept as a mixture of paint drying, rat sh!t, and plastic fruit. Nailed it. Austin is awesome though.

[@SuperMax_____0.0_____]

While I love Taylor Swift I dont find any potential singles on this album, you can argue all the album is a single since charts are limited to views/plays so the whole album is the hit...but for me an album past 12/15 songs is just too much, is lile giving a ... And throw it all there...well I miss less songs and at least a single I can play out loud....where is the Billie Jean of an artist like this which is probably the number 1 pop star world wide since a decade now

[@MakePopMusic]

I can definitely understand that. I think Fortnight, Down Bad, I Can Do It With A Broken Heart, Florida, and But Daddy I Love Him all have single potential. But it's always hard listening to 31 songs and not wishing it was scaled down a littleeee.

[@mylilitheyes]

I hate Taylor, but this was actually nice. Way less boring than her album

[@Phaseish]

love the sounds, her chord progresison are so boring and mundne the same shit every album. I , V, vi , IV , I Vi, ii V sometimes a vi start off. same cadence , I can't listen to her albums they have absolutely no tesion , compared to something like k pop , j pop its sad idk i never got her stuff and after learning music theory, its just much worse I did hear it very fast. with so much I, vi, ii , V7, I , or jazz progression you wanna put in pop . these passed couple of years I am surprised not to hear very many . you had to that but the juno sound reminds me of that drake song- summer games very very close.