How to Make Midwest Emo in FL Studio

Today I teach you all how to make Midwest emo type beats in FL Studio, or any DAW of your liking. We discuss the process for writing guitar riffs with open tunings, instrument recording, various structural elements, and plenty more. I hope you all enjoy :)
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[@wallybonejengles5595]

Spent 15 years teaching myself guitar just to hit an Alt Tuning era and have no idea what im doing. LOL.

[@mudimstrmind]

Funny you say that I started teaching myself with alternate tunings before I ever knew there was a”standard” always just tuned to something I really liked and sounded good together Lmaoo

[@BrockBarr]

That's part of the reason to do it.

[@kirbymelt9115]

wake up honey, funny musician guy uploaded a new video!

[@feezo]

Perhaps we are the ones who must wake up. For there is no honey. And there is no funny musician guy. The world we see around us is merely a figment of our imagination.

[@imlskr]

​@@feezohahaha funi

[@Littlered_880]

Feezo. Before this video I never knew of you or Midwest emo, now Midwest emo is in my top 5 music genres and you have became my favourite music KZbinr, watching this video help me create an ep and now I have a small gig this summer. I’m forever grateful❤️

[@jvlian02]

that’s awesome

[@PineMountainMusician]

I love the fact that no matter what someone does in facgce, it will sound like never meant. No matter what tempo, what notes, it will always sound like it and idk why

[@elvien8701]

it has thesame open chord thats why

[@EggGrips]

​@@elvien8701 I also think it's cause this tuning always seems to call for the top string doing 0-4-2, I also do this, not sure why, it's just what always happens with these open tunings

[@dragonsrus93]

3 2 1 melody, lotsa pop punk open stuff sounds good with this. dumpweed by blink is another example in open E @@EggGrips

[@BeachSalad]

You are actually very good at explaining why you choose specific things and I think that is a much better quality than explaining things just as is, although both work perfectly fine.

[@fxtchmetheirsoulz]

i ❤ midwest emo

[@feezo]

:) ❤️

[@comprehensiblehorror]

is that vriska

[@ZombieMarhibia]

Yoooo this is sick that you can produce all this on FL!! And WOW you know your way around it, hell yeah!!!

[@feezo]

Thanks man, honestly FL isn’t the most optimal for recording live instruments but I’ve been using it for like 7 years atp so I’ve gotten pretty comfortable with it

[@cosmicpanda7043]

​@@feezoI feel that. Prolly be so much better off using Reaper or Ableton to record, but the sunk costs fallacy has made be stick with FL

[@e7193]

@@cosmicpanda7043i wouldn’t call it the sunk cost fallacy if it’s what you’re most comfortable with

[@PlanetOuid]

i clicked on this vid just to hear some of the riffs and the final production, not wanting to actually learn any of the steps but you explained every segment in such good detail man. whenever i want to record some music, im coming back to this video. keep it up man

[@JackBradleyyy]

This was a super interesting and helpful video. Your workflow is really similar to how I think, but can’t always make a reality, so I’m excited to try some new stuff out now!

[@gotzemusic]

Ive been waiting for a good midwest emo tutorial for so long. Thank u !!

[@Addicted.To.Plutonium]

This is a very indie take on a midwest emo track , good job 👍

[@kaekuda]

Just got back playin bass n jammin w my friends, Midwest emo rlly motivates me to learn acoustic

[@Teknotic_]

keep coming back to this to use when trying to make a new song as a beginner. thanks man!

[@Ignition_Spark]

I just want you to know that if I ever see you in person I am going to smooch you right on the forehead for teaching me so much about the music that I love.

[@feezo]

Thank you bro, I will be waiting and watching in fear of that fateful day

[@imroy-_-8120]

@@feezois that Midwest emo lyrics?

[@voodooscary]

How beautifully you make music 😇 This video tutorial is perfect for today's autumn mood. Not very sad, but pleasant, melancholic. Thank you very much! By the way, what do you think about teen suicide or salvia palth? It would be cool to see a tutorial on something similar in your performance...

[@kaindavid8142]

This is what happens when AI starts writing YT comments.

[@ShotgunKidX]

This can’t be Midwest emo. There’s no lo-fi recording to start it out 😂

[@brianferris1]

Excellent. Pacing and time was perfect

[@ascar8179]

Really Really great, you getting better and better! Really dope beat, live the lil mellody in the End

[@feezo]

Thank you man I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

[@fleetingxx]

i love watching these while not knowing how to play a single instrument and being musically inept

[@BelakorVenator]

lol the low quality visual loop of transportation glimpses you added to the track really adds to how the genre taps into a nostalgic division from the wonderment of youth. Reminds me of looking out a car window in the 90s, while listening to Four Minute Mile or The Power of Failing with cheap headphones and a Discman… nice touch.

[@luvlamp0]

if you liked this ! you should definetely do math rock

[@feezo]

Hate math, love math rock

[@audioinstigator821]

Wow bro this is insane, glad I found ya. I dont play instruments but I do make shyt on FL. Super jelous of you, your amazing !!!! I subbed

[@atomicbeats044]

HE DID IT !

[@Klinikuull]

ayee seen you on tiktok

[@atomicbeats044]

@@Klinikuull ayy wassup lmao

[@LUHKNOWNONDATRACK]

R.I.P the Harry Potter closet gold to see u doin yo thang still mane

[@feezo]

Yo thank you bro I appreciate you

[@alihandal21]

loved this video. keep it up!!!!

[@feezo]

Thank you :))

[@dreamcity7514]

When is my man gonna start recording vocals

[@feezo]

Some day bro, some day

[@dreamcity7514]

better be someday soon, my man has the skills to be one of the best modern musicians lol@@feezo

[@i4C4U]

New guitar? Love the way sg's feel. I wish the headstocks didn't dive bomb though 😂

[@feezo]

Had this bad boy for a while but I don’t use it often because it only stays in tune for a solid 3 minutes. I usually use it for alternate tunings and any time I need a little variety

[@i4C4U]

@@feezo do you have access to a work shop? If you can get a solid set of tuners, and level and crown the frets. You can literally make any guitar play really well.

[@tspmcfarlane]

Brilliantly explained and easy to follow. Subscribed!

[@nigelgrim]

Very thorough video my guy and good song as well.

[@feezo]

Thank you man, I’m glad you enjoyed :)

[@rynesherman9099]

Lol, the 70s wall panels in that room explains enough for me

[@theepicduck2910]

Finally it is here!!

[@paperprairie]

I live in Nebraska and am sad occasionally. my time has come

[@MankeyGamez]

God ive gotta start playing guitar again

[@binglebonglebellybarrelbla9071]

How's it coming

[@beamiauu]

same

[@Jonathan_Wick]

Lovely sounding, great walkthrough 👌

[@jameslooney5170]

this is exactly what i needed. i love you

[@Lionn_siimbaa]

pls make a tutorial on how to make aries type beats that would bless my life thank you so much ❤

[@Von694]

Omg is this wheezer

[@feezo]

Yes. It’s is me. Wezor . Helo!

[@zanemartin-music]

​@@feezohelo John Wezzer!!1

[@TheRagingZen]

*hears sad midwestern emo licks* Hmmmm *hears roomy drums* HMMMM *sees plane fly by longingly* THAT’S IT! this is all one big Further Seems Forever reference, it has to be. The Moon is Down. Great video btw :)

[@ksbeatsbaby7879]

Please make a video explaining how to make those guitar melodies in MIDI!!! 🔥🔥

[@feezo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmiWn5uim5Z5i6Msi=_XxYRa6PJoZepHdQ not the exact same melodies but this should help

[@gbharris]

Those pacificas are nice

[@feezo]

They’re great bro, I love mine. Humbucker with singles makes it so versatile

[@itsdynamics7723]

You make me so jealous I would LOVE to make this type of music but I don’t know how to play guitar 😭😭😭

[@ChristianCastillo-el9tj]

You should learn! Within a few months you’ll have a least campfire strummer skills. Getting good is the journey of a lifetime, but the time passes either way.

[@prengus2076]

Very fire!! What chord shapes did you play on the guitar?

[@hereformost7774]

Coulda swore a guy who sounded just like you showed up at my college enrollment center Some doppleganger shit I put this shit on and got jumpscared by a near identical sounding voice god damn😭😭😭😭

[@hopendark]

ur vibe is it

[@dontworry2371]

its was quite good video for sure to me

[@net6403]

“the main thing youre going to need for this is some sort of guitar” fl mobile user here It’s Over

[@lelbra]

wow i like

[@stephano421jr]

The guitar reminds of a little of nothing,nowhere and marietta

[@okok5693]

hq videos for novices. really helpful, thx

[@shelovesbenneth]

Really the best in showing how to make indie music, you should consider doing an episode rex orange county, he has a very complex. approach of music it'll be fun! keep going buddy

[@clementinelives]

Agreed

[@ddash9411]

fuckin new this was coming

[@prodkoena]

vibessss

[@sxosoil]

Ты гений🔥

[@katotornado4312]

Awesome i really need to get a little studio set up I have music that I’d love to share with the world

[@wterf11]

i love using the tuning DADLEFT

[@helloooooo...]

a classic

[@GhettoWxzrd]

step 1: get good scrub me: alright t_t (on a real note, there are some actually great pointers and ideas for getting started with writing midwest emo riffs here! even for those who are less experienced like me lol)

[@maxobra13]

Dope

[@thirtytwojs]

reminds me of early modest mouss

[@oleg.ptiitz]

Sick vid thx! How do you record your electric guitar so clean?

[@billy2896]

can you do how to make mathcore ala The Dillinger Escape Plan (Early), The Number Twelve Looks Like You, or Car Bomb? :)

[@14gardens]

🔥

[@marioarredondo8822]

Awesome video tutorial ! what is the tuning? c:

[@oamuel]

FACGCE

[@melatonin_addict]

by any chance i can get the cords for the main rift i wanna really and try and learn it

[@BeyondKieran]

Toughh. Riff kinda sounds like the main riff for this song is called it’s called what it’s called by hot mulligan

[@dhimasp8438]

dude istg i thought i was high for a sec

[@korneliusoderso]

what are you doing to my brain

[@prodcl6udy]

crazyyy

[@twilightblue1167]

Lmaooo right

[@feezo]

:)

[@prodcl6udy]

yo twilight blue🤍🤍@@twilightblue1167

[@prodcl6udy]

🖤🤍@@feezo

[@Bunkboof]

what about screamo

[@beamiauu]

step 1 learn the guitar (my stupid ass really thought it'd be possible to produce songs even after more than 2 years without attending guitar classes/lessons but im confident that once i learn the basics once again i'll be able to produce some cool noises) nevermind im actually a noob on music kind of

[@alvarovalentin7001]

I unfortunately know nothing about usa geography so I don't know any Midwestern states

[@feezo]

Alright I’ll give you a pass

[@naqaarkana8546]

how to make mathrock plsss, i cant find how to change fl studio time signature :(

[@rocknrolan7371]

Options/project general settings

[@naqaarkana8546]

@@rocknrolan7371 yeah but u cant use more than 1 time signature right?

[@zerogxbe]

what hi hat do you have

[@ThePandemicStudio]

dude there is no way to make mdwst without telecaster

[@nasanoir310]

as a guy from the midwest who listens to a lot of this music, i've never heard the genre called 'midwest music'. acoustic indie-rock or math-rock maybe, justin vernon-ish maybe, but never midwest emo...probably just me.

[@thedappermagician6905]

I was in the Chicago scene of emo 10 years ago. Its been called Midwest Emo since then.

[@bruisedbug]

sounds a bit like emo side project

[@MartinShkreliBased]

the guitar melody kinda sounds like apple by bladee

[@michaelanderson8441]

What interface are you running your drum mics into?

[@feezo]

A little behringer umc1820 action. Honestly need some preamps or some type of ADAT expansion tho, but it works pretty well for now

[@coast6756]

Surrenderdorothy type beat

[@LJlog]

all this track needs is a screaming sad teenager then its fully tied together lmao

[@lvcifxr]

could hear nothing,nowhere. on this

[@creepymcpeepers]

Peep peep

[@HellaSusGBZ]

Well he missed the number one rule. You must live in a house with a basement

[@Dryrubbersock]

Does any one here like algernon cadwallader?

[@solobeats]

This sounds like im sad in 2005 again lol

[@rocketstart]

my virtual electric guitar is NOT ready for the midwest heat its about to play

[@OVXX666]

you just.... fiddle around...

[@marcosscarchetti]

This sounds a lot like a nothing.nowhere type of beat

[@matty004]

Nice one mate, also the drums sound like shit just as they’re supposed to 😂

[@TorreDelSilenzo]

reaper is better for this type of recording in every possible way

[@I.eatSoap]

I’m struggling to find any notes or cord that sound good I’m using the same tuning any suggestions???

[@mrtipsy3997]

Ayy you kinda look like @crispyconcords

[@johanesrafael9679]

man u high af