Write a Metalcore Instrumental on Guitar & Drums in 1 Hour

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks for watching! Which part did you like best?

[@ZL1LoVeR]

The 1st breakdown was insane… I mean all of it was… but damn that was filth

[@sahamal_savu]

YESSSS BROTHER!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@ZL1LoVeR I think that was definitely the stronger of the 2 breakdowns. That last one was rushed lmao. The last build, breakdown and double kick part were all one take so I had to do what I could with it haha

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahahahhaah hell yes

[@user-co9wh5me9y]

I'm a simple man: When I see Brendon's new video I like it

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha very much appreciated. Thanks!

[@TrickOrTheatre]

Absolutely incredible stuff as usual, would love to see more content where your vocals are present, you have (imo) among the best sounding vocals in the scene!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much! That means a lot. I do plan on doing some more vocal related videos in the near future so stay tuned

[@thxmaskprod]

Vocals, for sure💯

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha we’ll see how it goes

[@ZL1LoVeR]

Vocals… please 🥺

[@TheRocketNasty]

you are nuts man, im surprised you dont push out more music you are a creative powerhouse

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you my friend! I do a lot of video/ commercial work and mixing as well so I write as often as I can. I’ll continue it though haha. Thanks for checking it out

[@riccardogaudentidrummer]

Now it's time to record vocals in 1 hour 😅 You are great Brendon! I love what you do and your music, especially with Structures

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you my man! That actually wouldn’t be a bad idea haha

[@nunofmpires]

Great track! Loved the intro and that punk to metalcore part was pretty cool

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Eh thank you so much my man. I don’t know what’s wrong with me but every time I get on the drums I just want to play punk beats haha

[@song11artmusic]

Awesome! I bought a bass VI because of you, you give me inspiration and I appreciate you

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh hell yeah that means a lot. Thanks for the support! I absolutely love the bass vi. Haven’t used another guitar since haha

[@OTTOAUDIO]

my guy bringing fresh riffs and of course love the II II II II with the bass VI

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahahaha thank you my man. Never really wrote hardcore stuff like this on tubing that low haha. As always, love the ii ii ii ii. Will likely be in every video in some way or form

[@samgiron9368]

Now do vocals on that track and my life will be compete❤️🙌🏼 Much love, Brendon

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

haha thank you. There will be vocals, but they may not be me

[@Citadelband530]

So glad I finally found this channel. I love structures

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks for checking out the channel and also for the structures love! Means a lot

[@Citadelband530]

@@BrendonKPadjasek heck yeah dude. Ill be binging the past videos and the new ones that come out.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@Citadelband530 thank you so much. That means a lot!

[@Caynug]

Lol gotta say that with the untight drums this sounds absolutely fine and so cool. Programmed a d quantized the feeling would be gone for me

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Yeah I kinda like it too. I’ve gotten really used to programming drums but hearing the looseness in it and the inconsistencies is pretty enjoyable I gotta say. I just gotta work on my drum fills hahaha. Thanks for watching !

[@kylewipert1976]

This is a really fun way to force creativity without feeling forced. Obviously I wanna hear vocals over this bish why ask lmao. Great as always mane

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you so much. Yeah I find you definitely learn a lot about yourself and what’s comfortable note wise to go to for quick ideas and then change them a bit later

[@mofforium]

we got brendon padjasek ranked songwriting speedrun before gta 6

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

hahaha i don't even know what to rank this one

[@mofforium]

LOL absolute 100% in my opinion bro, song goes hard as hell haha I'd love to see vocals on it too 😼😼

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@mofforium hahah thank you so much! Stay tuned then

[@RazeOurTyrants_]

Would absolutely love to see how you gain stage and go about the smaller minute details of how you get this clean big sound!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh thank you. With the drums or guitars?

[@RazeOurTyrants_]

@BrendonKPadjasek Both. Programming drums or how you export them to be gain staged or gain staged before export etc. and then how you set your levels and settings to prevent clipping and how you bus your mixes and master chain and all that useful information. I think You could do a couple of videos with these parameters that would help a ton of us producers!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@RazeOurTyrants_ sounds great to me. The hardest part to all of that is finding the right title that helps people find it haha

[@RazeOurTyrants_]

@@BrendonKPadjasek True. Something like "are your levels wrong and you don't even know" or "unspoken secret to get the biggest mix ever" something click baity :p I'd fall for it. If you do anything of this sort I am for sure tuning in!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@RazeOurTyrants_ absolutely! Definitely makes sense to me, whenever I have time in the future I’ll hop on that

[@sahamal_savu]

That YESSSS BROTHER part was killer 🤘So incredible to watch you do that in such a short amount of time. I can't focus for more than a half hour on trying to write something lol And was going to drop this comment on one of your other videos but I've been playing around with the Aurora Absylon plugin and having fun blending it with the Otto II II II II, thought you might want to check it out too. It sounds great with my Bass VI and 8 string 👍

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you for the suggestion. I’ll definitely check that plug in out! And thanks for watching. I also over analyze parts but making videos like this or short guidelines are always great to force the creative flow and not over think it. Then overthink it later

[@joonyoung815]

BANGER!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahahaha thanks for checking it out my man! I had a lot of fun on it

[@michaelrichardson8343]

Has a total S.O.A.D. vibe to me. Sick man!!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Oh hell yeah. I can definitely see that on that verse section and the fast punk section as well. Thanks for watching!

[@ruinofspace]

*Very impressive 🔥🤘* _I love drums recorded live_

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks my man! I also LOVE working with live drums. It’s a rarity these days but amazing

[@arjunjsatheesh8899]

Most talented person

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Awe thank you my friend. That means a lot. There’s sooo much room to get better on my end. I played the same fill like 3 times haha

[@dylwiththedeviledeggs]

Sounds dope dawg

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thanks my friend!

[@user-vc8vm1fd9x]

💜

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Thank you!

[@SafelandingRecords]

Any chance you'd release your Ableton template? The tracking method on it looks very efficient.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I could but it might be fairly useless unless you have every plugin I use. I could do a video on it though if you’re interested in that? Or I could do a stock plugin version

[@NormanTiner]

Could you do a video on how you mic'd the drums? They sound super solid.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Sure! Thank you. They’re for the most part cheap, not great mics and I just processed them to shit haha

[@NormanTiner]

@@BrendonKPadjasek excellent. I'm definitely in the "cheap, not great mics" boat. Only good mic I have is a vocal mic.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@NormanTiner then you’re in luck hahaha. They’re mostly in the $100 range. Minus the overheads and snare top but the sm57 is cheap as and great for snare top

[@NormanTiner]

@@BrendonKPadjasek I'm wondering if you're using an interface with 4-5 inputs or if you're recording each at a time. All I have is a Scarlett 2i2

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@@NormanTiner Many at once. 8 actually. 2 are going through my UAD apollo 8 and 6 are going through a focusrite scarlett octo pre. so same conversion as yours. The only drums I have going through the UAD are the overheads

[@Vilehell]

When's the next structures album coming out? I need a new stuff!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

No spoilers ! Hahah thank you so much

[@Durkhead]

Writing lyrics is the hard part

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

It absolutely is

[@ByTheGrave]

I would like to see vocals on this song so I’m letting you know down below xo

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahahaha thank you for the formal response. Thanks for checking it out

[@user-qh5en1io5v]

Have you played the Ibanez SRC6MS ??

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I haven’t yet. I’d LOVE to though. Love Ibanez guitars

[@user-qh5en1io5v]

​@@BrendonKPadjasek It's not as beastly as the squier 6 but it's great for D or higher. Sounds so much better than any guitar.

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@user-qh5en1io5v oh that’s good to know. I realllllly wanna try one. But I really enjoy writing these songs on the squier bass vi. Just put out another song today and I was kinda shocked when recording it at how clean the note definition is in A0.

[@dl.tatterson]

We want vocals!!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Haha love the enthusiasm! Thank you!

[@Elevada]

Idk man. Giving extra 2 minutes for battery dying? That doesn't fly in speed running. You'd have to start over. Jk lol. Sick video as always! You're making me thirsty from those sustained drone notes!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha I know! I shouldn’t have even put out the damn video haha

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Hahaha thanks my guys! Luckily you got the bass vi too

[@Elevada]

@BrendonKPadjasek nah, you're good. I think it's funny to see those nuanced fails. Extremely relatable. Yeah dude, we're definitely going to use the bass vi in one of our songs. Not this next ep, but the one after. ;)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@Elevada oh that’s awesome. Playing the long game I see haha

[@Elevada]

@@BrendonKPadjasek Haha. We want to do a smaller release this time. Spread out the content more in shorter time periods. Seems to be the trend anyway.

[@Durkhead]

Im tellin ya man make a slam video you will get a ton of of views

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I don’t know if I know the genre well enough but I’ll definitely give it a go. Thanks!

[@Durkhead]

@@BrendonKPadjasek 🔨

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@Durkhead bahahahs will do

[@fetyandodio]

My guitar record lag, latency low, problem freeze cut sidechain

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Which DAW?

[@fetyandodio]

@@BrendonKPadjasek ableton. Your guitar record is in-auto-(off) how can that sound come out when you re-play (space)

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

@fetyandodio I use UAD console to monitor my guitar so I’m never listening to it in Ableton because there’s always a bit of latency otherwise

[@pablo1982100]

Vocals please !!!

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

Will do! Thanks for watching

[@noahstrasmann1557]

What interface do you use to record drums? I would love to mic up my acoustic kit but I only have a Scarlett 2i2 and I use a Roland td17 to control P IV. I would need like at least 8 inputs for a full acoustic kit right?

[@BrendonKPadjasek]

I would say at least 8. That’s how many I’m using now. I use a UAD Apollo 8 and a Scarlett Octo pre. Though to be fair, 6 out of 8 channels are from the octopre. If you were to get one and use an ADAT cable to link the 2 interfaces you’d be good. And I got mine used for insanely cheap. Like 200 cad