How to write a ROYAL BLOOD song

[@JohnAzopardi]

I hope you all enjoy my first songwriting video, writing in the style of Royal Blood was an absolute blast! Let me know in the comments who you'd like me to do next!

[@kaapa15]

How do you not have more subs?? This is great dude and super insightful!

[@JohnAzopardi]

I'm only just starting out, have a lot of hard work to do before I'm deserving of big numbers! A long way to go yet, but every person that jumps on board I'm hugely thankful for. Things are all uphill from here. Thank you so much!

[@FuriousFire898]

Bro guessed the Space B-side

[@splatcoat1195]

fr 😭

[@angeloviedo4604]

You absolutely nailed it. Mindblowing and so dirty sound I need to take a shower again. Sounds like a combination of King and She's creeping.

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thank you ever so much, the dirty Royal Blood sound is absolutely unrivalled for me! I can't wait to hear the studio version of King, blew my mind when I heard it.

[@lbarudi]

Dude you deserve a million subs, this is back to back awesome! Cheers from Brazil

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thank you so much dude! Let’s get to 1000 first, then we’ll work our way up! Who knows where we’ll end up…

[@FrameInAFrame]

I'm really sure you already know that Royal Blood has a song called like that, but I'm sure that's what brought me here and I'm glad. Greetings from Spain

[@JohnAzopardi]

Check when I uploaded this, I beat them to it 😉 Hola amigo!

[@JonathanCooperGB]

Great video! Also ... underrated pun at 20:15

[@JohnAzopardi]

Hahaha thanks so much! There are always SO many bas(s)es to cover ;)

[@ZethKeeper]

I also really don't care what gear you use and how worn it is. You're doing an amazing job, you're making music, that what matters.

[@PerryManningOfficial]

Really enjoying watching these.

[@azppardi]

Superb job - well explained to someone who loves music but gave up the recorder at age 8 - love the song

[@harrykeane7142]

Arctic monkeys or RHCP would be mint

[@JohnAzopardi]

Huge shouts, I am ON IT, thank you mate

[@spoonfed5596]

Really good video mate. Love how you broke down all the tricks he uses for playing and singing at the same time. All the same things I had picked up on myself. You explained it all brilliantly though. I never comment on videos either but found this really impressive so fair play to you sir.

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thanks a bunch! They're such a clever band, more so than I think most people give them credit for, it's seriously hard to get two instruments sounding so big, I'd love to revisit them now Typhoons is out and is such a departure from their original style. I really appreciate the support and I'm very proud to be one of your few comment recipients!

[@henkka8185]

Well done sir! Loved especially the chorus where you hit the high notes smoothly in unison - very Royal Bloodish! Hats off and keep up the good work! My vote for the next video goes for Arctic Monkeys or Queens of the Stone Age!

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thank you so much man, that means the world to me! Arctic Monkeys I'm already on, QOTSA are literally one of my favourite bands of all time... in fact I may already have been working on a QOTSA song...

[@henkka8185]

@@JohnAzopardi Haha I knew you have a lovely taste in music! Take your time, can't wait to hear the next songs!

[@JohnAzopardi]

Henkka hahaaa you legend, I will be on it ASAP, stay tuned

[@drewheinzketchup369]

Its funny how royal blood come out with demo called Space, this man called

[@JohnAzopardi]

I'm almost disappointed it wasn't their take on this song, would have loved to hear that hahaha

[@drewheinzketchup369]

@@JohnAzopardi but this is the band that inspired me to play bass, still going 2 years strong

[@zerocp6045]

The new limited edition Royal Blood song is also called space. What kind of future vision do you have? 🤨

[@JohnAzopardi]

Honestly it freaked me out to no end when I saw the track listing, in saying that I wouldn’t be opposed to hearing their take on the song...especially given it’s produced by Josh Homme

[@zerocp6045]

@@JohnAzopardi Josh Homme is a legend

[@JimBob-sc1nj]

Mad Visions

[@bandninkasimusic6484]

This was one of your songs that I somehow missed. Excellent work John.

[@A1vin505]

I love it

[@ManuelMartinez-pd9sj]

Fantabulous bro!

[@fitzlikegerald]

This is pretty dope dude!

[@sagagus]

This was fantastic! I wish you would've gone into a little more detail on how you came up with some of the riffs though....

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thanks a bunch dude! Granted as this was my first video I hadn’t quite nailed down what I was talking about yet, I will come back to Royal Blood at some point and dive a bit deeper into the riff writing process!

[@sagagus]

@@JohnAzopardi Thanks to you for sharing your knowledge, man! Looking forward to more videos!

[@FreeformRock]

I already knew how they achieve their sound so this was nothing new to me, but honestly, your song was fucking dope. I loved it. The tone was really good, and your voice fits perfectly. The chours is sick man.

[@JohnAzopardi]

I really appreciate that! The hardest part of putting these songs together is still writing things that long term fans will enjoy, so it means the world to me to hear you did! It’d be fun to come back and do one with RB’s new sound

[@FreeformRock]

@@JohnAzopardi Well I subbed and I'm looking forward for more of your stuff. I really enjoyed your covers, and specially this "royal blood style" tune you made. The chorus man, damnnnnnnnn do I love it

[@tommydiamond3539]

Are you kidding me that they released a song called Space after you???

[@JohnAzopardi]

Mate I'm not even kidding it freaked me out completely when I saw the track listing

[@timbolacious9939]

Amazing! 🔥🔥

[@huevohistoria1924]

Hey, this could easily be a Cleopatrick song

[@miloblandon]

Great song! great video!! Congrats.

[@miguele.antonetti9999]

Awesome!!

[@lachmacf]

Great explanation!

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thanks ever so much! Very glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrWelsz]

I love the song ! Great job I'd love it if you could do Arctic Monkeys (whatever Era or album you like)

[@JohnAzopardi]

This is a seriously good call, I'm getting on it as we speak. Stay tuned x

[@pabloadrianfelice412]

i love this video

[@JohnAzopardi]

I love you for loving this video

[@leehamlet5900]

Damn son this is better than some of the songs on the second album 😅

[@JohnAzopardi]

Wow that is high praise indeed! Really appreciate it, I'd love to revisit Royal Blood and try out their new vibe at some point.

[@collinbeckman1243]

I would absolutely love to hear you do a queens of the stone age song!

[@ZethKeeper]

If we talking about bass, here's idea for the next one: Bassinvaders. "Romance In Black", "Godless Gods', "Dead From The Eyes Down', "Razorblade Romance" - those are the songs that you definetely should check out.

[@ZethKeeper]

Thing is, there are a normal amount of people in the band, but there's no guitar. Only basses. Three of them.

[@JohnAzopardi]

I will have a listen and see what I can make of them!

[@bandninkasimusic6484]

John where have you been? I hope all is well fella.

[@Anonymous-ve4qj]

Who’s here after royal blood released a song called space. Ironic

[@jjmassey2906]

Similar vein to this maybe a black keys song is in your future?

[@JohnAzopardi]

Black Keys is a fantastic shout! Cracking band, onto the list they go!

[@FurciferousBand]

Is there a spotify link for your song? Shit's badass. You should make more music in this style.

[@JohnAzopardi]

Yes mate! Just search John Azopardi on Spotify and all the One Mans Bands songs will come up!

[@germaniaimpossivel8698]

Make a Franz Ferdinand song!!!

[@JohnAzopardi]

ooh this is a new suggestion and I like it, I think I've actually played on the same bill as Franz Ferdinand bizarrely enough! Great shout, they're added to the list!

[@jonnyspitfire]

Well done John, cover was fantastic, sound was spot on... amazing rendition... keep going... guessing you are using a DAW and getting your "amps" from there, rather than physical... what tech are you using?

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thanks ever so much man! I've experimented with a few different combos of amp sims but keep coming back to Amplitube, then for heavier stuff I'm a big fan of the Archetype plugins as well. Funnily enough I used a lot of stock Logic plugins for this specific one, but the more recent stuff is Amplitube or Archetype!

[@patrickhanbury3754]

Do some tool or led zep?

[@JohnAzopardi]

patrick hanbury okay those are serious suggestions, I’ve been on a Tool binge recently, if I can somehow learn all the parts for a Tool song then I’m absolutely doing it

[@jewelcheese]

What amps/software did you use for this?

[@JohnAzopardi]

I mainly used Amplitube, but for this there were a few different amp sims running side by side, one of which was Logic's stock bass amp designer!

[@drewdaugherty7613]

Fantastic song! What is your effects chain for the vocals?

[@JohnAzopardi]

Thanks a million! For this one if I remember rightly it was quite heavily dependent on tape saturation as it sounded quite common in Royal Blood's music at the time. Off the top of my head it will have been Vocal Rider > FabFilter ProQ > FabFilter ProC 2 > SSL Channel Strip (Waves) > GW VoiceCentric (Waves) > Kramer Tape (Waves) with the tape emulator being hit pretty hard

[@heitorfreitas94]

Junk

[@JohnAzopardi]

Cheers big man xox