How To Write Kick A$$ Metal Songs (part 1)

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks Toontrack for sponsoring this video series! www.toontrack.com

[@toontrack]

Thank you!

[@Jason31256]

dude. you're insane! love your work!

[@Rummy73]

Step 1. Be born in Norway or Florida. Step 2. See step 1.

[@Durkhead]

No you have to move from newyork to florida

[@brum_85]

​@@Rummy73 or you born in south america, buff if its in brazil

[@driftthekaliyuga7502]

If you want dissonant it has to be from Portland. 😂 so much dissonant stuff from there. Must be the weather.

[@TaylorDanley]

It must be...

[@JENXVA]

as a local Florida man can confirm.

[@driftthekaliyuga7502]

Good video. For me EZdrummer has been a life changer. Being able to quickly lay down drum parts saves so much time and adds inspiration. The part doesn’t need to be perfect. Just the base and then it’s way less to edit. When you’re searching through parts I often finds things that are great I didn’t even think of. Couldn’t live without it at this point.

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, very valuable tool!

[@SteeleMusic574]

The amount of people that can relate to this video is virtually everyone that is a musician. I think it’s overlooked and such a good topic to bring to light! These are essentially rough drafts & do not have to be perfect build on it and watch it grow🤘🏻! Good stuff’ Taylor!

[@Eggfaced]

I'm trying to make a death metal EP, and you're very helpful with tips and products to use, thanks!

[@TaylorDanley]

DO IT CHAMP 💪

[@nothing-else-m23]

Would love to hear some updates!

[@Eggfaced]

@@nothing-else-m23 Man our guitarist left on the first day 😭

[@RaVirrTheTrader]

Man, I love how much this channel is growing! Your "writing death metal" series always kicks my ass into gear.

[@TaylorDanley]

Awesome dude, glad to hear that! Yeah I need to figure out a way to incorporate writing into my channel more consistently so that I actually write more music as well..

[@jaredt3985]

Awesome video, I do a lot of the same things when writing, and EZDrummer has been a game changer. The one little thing you shared, about writing something that’s hard for you to play, that right there is the best advice you could give someone. Doing exactly that has accelerated my playing faster than anything else by far.

[@ronnywebster7391]

Taylor bringing the br00tz as usual. Toontrack is pretty awesome at simplifying the writing and recording process

[@nichmaus8705]

This! I've been looking for this!

[@TaylorDanley]

Awesome, you've got 3 more of them coming this month! 😂

[@zenistermister9695]

That Jackson is pretty badazz! Think i will get myself 1 soon.

[@TaylorDanley]

They're great. I love the stuff Jackson has been putting out!

[@DrMurdercock]

And I learned some things I didn't know which will save me some time. Appreciate ya dude.

[@KnuckleheadMusician]

Great video. I like your How to write a DM song vids. Great playing and producing. Thanks!

[@prestonbowden1008]

Oof this motivated me to work on some shit. Keep it metal Taylor. Anxious to see the rest of this mini series

[@pandz-i4p]

dude your setup looks badass. I hope one day I can get something that's a bit similar to it.

[@barryprosser1370]

Hell yeah. Great work as always buddy. 🤘🤘🤘

[@fredericoferreira8388]

For more videos like this!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@ShootieSchool]

EZmix standalone buffer/monitoring was a cool workflow!

[@DanHovington]

such a great idea, thank you so much

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

I knew of EzMix, but had no idea it guitar sims in it. Like, I thought it was just presets/guidance for mixing. Neat!

[@markedwards1033]

This is great stuff. Thanks bro!!!

[@TaylorDanley]

Glad you liked it!

[@DanHovington]

please also talk about song structure, would really appreciate it

[@SerienChiller86]

great!

[@Eggfaced]

Uh oh, looks like a second comment; Just bought EZDrummer and a truckload of packs thanks to you! Can't wait to show my bandmates

[@jared4668]

Hell yeah dude!

[@midian666126]

Very inspiring!

[@TaylorDanley]

Thank you!

[@denverrandy7143]

Love that blue centaur

[@TaylorDanley]

That needs to be the main tone on the release

[@satarello]

Hey Taylor !!! This is great material !! Im waiting for more. PS. what kind of SDX are you using here? (really great sound of drumming)

[@TaylorDanley]

I think I was just using the Andy Sneap kit that's stock... But I may have loaded the one I made with the Death kit from the Death and Darkness SDX, I'm not sure. That's what is on all my releases.

[@StivO2005]

Hi mate, i really like you work you doing here, i've got one request, could you test a Peavey Ultra amp? A very underrated amplifier form the pre-5150 era. Three channels, reverb, works great with TS9 or similar pedals. I know it's hard to get, but it's very worth it.

[@AVM-Music]

Shit that tone is brutal

[@TaylorDanley]

Nazguls are brootz!

[@AVM-Music]

@ had Nazgûl’s on an RG8, but couldn’t get dial in a decent tone. Fancied trying them on my baritone

[@zakklee2556]

more of this.

[@rodolfoalvim]

is this reaper the same reaper that we all use,?way different UI on that, is it chagable?

[@TaylorDanley]

It's a Pro Tools skin/theme. Reaper has a TON of different themes you can download

[@akosbrett2564]

The noodling around method doesn't work for me unfortunatly. I need a very concert concept what I want to write. Like "I want a similar song like X song from Y band". Ofcourse the outcome is pretty different, but still can hear the influences.

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, I try to cover different methods, because it's for sure going to vary person to person. I alternate between different methods for getting riffs out. Sometimes I'll just use like a midi piano pack and then write to that also!

[@akosbrett2564]

​@@TaylorDanley Yeah. It's probably because I've only wrote a few songs. But I also plan to mix it up in the future. But everyone should avoid writing generic riffs just for fillers. I love when I hear the "idea" behind a riff or a song.

[@wilkinsi]

love those drum riffs/patterns. Do I get all these MIDI libraries included in Superior Drummer 3? If not, what's the best place to get them? Can I get it in AU or is it VST only?

[@XenoKumo]

Yo I’m new here and want to start playing electric guitar, idk if your reply to comments but I have a question. What guitar would you recommend for playing deep/heavy like evisceration plague or scourge of iron by cc?

[@wilkinsi]

Dissonant riffs rule

[@FuzzImp]

Step 1. Headbanging looks way cooler with long hair. Step 2. Watch this video

[@SCHOFT_]

Would you recommend EZdrummer 3 to a newbie?

[@TaylorDanley]

I'd recommend it to anyone

[@SCHOFT_]

​@@TaylorDanley this is the answer I was hoping for.

[@thomasdeckard7371]

Hey Taylor ! Quick question, I got this Jackson this week and it's amazing, but it's very noisy when I play it in Archetype Nolly. I thought it was a grounding problem but when I plug into my practice amp there doesn't seem to be a problem. If I switch off the "Inst" button on my Scarlett Solo, the noise goes away. Where could this come from ?

[@TaylorDanley]

No idea. If it goes away when you switch of insturment, just check your levels to see if you are over loading the input. Could just be that your guitar has a really hot output or something.

[@iduncanw]

Typically when using the instrument button you should have the gain on the interface set to 0. I do this with my Minifuse and it works great. Also check the audio settings that you're using ASIO and the Scarlet driver installed.

[@toontrack]

🤩

[@bradchervel5202]

Is this sped of x5?