I Made A Pop Song In 1 Hour! (Based Off Your Requests!) [One Hour Challenge Ep. 1]

In this video, Austin makes a pop song in one hour based off of the winning poll options that were posted to the Make Pop Music Instagram stories!
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My Gear:
DAW: Cubase 13 Pro
Desk: AZ Studio Workstations
Main Microphone: Lauten Audio LT-386 Eden, Lewitt LCT1040
Voiceover Mic: Lauten LS-208
Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6
Interface: RME UFX ii
Compressor: AudioScape 76D
MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61
Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute
Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus
Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800
Extra Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59
Camera: Sony A7iv
Lens: Sony 24-70mm f2.4
Camera Lights: Aperture Amaran 100Xs
Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Holiday Sale 0:40
Diving In 1:02
Laying Down Chords 1:27
Layering The Main Chords 4:33
Tracking Guitar 5:00
Finding Groove Loops 6:46
Laying Down Kick and Snare 7:18
Programming The Bass 8:38
Layering and Arranging 9:05
Pre-Chorus Keys 10:15
Building Up The Chorus 10:35
Writing and Recording Vocals 12:38
Editing and "Mixing" The Vocal 15:18
Full Track Play Through 16:16
Outro 17:32

[@MakePopMusic]

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[@combs08]

This better than anything I could do in a month 😂 Very inspiring!

[@MakePopMusic]

take a shot everytime i say "really really"

[@guitarloopstore23]

Can’t.. I’m already too drunk..

[@MakePopMusic]

there's drinking til you pass out, and then drinking until you pass away. I think you'd pass away from this one. lolol@@guitarloopstore23

[@guitarloopstore23]

@@MakePopMusic 🤣 damm well merry Christmas

[@jessealexanderhamilton8667]

Or “it’ll be alright” lol

[@MixReady]

I‘m 12 shots in… dear lord have mercy 😵‍💫🙌🏼

[@filiprangus5826]

I would definitely love to see the finishing a demo song

[@THmusic420]

Yeees

[@joshtackett]

DUUUDE one hour?! You are skilled at your craft my friend

[@tolgac.6941]

Great Job, Austin! I find it harder to bring a demo-type song to a fully finished Spotify/radio-ready version. It would be great to see your workflow on this. Thanks a lot for your time and effort!

[@kaiquesfalsinoficial]

Ideas for videos: Finish songs and show us how you did it. Make a two hour challenge with ideas/style/rythm/mood already planned out so it doesnt feel so rushed and porbably you'd make better decisions on the production and show us. It will help me at least a ton!! Again, amazing work, keep it up!

[@benjaminwei7773]

Duuude HAHAHA. Gotta be honest, I skipped to the end part. I just heard you saying "Vocals are still pretty rough" I started listening and I was like shut uuuuup :D It's so good. Always motivates me to go back and open cubase after 10 hours of tracking stuff.

[@adriansympson]

love this!! it’s inspiring, motivating, and really shows off your skill. i think it’s a good reminder to not overthink shit so THANKS KING

[@billlanagan2320]

this came out awesome! didn’t expect to love this demo so much. would love to see this finished!

[@stefanaasheim]

More of this please! I would really like a series done on this!

[@josephfatai]

That is incredible skills on the fly. Would love to hear the whole song. Great stuff dude!

[@orange6852]

I think this is alot better than a lot of production breakdown videos bc this shows your trains of thoughts as you go through the process. very good video !

[@jdbruh6709]

Austin please finish and release this!!!! i keep listening to it on repeat soooo inspiring!

[@ksaintartwork6577]

Impressive man! I would love to see you finish this one off. Also I would love to see you do more videos like this one. Much love bruh!

[@RachaelAlexander]

Austin you are so talented and skilled! Thanks for sharing your process!

[@Joydria]

this is amazing!! we were able to see just how gifted and skilled you are at your craft!

[@sebastianrothe]

Awesome series!! keep it up. its so nice to see actually the full process of creating.....and yes, show the full production part also ;=) THX!

[@marcelcomello620]

well you got my deepest respect. Im not there by a long shot! Thanks for sharing your process once more. it truly helps in understanding how to get ideas into tracks. Gonna have some fun this weekend trying stuff. Cheers pal, and have some great holidays

[@yan1232]

Sounds amazing man!! Would love to see how you complete the song!!

[@gusty17]

WOWO Loved the song and the challenge, please do more. Really Inspiring

[@MusicMastaJones]

Nice work man. :-) Definitely would love to see you finish it. Let’s get more one hour challenges as well!!

[@ralfkohler831]

Austin...this is insane! I can not believe you nailed this in one hour!❤❤❤

[@FedoraRose]

Love this blanks style series! Amazing video!

[@marklarm]

Finish Austin! Sounds on point so far! Nice job! Happy Holidays bro!

[@ColouredPaperShapes]

Nice exercise, awesome to see what you came up with and how to speed up decisions when making demos. Would be cool to see what you do with the song next to complete it!

[@michaelgormleymusic]

I’d love to see more of these than a follow up of you polishing it. Great stuff as always 👍🏼

[@michaelgaudreau7017]

Would love to see this fleshed out as well as you do more 1-hour challenges! Really fun concept and it's always nice seeing people think and make decisions in real time (for me at least).

[@theworldsimulation6996]

Was about to say the same thing. I get the reasoning behind shorter videos but I think other producers looking to learn would find the entire process superr useful

[@MateoZanuttin]

Dude, the DRUMS! And everything else too, of course. Love it 🔥

[@floridastreethockey]

This insane!! Would love a finished video of this song!

[@w-gabriel]

awesome! the lyrics are so good and the vocals sound great for such a short time

[@russellharness2586]

Haven't got to the end of the video yet, but this gives me some LANY vibes for sure! Sounds flipping awesome! - Now at the end of the video, yes I would love to watch a video of you finishing the song fully and releasing it if possible as this already sounds like it can be on the same Indie Pop perfection level as LANY.

[@Jasmine-cn4wc]

this is so dope!🔥please do more of this content!!💯

[@GeorgeAmodei21]

Sounds really good! I can't even copy or do a COVER in in that short of time. I know it would be even better when you finish and take your time. I enjoied watching this! Please do more when you can. Thank You! George :)

[@RatedBamaTV]

The MPM Courses has helped me elevate my mix game!!! Worth every penny !!! Thank You Bro!!!

[@dianat.6426]

insane! vocals sound awesome and so hit like . dont know how you do this in such a short time

[@MaciejLapinski]

Maaan, it sounded so so good, would be awesome if we could get the whole tutorial. Please do more videos with live tracked guitar, this pop-rocky style is definitely one of your best! (and my favourite 😅) Cheers, happy holidays!

[@JulianFernandez]

love it. thanks!

[@petrieberries]

More please yes✨ this was fun!

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Crazy for an hour. Nice one

[@ldandco]

Just impressive. You are beyond talented

[@katbert100]

Wow, great job, nailed it! 💪

[@isaacdynys6518]

It really is all about sound selection. Once i got some actually decent vsts and sounds everything was better. These videos helped me realize that. Trying to turn sounds from ass to gas isnt worth it most times. Thanks for the content Austin

[@cryptokingz615]

This sounds like an ARIZONA banger. Nice work Austin!

[@ThomasPenninger]

Yoooo that was sick Pls more of the challenges as well as fleshing this song out, any plans for it yet? 🙊

[@MarcChaperon]

This is so cool ! I wanna see more

[@ianboyexpress]

do this againn!!! love watching you cook

[@Terrafraid]

Having been listening endlessly to Panic Divisions last album, I would love to see a video on that alt indie pop sound. Particularly in how he uses vocal chops as a pad like background/rhythmic percussion throughout his verses/choruses.

[@andoniarrigorriaga2985]

Always great!

[@user-uu9qu9ju2h]

honestly these videos don't need editing imo, i wouldve loved to watch the entire hour

[@MakePopMusic]

We may offer the option to view the full one hour video for our course members in the future. KZbin algorithm would smother the video if it was a full hour

[@adammariucci]

You are the man, Austin. Would love to work with you on something in 2024. ❤🤘

[@martyward427]

Loved this. Just an IDEA: Maybe do a quick hour overview of a top pop song, like, say, OneRepublic, the weekend, and flush out how they might be accomplishing creation and productions for their music and writing style. Thanks! Keep up the great work.

[@lostarchiveSDN]

THIS IS SO GOOD WE NEED THIS

[@sven6999]

insanely good!!

[@RJEnriquez]

Finish it and also do more challenges. These are amazing.

[@visshhh_hu_mein]

Hands up 🙌 need more videos like this

[@sovndscvpe]

Sooo good!!!

[@matthewfranklin8285]

Unbelievable! Next level fluency!

[@TerenceKearns]

That's pretty impressive my dude. Thats what thousands of hours of practice gets you. Well done.

[@brum3h]

Yes to both seeing you finish the song and to more of these

[@huberttorzewski]

Things I've learned after watching to this vid: - I live in a 2 or even 3 times slower world - I don't like robotic vocal sounds - I won't ever be able to produce this kind of music and mix so fast at the same time. Mind-blowing

[@shy_gaze]

really liked the 1975 vibe, please make that video finishing this :)

[@ZOGAPOGA]

More of these one hour challenges fs!

[@BrownestHarry]

this was awesome what a king in this game uve got a new customer buddy

[@Turtletunes2]

Lovely song! ❤

[@floris7552]

This sounds like it’s straight out of the 1975s second album lol, great video!

[@cristianbordali]

The first person I see doing this challenge is Music by Blanks (actually, is not the same, because he doing remakes in 1 hour, and make music by what his instagram followers pick, but its kinda the same xD), so I will love to see a collab with you and him doing this! 🤘🏻

[@TheAmericano]

Super impressive!!!!

[@larrys2065]

So impressed! Great lyrics on this one.

[@MakePopMusic]

Thanks! Actually a true story about the first Christmas my wife and I spent together. We both cried when we listened back to the finished version lolol

[@defaziojeremy6775]

Ahah ! Like this concept. Speed writing maybe?? :)

[@humanizer12345]

Finish the song! It sounds awesome already.

[@nabilbouhouli7996]

Amazin !!

[@thomaskarlsson8614]

That's really good for being only one hour. Great job! One question; Do you ever start at the other and come up with the vocal melody first and then build everything around it?

[@MakePopMusic]

some times!

[@sashanvak]

So, it is possible. Great job. 😎

[@prodjxnas]

the resutls sound crazy for one hour!

[@ThunderRecords694]

U are good at what u do

[@jamesdensleymusic92]

YOOOO AUSTIN!! THIS IS KILLER!! Also...what snare was that? And what pack? Absolute gold!

[@MakePopMusic]

Snare was from our Nashville pack! Its called Brit Vibes.

[@LoveinScarcity]

Sounds perfect already to me. I couldn’t touch this “rough” vocal on my best day lol. But I doubt you’d judge me so harshly. ))Sending self-kindness vibes(( Peace to you

[@Blueberrystop]

Cool!

[@gyanlobaba231]

yes complete this song and come up with more of this challenges

[@jackdarren1784]

That sound greats Austin 🙂

[@bbouro]

Nice one❤❤

[@user-bx4ep1tt5z]

Would love a finished video of this song！

[@UHRsprung]

Very cool, yes, please finish the Song and yes, please more 1h Videos 👍🙏

[@Placebomusic951]

bro this guy is very underated and good

[@teamdarinkatrel1719]

Nice one

Finish it brother 😍👍🏻🙏🏻

[@robr471]

Very well done bro.

[@jackharjani]

sounds like something The 1975 would make. Good work bro :D

[@Lucie-R2R_Happiness]

More one hour challenges please and pretty please finish the songggg

[@lX-NDR]

thats dope!

[@arijitduttaofficial]

Amazing! Really would like to know the treatments you did to the vocal in so short time ❤

[@MakePopMusic]

Literally just what I showed. Tuned it and threw on my normal sends and some EQ and compression with VMR 😂

[@thomasreehjelm8862]

Amazing! I just want two things. One, your talent! And two, that 1975 preset for the Cory Wong amp.

[@MakePopMusic]

I'll make a reel for it on Instagram!

[@thomasreehjelm8862]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@OfficialDarrenJay]

Pretty dang impressive bro

[@DorinelMusic]

good job! LIKE

[@matt6288joyce]

Love this. It reminds of that 1975 song that goes “Give me one mooorrre night.”

[@JCAmusic]

the "hold music" when the video is being sped up really takes me away from your song, which makes it harder to see the song's evolution with each layer you added and made the video harder to watch. That being said, absolutely inspiring to see you work as always!!! Thanks for the amazing free content you offer us Austin!!

[@sanachabeats]

Best song ever!! Please finish the song🙏🏼

[@trollingisasport]

Damn. I love those snares! Reminds of that song from the 80s That's Just the Way it is by Bruce Hornsby.

[@MakePopMusic]

You can get them for 25% off until Monday if you want to grab any packs from our store! 😁

[@trollingisasport]

Haha. I was tempted to ask. Which pack is that?@@MakePopMusic

[@JDMac-id2ow]

Absolutely amazing and what I needed!!! Open to doing this again for pop punk? 🤘

[@MakePopMusic]

For sureee!

[@JDMac-id2ow]

@@MakePopMusic 😝 LFG!