Songwriting Tutorial | MELODIES, CONCEPT, LYRICS, RECORDING!!

In this video KARRA walks you through her songwriting process when solely working with a simple chord progression. She uses Ableton as her DAW, the UAD Console App to record latency free, a chord progression from Reid Stefan's Poppin Progression pack, and KARRA for Waves plugin preset to complete a songwriting idea from scratch. She gives you tips and tricks on how to write convincing melodies and lyrics, and tops it off with vocal harmonies and adlibs! The purpose of this tutorial is to show how you can go from a chord progression to a finished song.
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[@iamkarramusic]

I hope you guys enjoyed this songwriting tutorial! Links for KARRA For Waves Preset and Poppin Progressions in the description! Lmk what you think :)

[@jacoonyx]

You’re the best 👏🏻💪🏻

[@cripz1436]

Thanks so much Karra this means alot since I'm just learning to song write and your technique are really helpful also video was enjoyable 😁

[@Andrea.Zechmeister]

Like that yes have today listen love that melodic !

[@montanamaxxamillion]

Hey Karra! You’re the sexy overly talented goddess that I seen with the puppet! I’m subscribing! And getting all of your vocal sample packs, your voice is amazing.

[@godisgood34]

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have Eternal Life." God, Who made us, sent His Son to die for us sinners. He rose again after 3 days to life believe in Him to b saved, He is coming again soon!!

[@ReidStefanMusic]

Karra For Waves 😍

[@iamkarramusic]

That Horizon Bundle sounding good!

[@sykotix2578]

@@iamkarramusic couple goals

[@red_Sun24]

@@sykotix2578 are they actaually a couple or is he just simping hard

[@Sykotix]

@@red_Sun24 they are.

[@Iamdanybazz]

This video would be GOLD in time to come This is like the only real pop songwriting channel out there where the singer is actually frigging talented and writing a song on the go!!! Loving this ❤️❤️❤️

[@matmymusic4837]

I recommend you to take a look at Make Pop Music, it's great too

[@Iamdanybazz]

@@matmymusic4837 ahh. That's my guy too!

[@furnydoo]

She just wrote a dope verse and a chorus And here I am struggling to write a 8 bar vocal hook😂

[@chrishenperera]

me too bro 😂

[@salintium]

she's lying to you.

[@kingmaradei433]

@@salintium how

[@cripz1436]

Tip to help just write anything it dont need to make sense bro just get a melody or rhythm down stick to it for your lyrics.. Oh yeah here is a tip I learned its called mirroring I dunno if you do but yeah should be helpful its something a guy called Max Martin uses with melodic math, pretty cool stuff ngl anyway take care yo hopefully I was slightly helpful

[@furnydoo]

@@cripz1436 ayyy thanks man!

[@colossalcolosseum9555]

Very vulnerable to post the song writing process! I really appreciate you sharing this!

[@VitorHugo-bc5rm]

I've been learning so much from u! Can't wait for the full songwriting course❤❤

[@iamkarramusic]

I can’t wait for you guys to watch it! Putting a lot of love & more in depth lessons into it! ✍🏻💕

[@cripz1436]

@@iamkarramusic Yay! I'll make sure I see it for sure you the best

[@UNKNOWN-uw2gn]

Damn I'm really impressed, this is sick. Keep doing your thing. I was kinda feeling down about songwriting but I'm inspired now after watching this, so thank you for that, cheers!

[@ELLIOT8209]

Watching from South Africa 🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾

[@iamkarramusic]

heyy!! greetings from the US!

[@ErikaGutierrez]

You're awesomeee!!

[@panicmuz]

You are really treating me good finally learned alot from you thanks

[@calblue8694]

This is masterful!

[@IANAOS]

Best Guide on the internet you are the G.O.A.T 🐐

[@fatt.cheerios1342]

my heart almost melted when i heard her sing for the first time.

[@asrmpc2]

Your intuition knows the best ideas. Love that. Thanks!

[@infinitystratos5292]

Its so insane Karra how fast you came up with a song melody and how well you can sing this vocal harmonies. A great and informative video like always. Thank you :) Its so inspiring

[@yourright4833]

I find it amazing that we both do the same thing with are hands when we sing. For me, it just feels right and I typically like doing things that feel right as well. Intuition is really great sometimes but we often as musicians seem to forget that most normal people can't do the things that we do. Most people would settle for less and be fine with just doing things one time through with out looking at other possible outcomes. Its our job and career to get as close to perfect as possible when we trying to convey our emotion and how we feel in at the time because like a camera, we capture an image and we polish it to show the world we see to other people. Music is the same way as like the camera, we polish every single second of audio to convey the feeling from our perspective and POV in the moment. Those who know how to take everything seriously are the bread winners at the end of the day, but those who are gifted and talented at what they do combined are the true leaders such as yourself Translation: Hard work beats talent any day until talent decides to work hard. Like Rock Lee from Naruto, he will never be better than Naruto Uzumaki despite all the hard work he puts in. He's achieved a level of greatness but is unable to truly surpass Naruto. The moment that Naruto decided to work hard and take action, Lee was never able close the gap. Its fine being normal but those with gifts and talents who do work hard are meant to be the ones who lead us as spoiler alert incoming: Naruto becomes Hokage and achieves all that he wants and dreams. Karra is Naruto. You the audience are Lee, although there are some of you who are meant to be Naruto. At the end of it all, regardless whether your or not your Naruto, Rock Lee or Guy Sensei, your hard work will pay off and you will impact more people you can ever imagine if taken the right steps are taken as long as you give your all and commit to giving it your all. Even if your all is just 1% give it 100% of that 1% in that moment. There somethings that your not going to want to do but will benefit you in the long run. gravitate towards people who have a good mindset as the more you hang around certain people, the more you will inherit there knowledge, especially with people who have had the experience like Karra and Reid Stefan who have been where many of you want to be in life. Hang around a certain group of people that are headed the same direction as you and you'll grow tremendously. Hang around 4 billionaires, you might not be a billionaire but you'll inherit there mindset that can potentially make you millions. Same can unfortunately be said about the opposite. Hang around 4 alcoholics and you might just end up the fifth. Thank you for taking the time to reading this Ted Talk! I hope I was able to provide you with some valuable information that will help propel you forward in this journey we call LIFE

[@nonzero2264]

Insane....! Super thank you!!!!

[@kairosthedj2824]

i don't understand how you are not famous yet in the sense of like...dua lipa or taylor swift or ariana grande, you literally can sing, songwrite, and produce all at the same time?! and have your own music videos and tutorials...if it doesn't happen now, it is definitely coming, thank you for sharing your tips!! keep doing you queen!

[@dizzha7571]

Karra🤩

[@_JonTyler]

You kick ass. You go straight for the guts. ✌️

[@strawberrysky4890]

i always get the most love for my lyrics and am MUCH more confident in that vs. melody, but MAN it is hard to start with lyrics because it takes SO long (for me) to compose a compelling + catchy melody using a set of exact words. i watched the vid you & reid made of "heavy heart" and was inspired to try it your way, starting with emotion and gibberish, and now i'm never going back to writing lyrics first lol. i've never been so confident in my songs so thank u :)

[@jackc5444]

Thats one hell of a voice shes got

[@migosyrntakeoff2929]

The queen of YT music instruction 🔥

[@billwarner213]

This is awesome, Karra! I've just recently started to focus on my own lyric writing, and it's so helpful and inspirational to see your process. Thanks!

[@musicbyplv]

That was amazing ! Thanks for showing us the process :) Really valuable video !

[@iamkarramusic]

So happy to hear that love thanks for watching!

[@N8Sky]

I'm here to figure out songwriting as well haha !

[@musicbyplv]

@@N8Sky Hahaha it's pretty much the same process I learned with the monthly class, good video :) Will you be singing on your songs ?

[@N8Sky]

@@musicbyplv That's amazing ! , some really great tips here . And yes , I'm hoping to give it a try :) , I've been working on a new track and I've been struggling to find a vocalist for that . So I'm actually thinking of doing the vocals myself ! But the prob is that I don't have a microphone yet so i might have to use my phone , which I'm not so sure is going to sound good .

[@musicbyplv]

@@N8Sky That's awesome !!!! Cant wait to hear the result ;)

[@ddd-tu4qv]

Do more of these videos, we love watching ur sessions manifest in front of our eyes. ❤

[@MEETMagazine]

Cool. Thanks.

[@iamkarramusic]

my pleasure!

[@alex_zander3]

Your voice is just insane. Even your speaking voice. Thanks for the video Karra!

[@danielvaalzate]

yes i NEED this type of videos, they're like an addiction to me 😀 love you work karra

[@VeshBeats]

This right here is a TUTORIAL...amazing work @Karra ...nice teaching and show of raw process

[@brooklynkulture2804]

You’re the 🐐. Don’t let them tell you any diffferent ! This is so good 😊

[@bassnstoff8621]

so good

[@tommullinerart]

I just love this way of working - it's SO inspirational - thank you so much x

[@akurocknroll9084]

Awesome

[@pierredelareunion9105]

Cooool!

[@gigirodriguez3794]

I love watching your creative process. It inspires me so much! Thank you for all the effort you put into your videos, they are really helpful.

[@KAYA-be4yv]

Appreciate all your hard work so much. Your videos are helping me develop as an artist and I’m very grateful to be able to learn from you!

[@machitect]

this is AWESOME . thank you for sharing!

[@DokhounSyphanthong]

Girl, this was awesome and so helpful. I’m totally a melody girl too. Struggle with writing lyrics then end up not finishing them. I would sing in gibberish then think umm am I crazy Lol 😂 I love the way you just sing along with it to find the melody. I’ll have to go back and give this a try! Thank you! New sub btw!

[@iamkarramusic]

Welcome to the Soul Tribe!!! Jibberish is not crazy, it’s the best tool we have for making sense of what our subconscious wants to communicate! Don’t think too hard on the lyrics. The more you do it the easier & better you become ✨

[@yeyamusic]

I NEVER let anyone see me in my gibberish stage 😂 but you’re kinda making me more comfortable with it. I guess we all do it

[@its_kar]

Have been looking for a songwriting video since last year. Thanks a lot for this!

[@JEDAMusic]

Hypnotized watching you!🥰 excellent teacher. Thank you so much. 🤲

[@kobebourne]

Karra I am very proud of you. Your talent and hard work is really admirable

[@CrashnServers]

I ah seem to be speechless. Amazing TY

[@ljocelynreeves8085]

Amazing skills, even if you don't put lyrics the melody already sounds awesome, loving it from scratch👏👏👏

[@Darysson]

Thank you so much for this Karra!!

[@romelhardy326]

That Was AWESOME!!

[@rayderrich]

I wish life had been kind to my vocals, I would have loved to apply your tips. Thanks for sharing!

[@MeeanWest]

I loved watching this I followed you and now going on a binge of your vids lol

[@taynjae]

this vid is amazinggg ! thankyou for this

[@mamba691]

Love it and feeling this vibe ! Keep up the good work 🔥🎶☝️

[@mruzezibeats5428]

This is wonderful 👍 This helped alot thanks Kara

[@maxitcareer]

Waww mam amezing work.

[@katrinasantiago8426]

wow, just wow! I love you! First time here on your channel!

[@zteinbeck]

It's really sick Karra 🔥

[@nathanbryers]

Wow - very good!! 👍🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@FarzamTv]

Very Helpful Love it ! You have such a great voice!

[@ThomasSolom]

Amazing tips !!! Thanks Karra ❤️

[@newblood1380]

Omg this was really helpful thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@a-trox7848]

wooww, your amazing voice could fit in any kind of melody, love it, keep going on, we're here for you ...

[@Progamerjay100]

That was so good

[@whatareyouselling9811]

That was hard🔥

[@makethisfood8574]

Make more like this please! 😁

[@shottache]

Karra studiorack preset is fire you killed this video fire 💯%

[@iamkarramusic]

Wow so honored you think so! Makes me happy to provide you guys useful tools!!

[@ajaxhncn]

So cool ;)) beautifully executed

[@Nar419]

Now all I need is to be able to sing lol great video though I did learn a lot

[@tejrep6793]

It's really super I love this song ❤️🤩

[@empress3984]

This is a great video. It would be cool to see how you created your vocal chain

[@marioCazares]

This sounds so good

[@Charlie-qw3ru]

Love your vids!!

[@Vocalisto]

This is the best Example that you can write an entire Song on just a simple Loop with just one or two Elements in it! Sometimes it's hard to write Melodies & Lyrics if too much Elements and Melodic Parts goes on in the Beat. I think the Key is to start as soon as possible with Melody and Lyrics and than you can lay down the Beat Production, Composition, Arrangement around the Vocals which are the Main Elements in a Pop Song and work it out!

[@fritzthekidd]

Agreed!

[@thatwholemess7805]

Lov3 this session 🙏 Thanks ThatWholeMess

[@SafinaKhanSings]

You r an amazing artist and an amazing teacher..you made these things so easy to understand✨🎙❤..All the love n respect❤to u..

[@AikiraBeats]

This was extremely helpful thank you. Could you possibly show us how to add certain sounds for our production

[@freelyricstouse]

Thanks for sharing🔥🔥😌

[@roy-josh]

Love it.. i produce only song without vocals because i afraid that i cant handle with a singer

[@yantoaldama6813]

amazing as Always..

[@JWLZofficial]

Karra thank you so much!!! This helped me so much. I just commented on one of Reid’s videos asking for something like this. I’ve got recording vocals down but producing is so new to me. This made it very easy. Can you make something just like this video on how to add drums? Or maybe it’s something you can explain through here? Maybe even make it a course and I’d buy! Love you Karra and love Reid. Thank you again!!!! 🖤

[@Steaksmusic]

Excellent

[@rylandwestpoetry]

Wow this is amazing

[@iLIDIOMusic]

Thank you 🙏

[@maryanne2025]

Organic way of songwriting

[@candykush583]

why do i relate so much lmaooo XD great tutorials btw!

[@guzinmusic]

How impressively fast is your workflow!! Love that💙

[@iamkarramusic]

well I had to cut quite a bit out for the sake of time, but overall yes very quick and effective! Important to just get an idea out so you can take your next steps with production, mixing, and mastering!

[@kintubeats]

amazing!

[@thegeenius]

thanks for the in-depth look into your process,, everyone has a different way of getting there but,, the basics still apply.. the way those b-section & hook melodies came to you tho'.. Ahhh!! gifted, - thanks again beast,, 👊🏽

[@JuicekidBeats]

Wow. 🔥🔥

[@sonbeatz863]

I really like it it's so amaizing

[@444Inlakesh]

You won me over

[@mosaicrecordsofficial]

Karra yerim seni annem :) turkiyeden selamlar

[@dalmanita8177]

Its easy when you got a voice that can make the tap dripping sound good

[@morrismarschik6846]

…and there I am with my vocal range of 3 semitones all sung a little flat. Amazing tutorial nevertheless. Thank you!

[@ratnotikto1923]

Love this ✌️✌️✌️

[@iamkarramusic]

So happy to hear that 🦋🦋

[@Seeos-1020]

What software are you using for recording and and editing song.. tell me the name

[@youngboyfuture]

Superb

[@bigfreak58]

This was a great video you have a lovely voice, loved your workflow and I learned a few thing even if I'm not a singer this helps me produce with vocalist, keep it up and you look great also. drop the puppet get with a muppet...lol jokes keep it up liked and subbed.

[@oscargolfmusic]

amazing talent

[@iamkarramusic]

thanks so so much Oscar!

[@maryanne2025]

5:28 Lol you are so amazing -great singing. It’s like you are barely trying and you’re doing that while sitting down too

[@iamkarramusic]

Thank you love! I actually hate singing sitting down but i have to for these types of videos to run smoothly lol 💕💕

[@marvinmusiic]

I want this song.

[@ajstudiobgd]

♥