Making shoegaze music

[@BagzTomato]

I watched this video 15 minutes ago, and I came back to say that the song is still stuck in my head. Well done.

[@bananalabs]

I really appreciate that! Thank you!

[@StudiesWithRyan]

Drum sounds are insane

[@loopydemos]

Would totally listen to an album full of songs like this!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you so much, Loopy! I appreciate that

[@jessilopez5390]

Never stop making videos , your knowledge makes a huge impact on many including myself. Ur sick man!!

[@bananalabs]

I appreciate you, Jessi! Thank you 🥹💪🏻

[@r0bj0b]

100% agree. Don't stop, need this.

[@bo-xm3so]

oh my gosh that bend before the drop also editing is so cool

[@bananalabs]

Thank you, Bo!

[@nopuedo3435]

you're always improving the quality of your videos

[@bananalabs]

I appreciate that! Thank you!

[@capslock196]

hey dude, really liked what you've done with your video production skills as well. looks way more refined. keep it up!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you so much, Vladimir. I really appreciate that.

[@barsultra]

love the bass strings plus open g … new way to practice for me now!! helps spice up bar chords

[@astronpublico8845]

Bros in love with shoegaze. So am i

[@millennialanimal]

Great stuff as always, had me singing melodies along with it, always the sign of a good song! Great video!

[@bananalabs]

Haha nice! Thanks, Millennial. I appreciate that.

[@millennialanimal]

No problem!@@bananalabs

[@marounso]

This bridge is pure fire man!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you!

[@diplodok_mc]

bro you inspired me to do my solo musical project, great stuff, and this particularly one sounds amazing 🖤

[@bananalabs]

Glad to be of service! Thanks for watching!

[@ranradd]

Love this sound! Really inspiring. (that sweat with the big eye is cool too.)

[@bananalabs]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the support!

[@wheresallthezombies]

I feel like all great music is technically poppy. To me, “poppy” just means catchy and strong melody. Which is why it’s so easy to, for example, take a Katy Perry vocal melody and turn it into infinite amounts of genres. But, you can’t exactly do the same with a cannibal corpse vocal melody, (might be an extreme example but I think it gets to the point).

[@bananalabs]

Well put! I appreciate you for watching!

[@matthathaway5015]

Hell yeah! The song is catchy and dreamy and the video is a lot of fun. Well done!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you, Matt! I appreciate your continued support, Brotha! 🙏🏻

[@psycheeunevsi]

Hey bro, just discovered this channel! Well done that was sick as ☯️🙏🏼 I’m a guitar player who currently decided to transition into learning bass and drums and master ableton live. I’m still new in the process and haven’t been able to create my own music yet but your channel is the the example of why I’m going to work hard to achieve that! Did songwriting come more naturally to you when you felt you were in full control and had learnt everything including the production side?

[@iamstillblocked]

another awesome upload! that track goes sooo hard

[@bananalabs]

Thank you!🖤

[@theuke1139]

Good day when banana labs drops

[@bananalabs]

I appreciate you! 🙏🏻

[@mikecole4489]

Great job man!!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you so much, Mike! Love your videos!

[@Spartanx163x]

You dont miss sir

[@rafaelbalieiro]

Man, good job, it sounds so good! 😎

[@bananalabs]

Thanks a lot! I appreciate you!

[@k00k]

Very inspirational. Thanks!

[@ninaanderssonvoigt227]

Bro this is awesome. Love from Sweden

[@bananalabs]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻🖤

[@julianrachele757]

this is fierce

[@bananalabs]

I appreciate you!🙏🏻

[@INERTE-B]

love it!!! song so good that inspire me

[@bananalabs]

Thank you so much!

[@bon3xprod]

that bridge is so stud

[@bananalabs]

No, you are…👀

[@Riley-qb7uk]

Sounds great 👏👏👏

[@bananalabs]

Thanks, Riley!

[@NightMan1224]

Dude this was awesome 👏

[@bananalabs]

Thank you! I appreciate that

[@maxim.horoshilov]

Nice one! Amazing sound!👌

[@bananalabs]

Thank you, Maxim!

[@mnorrving]

good song, the bridge was my favorite part!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you! Ngl that was my fave part to play

[@bon3xprod]

another fun video

[@bananalabs]

Thanks, Johnny Boy!

[@jaylenmusic]

can i get this song anywhere? this is dope!

[@erikagaolaussen7760]

This is great songwriting! I enjoy watching your shoegaze stuff. Do you put these songs out somewhere, in that case where?

[@waterthroughyouropenhands]

Handing down knowledge

[@bananalabs]

I appreciate you, Brotha💪🏻

[@emattiasjansson]

Awsome!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you, Mattias!

[@acidjames]

great song, thanks !

[@bananalabs]

Thank you, James! I appreciate you

[@nth1739]

Great video, really helpful. Im learning more shoegaze songs on the guitar so this was perfect. What effects are you using on the lead guitar, if you dont mind me asking. Im part of the ableton gang too. Keep up the great work!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you so much!! Welcome to the Ableton gang!💪🏻 I’m using this fuzz pedal called Trifecta by Barber and in Ableton I’m using compression, saturation EQ, Tremolo and some reverb I believe it was

[@nth1739]

@bananalabs thanks for the reply. I have the orange 🍊 Pi fuzz and will give it a try on the lead. Keep on jammin!

[@randyhollandsworth626]

@@nth1739What do you mean by the orange 🍊 Pi fuzz? Who makes that pedal?

[@nth1739]

@@randyhollandsworth626 Sorry. I should have been more specific. I use the Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi op amp pedal, nicknamed orange Pi because of its orange color. It creates a fuzz sound very close to what the smashing pumpkins were using in the 90s.

[@randyhollandsworth626]

@@nth1739No worries. That's what I thought you meant but I just wanted to be sure. Thanks for the quick response!

[@bllake2000]

rock on bro ❤‍🔥

[@Ben__David]

Great song, as always! I also would really like to see more insights on how you do your vocals since that's really what I struggle with most of the time. From what I've seen in your videos you seem to double track (not triple track) them. Do you use sth like Melodyne or is it "just" a clever use of reverbs to keep them in sync because whenever I double-track vocals and pan the tracks left and right, the differences in the performances are always so noticeable. Would love to hear about how you deal with that!

[@bananalabs]

Thanks for the continued support, Ben! That’s a great question and something that I’d love to make some content on. They’re have been several viewers who are interested in my vocal process as well. I’d be more than happy to do more in depth content on my vocal process. All I do is try to get as close as I can to the overdubs, then add some compression, eq, saturation and I’ll top it off with reverb. That’s about all I do. Here and there I’ll decide to add a tremolo effect for movement.

[@Ben__David]

@@bananalabs Thanks for the response! Looking forward to your video :)

Solid 👌🏻

[@bananalabs]

Thanks, Kulf!

[@sykaria]

would it be better to use DAW effects for guitar tone or a designated physical multi-fx pedal

[@Bivuki777]

If you ever want to be able to play it live, then you should go for a pedal board. If you don’t plan on doing that, a daw would be fine.

[@ectobiologist7252]

nice song!!

[@bananalabs]

Thank you!

[@lucaspintooc]

what’s up gays!!

[@billiamsharpe2967]

bridge could be the chorus, beautiful

[@bananalabs]

Great ear. To be honest I think I agree with you. The bridge is my favorite part to play on this one. Thanks for listening!

[@kartelll]

Безумно! Большое спасибо

[@bananalabs]

Thank you!🖤

[@Tobilinski]

i wish In knew music theory to understand this video.

[@donidona]

it's just like 3 chords

[@Bivuki777]

Simply google the words you don’t understand.

[@pazulay]

New to guitar and learning theory right now. You mentioned playing CmajorSus2 and AminorSus2. Aren't sus chords neither major or minor? Could you explain that?

[@CasparLapthorne]

You're right. You make a suspended chord by either lowering the minor 3rd of a chord by a semi-tone (creating a sus2 chord) or by rasing the major 3rd of a chord by a semi-tone (creating a sus4 chord). And so suspended chords are technically neither major nor minor. However you could might still choose to reference a sus chord as either major or minor just to indicate the key you're in. As every key has its respective major and minor chords, if you throw in enough suspenstions it could make the key seem pretty ambiguous. So if you're in the key of C you may just clarify that your C, F, and G chords are major chords even though you've replaced them with suspensions. Basically he's using suspensions and so eliminating the major or minor identifiers, but since he's remaining in a specific key centre, those chords still fill the major and minor roles of the key. Generally you don't see this too often, most of the time you just label a chord as either sus2 or sus4, but if you're used to referring to chords in a specific key by their major and minor variations then I guess you might label chords this way. Everyone just has their own habits and methods of memorising music theory. But yes. Suspended chords are neither major nor minor. But the chords they're built from have to be one or the other to begin with if you're remaining in a single key centre.

[@pazulay]

@@CasparLapthorne Oh yea that actually makes a lot of sense thank you

[@matttorrence2900]

Will!!!

[@adamscenna]

🍌 🔥 ❤

[@bananalabs]

🖤🙏🏻🥺

[@lucaspintooc]

i have this same bass amp. i don’t find the scrambler particularly heavy or gainy, but i’m used to have much higher gain on bass. But it sounds really good on a shoegaze context, really cuts through.

[@unrefined5156]

Did you just call an add9 power chord a “sus2”? My disappointment is beyond measure.

[@bananalabs]

I did. Report me to Rick Beato, Producer/guitarist Boy.

[@vale.simulacra]

No offense, but are you Oliver Tree's cooler alter-ego?

[@bananalabs]

Lol non taken. A lot of people have been saying I look like Oliver tree. I don’t see it 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

[@Noidedd]

@@bananalabsOliver trees cooler older brother

[@axelrc1292]

That bass tone sounds horrible, like a cardboard box with rubber bands 😅, but learned a lot of everything else, good video 👍

[@bananalabs]

Thanks, Sour Patch Kid