Ian Kirkpatrick on "Dua Lipa - New Rules" (25 BIG Tips in 13 Min)

[@SolStateMusic]

Ian's Channel (to catch his live streams) - kzbin.info/door/Cgvl_leixwjgtG83h05iaw 👀You might also like Ian's breakdown of Dua Lipa's "Pretty Please" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGbEcmhvd8SHa5o Thanks to everyone who submitted questions!

[@nirvanacobain001]

Still can’t believe we get an elite tier producer giving us this for free

[@Lyonpulse]

Exactly, I feel grateful for this video.

[@Audiojunkk]

Innit! Glad everyone is not money grubbing and selfish and realises that through sharing knowledge we all benefit! What a legend!

[@billB101]

Music is about sharing and bringing people together, it's how it should be.

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

Seriously, this plus Disclosure's Latch breakdown... we amateur producers are so damn lucky to get this.

[@Wabbelpaddel]

Looks like a fetal alcohol syndrome or abortion mistake next to a deathstep or breakcore or hardstyle producer.

[@gafuraskarov2814]

I was 5 minutes in when I realized that it’s a billboard level producer showing us his work for free. What did we do to deserve this?

[@wickstorm_records]

What are you gonna do? Copy the tips?

[@gafuraskarov2814]

@@wickstorm_records i don't see a problem with that

[@sinekonata]

You watch ads on youtube and then you talk to your friends about it. If no one did, they wouldn't do it.

[@pnutbuttajellee1394]

it's all entertainment man...artists, producers always inspire other artists and producers. its the ebs and flows of life and creativity

[@manifestgtr]

The point he makes at the end is absolutely crucial. You need to know all of the technicals…why do you cut certain things around 200-400hz, high passing tracks so they clean up and image better, ratios, knees, Q and high level automation. But that’s all just the prerequisite. That’s a GIVEN. It’s all in service of your creativity, musical taste and ability to work closely with an artist. That’s the stuff that gets you hired *for real*

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

Wait but in the video is it ian the producer talking or is it the mix engineer 🤔 cause for producing that doesnt matter that's mixing

[@genejas]

@Jaris or you hire a mix engineer to mix it for you

[@Utubesuxmycock]

YOU ramble

[@snackdaddy1260]

@@ifiwantyoutofeel today music producers have to be everything in one, theres a good clip of deadmau5 talking about it

[@killsammusic]

i missed the streaming but i have a little tip for the "half time recording", in my country there's a big artist that makes use of this technique in an awesome way (Tha Supreme) if you feel the track is just too fast to sing or rap over it without making mistakes or it feeling like you're actually chasing the song you can lower the bpm by 10-15bpm or even more (keep track of that tempo, don't forget it), just meet your needs, then sing/rap over it normally, then what you do is importing back the vocal and changing the tempo of the sample like you would do with a loop, let's say the loop is 100 bpm and your song is 115, it's the same technique,, in fl studio you open up the sampler and then right click on "Time" in time stretching and then you click "autodetect", then "type in bpm" and you enter the bpm the vocal was recorded at, then in the time stretching corner you set the mode to e3 mono / e3 generic (which sounds best), you'll see the vocal will have a very natural feeling while being faster and also keeping the key it was recorded at. you can do the same with vocals you already have in your sound library

[@nawwar1]

i use this all the time when recording harder parts for bass, varispeed in logic can speed down your project by a percentage and it sounds cool when you put it up again

[@antonioarcudi1897]

🇮🇹💜

[@deewrath1440]

Does anyone know how it works in cubase?

[@MrMikomi]

@@deewrath1440 sounds like it's just timestretching

[@abinashsharma1688]

@@MrMikomi ya pretty much but im sure there are multiple modes under time stretching that can give different results

[@samrhythm5447]

brooo he said, 'that one guy on youtube would be so mad at me' lmfao that one guy being fox stevenson

[@SolStateMusic]

You called it! That's from this video (if you're reading this and feeling curious) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGXOkpJ4g8urZ9E

[@bhaveshtochabbra6853]

Why he mad at him if he's a youtuber and our bro is producer for top artists(Dua lipa).

[@LFPXX]

@@bhaveshtochabbra6853 he was just joking?

[@samrhythm5447]

@@bhaveshtochabbra6853 Fox stevenson is a well established producer, writer, artist. Which is what made Ian calling him a KZbinr funny. If you look at the Video sol posted, fox talks about why OTT is a bad plugin for phasing reasons. A lot of ppl use it but Fox spoke out highly against it and for good reason. I recommend watching the video. With all that said, does it rlly matter? I mean Ian clearly uses it on top 40 tracks. It's up to user discretion.

[@skccarruthers]

I like Ian's humor! It makes him relatable, plus it seems like a big part of how he enjoys himself. Awesome stream. Thanks for the edit Sol State!

[@SolStateMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NeoFighterX]

This was the first dua lipa song i heard from when she hit the mainstream. I was beyond blown away (as someone who had been producing for only months). So incredible to see the breakdown

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Song from Dua "I could be the one" was getting some radio play in the UK before New rules come out.

[@LimabeanStudios]

it's crazy how much content exists thanks to people like you and Ian to help learn the process of producing. When I first started in 2014 barely half of this info was so easily publicly accessible and I'm sure people older then me would laugh as they had near nothing

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Like Patrick you learn by doing and not by copying. Patrick sound is unique because He did his own think and literally said "fxxx it to anyone eles" Do your thing.

[@RyanMiskimminMusic]

Extremely well produced track from a guy who clearly knows what he is doing at the top of his game! Clean and crisp production! Unreal.

[@Astro-X-Ent]

This track was absolutely captivating for me personally and I don't generally listen to this genre. Love seeing the breakdown as a listener/producer myself as it's filled with valuable info. I actually made a reggae dub remix of this track cuz I loved it so much. 💯

[@danmyersmusic]

Ian Kirkpatrick - not only are u an amazing producer - but ur attitude!! U love what u do - that passion - that is the stuff right there!!

[@kazuidatura]

0:55 pitch down add noise 1:56 Synth 3:18 Layer synth 4:16 Vocal Effects wtf 7:10 long vox FX 9:30 Fill 10:47 Tambourine?? Bit Noise

[@LASHH9669]

Shout out to Ian for answering my question. That pitch and volume automation totally reinvents the sample. Thanks!

[@SolStateMusic]

Huge difference, right?!

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

It's a great feeling being able to watch you do stuff in Cubase, a DAW I've never used, and still be able to follow along just fine. Same goes for Blender, Davinci, Affinity, and other modern softwares. Love how intuitive and powerful it is all becoming!

[@unklericky579]

This guy is a whole vibe.. shows in the music

[@SolStateMusic]

well said

[@moerahman6749]

This man is a wizard. He makes it all look so effortless.

[@AlexEzmaRey]

The pre-chorus drum fill is from “That Sound Drumline Deluxe” sample pack, the name of the file is “105 Song H 02 Full Performance”. And Ian pitched it up 4 steps.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Nice.

[@greedokenobi3855]

I love manual sidechaining! Sometimes the pencil tool is mightier than the sword, or the plugin! 😜

[@diceryirja6567]

That drum fill is everything!

[@SchibbiSchibbi]

So many details with the pitching 😮

[@christisgreaterthanculture9255]

so cool to see that the big guys use same plugins that we normal folk use.

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

9:34 - Yes! My favorite part of the whole song. So cool to see the magic behind the scenes, thank you!

[@caml4741]

Definitely learned something new, the layering in this song is fire. Thanks for the video Sol State

[@LuiTunes]

I actually like the humor LOL!!! Man, it's amazing how you fly through the entire thing, a lot of things I will have to go back to a couple times, but it's really cool how you share the overall idea super quick.

[@Shankstauk]

This is amazing, why did i not know about this guy sooner. with his comedy and mind boggling skills, this man is truly an inspiration

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Because it's the pop star singers who take the lime light no one why buys the music cares about who actually made the song.

[@josephbramwell6202]

This video has really inspired me so much im in tears you deserve sooo much more credit for what you do I loved your humour your so creative and talented

[@strmmen2359]

12:14 This is exactly what happened with Ava Max - Sweet but Psycho. Tix (Andreas Haukeland) was going to use the lyrics for a mainstream party song in Norway, but thought it was too shit lol. He was later in a session with Ava and the rest is history

[@NOSIDAM]

The fact that this information comes free is unreal 🤟

[@bhagatriks]

absolute fire instructions on how the mental process of his creativity.

[@Filipendula69]

What i have learned in videos you upload is add little things. that is what was missing in my production. since i begin to do that(little thing you dont hear, but you do) my production skyrocket. thing like grouping similar elements and glue them with delay/reverb also made my tracks so much better. i started to making some money from this. thank you for your contribution to this comunity.

[@SolStateMusic]

Great observation and story. So glad to hear :)

[@2snake289]

shows how fun producing is

[@jcalebbb]

you guys have no idea how much these types of videos help us small up and coming producers

[@LeoGretz]

The level of information here is gold. Thank you so much!

[@matthewgear]

This breakdown is out of this world hey!

[@ringtail5021]

the fact that people don't know who actually makes these hit songs and give all the credit to one person like dua lipa is just crazy

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Most artists are dancers and singers and that's it, they dont make there own music or wright there own lyrics, even Drake has 3 other people writing his lyrics.

[@SoftcoreStoner]

Yeah most 'artists' are not actually the artist. They're just the paint in the can...

[@Skrenja]

I also hate when people give all the credit for a movie to actors, when HUNDREDS of people can work on a movie.

[@hermestrismegistus3417]

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”

[@SoftcoreStoner]

@@MyExploratorySpace-yc4pk recognition, of course real donnies know

[@Reydanmusic]

This guy seems so fun to be around

[@spudxmusic4937]

BRUHHH I LOVE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR

[@frognyanya]

Sometimes on KZbin you just come across stuff you can't quite believe - A free video going through the nuggets of wisdom used to create one of the best pop songs of the last decade...sheesh

[@InfrdMusic]

bruh Ian's humor is what makes him so entertaining to watch, he seems like someone that would be fun to work with

[@SolStateMusic]

💯 I think that's a big reason behind his success.

[@ImBooblehead]

This is wildly brilliant. It always amazes me how none of this is by accident but the result of APPLIED EXPERIENCES. Gotta love it

[@imjulesgabriel]

Always wondered about this song. Its very original in its ”off” drops and vibe. Thanks!

[@swackymusic]

My man made the synths on Sylenth!! I mean ofc the plug in’s god🤲🔥❤️

[@greganikin7003]

This song is so very well produced! Like a perfect example of THE perfect production.

[@xWUND3RWAFFL3x]

I love to see sausage fattener used on a sub in 2021in a hit pop song with millions of listens

[@Jee_oon]

Wish SG Lewis would be in Sol State. He also has great tracks that are in need of breakdown :(

[@j.eazychrist]

YES PLEASE

[@SolStateMusic]

Not sure it's possible, but what would be the best song for a breakdown?

[@mariusmusicandscience]

@@SolStateMusic My vote would go to Feed The Fire

[@antlando]

@@SolStateMusic better!

[@andreasstenberg8698]

@@antlando this ^

[@LosantoBeats]

Ian definitely flexes on production. Hahaha. But he goes as far as it serves the song. Never past that.

[@Bronwyn031]

The deeper I delve into music production the more I learn that NO ONE cares about this nuanced level of production. You can spend hours perfecting your snare or kick drum sound and when you play the track for anyone, they will either bob their head, tap their foot or utter the almost standard reply of some other element they didn't like, "It's cool but I don't like the hook, you should do this..." 🤦🏾‍♀️ And then you're there scratching your head saying to yourself, "Hook? Who said anything about the hook? What did you think about those snares?" After so many gut punches like this, I learned to just keep things simple and just make a well put together track. No one is winning Grammy's for a 8 layered synth pad you cooked up over the course of several days. Like 99.9% of your listeners just will not care about that level of sound design. Their brains are pretty lizard and all they want are catchy melodies, rhythms, a beat they can tap their foot or dance to and some catchy vocals.

[@tristantzara9496]

They still hear music

[@tristantzara9496]

And you think 2.5billion views is no one cares

[@Bronwyn031]

@@tristantzara9496 Yes! The artist's name carries a lot as well. Same vocals with a standard production effort would've yielded the same results with the push this track is getting from the industry. Look at Adele's new track that is exploding right now. Simple programmed drum loop, with a standard piano progression and Adele's vocals. 🤷🏾‍♀️ This is why artists like Beyonce, Rhianna, Billy Elish, Kid Laroi can produce these uber popular tracks that sound just meh when it comes to the production side. Humans behave like lemmings. With enough exposure and hype any track can become the anthem of the summer. It is what it is. No one hears this track and says, "Hot Damn... listen to those snares!!!"

[@marcellkovacs5452]

Producers care, but listeners don't. Just listen to STAY by The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber. It's so simple that it could've been made on a phone, but the hook is incredibly catchy and it just works.

[@cytocache1238]

You gotta make stupid music for stupid people - as some producer once said

[@CristianPoow]

This guy is the best friend you want sitting next to you when producing.

[@lilmarktube4773]

stopping and mutes for me are better than using the go to 64 bar drum roll and break with confetti cannons. I'm into underground house and Detroit techno which these days is saturated with drum rolls. I don't really pay attention to commercial production but I remember when I heard this I was like F* me that's a great track. Its got a contagious groove.

[@grantmusicproduction20]

beautiful work. Congrats! I'm glad i found your cannel. Thank you for good inspiration

[@michaelcorcoran3942]

This was deadly

[@matthewshell]

Love this! Great information. Thanks so much.

[@plmbngndtheglue4833]

i love this, i always wonder how tf this guy made it since the first time i listen to "New Rules" track

[@fredremotion]

I love this channel so much

[@petercutler3136]

This is brilliant and very entertaining!

[@theiammike123]

7:47 Ok he's my current favorite producer now hahaha 🤣

[@GammaFZ]

1:40 nawhhh that’s not “new rules”, thats “updated regulations” 😭😭

[@MicahBratt]

Sweet! Nice breakdown!

[@nectariosm]

Good to see UAD 1176SE Legacy. People say it sounds sh!t, but I always felt is has a sound that can just, work better than the paid versions sometimes.

[@SoundConstraints]

remember - he sent this to a mixer. This was a rough mix

[@justinprizant1980]

A-mazin’ so incredible and inspiring to get a look behind the scenes. Incredible Ian🕸

[@phillipantonio186]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video man!

[@kiliankraus]

damn, so many little details and one time things, makes such a difference, wow. Thanks for this

[@jrapp654]

Yoooo 7:30 is so fire I can't get over it hahahaha

[@simranbanwait]

God level project

[@SuperMrOtto]

Damn when he mentioned your name i immediately went to check your subscriber count, cause i couldn’t believe that he would mention such a small KZbinr... Then i saw that you have 100k subs and my jaw dropped. I’ve been watching your videos since you had under 200 subscribers! i think it’s amazing to see such an informative and helpful channel grow as big as yours. Congrats on the big 100!

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks for all your support! Ian's been a supporter for a long time too!

[@koy_music]

Duuuuuude this is a MASTERCLASS.

[@mxdemotionzz]

Stoked he's using cubase. Hard to find as many videos on youtube about it compared to other DAW's, however, Cubase and Nuendo are by far my favorite workstations.

[@jonhickmanmusic]

what I love, is that this proves its all about talent. WE ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SOUNDS. we're just not as good.....face that, and maybe we can improve.

[@jethroteece4750]

We can and we will! 👑😄

[@andreasgajewski]

It´s not talent. People always think others have talent and that´s because they´re successful but it´s not. It´s dedication, patience and persistance. If you focus on what you want to achieve every day you will get far. I make a living from composing trailer music and i´m super grateful that it´s possible to do it from home nowadays. But it´s not because of my talent but the fact that i sit down and DO the stuff instead of looking at others and thinking they´re talented and not me. I´m far from being the best and there will always be better composers than me, but that´s normal in every field of work. Just do stuff consistantly and you´ll see results pretty fast :)

[@jonhickmanmusic]

@@andreasgajewski I totally agree, maybe my comment could have been worded better. What I meant to say, is that it's all about the guy/girl behind the music. We shouldn't blame our lack of access to sounds etc anymore. Glad that you are doing well with the composing. Where do you sell your trailer tracks? :-)

[@andreasgajewski]

@@jonhickmanmusic Yes, it´s amazing what you can do with software and at home. And in the end - if its well produced - noone cares or knows that it´s not all recorded with real instruments or mixed in a bedroom :D Thanks! I work with several labels in the US, EU and UK :)

[@AngusMurray]

This is gold. People should do this more!

[@KonJonnorMusic]

Some neat tips and tricks here ! Thanks so much for your work on these videos

[@willie-wilz5267]

Cool post! Thanks!

[@hindenburgerhelper14]

i have neglected to purchase the nicky romero sidechain plugin for forever and i thought i was the only one who bounced bass to an audio file and did the manual sidechain thing

[@quaraportra9617]

Congrats on the 100k!!🎉🎉

[@SolStateMusic]

Thx!

[@prodbygunter]

Cool to see different genres using the same effects!! Although sound toys effect rack is $300, all of the good Valhalla effects are $50😂

[@bgimusic]

awesome work!! ❤️

[@coryweir5694]

WOW! I have been making music for ten years and just learned more over this video than my entire span of making beats! Ultimate Respect for this video.

[@Wabbelpaddel]

Looks like a fetal alcohol syndrome or abortion mistake next to a deathstep or breakcore or hardstyle producer.

[@ExileLBL]

Does anybody realised this is pure gold?

[@ellagartoxd4476]

Appreciate you analysis. It lets me understand even better what Ian says, I have to see him live, and I always forget to do it.

[@ksmit]

Love DL and this breakdown is absolutely killer!

[@303-u6s]

Gotta love this guy thanks for doing this Sol!

[@gooneybird808]

Ian is my favorite producer.

[@kingo5940]

this is by far your best video. omfg this is just perfect. THX !!!

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks! Always trying to improve - what made this better than others for YOU?

[@kingo5940]

@@SolStateMusic I think it's a bit of everything, so many new things I didn't know, the song itself, how Ian explains things and which infos you cut out and how you set them together. Every clip had a length so you can just watch the video without even pausing or going back and learn and understand the 25 hacks in just 13minutes.

[@SolStateMusic]

@@kingo5940 Thanks for the feedback!

[@bestlifeever1211]

Congrats on 100k. Well deserved. Sol-dier from the get!

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks Mark!

[@petercutler3136]

Briiiiiiiliant!!!!!

[@relvin8619]

Thnx SOL!!!!!!

[@bhaveshtochabbra6853]

I watched this 2 hours stream somewhere on youtube but got bored and left in the mid. Because he talk more. Good to see a short sum video.

[@filipr.max-music4931]

Can not believe your cubase crashed on Mac :P I love your work with Dua Lipa.Amazing. Great stuff to learn Mixing and producing modern music.Thank U.

[@antonioe.2396]

ian is such a legend

[@sevchyk]

Thanks to this useful channel, thanks to this guy for opening up to the public.

[@jillringer8881]

Sooo good and helpful!

[@victorbeats]

i love this song so much glad he went over it!

[@ITSGOON]

Guy really said lame at an idea that sounds better than what I could ever produce 😆

[@funkmachine6420]

Love this. Way more akin to my production approach than the so-called "pros" on youtube even if we make different styles of music. Interesting to see a behind the scenes look of this awesome song

[@SolStateMusic]

So much to learn from other genres!

[@danielfilipepro]

Loved this vídeo. Amazing

[@point-xn4tu]

I LOL'd at how you use Autotune as just a placeholder for Melodyne! Brilliant.

[@RonnieVaiArovo]

Very interesting production. Ian is the man!

[@SolStateMusic]

He sure is!

[@worldrecordstudios6190]

This is gold! Massive thank you!!

[@mientus2363]

3:48 "screenshot this, bitches" lmfao

[@andrewtregoning]

this is one of the best pop songs of the last 10 years

[@Wabbelpaddel]

Looks like a fetal alcohol syndrome or abortion mistake next to a deathstep or breakcore or hardstyle producer.

[@rocxNroll]

fabulous as frenetic