Producing For H.E.R. - R&B production tutorial

[@_Shinique]

As soon as the bass came in, I said yesssssss. It really glued it all together for me. Please do Lucky Daye style. D'mile is one of my favorite producers.

[@stefanguy]

Hey Shinique! Haha, glad you like it! Lucky Daye has a number of votes now and D'Mile is one of my favourites too, he is one of the best doing it right now, facts.

[@onekeiway]

Checking back in on this! Perfect comment as I feel the same. Stefan would love a D’mile vid!

[@razaakeniola]

This was brilliant, i really enjoyed the chord progression and the way you taught it. Thank you 🙌🏾

[@stefanguy]

Thank you brother! Really appreciate it man and glad you enjoyed the progression segment!

[@funkopopz2494]

you inspire me so much to start playing and learning piano again to produce in this type of way. seems therapeutic m

[@stefanguy]

Love this man!

[@alexandercrampton1178]

On god. Music is a beautiful thing.

[@anthonynaro4937]

nice more info then was expected thank you ps your on my raider teacher

[@JAYFLOPROBEATS]

This was so dope I always envy those that can play the piano and or for that matter learn but I have a hard time with hand placement and understand the intermediate to advance interpretations of chords meaning like he mentioned earlier instead of playing the original chord you switched a note in the chord to add tension. I'm still trying to understand the differences between things like sus4 and like things like when you play a (idk lol) a like minor 5th over C (see I probably said all that wrong just then. However the crazy thing about it is I started making beats by created RnB instrumentals then got really heavy into making LoFi beats but I want to get back to making RnB beats again but I feel like in order for me to feel more comfortable and confident in enhancing my ability to create unique and great sounding RnB beats Im going to have to just buckle down and focus hard on learning how to play the piano. Love all your videos bro!

[@Babygirl_Beatz]

I've been wanting to learn to play piano for the longest! I think I'm just gonna go for it but like everything you said I feel so lost at times. I love the sound of the piano and I wanna learn better chord progressions and voicings. I know it would make my melodies better. I'm gonna try to learn. It's something I've been thinking about doing for a while now.

[@ethan_webb]

GOOD LORD that all white keyboard is beautiful!!

[@stefanguy]

😄😄😄 indeed!

[@britirock7]

Another great video! HER is my fav artist and definitely could hear her over this!

[@stefanguy]

Thanks Brittni! She’s one of mine too! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Superdelphinus]

Some little touches of blue in green in there, nice

[@KasePrince]

Seriously bro, appreciate all that you do for us fellow musicians and listeners. You're a major help and it's very much appreciated!

[@stefanguy]

Means a lot bro, glad you're finding my content helpful man

[@stefanguy]

The key is actually E major, my bad - But everything else still applies! Who should I produce for next? (I have 3 already in the works but need a 4th) Also, please forgive the weird camera shake in the top down view. I got a bit carried away whilst playing making the camera shake. I tried to remedy this with stabilisation in post but it was a bit too much for it to deal with. Anyways, enjoy!

[@stefanguy]

That’s a good shout! It has some of my favourite producers on that album!

[@bicho5925]

Giveon, Dijon, Joji, Silk Sonic

[@stefanguy]

Silk Sonic!!! That latest track they’ve dropped was 🔥🔥🔥. My bro and I actually made a video for this but the footage didn’t come out good, so I didn’t use it. I may just re-film it.

[@MozwGamer]

How can you not tackle on SZA this whole time. Something on the Style of Los Hendrix x Neptunes, you Will use that Kontakt library to the max.

[@871music]

Can u make a chris brown rnb beat

[@TheSupasamio]

I need to get my hands on a completed version of this because this speaks to me. 🔥🔥🔥

[@baroneofficialit]

You’re incredible man! Really

[@piooyuy34]

Stefan being working, Content has gotten better and better over time. Gotten good with the Piano, very Smooth

[@stefanguy]

Thank you my bro! Glad you're seeing the improvements!

[@houseofgraceworship]

These videos are super dope

[@stefanguy]

Thank you!!

[@allenlevelle]

Bro, I love your chord progressions....R&B will always be king to me..... Keep it up, Bro!!!!

[@stefanguy]

Thank you bro!! And me bro!

[@kenthoward]

That synth wave is sooo good and you are a beast on those keys

[@stefanguy]

Thank you bro!!

[@kenthoward]

@@stefanguy whats your keyboard/piano bro? It looks beautiful!

[@stefanguy]

That’s my babes 😂 it’s the Komplete Kontrol S61 Vapor Grey. Limited edition for Native Instruments 25th anniversary. sguy.co/25-hardware - that’s my affiliate link, if you’re in the market 😅

[@Brandonheat1]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SO MUCH BRO

[@stefanguy]

Much love bro 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@griffity4489]

Mann, this guy lowkey underrated

[@Bashanvibe]

Dope vibe as always bro!!! Love it when you tell your viewers the right chord names!!! Everything was right but the key!!! You’re actually in C#min Amaj7 is the first chord that usually doesn’t mean that it’s the first key it determines on the 3 or the 5 chord to determine if your in Emaj or C#min!!!

[@stefanguy]

Thanks bro!!! Yeah I messed up on the key, it's weird I thought that as the Amaj sounded like the 4 to me but from the other chords I was playing I just assumed I was in Amaj without even thinking about it. But yeah man, I've been studying to improve my theory!

[@NyakzOTSD]

Nice… Last 2 chords make up a 2-5-1 but you did a tritone substitution!! Cool

[@TessaToys]

This video makes me happy and smile.. Usher should collabs with youu.. Lovin it.. 😍👍👍👍👍

[@mynameistom7913]

Such a vibe! Good work my guy!

[@stefanguy]

Thank you bro!

[@jerzboybeats]

Always an awesome video. Can’t wait to upgrade my controller. I noticed the integration with LogIc. 💪🏾‼️

[@stefanguy]

Thank you!!! Yeah man the integration is tight. I never really used it but i’ve recently moved my keyboard pretty far from my desk and so it’s a life saver. I rarely have to get up during the production phase.

[@jamiecheek8845]

As always so so vibe

[@stefanguy]

Thanks bro!

[@deemomusic1982]

Been missing these videos man….dope as usual thanks 🙏🏿 for the inspiration!

[@stefanguy]

Thank you brother, I have some dope ones lined up!

[@musicprotutorials]

At first I thought this was a pretty audacious video title as I’m a huge fan of the artist and if you’re not literally producing for her as In getting commissioned to do so it’s not right to title it as such. Then I watched it and almost immediately was drawn in by your approach and delivery. You totally won me over and actually yes I can definitely hear H.E.R. over this. Lovely video in all respects - your work is aspirational 🙌👏

[@stefanguy]

Thank you for this message. It's something that I've found difficult on KZbin. Finding that balance with titles. On the one hand you can title it exactly what it is, stay integral but help nobody as nobody will click on the video. Or be a little audacious, to encourage people to watch it and possibly help them on their journey. It's tough, in the passed someone called me out for my first Producing For video. It was Producing For Kehlani. The video was doing extremely well in terms of views, likes and comments for my channel and what I usually get. But he roasted me for the title. So I changed it. Views fell off a cliff. Sad thing is, no-one else complained but it's always in the back of my mind now. The channels that do the best, in terms of views most often have audacious titles, though I still find it hard to do. I'm glad to read from you though that even though this title was on the edge, I was able to deliver content that one you over. You don't know how encouraging this message is for me so thank you.

[@musicprotutorials]

@@stefanguy I totally understand and have exactly the same conflicts internally with titling on my channel. I am super glad I’ve found your videos though and will support. Totally love your content, keep up the good work, you’re one of the best IMO 🙌👏

[@johannesschroth9620]

silky smoove! love it - thats what this vapor grey keyboard is made for :)

[@stefanguy]

Haha thanks Johannes, exactly this!

[@alfadidit2791]

Amazing Video. Since I started watching your videos I've been soo inspired to learn more about chords. Can you please do a video about how to practice inversions and how to know which inversions to use?

[@jesseurena5153]

Your playing is inspiring

[@stefanguy]

Thanks Jesse!

[@alexmusic2910]

After soo long 💪

[@stefanguy]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@roggiesantos21]

Holy shiz that chord progression tho oh oooh so yummy

[@SalviMithrin]

This is just amazing. Thanks so much.

[@stefanguy]

Thank you Salvi!

[@SalviMithrin]

@@stefanguy God gave you an extremely refined ear. You're amazing bro.

[@Osckii]

One of the best to do it.

[@stefanguy]

Much love man 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@delight8888]

You ar3 Asesome… why am I just checking you out???…. You are in the UK… 2022.. you’re my guy!!!….

[@stefanguy]

Hey man, glad you found me and yeah man I'm from the UK!

[@MOORxDOPE]

Wish I could come up with progressions like that on a consistent basis. Great work!

[@stefanguy]

Thank you man. I'm working on a course to help you do just this, you can register your interest here: stefanguy.com/courses/

[@atereolusola2497]

Listen to gospel music there are tonnes of progessions like that 1

[@MOORxDOPE]

@@stefanguy So appreciated.

[@RogersArbitrary]

Awesome work, sir! Could you please produce a beat for Lucky Daye, Moonchild, or a Kaidi Tatham or Zed Bias RnB styled merged with a 2-Step/Broken Beat bruk-up production? Again, great work, sir!

[@stefanguy]

Hey brother, thank you man! Thanks for the suggestions, I've had a lot of suggestions for Lucky Daye, so he's a definite at some point!

[@ImIvanCalderon]

Amazing as always bro! 👏

[@stefanguy]

Yo brother thank you man!

[@정승목-p4h]

What a great video

[@devohnhenry5828]

So this might be out of the box from your usual content. But can you do a video on “MK” type of chords? He’s a deep house producer/dj.

[@Magnificent68]

Dope my guy

[@stefanguy]

Thank you bro!

[@KasePrince]

This one goes hard!

[@stefanguy]

Thank you man!

[@echobeats3091]

Dope thanks appreciate

[@2bgbeatz]

Inspiring, can learn from this how to use chords in context

[@stefanguy]

Thanks man and glad you’ve found it useful!

[@jasonlewis2443]

Super🔥. Next something off summer walker new album would b dope

[@stefanguy]

Thanks bro! Another vote up for summer walker, it's looking likely!

[@ArjanaGold]

Do you sell or lease your beats? I’m really interested in purchasing

[@stefanguy]

Hey Arjana, thanks for reaching out. Unfortunately I don't sell beats at the moment. Most of my audience are beat makers so it's not really viable. Unless I were to only sell exclusive licenses.

[@TheLukeLamont]

Hey bro great video! Surely Summer Walker has to be next as her latest album is 10/10 rnb. If you could show is the process for something like her song "Screwin" that would be dope!

[@stefanguy]

Thank bro! I did summer walker in season 1 but I'm getting a lot of request for her so I may just have to! I'm going to check out the album today!

[@joeycraft_00]

These white keys though 😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stefanguy]

I know right 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@mistersalmon555]

Those keys look dope!

[@stefanguy]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@korneelvandenberghe5477]

Can you produce for mac miller (circles album) next?

[@mattegold]

Such a dope series... any chance I could get the sauce for that snare? I tried looking up the kit title, is it Decap Drums that Knock Vol 1?

[@stefanguy]

Thank you bro! I don't think this is a Decap snare you know. I just checked and it's called Snare One.aif which means I sampled it from a loop or something. Which loop I could not tell you but if you want it just message me and I'll send it to you stefanguy.com/contact - Sometimes the samples in loops off of splice sound better as they've been processed, so I like to chop them out.

[@ba.by.a3980]

Please do a Producing for: Isaiah Rashad/Mick Jenkins 🙏🏿🥲 you honestly inspire me to create

[@Norran.Gunniz]

My komplete kontrol keyboard isn’t responding to Logic X on macbook m1 how do I get the play/ record on the keyboard to work?

[@stefanguy]

Hey Norran, if you’re having issues it’s best to delete it as a control surface. Go to Logic Pro, Control Surfaces, setup and select your komplete kontrol and delete it. Turn the keyboard off and turn it back on again, it should ask to set it back up. This should fix the issue 🤞🏾. I was having issues recently but they seemed to fix when i tried this and it’s working even better since updating to logic pro 10.7

[@delight8888]

Hi Stefan... what’s that Serum Preset please... by pitchsense

[@stefanguy]

Hey, all the links are in the description. The link will take you to the pack on splice. I can’t remember the exact name of it but you can preview all of the sounds via the link before downloading :)

[@ezekielgskeen8607]

Awesome breakdown! I was looking into buying the same keys for my son, But! I have heard that you can get cheaper keys, with full 88 keys, for less, could you possibly help with a name or two, if you have the time. salute from the UK 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@garyanadolph8836]

Do some SZA stuff...loved the track!!

[@stefanguy]

Another vote up for SZA! Thank you man!

[@ndurhkhumalolo-keyz2620]

What did you use to remove Vocals from the beat???

[@jaycole1900]

Any suggestions for someone with no piano skills who would like to learn chord progressions

[@stefanguy]

I'm working on a course that will take from the very basics to writing progressions like this stefanguy.com/courses - in the mean time I'd start by trying to learn your favourite songs. Either by ear or grabbing the chords off the internet, then play a long to them. This way it's fun and rewarding but you're passively learning new chords and how to string them together.

[@Aphonicbeatz]

That's amazing fam! 🙏

[@stefanguy]

Thank you fam! 🙏🏾

[@jeromemanyema9868]

great vid! Anyone know what keyboard he is using?

[@stefanguy]

Thanks brother, it's the limited edition Komplete Kontrol S61 sguy.co/25-hardware

[@jeremyrodriguez9828]

the perc loop is from lucky right?

[@stefanguy]

It's from back of my mind :)

[@strangekeyssa]

Never Disappoints🔥🔥 Please Do A Video Producing For Chris Brown🙏 You're A Musical Genius 🙌

[@KB_1992]

Where can I listen to your full beats?

[@stefanguy]

They'd be on my site if I ever finished them. I'm thinking of putting up all of my half finished beats so people can by the stems and sample them. Just not sure if there's a market for it. What do you think?

[@KB_1992]

@@stefanguy you can do that…you should consider having them on streaming platforms half the time I just like to listen to instrumentals

[@caelsalmond2365]

@@stefanguy would cop the stems for sure 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@caelsalmond2365]

you have to do a producing for Daniel Caesar!!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@TheFreshSoundsFlorida]

The chord progression is intimidating, but still fire though. Lol. I learn quite a bit from them nonetheless. Thank you for your videos.

[@stefanguy]

I'm working on a course that will help you understand progressions on this level and help you get there. stefanguy.com/courses/ you can register your interest here!

[@jaylen8079]

Can you do producing for Alessia Cara

[@shanellmorehead8340]

Stefan.... Have u ever been DIRECTLY involved in the creation of a nmbr 1 RnB hit song on the pop charts? If so OR not Lmk bro asap ..

[@dafingaz]

What's that bass sound again?

[@stefanguy]

Hey bro! A Train... I think it might be part of an expansion though you know. Not 100% sure.

[@DJayDNA]

Stefan! This was fantastic! But bro.. please tell me you went to some sort of piano school or something? You're way too knowledgeable in music theory, so inspiring and frustrating at the same time! Like you talked about HOW voicing sets up the next chord.... that's crazy (for me at least). I want that knowledge too!

[@boogztapez4892]

wow which midi keyboard is this

[@stefanguy]

Hey it's the Komplete Kontrol S61 limited edition sguy.co/25-hardware

[@LezariahGaming23]

What keyboard is that ?

[@89106wlv]

🔥 summer walker next ?

[@stefanguy]

Thanks man! Defo a possibility!

[@BlinkBeatz777]

🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@officialsrsmuzikworld]

Produce for Ari Lennox next bro great tutorial

[@sunnyjames7185]

🤦🏾‍♂️my guy another dope video!! those chords were crazy! in my opinion bro you should be one of the top producers out right now. i love your work im a true fan!! keep the content coming!! id like to see a Jagged Edge or Jodeci episode something outside the box some true RnB!!

[@stefanguy]

You inspired me to get this done bro. I was still feeling sick over the weekend but your comments about looking forward gave me the gumption to get up and record so thank you for the continued support and motivation! And I hear you on the suggestions!

[@sunnyjames7185]

@@stefanguy appreciate that brother! I have gotten better in so many areas because of you!! You do a lot for people like me, I wish there was more I could do to support your Channel because I definitely would do it! You have made me better and I appreciate that more than you know thank you a million times thank you!

[@JEtienneMusic]

Man I could listen and watch and learn chord and music theory from you all day man! R&B 👑

[@stefanguy]

Ah appreciate you bro! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@JEtienneMusic]

I'm not sure if you've done a Masego or Lucky Daye one yet

[@stefanguy]

Oooo yes two good options. I had Lucky Daye down to do but I forgot! That might be the one. I love D.Miles production!

[@AlecArmbruster]

I was about to comment to suggest Masego

[@JEtienneMusic]

@@AlecArmbruster great minds 👍

[@stefanguy]

Another one for Masego! Gonna have to make sure my sax library is installed!

[@stefanguy]

😂, i’m gonna have to put that in the video aren’t I 😂

[@major1on1]

Bro Please Do a Series on more R&B chord progressions. You Can even charge for it. Ill pay lol. Just Name It "The Theory Of R&B".

[@stefanguy]

Hey bro! I’m working on a course! It’s taking me awhile but it’s in the works. You can register your interest here stefanguy.com/courses

[@User-sv1bx]

SWINDLE, LOYLE CARNER OR KOJEY RADICAL

[@stefanguy]

Dope my brother plays drums for Swindle. Love Kojey too!

[@CoSwan123]

Produce one For PJ Morton

[@marcelpaige4134]

Eric Bellinger!!

[@stefanguy]

Ah Eric is dope, so underrated in my opinion. Thanks bro!

[@adamsimonsen3406]

i would say you're playing in the key of Emajor

[@stefanguy]

Now that you say it, the A major does sound more like the 4.

[@adamsimonsen3406]

@@stefanguy yeah, that was the vibe i was getting too :)) great video!!

[@stefanguy]

@@adamsimonsen3406 Thanks bro! And thanks for the correction, just jumped on my keyboard and cried, " Nooooo" lol

[@thepianomanhide]

Daniel Caesar plz

[@stefanguy]

Thanks for the request!

[@keilanchristopher6595]

Produce for Aaliyah

[@stefanguy]

That's been on my mind!

[@lesdargon8053]

Just ran up on your video. Dj over 40 years … just adding my 2 cents. I really love your r&b jam but a little too much teaching. What’s you intro, bridge, and outro for Dj’s. You have to think about your Dj’s because we’re the ones who mix and promote your songs. More advice to give but I’m going to keep it simple.

[@jojo-fj7lw]

add some guitar

[@marquesjohnson5288]

Thank you for this. Really inspiring