Steven Wilson: Song Structure SECRET

Porcupine Tree songwriter/producer reveals the intro-bridge connection.
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Hack Music Theory is the fast, easy and fun way to make music. Taught by multi-award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony, and his protégé wife Kate. Ray started teaching music theory in 1995, and has made music with Serj Tankian (System Of A Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), Devin Townsend, Ihsahn, and more!
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[@HackMusicTheory]

►Watch all the Steven Wilson videos in this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJquinV8oM5moas

[@charlesneuzil5765]

These short segments with Mr. Wilson have been phenomenal. And the cool thing about them for me is that they have really gotten me thinking about what is discussed, and then making connections to what I do, how I do it, and how I can do it differently. And that is really cool. Thanks so much for taking the time to prepare these and post them for us. 😊🙏🙏🙏

[@HackMusicTheory]

That's awesome, Charles! We love how you take in the ideas and then apply them to your own music, it's inspiring :) Happy you're here, and many blessings on your week 🙏 Kate

[@devanwiech]

I Am the Walrus comes to mind

[@sidnew2739]

"I am the walrus" is some kind of god in songform.

[@JasonKeisling]

Really enjoying these. I've been really experimenting a lot with using hooks from parts of songs as more subtle layers in other parts. For example, one song builds up to an epic bridge but I have some strings doing parts of that bridge melody under the verse as a sort of foreshadow. I think his bridge idea is really cool. I wonder which beatles songs he's referencing.

[@overdofiga]

Love these pieces of Steven's music philosophy. In one song I used my intro as a solo in the middle. Perhaps not such an original idea, but a bit breaking the conventional song structure.

[@slowmarchingband1]

I've done that too. Combine it with a key change and it can sound very cool.

[@catsven1973]

that comfort me so...I did this in several compostions....glad to see one of my favorite artist enjoying to do it too.

[@chameleon-dream-band-official]

We definitely reprise the intro for the ending, but have never tried it for the bridge. Might have to give it a go!

[@WizardOfArc]

I love using this trick actually

[@brucemillar]

I enjoy these segments greatly and find them helpful with my own writing. I’m currently stuck on a current project and shall perhaps apply something like this to restructure and rewrite what I have already. Thanks again.

[@HAZARDOUS88]

I really enjoy these little snippets!

[@johngoeller285]

I love me some SW.

[@HackMusicTheory]

Hi John, thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks for being here in the Hack Music Theory community! What kind of music do you make? Take care, and have a great rest of your week :)

[@rtdude1]

Such a thumbs up series! Lol. Seriously I am loving it! 😁

[@HackMusicTheory]

Haha, awesome, great to hear rtdude1 :) Wishing you a lovely upcoming weekend!

[@theaviary238]

More of this!!! 👍💯❤

[@prahladsaldanha568]

"In a state" is a good example of this

[@taranazare2633]

Thank you

[@esaakpun2362]

thanks a lot for this segments

[@liquidsolids9415]

Great stuff, as usual. Thanks!

[@cybercab]

This looks like a great channel! Just what I need.

[@HackMusicTheory]

Hi cybercab, and a warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community! What kind of music do you make? Take care, and we hope to see you again soon for more theory hacks :)

[@cybercab]

@@HackMusicTheory Right now I'm working on an Industrial Metal band similar Nine Inch Nails though my style. It's a concept album about two ladies and a robot crossing the galaxy. I was trained on piano and tuba so guitar seems foreign but I'm finding B Aeolian to be easy to write with on piano. Yeah, I'm also not actually good at playing any instruments but with the computer I should be fine. Good times!

[@Overxpossed]

True... When the track loops, I can clearly hear the intro as a bridge. In fact, I could duplicate the whole song and nobody would notice.

[@ExplorerAUDIO]

He's really great. Alway liked his music and how he ist structuring music. I myself like to use unconventional structures with my music.

[@Zetsuke4]

please answer my question, because if equal temperament, what is the difference of using tonics from different keys, if they are in the same mode?

[@zachary963]

Try it. Play a song in C, and then play the exact same thing in A, and then again in F. For some reason, different tonics have different moods. It’s like painting a monochrome painting in baby blue or navy blue or sky blue etc etc. Sure, they’re all in the monochrome blue “mode”, but because of the different “tonic” flavor of blue, they feel different.

[@PebsBeans]

recently I used the intro of a song as the basis for the _ending,_ I think it works just as well 😄

[@HackMusicTheory]

Cool Pebs! Wonderful to see you this week, hope you're having a great one :) Cheers!

[@roelvanendhoven3764]

I hate to be the "Tool guy" but Schism does a lot of revolving around the the intro droning

[@bobsbigboy_]

what Beatles songs is he talking about?

[@philboxall]

Weezer's Green Album uses this bridge as intro trick a LOT.

[@cjlister8508]

Loads of songs return to the intro for the bridge. Its a common main stay for EDM.

[@angeleduardoovandogalarza5619]

Any song of him for reference? I don't know his work at all, but I'm interested

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

and intro and outro is beginning to ending of the song structure?

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

Why is the verse is the once upon a time not the intro?

[@cardboardmusic]

Eleanor Rigby 😉.

[@frankmarsh1159]

R.E.M. has a lot of songs that do this. Driver 8, Pretty Persuasion, Lotus, just to name a few: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4CrmoijrZitbck

[@Michael_Lak]

Steven Wilson with Pete Townshend voiceover?