The Theory Behind Trap Music (Lucid Dreams, XO Tour Life)

[@lajiao1936]

Sting bout to take 85% of the ad revenue

[@ServidaMusic]

LOLOLOL

[@TiKiHudson]

lajiao im dead lmao

[@LongshotRecordsTV]

hahaha exactly

[@GuitarFin1]

It's not even funny cuz 80% of the money for a sample is not uncommon especially if it isn't cleared. They can only blame themselves.

[@VinJahCSGO]

GangstarapMadeMeDoIt fax I was about to say the same exact thing. It’s actually really pathetic that nick Mira was bitching about it on Twitter. Like it’s popular cuz u stole his song lmao

[@PeeJaySpear]

The way you broke down the theory in this video is incredibly helpful to beginners. When I was a new producer, this was how I wanted people to explain the theory to me. For example, nobody on YT broke down why a certain note out of scale or not apart of the chord can work. Nobody broke down that an arpeggio containing notes to a chord is still a chord. Nobody explained transition notes. Nobody explained why the bass line worked. And when you ask these questions as a beginner, everybody thinks you are stupid. I’ve got 4 years under my belt but had I seen videos like this when I just started out, it would of sped up my learning curve tremendously. These are the videos producers need to watch and understand. When you break down the little things and explain the “why,” that’s how you learn. Great video!

[@ServidaMusic]

That was my intention for this series, I'm glad you guys can learn something

[@smokescreenFromThe6ix]

This is why I fuck with this channel!! Peace from the Siix!!

[@goshbaby8531]

Nice comment people need to actually think i agree

[@DedRucktheDuck]

hey bro not sure if you'll see this since it's been a year but how did you personally learn music theory?

[@GodSpeed1105]

I have 3 weeks under my belt

[@BomBinoMonkey]

Someone give this man a 100k already

[@ServidaMusic]

PLEASE

[@TrapHausCreo]

BomBinoMonkey 1M is more fitting

[@prodbyscythe]

BOMBINO YOOOO

[@Jujuof400]

My Guy got 3x now lol

[@nonami_066xswqoqowiwl]

Servida Music YOU GOT 430k ON THIS BITCH , CONGRATS MY NIGGA

[@LifeStyleDidIt]

Simon is a robot

[@ServidaMusic]

🤖

[@calvinkron7445]

I KNEW IT

[@EmuDoe]

facts

[@QclickGlobal]

chord boy XD

[@madbanebeats]

for real man, this guy a beast

[@DatDaDatty]

push me to the shadows in my room

[@mattdagoat___]

@dat ha I was exactly one minute faster than you

[@ugh6983]

😂😂😂

[@macsai3488]

xDDD

[@ngel8947]

push me???? lol its "i still see your shadows in my room" luv u

[@lukurd5923]

@@ngel8947 r/woosh he scrambled it with another bar from xo tour life

[@newvisx]

Original song is called "Shape of my heart" by Sting

[@desirhymescheme2635]

and also sample in nas message

[@iamjackdude1859]

He just took sample

[@DunkOnEmGaming]

Can you please do ‘Praise The Lord’ by ASAP Rocky and Skepta. The melody is insanely catchy.

[@zach6867]

u know thass an apple loop right? From Garageband lmao

[@focaalexandr7536]

@@zach6867 n what? He want know theory part of this loop, he don't care if it a loop or not

[@weneverkeptem8250]

DasTuff nah is a flute Sample

[@kendrickjordan5719]

@@weneverkeptem8250 its litarally a loop from apple played in 1.25x speed lol

[@joshf5870]

bro the melody is out there on musescore sheet its a loop from garageband played at 140bpm lol

[@Moshean]

So much knowledge.. my brain stopped working

[@jomamsmaldick3052]

I wont like your comment cuz its on 69

[@pyrenn]

u forgot the minecraft door click 😂😂

[@n-carter4468]

😂😂😂

[@hotshot6923]

Nah it's there it just sounds like someone snoring and farting at the same time

[@knivexxs]

its actually a burp

[@Rami-bi9xj]

@@knivexxs its not the producer who made it said it was a minecraft door look it up its on genius

[@theprosico4092]

Simon be the guy who writes his signature melodically

[@kingkashi6985]

You have really inspired me to make more beats and also inspired me to start my own youtube journey. Thank you very much, you the goat

[@asanything3718]

damn you got some alright beats my guy

[@ajstanley-williams2733]

Fire bro

[@nekminit1015]

DAMN

[@tacomanbob1233]

Damn dude you got some fire wanna collab my names pipsauce beats on soundcloud

[@kingkashi6985]

Tacomanbob 123 for sure g

[@senzbeats4359]

Do 80-90s rnb chords 😊

[@SonnyWane]

please

[@phillipmkan]

SenzBeats FACTS😭💕🔥

[@gainesdominique]

Please

[@matthewcadena6558]

Yes do that

[@zinku418]

Servida you are the man. I've learned so much from these theory videos. you are so knowledgeable

[@jonatankarlsson3501]

If you did Moonlight by xxtentacion that would be awesome

[@UnWarz]

Heell yeah

[@AreroniumPlaysL]

sputlaigt uh mounlaigt uhh

[@LOLegitimateLOLegitimate]

areronium_ nigt why trip get möud rigt

[@Levijensen-pl1mn]

I think that would not be as cool as other songs, because it is just 2 chords, in an omnisphere arpeggio type preset, with some pitch slides, not a real pattern

[@shashankc4024]

congratulations on 80k man!!!! Proud.

[@ODST7538563]

you are exactly what i’ve been needing! a fun engaging teacher who can fill in the gaps i missed by not learning piano when i was younger! so thank you so much :)

[@ServidaMusic]

No problem bro

[@canismajorbeats]

good job bro

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks man

[@TwoZeroFiveZero]

From all the videos about trap theory, your videos stand out, and they're the BEST.

[@KurouzuZehaha]

It would be great to experience another video like this one, great job 👏

[@omy7345]

Do migos whats the price the guitar is crazy

[@imusic1006]

RZN BEATS big facts

[@shadowpumpboi8851]

I absolutely love it when you flex the theory please do more like this

[@ServidaMusic]

Ok

[@major6461]

🗣I love your explanation bro teaching well💪🏿

[@thisisnotbetabean1thatisad522]

Thanks for teaching me the theory behind shape of my heart

[@soundsbymusa6362]

Tbh Tm88 doesnt even know music theory we just do what sounds good this lowkey helpfull tho

[@internetalpha5173]

He didn't even make the melody

[@emmettramirez18]

Internet Alpha yea he did. him and jw lucas made it years before but they thought it was a scrap

[@internetalpha5173]

@@emmettramirez18 I saw the deconstructed too lol. I remember him saying that "his producer" jw lucas made it. Maybe that's not what he said but idk

[@SvM3K]

After your videos I have more desire to create beats... Forreal, you're giving me so much ideas

[@ServidaMusic]

Make some heat

[@timothydorfman8425]

8:36 Metronome button: *is literally right there* Sime: *makes his own metronome anyway* Lol love ur work man

[@ethanboling9036]

You have seriously helped me improve as a producer man! You're the goat

[@noofyofficial]

XO TOUR LIFE IS STILL A F***ING BANGER AND WILL FOREVER BE! Amazing beat 🔥🔥

[@Martin-fe1qc]

The part about major 7 chords actually blew my mind.

[@hollywoodundead1010]

Servidas the goat cause I feel like he’s the only producer on YT that actually knows music theory.

[@hollywoodundead1010]

DD PRODUCTION Andrews a GOD not the goat. Levi is talented but boring af to watch n composerily is my bird god. It was a joke friendo ;)

[@saintvillan2231]

bro. you are my hero! Thanks for all you do, Villain Bumps so hard

[@abishekravichandran2328]

Simon is a alien👽

[@TrapHausCreo]

I see Servida Music, I instantly like without even watching it!!!

[@ServidaMusic]

Yay

[@NeelDhar]

Everyone reading this comment, do check out the original song for lucid dreams. It's called Shape of my heart - Sting

[@backtre8776]

Very awesome video, you learn alot about the producers intentions on creating a dope track as well, and you pick up some good tips, maybe do a video on how the rappers come up with their melodies and how they compliment the track so well

[@TheeAgris]

Great video bro! Thank you for the piano thing, I've been thinking I should improve my piano playing skills :D

[@Yo-Bruh]

Servida you are the best no doubt.. Watching from #AFRICA #KENYA 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@d.hamilton9174]

*sees lucid dream in title, screams lyrics* I STILL SEE YOUR SHADOWS IN MY ROOM CANT TAKE BACK THE LOVE THAT I GAVE YOU

[@ServidaMusic]

You gotta scream the lyrics

[@d.hamilton9174]

@@ServidaMusic lol "I STILL SEE YOUR SHADOWS IN MY ROOM!!!" *breaks windows*

[@DavidPaulandBillT]

YESSS

[@nihil1934]

Hey man, would it be possible to get some advice from you on choosing instruments to layer your melodies with? Sometimes I'm creating a melody but then have trouble choosing other instruments that fit/work underneath. Thanks for all your help 🙏

[@MrDj2000dkcool]

I litterally dont get shit of chords and music theory, but your videos is for some reason entertaining af

[@medusasound7396]

Your Theory Videos are hands down the best !!

[@leoramber]

Those videos are just pure gold!

[@fardboi9781]

Man you always give me something new to use when producing. These videos are fire.

[@santtluccas]

You really inspire me to make my beats. Thx. I don't know much thingz about english but, your videos are helping me.

[@mindtrap753]

Great video Simon. It's been a few years since I studied theory in university and I enjoy watching these and pausing it (you go breakneck speed bruh) and figuring stuff out with you like a test lol. It's great to have someone like you break it down in a language I understand. I couldn't do these because I don't have a great ear for reproducing beats like you do, so thank you so much for putting so much love and effort into these videos. This has to be my favorite video so far :) I think you should do Leave Me Alone - Flipp Dinero and Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd in the next video

[@middeko]

simon blessing us with his knowledge yet again

[@ServidaMusic]

🙏

[@jthasaufo]

Yo thank you this is gonna help my tracks out so much 🙏🏾

[@biztaylor]

*Really dope channel! :)*

[@mattdagoat___]

this is great man. can u also do throwbacks and u could post them on Thursdays . like ny state of mind by nas and dear momma by 2pac

[@mattdagoat___]

like throwback theory could be a cool name

[@mattdagoat___]

or throwback theory thursday

[@ServidaMusic]

I like it!

[@joshabeatz3931]

I wanna master notes and knowing chords and everything like you man 😭 I wanna show emotion through the piano

[@raphaeloool]

It's just practice. At the beginning I had very bad chord progressoins and melodies. But when you know how chords work with melodies together, you can do very emotional beats. (Btw if you work witz FL, you have scales for the Piano Roll. Just use the Minor Harmonic for kinda spooky or Minor Natural scale for emotional melodies and chord progressions)

[@WellKnownToneBeats]

Melodics...use the code and download.

[@milesleblanc164]

It's called intervals man. That's the key. You go up 2 major 3rds, with a minor 3rd in between the first and the second major third and that's how you build a major chord. And for minor chords you just repeat the same process but you substitute the 2 major 3rds with 2 minor 3rds and substitute the one minor 3rd with one major 3rd. That's how you get your chords. And just in case your confused on what a major 3rd and a minor 3rd is, they're both a series of half steps. Four for a major third and three for a minor third.

[@apostleraw]

Man OG Nas sample I always loved. You killed it with this one

[@artifexmusic]

metronome: exists simon at 8:35: makes his own metronome

[@smogbeats6753]

This first melody is very nostalgic, cus remember gerudo valey theme from zelda oot

[@mischol]

please do moonlight from x next!

[@scene7616]

by me moonlight is one chord with pitch shifting using omnisphere gamelan wheel arp

[@Solid_Hank]

It's really neat to learn how to properly so arps like that, or a reminder they can be slow

[@TrevvOfficialMusic]

I learned to play piano because of you, thanks a lot! ❣️

[@David_prod-eNGee]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm pretty pumped about the topic of the video :o hope it's enlightening.

[@mg9760]

We need more breakdown of famous songs like this... Great job buddy

[@chillitube1113]

thanks a lot man.. u the 🐐 🙏

[@svopu2828]

You explain everything very good 👌

[@EvidenceFilms]

Man i've discovered your channel 3 days ago and i'm in love!! I've just started to learn fl studio to try to have fun in the music world and damn your channel is lit helps a lot!! Love ya man😍

[@CrouchTV]

Forgot to tell you how fire this video is. Thanks for everything!

[@MrDjinn-ym4mk]

Simon a beat that I always wanted to know how it's is Plug Walk, keep it up big bro❤️

[@afridifacebook]

This will make anybody appreciate trap music more :V Thanks, Simon! :D

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Whether or not you want to be a producer, applying theory to popular music is an excellent way to get kids to see why it is relevant and how classical music was the basis upon so much more was built (particularly movie soundtracks) and I'm the rebellious, fuck the rules self-taught type; theory is still important to truly appreciate what you are listening to and learn to compose

[@STUIPEDCHICKEN]

dude you are insane. so much knowledge here

[@brandonpau6395]

FRESH UPLOAD!!! I love your videos dude.

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks bro

[@_Clueless_]

Simon can you make like a Q&A i'd like to actually know who you are, how you came up? how did you get into producing specifically, not any other branch of being a musician, thngs like that.

[@cxrte.z]

You guys know that Lucid Dream is sampled ryt

[@gangers3080]

It was a remake of the sample

[@fade7978]

gangers indeed

[@TrapHausCreo]

3.z Sting ♥️

[@switterbeet]

Russ did it better on Parkstone Drive

[@FireHydrantForeheadNyquil]

@@switterbeet Nas did it better

[@shoppy112]

I love how you are explaining it like its so complicated but all they did was take a sample and gros beat it lmaoo

[@welov3uamani]

Halftime Dat shit

[@stacystacksbeats999]

that was dope!!!! I took the chords and made my own song!!! thanks to you...I used a technique in Fl studio it was easy. Just load it and turn a knob! keep em coming!

[@omniyoutube]

yet another super helpful video!! you earned a new sub man. never heard anyone talk about the syncopation notes but they've really helped me alot in my own beats

[@ServidaMusic]

Ayyyy im glad man

[@relaxingsatisfying2628]

Sounds like all knowledge you talked on this video got spilled my brain

[@senfloy]

Great video! Thank you from France!

[@yayperalta791]

Please keep making these !!

[@harrisejaz280]

that lucid dreams bit is just the riff from 'shape of my heart' by sting tho

[@Modezart]

Boy you killin it. This segment is dope as hell

[@ServidaMusic]

Thanks bro

[@sthetics4591]

And i'm back in the notification gang!! ILU simon ur my fav youtuber and you are very inspiring keep it up!!

[@ServidaMusic]

Ilu2

[@rman4539]

Man you killed it OMFG !!!

[@andrewnapier691]

great video, keep these theory videos coming!

[@MunabManay]

And yeah you're a real teacher love youuuu

[@nickvandenberg4244]

this is satisfying af

[@anandasurya2758]

simon you're genius 🔥🔥🔥

[@ServidaMusic]

😊

[@GretoDaBoss]

Man made me pull out my notebook on this one, thanks bro

[@rdonthebeatrdx-omega3322]

Waited so long for this 🔥🔥🔥🔊

[@tylerbeavan9000]

Such a good video! You've explained that well, thank you!

[@flairgraphics8037]

great insight, thanks a lot for this series

[@michaelhellwig4533]

You are so good at this...

[@ServidaMusic]

😀

[@uknoadm7408]

Yes more of this please 🙏🏼

[@98Oskar98]

thank you so much for this video simon i love you.

[@PizzaTime_11]

This is exactly what I needed!!! Thank you sooo much!!

[@saintfrancisbeats9639]

You are a beast at this! Awesome video! Since I am learning music theory on my own, I was able to somewhat understand this!

[@Maoriboyswag317]

Love this series

[@solomonsodipe6669]

Much love ❤️, you’re an inspiration

[@hunterhageman3118]

Release more of these!!!

[@kishorearavind6557]

superb breakdown man...thanks for showing how a melody works.😍😍

[@zshaanmusic]

you are not a good teacher simon. . . . . . you are an amazing teacher.

[@ServidaMusic]

🙌🙌

[@aztlanchavez6423]

This video was great! Thanks so much!

[@zorgon8001]

Wow you explained this so beautifully

[@novitobudiman4240]

i'll never hear these songs the same way again

[@nonami_066xswqoqowiwl]

NO NIGGA , I WISH I COULD HEAR EM FOR THE FIRST TIME