How Coldplay Writes A Melody | The Artists Series S1E6 

Argh, I should have noticed that! Good comment, thanks :)

John Paul Hohenshilt Coldplay is sold out Band Becouse Chris Martin is a Hot Brit Man, tall with blue eyes. Plus he is the smartest musician of his generation.

But they did't come up with the name, they took it from another band who didn't want it anymore

Geez at least we some educated people

They took the name from a band that didn't need it anymore lmao

I just became a fan last year and have enjoyed all their albums! I was missing out! Saw them 3 times last year and had a blast each time. Loved their concerts! Wish I were a fan from the start😊

Amen to that

There is no rock in Coldplay

@@Dante-xf1mu that's because you don't listen all the coldplay's song. Or you just don't know what is the rock =p

@@kouignamann8691 Definitely know way more about rock than as person who finds coldplay interesting. FYI I am classical musician, so don't teach me about music.

@@Dante-xf1mu ahah ok. You are so arrogant that I don't know what to say exept don't judge my taste in music and also, that it's not you who decide what kind of music coldplay is making. Some of coldplay's song are rock and that's a fact. Also i think I know very well music, and classical music is a part of my knowledge.

@@kouignamann8691 You sound way more arrogant than me. I was just mentioning facts. Some songs do sound like alternative rock but much shittier. And you mean except but a person like could mean anything. You listen to coldplay so you definitely don't know much about music,you might think that you know but even Miley cyrus fans think they know something about music , so... and unless you are trained in classical you don't know shit, just as your reply proves.

ohh yeah i would be down for that

👀 👀 👀

AlanKey86 Nah, jazz metal synth fusion.

That'd be reaaally interesting. Let's wait and see.

AlanKey86 you forgot pop rock.

yes please!

I immediately thought of Sugar by Maroon 5. Yes PLEASE!

Muse, yes please!

Yes! Muse!!!!!

Yes Muse please!!!

Muse, yessss!

I mainly agree with this list (+ the Beach Boys and The Doors) but the music of the Beatles is waaaaaaay too complex to explain in a video. Musicologists spent decades trying to explain what was going on in just 2 bars of an early Beatles song called 'Not a Second Time'!

The beatles were strumming guitars and putting together chords they had no Idea why they worked. Ask a jazz musician, what they were doing can be explained with modal interchange. Their music is packed with non musical attitude and psuedo-intellectual production concepts. They basically made a weird form of jazz pop without realizing it. However, they revolutionized the sound of rock and pop. Brian Wilson of the beach boys on the other hand was a whole other world of songwriting. I cant even compare him to the beatles, because the beatles made folky rock and brian wilson was really just a composer. He was in another realm in terms of songwriting. Not a better realm just way more music based one. He was a really simplified and modern Bach. His organization of frequencies and harmony is still unobtainable. Listen to Pet Sounds, listen extra extra close. Close your eyes and don't distract yourself, compare the intervals and bass relative to the vocals. It's otherworldy.

Good reply - I agree.

Fitztas Mavich I love The Beatles and they are my favorite band, but I have to agree with you - The Beach Boys are otherworldly.

@Bitte Bilden naah

@Bitte Bilden yeah but i also think that bands change with time... it's like you can't wear the same shirt everyday right? and i like parachutes but most of those songs aren't a good fit for stadium shows or big events... but their newer albums have more songs that fits the more big time stuff if u know what i mean.

I am :)

Holistic Songwriting YESSS!! Radiohead fUCC YEAH

true!!!! coldplay and RHead!

Oh great! Really excited for that one!

I wouldn't mind seeing an analysis of Bon Iver, something about Justin Vernon's songwriting reminds me of Coldplay. Especially their earlier stuff.

LP are lyrically better than Coldplay imo, but overall Coldplay take the cake.

Flavoured Bleach me too, I agree with everything you said here 👍

Mustafiz Mohosin also do this

YES JESUS

Imagine dragons and 21 pilots.

imagine dragons is a shitty band. period. it's shitcunt.

The lamest band ever

The lamest band ever

Music is very personal... obviously 🙄 opinions are like @ holes.... For instance... The only band I just can’t stand and I’m not a hater or negative person, in general... The Beach Boys 😣 ugh.... Give me Imagine Dragons any day over them....

His melodies comes from the heart or his soul but he definitely use music theory to perfect the melody and to hook the listeners

@@RyanlovesTh How do you know? What if their songwriting chemistry is just genius.

u need music theory period and he knows music theory if you ever tried playing his melodies on the piano. He puts together real chords to form that melody @@MusicLover-kz6rc

Thanks Adriano :)

That would be awsome!

You're not the only one! I would love a breakdown of Steven Wilsons song writing!

If you want some real musical analysis, then check out Rick Beatos channel

Still waiting for a Steven Wilson analysis :)

alfredo aran yes!

*twiggered*

Led Zeppelin

Muse

superblonde you have shitty taste in music. fact

Well, Tutorial about Carlos Gardel and Pavarotti.

YES TO SIA!

Especially if he includes Zero 7!

It's surprising he hasn't done Frank yet. He already did Mayer and now Coldplay. Frank's a songwriting genius. He made Strawberry Swings sound like his own song.

Honestly I'd be fine if he did another series on rappers starting with Tyler, the creator and Earl sweatshirt, To name other members of OF that he should do

we need frank ocean already!!!!!!

PLEASE

yessss!!

Thanks Caro for the comment, appreciate it :)

Thank you Ronnie :)

Muse WILL happen! :)

👆🏾Yaaas 😏

Frank Ocean for the love of God. He's connected to Mayer and Coldplay

you start by copying radiohead and adding passages from 1984

Arturo Chávez fuck off

Arturo Chávez truth

Arturo Chávez Radiohead copied a song and called it creep so......

I don't remember this song being copied

Mia K I agree! ☝️

yes

Green Day are the goats hands down.

Thank you so much! That means a lot :)

The moderator's name is Friedemann Findeisen, he's German and hails from Stuttgart.

First version was blocked in many countries, 2nd version was my bad :)

mine was blocked that first time and i was so upset because i love coldplay. thank you for this!

Hey who was the 7th Artist Series about? It says the video was 'deleted by user'.

My thinking exactly :)

NikeOleen yes! Paramore fans unite!!!!

Yvonne Han yes!!!

But they're older stuff, like Riot!

Hell yeah

NikeOleen yes pls

I could be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure he's talking about the 3rd scale degree of the *key*, because the examples he gave for coldplay's use of the third were: 1. HYPNOTIZED - key of F# major - the note indicated as the third *(A#)* is also the third scale degree of this key 2. VIVA LA VIDA - key of Ab major - the note indicated as the third *(C)* is also the third scale degree of this key 3. LOVERS IN JAPAN - key of Ab major - the note indicated as the third *(C)* is also the third scale degree of this key 4. YELLOW - key of C major - the note indicated as the third *(E)* is also the third scale degree of this key 5. UP & UP - key of F# major (or D# minor) - the note indicated as the third *(B)* is *not* the third scale degree of *either* of the keys, so I actually have no idea about this one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 6. CHARLIE BROWN - key of Bb major - the note indicated as the third *(D)* is also the third scale degree of this key 7. SPEED OF SOUND - key of A major - the note indicated as the third *(C#)* is also the third scale degree of this key 8. IN MY PLACE - key of A major - the note indicated as the third *(C#)* is also the third scale degree of this key (I hope that made sense cuz I think I worded it kinda awkwardly lmao)

Would the major 3rd interval of the key really convey the emotions he is refering to when played during any other chord than the tonic? Or does it only work because the chords are changing rapidly? Thanks for the awesome answer btw.

Tbh I really don't know, you'd have to get someone much better at music theory than me to answer that 😂 I'm curious about that too though, so if anyone else could answer that, that'd be sweet! and no problem! (also sorry I couldn't answer your other questions!)

tbh I think it has to be the 3rd of the chord because he talks about the major 3rd and in Minor Keys there is no major 3rd

leyonleo He actually talked about this in his new video.