How to Make Really Good Melodies (for beginners) 

so this is how 2017 roblox tycoons made their music

2018 music vibes 😭🙏

Bro thanks for this. It helps me to generate melodies much faster without thinking anymore.

IT HURTS ME HOW UNINSPIRED AND SOULLESS THIS IS 😭 THIS WAS A STAB IN THE HEART

I've written songs for many years, and I agree: chords first is the way to go most of the time. I read a book called "Six Steps to Songwriting Success" years ago that advocated a melody first approach because "people don't sing chords." I never agreed with the author on that. Great songwriters like Tom Petty, Rob Thomas and Ryan Tedder have all mentioned singing over a compelling chord progression first to find a moving melody. Great lesson!

also try playing a set of chords with your fingers and not your mouse. It will get you feeling the beat and what is right for it. I usually do triads because I am a novice piano player. But you can start with triads with the fingers, and if you want to make the chords more complex use your drawing tool in Ableton/logic to draw in the notes accordingly. This is my process and I find it works well.

Sounds 2016 - 2019. I love the music style from those years

I'm by no means a misician, but as a listener I think you should try making a melody that actually tries to convey some kind of emotion, to try and pour some part of yourself in it, try to say something through it. I don't know what this melody wants me to feel, I can't interpret it or find a meaning in it for myself. The problem indeed lies in me, too, and if I really tried I would probably be able to feel something (most likely something I wouldn't like). But all my brian is getting from this is that it's music. That's it. I know some people just make music for the money and/or just don't have enough real life experience or they take inspiration from a source that again, didn't have any truly interesting experience in their life and/or was in it for the money (again) and the inspired one just didn't knew any better, thus creating an endless cycle of disposable music (all of the music is disposable in the end, but that doesn't mean we should stop trying to achieve actual perfection). I know I'm just ranting like an idiot, but as the time goes on It becomes increasingly harder for me to find music that my brain thinks is worthwhile to listen to. And that terrible feeling of emptiness is driving me to write this comment, although it won't make any difference at all. Maybe I'm just hoping someone will aswer this comment and help me tackle this dilemma and find a solution? Damn, I need a therapist

I love how you inverted the chords❤🔥...is there a video explaining how you did it??

We need a full version of this

This is more for pop or dance music. Nothing wrong with doing it this way, but it’s not a one size fits all - for those of you that disagree with this method.

Finally someone just told me how to do it instead of going on a lecture

The app name is GarageBand

2000s high school gen Z pop music?? Nostalgia overload

This was short but so damn EFFECTIVE…another great video ALEX!!

This is so interesting cause I never do this I always play mine on my akai machine, dope new way to do it now

That slide🤤

Fantastic tip! Thanks man :D

WE BUILDING OUR SECOND FLOOR IN THE ROBLOX TYCOON WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥

-Sweating nervously reading the comments seeing how many people agree with this- (I always start with melody and build from there, Ive been making music for 3 years)

0:12 Best roblox tycoon i every played was in 2017 But now its probably dead Those were the times i could never be sad But i just want the old memories back

This channel is freaking fire

Ngl my best melody was on a erhu and was completely random and it banged lol

This helped my confidence with making chords sm better!

so good 😂

what app do you use? I've been looking for a good and safe one but don't know which ones are actually good.

This just helped me break through my block thank you 👏👏

why does this remind me of speed run 4 in rblx frfr

Ngl this is kinda fire

Imma use that melody for my track fr ❗️

Alguna vez terminará este track, quiero escucharlo terminado 😊

My god this is EXACTLY what I was looking for!!! Thanks a lot!!!!!!

Some of these comments though 😂 I'm not criticizing, I'm sure you all know what you're talking about but y'all do realize he said this is for beginners right? Some talking about things that are flying over my head and I imagine most who don't know music theory as well. And yes learning an instrument first to be able to associate the sounds, keys, chords and whatnot together better could work but not everyone wants to wait a year or so to learn music theory or instruments before they can make beats. Hence this video. Thanks man, I've noticed this is helpful for me at least most of the time. I always forget to start out like this because I get carried away, especially when I have something in mind already.

Wahh so helpful!!! Thank you!!

Beautiful!

Nostalgia

i just think of a good melody and then expand on it with some other instruments and also might aswell add in random quiet but matching melodies into it if it lacks sounds

THANKS

Yes I love this content

I still put random notes when I compose… it works fine

Hey, does anyone know if Alex has music on Spotify? I'd love to listen to more of his work but I'm having a hard time finding him.

What app/website should i use?

beginning sounds like imaginary friends

What app are u using?

What app is this

The issue is that I want to find chords that are rarely used but still sound good.

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Sounds like reckoner by radiohead

Tem uma vibe dos sons de Calvin Harris

full song?

What app did you use to make that melody?

what program are you using? i would lo0ve to do something like this!

Awesome

saya menyukainya

Circle of fifths: Chords😊

Now I just need an easy way to do slides in ableton, I don't know why it's so garbage in that daw. You set mpe mode and it will only bend up to 96 cents, I want to bend infinitely however I want from without having to mess with anything other than the piano roll.

Was this from a song? If so which one?

What the name of the App to make music?

nice friend

What music instrument is this ?

Whats the DAW called

what’s the app called? or whatever your using

that actually how i started bc i knew more about chords than melodies, i made some terrible lofi

What music program is this

What studio is used for this

WHAT IS THIS APP?

Whats the program called??!!

what app do you use for this

app?

what program are you using?

what app is this tho

what is this host software name

Which Programm do you use

Which beat making app it is

WHEN HE DUPLICATED THE CHORDS AND MOVED THEM UP IT SOUNDED LIKE JOJOS THEME

BRO MADE ROBLOX TYCOON MUSIC!!!

Does anyone know what program this is?

2017 Roblox tycoon ahh sounding music It’s not a bad thing tho

What’s the app called?

what app is this plss tell me

✌️💣

app?

Nah my randomly generated brain melodies are fire

Jet 2 holiday ahh beat

step 1 know chords and music theory

What app is this?

program??

thanks you so much!🥹 I've been trying to make a melody for a song for a week, and thanks to you now I can finish my song

What's the app name

What thee app

WE STAYING IN THE ROBLOX TYCOON WITH THIS ONE💀💀🗼🪰🔔🦞

whats the app called

No copyright ass song

whats the app

U made it looks so simple 😭😭😭 but when im trying it out💀💀

now this is how you do a youtube short and still make the tutorial useful!

what app is this

How to make really good melodies: stop making bad melodies

WE BUYING THE LASER DOOR WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️

let me place my one note at a time in peace