How to Sound Like Daft Punk, Tool, or EVERY Rock Band using Minor/Aeolian [Riffing With Modes #6] 

I what stuff like this to demystify music. In stead it confuses me more. How come he is not a member of a successful band. Yet people with limited knowledge of music theory hit it big?

@@perryjude1230 it's because these techniques are now overused and you won't get anywhere using them. When the big artists became big, they creatively used these techniques to an extent most possibilities are explored. To make it big, he (and we) would need to add some more revolutionary unheard-of items to this, eg: fusing other genres, uncommon progressions, unconventional instruments, unorthodox harmonies, etc.. etc. its tough

@@perryjude1230 The guys an excellent musician and producer. I don't think his focus is on hitting it big. Some people are happy to do what they love and make a living from it. That's the problem today with music, social media, etc., everybody wants to be a fucking star as opposed to simply doing great work. Fuck celebrity. Jake is a Big talent. He doesn't need celebrity.

Nice analogy

I too was reminded of Bob Ross !

i think the actual music part just comes with getting more years of tech under everyones belt and give the writer plenty of life experience to whine/get angry about.

."it takes them 10 years to write an album!!😂😂😂

Well I will point out that Imo both the Tool and funk songs he made were quite boring and bland. Good video but the actual meat of the songs was just not very good. Also I will say that he still does a great job making a song composition and the drummer he had do the parts was fantastic.

@@oneiros5686 although i agree with you i feel the point of these videos are clearly educational. The song for the mixloydian video was astounding and at the end of the day this is entirely free content. It takes time and a lot of effort to create content.

This is the wrong lesson to take from this. He used music theory to create fast, generic example. This theory first perspective that you are trying to take from this is the prison that leads to bad jazz.

Right? Wtf

It was so good, in 10 years it will be on the next Tool album lol

I'll post a video on my other channel (titled Jake Lizzio) on how I got my cringey vocals to sound good. It took a lot of work, that's three tracks you're seeing/hearing. I won't delete the original tracks and you'll agree 100% that I do NOT sound like Maynard lol. It's just lots of "studio magic".

@@SignalsMusicStudio - came back to this page SPECIFICALLY because I promised our singer I'd check the comments to find out how you pulled the Maynard/Tool sound off. Brilliant work on all the tracks!

@@SignalsMusicStudio what software are you using.

Everyone wants a full length Tool album

Maybe in 15 years he will release it

to think theyre spending years with experts making stuff in studio and this guy just shits it out of some leftover funk. i'd just quit.

you forgot the octopus drummer, but otherwise perfect

You forgot one important detail: MADE THAT BASS CLANCK

And turn off the snare wires on the drums

Sustain that note, make it cry Adam!

Drop D, check Songs about people sucking , check. Now got to work on the rest.

Exactly I’ve watched his content before even getting a guitar and my first one is coming in I’ve played the keyboard for a year and he’s helped inspire me and his channel is mostly revolving around the guitar so I’m probably going to learn a lot more

I seriously questioned my life's priorities as I spent day editing that lip-synch thing

He sounds like pearl jam lmaoo

@@dapeep6704 he sounds like Randy Marsh :D

@@Killerspieler 😂👌

it's not so much talent, but a true respect for music theory. This guy understands musical devices and how they function

its all just the same 12 notes!

@@SignalsMusicStudio wait so are u saying djent is comparable to mumble rap....? 🤯

@@danishazhar3199 You tryin to diss daft punk here??? Musicians LOVE daft punk.

@@nandans2506 tool and daft punk are both my favourite bands, I don't think the dude was trying to diss daft punk at all. Just isn't often a tool fan would really listen to daft punk or vice versa. Not to say they can't though.

@@jakehyrule7260 bruh he literally said Daft punk is mumble rap.... look at the 2nd reply

THANK YOU NAMASTE!

It just didn't feel right playing the low D on the 5 string :(

@@SignalsMusicStudio I think that stood out to me cause I try to make a conscious effort to not use that string as just a very long thumb rest lol

Mellotron. Lots of Mellotron.

Is this a jojo reference ??

@@armanmusic6538 no, check out the band that that stand was named after.

Playing in insane time signatures and polyrhythms

Block ur own awesome af music

Dude, i just discoverex this guy yesterday, and im already producing better records!

Caught that vibe as well.

And A tout le monde

A tout le monde and cemetery gates start with the same arpeggiated chord (f#)

Definitely strong pantera vibes, it reminded me more of Hollow than Cemetery Gates

actually it's my normal voice but I pitch correct things down so my lessons sound good

Or: 10:05

lmao

Lmaooooooo

For me it's 11:32

Somehow though, in the final track, I left in my original part which is only like a 95% rip off

@@SignalsMusicStudio call it a variation on a theme. Now you're composing with style (And chemical plant zone is my favorite track from Sonic 2, no it has nothing to do with kid me not being able to get past the zone so I heard it the most, of course not)

Me too. I noticed it right away

Metalhead use locrian in a "wrong" way, just throw power chords on everything haha

i have a strong feeling its going to be really really really weird

@@SignalsMusicStudio hey Jake! I don't know if you have seen my comment on this or not, but again, you may look the verse of Björk's "Army of Me" for a model. Anyways, good luck and have fun!

@Mnbvcxz Yeah!

My guess would be quartal chords

Thank you for the info! They're essentially the same thing IMO (4 at the end vs 2+2), but it's good to know a well-defined name besides "a mode of the son clave rhythm". I still love the name Tresillo Grande though =P

I remember that lesson! Seems like decades ago lol

Pick it back up Zakk. In the immortal words of Richie Rich, Don't cheat yourself, treat yourself..

Or it’s just the language he learned or is used to using

(edit: I'm sorry this ended up so long. I hope it explains enough, and hopefully in a clear enough manner) No, when you say something is in aeolian it's just more *specific* than saying the key. Saying something is in the minor key is different from saying it is aeolian, because the mode and the key are different. Aeolian is a mode and minor is a key. I can have a song be in C major, but be playing notes from a mode that's from an entirely different mode from a different key over it and make it work, and this is common practice in jazz because they improvise with specific modes that happen to work over the specific chords in a song rather than try to play notes that only correlate to the songs overall key. To say something is in Aeolian rather than minor just gets a different point across. It's really hard to explain over a text based message, but trust me, Rick isn't just trying to just sound smart. I am really confused as to why Jake said that whole bit about people referring to something as being aeolian, because I'm sure he understands the purpose of the modes completely. I could see someone arguing that it's a little *unnecessary* to say it's in aeolian in certain contexts, but Rick uses the name of the mode in order to get a specific point across because his background is in modal jazz theory and so he looks at a song differently. Each diatonic scale has 7 modes, one mode for each note if it is used as it's own tonal center, and they are used a lot in improvising -especially in jazz. So, basically, if we have c major, the first mode is the same exact notes as C major, it's called C ionian. When we say someone is using C ionian though, we usually aren't referring to what key the song is in, we are more specifically stating which of the 7 possible modes they are using over the given key/chord. If we want to get technical, the minor scale also comes from the major scale, it is a subset of notes within it. A minor is technically the same exact thing as C major, every major scale has its relative minor and it's always 6 scale degrees above the root note, and when we play in the A minor key we just play C major with a focus on A as a tonal center, so in a way the minor scale is already a "mode" arguably. The modes are more specific "colors" or "flavors" you can add to a given chord in a key, and when Rick refers to something as being aeolian he is strictly referring to the mode that song is in at that given time, and NOT to what key it is in. Aeolian is the 6th mode of the major scale, it's the same notes as the minor scale, but when we refer to something as being aeolian it's not saying the key is major or minor, it could be in either. I can have a song be in the key of C major but be playing a solo that's in A aeolian. This is probably confusing, but I'll give an analogy and see if it helps at all. Overall, I have literally typed up like 3 different comments because I want to give a full explanation without going overboard or going on a huge rant, because I don't even know if you are familiar with any of the information I'm putting in this comment, you may know ALL of what I'm saying, and I don't want to come off as som dude that just wants to type long messages for nothing, so I'm just going to add before I end this comment: say that the scale or key is like "the whole meal/dish" in a generalized sense, if I say it's in a minor key, that is the general dish in a broad sense, but when we want to learn how to COOK that meal/dish, we have to decide *which recipe* to go off of. One dish will have dozens and dozens of different recipes that call for different Ingredients. We have to figure out what the ingredients *can be* in a given dish while still being referred to as that specific dish. Say we want to cook spaghetti? We could use so many different Ingredients and still call it spaghetti. Do we want it to have oregano as the main spice? Or do we not want any oregano at all, and instead we want it to be heavily based around the spice basil? Do we want it to have meatballs? Or maybe we want a meatless spaghetti sauce? Each of these different choices are all *still* spaghetti even though they are VERY different, and those *different choices* are like the modes, and the key is the generalized dish of spaghetti (or whatever meal you want to think of), and we all know the differences between spaghetti and chicken Alfredo right? Obviously there are limits to the choices, and aeolian would be the *universal* or *most generic version* of what the minor key can be, as in it may overall be the same note choice as the minor scale, but when someone refers to it as aeolian, the purpose is to be seen as one specific recipe for the dish and not to interchangeable with the broad generalized dish itself. Aeolian is the first mode of the minor scale (and the 6th mode of the major scale) and it may be so generic to the scale that people begin to refer to it interchangeably with the broad scale itself, but it's original purpose is still there as a specific subset of the scale itself. When we refer to the key of a song, like the minor key, we aren't going in depth enough yet to know which recipe people are using, and the modes of the scale refer to all the different things we could hypothetically add to that minor scale while still making sure it still is that same minor key. Yes the different possible modes end up forming that whole key/scale, so we can refer to it as just "minor key" or whatever key the song utilizes more broadly, but when we end up talking about the more specific recipes we can go off off we will bring in the modes to understand it more fully.

i had to think of something!

@@SignalsMusicStudio I have to say, it's a heck of a lot smarter than making a MV in person!

That was my saving grace- I take the first syllable of each line put it on a new track, and then reverse it and add reverb. Bounce that to a new track, reverse it, and then line it up to where it sounds good!

@@SignalsMusicStudio Ok cool, thanks! I've always thought that sounded cool. I'll have to try it out.

asking the meaningful stuff. thanks, i was wondering too.

@@SignalsMusicStudio Very easy to do in FL too. Sum up vocal tracks, load this wav into edison, reverse track, add convolution reverb, reverse track. Chop off the pieces you want to use and add back into your lead vocal track.

incredibly calm too!

It's all beardstanks! I'm not in that studio space anymore but he's sharing it with Moog Lee.

lol, He does! I love when Trey takes the piss outta that genre.

Beatles suck ass

Can't forget the flat fifth and flat second too!