Melodic Math - Max Martin's Secret Songwriting Formula // Episode 14 

Mahalo

agreed

Thanks for sharing! Excited to practice this!

@uhuh yes exactly.

RIP real music

Hey your right im not falling asleep now

x1.50 also fine.

man ... THANKS!

x2 is even better...

2x is weird, but totally works! :) thx.

True to take the formula and add your own spin

No he isn't, this is unbearable to watch. I'm not even homophobic but this is too much.

@Jacks yeah... no. his talking speed and ticks are absolutely cancerous

Thanks, I'm glad it helped you. Good luck with your project

Thanks Julien

good comment. but "negative pop music" is also a thing and is just as catchy!

@@KOSMIKFEADRECORDS what song is negative pop, sir

Thanks, I'm pleased you found it helpful. I have no problem with people sharing there opinion it's what the comments section is for. As your channel name says everyone is entitled to their opinion 😊If you're willing to be open, even the negative comments can help you to grow and improve, some of the negative comments on here I actually don't disagree with, and the ones I do doesn't make them wrong just because I disagree. Thanks for your comment 👍

Thank you

This!!!

Sometimes it is tho

I'm starting to think there's more to "hit" songs than just writing a good tune with good harmony. Fame, and what becomes famous or accepted as "great" is a very interesting thing to study. The more agreement that you're 'cool' and the more attention you get, the more people value what you do, and are willing to "see" in it. Once you're noticed, mentioned, and praised by enough people, then suddenly more people are willing to listen to you, and see the good in what you did, trust what you did as "good", take advice from you, etc. and most of all give you the benefit of the doubt. This is why McCartney's music still sells, even though he can't write a decent song anymore. If he hadn't been a Beatle, nothing he did after the break-up would have been noticed. And most people will disagree with that because they won't take into account the red carpet he was already walking on by then. They don't see how their preconceived assumptions and therefore their judgement, works. They can't really imagine him as a 'nobody' they've never heard of, and who no record company would give the time of day to, even if his stuff was pretty good. They also don't understand how the record industry worked at that time, never mind now. Everyone wants to be on a bandwagon, and ride with a crowd, so they look for wagons to get on so they can ride with that crowd and "see" what that crowd sees. Notice how political views are not very mixed. People who accept certain political views will more likely accept certain other ones, often without evaluating them thoroughly. That's because the people they consider to be "right" have to be right about everything else, or lose some of their credibility, which would cause them to be questioned on what they say. I'm over 6 decades now, and have watched the music industry change so drastically, that it appears that "what makes a great song" has changed as well. I always thought there were these timeless principles & qualities to 'good music', but those qualities have all -and I mean ALL - gone out the window since the 1970s, and been replaced with other "qualities". I seems that when the basic mentality of society changes enough, so come changes in artistic tastes. Another observation is that musicians tend to suck in their musical tastes - they more often tend to like songs & styles that are not really all that popular with the larger masses, although there are enough people who will buy those records to keep a band making a living. But they don't have the mass appeal that other types of music do. You will never convince one of those musicians that this is the case of course, because they "know" for sure what is good and what isn't. But they can't write big mass appeal hits....for some reason. They keep writing the stuff THEY think is good, and wonder why it's not a massive hit. So at least 1 of my theories on why it's so hard to write a hit is that the people who write songs - musicians - tend to have "off-ish" tastes, and of course write stuff that appeals to them, not to the majority of people, i.e non-musicians.

@Bike thanks! I almost deleted that after finishing it, feeling sure no one would read it anyway, because it's too long. And the average person would probably see it as pointless rambling about nothing. ;)

@@jameseverett4976 I think you are on to something James. Sadly, you are right about Maca, and I worship the Beatles.

BEN LEVIN

I LOVE YOU

Thank you

Thank you so much for your comment, I'm glad it was helpful to you.

Now we need to take what we've learned and actually do something creative with it!

I'm getting charged up to quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus.

Thank you

Very true indeed! I actually spent time working with Prince at Paisley Park in 2013. Sometimes Prince has a formula but most times he just picks up whatever instrument is within reach and just jams out. Once he figures he has something that works, he starts calling in the band (3rd Eye girl) to teach the parts one at at time. Once completed, then I would get the signal from him to mic him up and start recording. Checkout the song "Another Love" from him when you get a chance, It is a perfect example of the process mentioned.

Maths Martin more like ;)

What is the name of this type of identification that is made of the melody of parts A, B, C ...? Shown instantly ---> 3:50

LOL

No problem, so glad it helped you

Thank you

What is the name of this type of identification that is made of the melody of parts A, B, C ...? Shown instantly ---> 3:50

It made it so much easier!

Jose LMM Can you rephrase that question Jose

​@@LivingUnlabeled thanks but i already found the answer.

Thanks so much, I really appreciate that

Aye! Tipsy Recs fam in the house!

I agree very thankful for the work and research that this guy has done