I love me some breakdowns. That tight rhythmic cohesion really scratches my brain nicely. Thanks for watching. Spotify - open.spotify.c... / alexmelton / alexmelton / alexmeltonmusic
I was thinking the same thing, I also can't really tell why he thinks it isn't feasible to make these into songs. He could make a whole album just expanding on these riffs, use one for each song lmao. 5 was my far my favorite one :)
In a new song we're writing, we transition out of a breakdown into the main riff using the "leave no fret untouched." My drummer asked me how to play it and I said "3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12"
Truly, your dissonance style is very much a part of my songwriting...which I have to credit to Hum, Helmet, Trust Co. and the like. Awesome as always, Alex.
Nice. I know this is tongue in cheek a bit, but it all actually sounds good. Honestly more interested with whats going on in the backing track guitar parts. Any chance there's Alex Melton tabs floating around somewhere? Maybe he offers them through Patreon or something?
Best easycore albums in my opinion Set Your Goals-Mutiny! (2006) Four Year Strong-Rise or Die (2007) Bangarang!-Frozen Over, First in Line (2007) Chunk! No Captain Chunk!-Something for Nothing (2010) Me vs Hero-Days that Shape our Lives (2010) The Wonder Years- Get Stoked on It! (2007)
@@JordanCrawford12 oh yeah dude 1000%, and bilmuri is just plain rad. Johnny is my musical spirit animal at this point lmao. You should also check out a band called shrezzers, they have a bitchin saxophone player that lays down super dope solo's in the middle of their songs
Not only is this one of those “funny if you’re in the know” videos, it’s actually extremely helpful for someone like me who’s trying to learn how to compose easy core songs. More like this please!
If FYS needs a third guitarist then Alex is their guy! Seriously speaking these are some amazing riffs you SHOULD use in songs. Bonus points for wearing short shorts while filming this :D That's a super easycore thing to do.
Basically just program the kick to match the guitar. Add the snare appropriately (usually when there’s a pause). Then add some kind of cymbal to keep steady time.
@@leviathan3630 Just put snare on 2 and 4, sprinkle in ghost notes, then put a few in wherever the melody part gets most intense, in sync with the melody.
These are all great riffs! Yeap, Four Year Strong first comes to mind. Then City Lights, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk, Abandoned by Bears, This Wild Life (old version), Set Your Goals, Belmont, Neck Deep and of course New Found Glory!
#4 and 5 were sweet, dude! Like more dissonant lower octave blink riffs in you jammed on the toypaj vid the other day.. prob just wishful listening? Yeah, probably… Love all your stuff, Alex. Keep it up!
The scientific test to check if you have a good easycore riff is to close your eyes and listen for the disembodied voices of Alan and Dan singing over it.
I'll see if you have more like this, but could you make a how to easycore, how to pop punk, and how to hardcore? A real one. This is cool would be curious how you'd do a video like that.
