Why This Melody Is Actually Genius (Chainsmokers) 

It's nice to see a musician appreciating mainstream music and not just saying that it's uninspiring bs that anybody could do. Yes, anybody could. But only they actually do it. It's not easy.

if anybody's wondering, the name for that sustained note in the chords is called a pedal point or pedal note. it creates a lot of harmonic tension that resolves nicely back to the tonic, especially if the pedal point is the tonic or dominant (as mentioned in the vid)

love the chainsmokers stuff,simplicity at its best.

Nice to see someone actually dive into the creativity of The Chainsmokers instead of just jump on the hate train and pass! Great video

"I could never be coldplay, but i could write a melody with a horn" -alex rome 2023 Im dying rn 😂

Glad to see this. To me it seems like many music producers are kind of neglecting the composing aspect. It's really cool to see how in this song both worlds came together to form something.

Love your analysis videos, super interesting, useful and entertaining

great balance of educational, entertaining and interesting. awesome video man

This song is pure gold! Thanks for the explanation, awesome to see it in depth.

Great stuff Alex. Thanks for the Free Chord Building Blueprint! Gianni

Your videos are so good, they make me wanna keep producing no matter what! I quite literally started livestreaming me making songs because of your channel.

Gold. All of these are gold. Thank you Alex. Adds so much depth and appreciation

Please do more breakdowns like this.. They're fantastic! I'm always amazing how Calvin Harris makes his chords and melodies and switches them up with simple (yet genius) techniques like that.

Brilliant work! Great video! Thank You!

Really great video. Educational, entertaining, and explained well to all skill levels. You gained a fan today!

Amazing short informative video, this is why I love this channel.

"nobody before did that" yes alex that exact idea has been used in tens of thousands of songs of so many genres. Stacking 5ths is incredibly common. This chord progression is in every other song basically.

Your freaking amazing man! Love what you do!

I've always noticed that the drop had one common note in each chord, good to finally see the musical theory behind it and actually made me realise that it's a common theme throughout the song

The best part is when they add in ANOTHER top melody, those harmonics are insane

Sometimes, instead of throwing in everything we know, what we need to do is just add a pinch of simplicity,. and we are good to go :D Btw, Can you do analysis on Illenium's music too? and how he keep his signature consistently? That will be much appreciated

I love this type of analysis! Thanks for making

Being able to not only label these concepts (drone, major and minor scales, and how they fit in as themes) but recognize them in a song and notice how they are standard setting in the industry… I am blown away. Will definitely change how I listen to seemingly mainstream electronic music from now on.

love this! wish you replicated the beautiful guitar melody/solo towards the end of the song

You're the best, Alex. Still slowly applying my bootcamp training.

I really liked this video. Please do more analysis for songs like this

that drop was exactly what fascinated me everytime I listened to the song thanks for explaining the magic 🤩🤩🤩

so simple yet so sophisticated

Loved it, please make more videos like this 😃

thanks for the guide mr.rome chainsmokers is one of my favorite song in my list instead of playing online games,i focused myself to create and mix the song using fl studio and so this time im going to read the 7 step chord building blueprint in my laptop............... keep up the good work bro im always wacthing your videos

Awesome video! I love the chainsmokers so it's fascinating to see the breakdown like this. Keep up the great work 🙏

this song is still one of my favorites! thanks for the explanation...

That's really very interesting! Great video ❤️

Great breakdown Alex!

That was a great deconstruction - thank you!

Great video. Amazing explanation.

Well done... oftentimes the simple ideas are the best ideas!

Super cool video thanks dude! I feel like I always am over complicating my composition trying to make it unique and interesting, but rarely ever try to make just a simple aspect of the composition interesting in itself. Mainstream/pop has so many things to learn from in making a song listenable and marketable

Great video really enjoyed it.

love your enthusiasm man haha great content as always

So simple yet so beautiful

As someone who actually liked SJLT, i really appreciate those simple yet creative techniques

Thank you Alex! This is great knowledge.

i always enjoy your content very much!

I did a remake of something just like this a few years back. Still love the song. Coldplay really gave it a vibe

East or west Sir Alex Rome is the best !🤩

I remember when i used to hear that song come on a lot in 2017 even whenever i was in Middle School.

I would like you to do a breakdown video of their song "Roses". I believe it is their most overlooked song. The drop on that song is a thing of beauty.

my favourite song of all time! the drop makes me float every time. thanks for making this - a wonderful deconstruction :)

You're amazing man 🔥

I like how I could tell it was about Something Just Like This from how the rhythm looks on the MIDI.

=as Always ! Just Amazing, thanks a lot Alex

what piano were you using in the beginning for the chords it was so warm

Fantastic breakdown and go birds!🦅

hey! love the video! would you (or anyone that knows) mind sharing what guitar vst was used? thank you!

is that drone note within the chord progression cau i saw that D is written just half a note above C#

That's it I'm doing music this summer. (Your content is inspirational, bud)

Usually I think your videos are a little click-baity but this one is great

Most useful channel for music production on RU-vid

Hey I noticed an issue on the document you provided in the description. The A major and A flat major chords are mixed up.

Amazing explanation my guy! You’ve definitely proven that you got some cool analysis talent that’ll help you understand the theory behind it. Btw, don’t feel discouraged if someone makes better music than you do, music takes time and effort (which The Chainsmokers had plenty of, specifically the effort part because the song was written by 5 people!) Anyways, great job explaining everything in such a short amount of time and I’ll see you on the flip side! 💪

so talent you

What’s really amazing is classical composers doing stuff like this in their head hundreds of years ago.

Man that was a great video

Спасибо!

these are the best freaking videos ever

Thx for the video ! That is a real good headphone that can keep you warm, even if it is -10 degrees celsius outside right ?

i wanna see full process of making song by chord progression to mastering do it man plz, so freaking interesting

Nice vid

as a producer, I WANT SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS

Damn i was waiting for that last melody at the end of song (it is sooooooo emotional)😂, great work tho man. nice breakdown

I've watched a handful of your videos and could not get over your HEAVY Delco accent. Hat and Jersey confirms it

What sound are you using for Guitar?

Great breakdown

When you chop out the notes to give it a syncopated feel, the downbeat of the second chord changes to the second bar instead of a quarter note after This probably confused a lot of viewers. Your videos are great none-the-less. The little details used to drive me nuts when I was beginning. You are as thorough as anyone else! I never took your Bootcamp but I have taken a few of your competitors and I can tell you they all leave out a lot more stuff than you. All the best stuff is resampled and they tell you to just pull it into the project. It never fails. I'm like, wait, hold on, darn it, that's why I paid more than $100 to take your course to learn how you made that rolling baseline in your song or that "Big Reverb Lead" that sold me on your course. I don't want no stinking sample. Lol. Anyway, you provide a hell of a lot more than others and anyone could see by the visuals in this video exactly where the A major chord fell. I must give the Chainsmokers credit for that minor tweak because it changes the feel completely. Very glad I learned that trick from you, Alex! Thanks!

This is fire🔥❤️❤️💕

Isn’t it using the 456 progression in d major? And the drone is just using the tonic note of d major? I’m still a noob, help plz. So confused when Alex said it was using the relative D in the key of B minor

Take it easy Alex, their music isn't all that, it's just corporate pop with a team of producers but it is cool that you analyzed it. A theorical breakdown is always good to see for the independent. Peace.

thank you so much for your analysis of this song -- I learned so much and you made the learning very enjoyable!

I love this man

What software was demonstrated here?

This is a good video. Really

Fascinating somthing like this is a favorite......!!!♍♍👍🏾👍🏾

I love this

Very entertaining and helpful Video. That sounds amazing. Thank you Alex

What is this guitar that u used?

What Synth plugin is bein used here

so cute how you're feeling it so hard every time haha ♥

It’s crazy🤯

Thanks man

Would this method be a pentatonic scale?

So good

what software / program / app is that

Brother my brother...I gotta....I have no words...I was just scrolling through and I can across you......I tell you my story I m A fan of TCS for a very long time and recently they didnt made any hit songs that made me kinda upset cause I m little biased to them but you were the first to appreciate their work....I don't know I m just feeling very nice after watching you video I love you😭😭🥺❤❤❤❤❤

3:54 what a poetic line.

What program is it?

4:28 its a GOLDMINE from here on

Nice!

good video 💯

What are you using to make the melodies?