In this video i give an insight into the way i work on a trance track and share some of the production techniques that work for me. Hopefully this gives you …

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  4. Caryl Christmas

    Thank you Marty!
    I needed somebody to stand up and say that it is OK to create songs this
    way!

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  5. Katie Ferrara

    When I get stuck trying to get inspired to write a song this is totally
    what I do! I just play a bunch of covers and then after a while I come up
    with chord progressions and then think.. “wait a minute” this sounds a bit
    like some of the covers I’m practicing!” I think it’s true that you
    unconsciously pick up stuff. A lot of songs are actually the same chord
    progressions but what really makes a song stand out is the vocal melody and
    the lyrics… For me if I get that stuck in my head it actually makes
    writing a song easier… Anyway I really liked your video! 🙂 

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  6. Branden Blue

    Thanks for the nice video! I enjoyed it. Here is a piece of advice for all
    young musicians: I am a music producer. After extensive research I am glad
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  9. Ryan Problems

    I don’t always do things this way, but I have gotten some of my favorite
    song ideas from misheard lyrics. 

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  11. Miister Josh

    I told a group of friends that song sounds like Ghostbusters! They said I
    was crazy! That may be true, but it is the same song and thanks for proving
    it lol. Nice lesson

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  12. PurpleSugar13

    HEY! That first Beatles song u did! I think R5’s One Last Dance was
    inspired by it! It sound totally the same!

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  13. voskresene

    Interesting approach. People have been taking tunes from other people and
    making new songs out of them forever. Think about all the church hyms,
    patriotic American tunes (e.g. My Country ‘Tis of the) and blues tunes that
    were based on variations of someone else’s melodies. 

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  19. YowzTruley

    Haha, Marty was totally talking about the tutorial Zosia did on writing a
    song on the channel rockongoodpeople at the start.

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  22. TJ Sensat

    Awesome. That has actually helped a lot. I’ve been trying so hard to be too
    original and it was causing me a kind of writers block. Thanks, Marty!

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  23. Andy Mac

    Well, I don’t think this was helpful…..all songs now a days need chords
    like like A-G including sharps, flats, diminished chords, etc., but they
    are the chords we have, of course some songs sound the same, if they all
    sounded differently and we couldn’t use the same chord progression then
    there would be no songs in the world at this point to be honest because
    they wouldn’t be allowed to use any chords at this stage in time. Just
    saying.

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  24. Stephen Hill

    Yeah, I noticed the Blackbird/Scar Tissue thing just a couple weeks ago,
    and I thought it was sooooo cool! Due to the song frequently referring to
    birds, I didn’t see it as Frusciante ripping off McCartney, I saw it as a
    subtle homage to the greatest band of all time. That was very cool of
    Frusciante.

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  25. makemusicnet1

    Some great tips here on how you can use existing chord progressions to
    create new songs. Here are a couple of tips to come up with your own.. 1)
    Use circle of fifths e.g Yesterday, Autumn Leaves 2) Use a chord sequence
    with a descending bass line e.g. Changes by David Bowie, Don’t let the sun
    go down on me – Elton John

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  28. Aaron Yorke

    Great tutorials! I have had the dreaded writers block over the past few
    weeks and these tutorials have really helped to awaken my creativity!! Keep
    them coming!

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