Bro like I’m literally listening to your videos at work hiding my AirPods in my hoodie distracted cause I hate my job. Like videos like this inspire me and are way more important to me then crushing boxes. Love the content bro!!!
@scottbelanger9427
20 күн бұрын
By far one of the best songwriting videos I've ever watched.
@daveannis2280
25 күн бұрын
Wow - sooo useful. Bookmarked to re-watch when I'm feeling my chorus isn't strong enough - I'll bet that this is why. I can't believe you only have 169 subscribers. 170 now :)
@MelodyMathlete
25 күн бұрын
@@daveannis2280 thanks for the feedback and support, Dave! Cool tunes btw. Feel free to share this video with any musically inclined friends! 🙌 ⛈️🪰 Ps what else would you like to see me make a video on?
@defbaby
Ай бұрын
So interesting about the 2nd note use! Perhaps because it build's tension. The listener can anticipate a resolve
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
@@defbaby I know hey! Yeh, I agree about the use of the 2nd. I think you’ve nailed it there 🙌
@tommayo3212
Күн бұрын
What a great lesson! Thank you!
@HunterReeceVEVO
17 күн бұрын
I've always loved the melodic math behind MxM's style, this was a fantastic thorough breakdown. Thank you Jean-Paul
@newpianotutorials
5 күн бұрын
With the songs you mentioned, aside from the chorus - the verses also act like choruses. Think of I can't feel my face or Love me like you do, the verses have the same kind of repetition and could easily be choruses in a different song.
@shannonsx4143
20 күн бұрын
This is rocket chorus melody science 💫 thanx for sharing that fantastic work and insights ! I find it sad that now a days, most of hit songs come from so few people, like one said "creation's colors seems to fade to grey"
@philliprobertson1347
Ай бұрын
I've recently found myself naturally drawn toward to a lot of Max Martin produces songs. This video is great insight, and I'm going to save it for later use.
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
@@philliprobertson1347 max is the man! And his team are also legendary. Thanks for the feedback, Philip! 🙏 What are some of your favourite Max Martin songs?
@philliprobertson1347
Ай бұрын
@@MelodyMathlete The Weeknd's "Save your Tears" and Taylor Swift's "Style" are currently my favorite songs produced by him. Many of his other produced songs with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and The Weeknd, bring a nostalgia for me: Blank Space, 22, Cant Feel My face, Teenage Dream, California Gurls, Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F), Roar. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream album is especially nostalgic for me.
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
@@philliprobertson1347 oh man, I love all of these songs! 😍
@ty-lar
14 күн бұрын
This stuff is incredible man. Crazy cool breakdowns. I’d love to hear some kind of NF breakdown. I’m a big fan of him too.
@danielpizana1199
16 күн бұрын
First time watcher here. was not expecting a graph, but loved that part! Subscribed 😎
@aRmusic09
Ай бұрын
This is actually really helpful, thanks! I hadnt really considered that the 1st 2nd 3rd and 5th would be what these popular songs had in common, but these patterns are interesting!
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful. Let me know if there is anything else you would like help with 🙏
@aRmusic09
Ай бұрын
@@MelodyMathlete will do
@thekeychange
20 күн бұрын
Absolutely phenomenal video and so well explained. Which note to start the head and hook on is invaluable. I’d love to see a video on Max Martin’s melody shapes / patterns (ABAC etc). You have gained another subscriber in me!
@krysisaverted
Ай бұрын
Andrew Huang made a whole video about the 2nd note of the major scale, its wide use all around pop music!
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
@@krysisaverted love that guy! I’ll have to check it out. Thanks! 🙏🙌
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
And I don’t suppose you remember what the video was called do you? 🙌 @krysisaverted
@krysisaverted
Ай бұрын
@@MelodyMathlete It's called "Why pop music is obsessed with this one note" but you can just look up "andrew huang supertonic"
@krysisaverted
Ай бұрын
@@MelodyMathlete It's called "Why pop music is obsessed with this one note", but you can just look up "andrew huang supertonic"
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
Legend! Thank you so much 🙏
@GLDNSCTN
17 күн бұрын
This is great! Thank You!
@f4llenstarr
13 күн бұрын
Wait I had no idea Max Martin wrote those Weeknd songs - that's crazy
@WadeHarris919
10 күн бұрын
Great video. I’d love to see you write a song trying to use thisz
@YCONN
19 күн бұрын
Nice new channel, will be watching more! I'd say Can't Feel My Face chorus starts on a blues note, b3 in the major scale. Baby One More Time (and lots of other songs in a minor key) start on the 6 note if you're analysing in the relative major (which for pop usually makes sense). Wrecking Ball is a good example of starting on the 4 (over a Isus4 chord) but I'm sure there's good examples of hits starting on 4 when the chorus starts on the IV chord, and probably a decent amount of hits where the chorus starts on 7 if the first chorus chord is V, though would be interesting to further research this. My thoughts are the it's not choosing one of these notes that makes it a hit, it's just likely that the majority of songs fit this pattern, hit or not... it's just that these type of melodies come most easily when improvising melodies like most topliners do. Also I definitely think starting a chorus with a pick up is strongest in terms of overall hits, and starting after the 1 is weakest, but lots of hits in all categories (Baby One More Time starts after the one for eg as well).
@kaddegade6186
15 күн бұрын
Great bro!
@xx-hy4uy
29 күн бұрын
Great and informative video. I'm actually just re-approaching learning an instrument and producing in a DAW-- just now coming to theory now that I am 20 but damn, this video breaks it down so simply. Well said stuff. Love the visuals too.
@MelodyMathlete
29 күн бұрын
@@xx-hy4uy thanks for the feedback! Glad you found it helpful. Which instrument and DAW are you re-approaching? And what inspired you to get back into it? 🙌
@xx-hy4uy
29 күн бұрын
@@MelodyMathlete Probably LMMS or Ableton because I bought an EWI!! The plan is to run it directly into a pedal and play it that way, OR into a DAW and run it thru plugins and then play that out into a mixer. Both I want to play my instrument through amplification so I want it to sound killer and I already write poetry. Do u know Alabaster DePlume or the jazz band 'Polar Bear'? Not trying to write stuff quite like that but I love those sounds. I'd like to write stuff more like Ted Lucas or Davey and the Chains-- but with way different instrumentation. I also play cajon but I'd like to start assembling a really cute 4-piece jazz and funk kit. 😸
@MelodyMathlete
29 күн бұрын
Congrats on the new EWI! Sounds like fun 🤘 I just listened to Alabaster DePlume and Polar Bear and they are dope. Their artwork is beautiful too 😍 I look forward to hearing your music! May the Funk be with you 🙌
@xx-hy4uy
29 күн бұрын
@@MelodyMathlete Thank you so much my brother!! May the jams we make be tasty!!
@AbiARDH.Official
Ай бұрын
looking good... cheers from Malaysia
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
@@AbiARDH.Official thanks! Love your music 🖤
@RC_991
20 күн бұрын
thanks for this amazing video. i guess the logic behind not starting the chorus after the 1 is that it lacks the urgency you need, particularly for that style of music.
@abzcuber1439
Ай бұрын
Wow! Helps a Lot!
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
Happy to help! Thanks for the feedback 🤘
@MelodyMathlete
Ай бұрын
This video is dedicated to @aRmusic09 🤘
@LutherBaker
27 күн бұрын
As part of your research, I think it'd be interesting to correlate the chord progression alongside that topline note. Similar to "placement", I think it would be relevant to understand the tension / resolve relationship of the pitch and placement against the underlying harmonic movement.
@MelodyMathlete
26 күн бұрын
@@LutherBaker hey Luther! great idea 🙌 Perhaps in one of my next videos. Thanks for watching and the feedback 🙏
@joseemilioherediaflores1371
10 күн бұрын
🙌🙌🙌
@atarijam
29 күн бұрын
Interesting analysis. Surprised to see the 2nd (or 9th) as a preferred interval as opposed to, say, the 4th or the 7th.
@MelodyMathlete
28 күн бұрын
@@atarijam totally! Thanks for watching 🙏
@cheribarkman1784
15 күн бұрын
Nice
@mr.k905
4 күн бұрын
This is why everything is so boring and sounds the same these days. Your „findings“ only confirm that. Do yourself a favor and go listen to some music written before 2000 (or even better stuff from the 40s - 80s. You will find different, far more interesting patterns. People are less and less educated these days so they don’t understand the musical grammar of pop music anymore. This is why everything is simplified now. Due to streaming services music has been devalued. Youngsters don’t care as much for the workings behind music. They treat music rather like background noise for their egos, not as art in itself. …of course there are a few rare exceptions but those are negligible in the greater scheme of things.
@tranvuongvyvy
20 күн бұрын
🔥🔥🔥
@steveboris6286
16 күн бұрын
I think the goal of this video was very interesting but feel the presentation was too quick and the rough chart were unhelpful. Maybe some tighter charts would help.
@TravisLeeOfficial
27 күн бұрын
How about the trend in scales?
@MelodyMathlete
27 күн бұрын
Hey Travis! Thanks for watching and for the comment 🙏 Can you please elaborate on your question? 🤘
@TravisLeeOfficial
23 күн бұрын
@@MelodyMathlete Sure, thanks for the reply. My question was about what keys do popular songs gravitate towards? Thanks again.
@MelodyMathlete
22 күн бұрын
Thanks Travis! I can definitely look into this for you 🙌
@carlospedregal9242
17 күн бұрын
“Don’t blame it on the kids”would land the chorus after…then??
@RVDENT
3 күн бұрын
Dude. If you've made songs that have generated 21 billion streams then (assuming most the streams are on Spotify - as they hold the majority of the streaming market share) then those songs have made four billion, seven hundred and sixty million US dollars (4760000000). I take it hundreds of thousands of dollars is the share you've taken. If not, you getting rinsed.
@user-ly1wn7hb3k
20 күн бұрын
!
@benedictjohnson2176
12 күн бұрын
Pointless and cynical observations
@LoveSickLonerCar
17 күн бұрын
Loving your channel. Awesome content! If you have time please checkout the band would love feedback.
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