What's up, TEAMMBL? I'm musicbyLukas
We are getting close to Song of the Week 100
and I can't believe it's already been that long we started by just
Accepting submissions through Soundcloud and Instagram DM's
And if you remember this you, are a real TEAMMBL
OG, so comment below if you remember these days. You guys have helped make it what it is now, we get
300-400 submissions a week and yes, I really do listen to every single one, with so many you guys asking
I thought it was the perfect time to make this video and tell you
Exactly what we look for when we're choosing the Song of the Week winners. So here
It is guys, three ways to win Song of the Week. Number one guys, You gotta send the nudes. Number two,
You got to tell me I'm cringy in the comments and number three, you gots to slide into my DM's
BOOOO!
*Duck Noise* *Laughs*
Alright guys. I'm sorry Kingsley told me to say that what is wrong with you
But guys, here it is, the real three ways on how to win Song of the Week. Number one, you gotta have a great melody and
You have to be able to tell a story
Number two, you've got to add the ear candy and your own
Personal touches and Number three, as always, you've got to focus on the production quality. Today is Sunday, so it's our feedback video
So I thought it was the perfect time to do this because we can listen to these 10 songs and we can be like, would
they win Song of the Week, where are they at? Do they need more work?
Let's find out. We picked these 10 tracks at random every week
So if you want to be in one of these feedback videos make sure you submit your demo with the link below
Alright guys our first demo today is called Tropical house
Alright, so starting with Step number one
Which is have a great
Melody and make it tell a story. I listen to the whole song and I don't really think that the break melody really goes with
The drop melody the drop is very tropical and it gives you the vibes
But the break it's got like an ARP thing going on. It
just doesn't sound very tropical so that's something to look at. Number two add Ear candy and your own
Personal touch. I didn't hear too much ear candy
But the effects and stuff that I did hear they were a little bit too loud
And they caused kind of a disturbance in the mix which leads me to step number
Three which is making sure the production quality is really good. There's some stuff
You got to work on here, especially on the build. There's too much bass going on it
Just kind of has a muffled sound
So what I'd like you to do is take a look at the EQ notes below those are from KSHMR
He knows what he's doing
So take a look at those because if you can give everything its own section of the mix it's Gonna sound way better
It'll be much cleaner, and you'll have a much better track and a better chance of winning Song of the Week
All right, this one is cool. I like the way that it goes I do think that it tells a story with the melody
So I give you a check for number one going on to adding ear candy and adding your own sound I thought you did that
as well
I thought that it did have ear candy
You messed around with a bunch of different sounds and it made the song really exciting because I wasn't sure exactly
What was Gonna come next so it built a lot of anticipation
Good work there the third reason though is
Where you're gonna have the most issues the production quality and the reason for that is there's a lot of stereo sounds going on here
But there's really no strength in the middle of the mix if you can work on your imaging and add more strength to the middle
Of the mix it's gonna sound so much better because you're gonna have that full spectrum
Sound and then I think you'll have a much better shot of winning Song of the Week. Alright guys, this next Demo is called I
Need you now
All right, Jonathan, so let's start with rule number one about the melody and telling a story
I think that the melody like the piano chords and everything from the break into the drop do tell a story they build energy and
Everything but I'm not sure to that baseline and that melody really go together
So it's kind of making it sound a little bit off right now
So I would look at trying to find a bass line. Which will have a better relationship with that melody
Maybe something less
Aggressive with less notes would make it sound
Smoother. Going on to rule number two with adding your own ear candy and your own personal touch it
Does sound a little bit typical of a track, but I do think that it was unique enough to where it stood out?
I thought that the reason for that was because of the melody it just had kind of like an aggressive melody yet
And inspiring melody almost like an action-Movie kind of melody
Which made it a little bit different than most future house songs which have more of that
Uplifting sound this one had a mix of aggressive mix of uplifting which made it sound just a bit more exciting number three though is
The one you're Gonna have to work on the most unfortunately it goes to the production quality on this one
Which would keep you from getting to the top ten or winning the song of the week at this point?
So that's something you're definitely gonna have to look at there's a thinness to the song. There's too much high frequencies
which is causing a shine to the song and
It just doesn't have enough in the mids to the mid lows
And it's making it so it's not as audible
And it's not gonna have that kind of power that I know you want it to have so definitely check out the EQ notes below
And look at trying to take away some of those highs and give your mix more in the mids
But good work overall. I like the melody keep it
All right, Rhonda this track is
dope I have to say this would probably make to the top ten maybe get to song of the week let's talk about it a
Little bit so with the melody telling a story good work there
I like how it builds energy going into the drop and the drop is also really nice
It does not let you down number two adding your own ear candy elements
You could add more unique elements of Ear candy
but you do have a lot of stuff going on already it sounds very commercial and
Just a good job overall now number three of the production quality you've got to put that
Vocal in mono because it's just it's in stereo right now
And you don't doesn't have the right mix if you put it in mono. I promise you it'll sound ten times better
That is what the pros do and you should do it as well
And I think you're gonna have a great shot at winning song of the week all right. We got a remix here by DJ Xpensive
All right DJ Xpensive, so we'll start with the melody and telling a story
I think you do that pretty well overall
But we'll be talking about
Number three mainly with the production because the lead melody doesn't really cut through the mix now going to number two the ear Candy now
Your vocal can be seen as ear candy effects you do with that vocal and I'd like to hear you do some cooler stuff that
You can actually hear in the mix because right now the vocal gets very drowned out
Which you definitely don't want to happen with a remix because you've got to be able to hear that vocal because that's the part that
People know that they're used to so if they can't hear that then they're just gonna lose interest in the remix now going to step
Number three, which is the most important one talking about does the track have that production quality, right?
Now not really
It needs help
especially with that vocal and then also just with the mix in general and with
Imaging a lot of producers forget about imaging which sounds go in the center of the mix which sounds are wider
What you're having a problem with right now is you really can't tell which
Part of the lead is the lead it. Just sounds like a bunch of support leads together
It's too light with that melody, so I would just try to get something that stands out more something
It's more gritty more saturated for the main lead and then keep those support leads more wide underneath that main lead
You're gonna have a much clearer full spectrum mix
Then with your percussion you really can't hear I like to hear more percussion it just kind of sticks to the sides stereo
It needs to be more centered for the percussion
And you need to make sure that you can hear it in the mix that it cuts through cleanly
It's just really important if you can do that and get that lead right get that vocal up
You're gonna have a track that sounds so much better and a much better shot making the top ten and winning song of the week
Alright Darmich so starting with step number one with the melody and telling a story you have some good piano chords
You do a good job of building that energy into the drop
I'm not a huge fan though of how the the melody kind of goes away before the end of the drop
I don't think it should filter out that much and leave just the snare
So that's just something to look at and then on the drop
You're having an issue with
Building a story because the percussion comes in way too late you bring the clapping after four bars in the drop
Which is great because I'm an impatient person, and I don't like to wait that long for the clap to come in
But you don't bring the percussion and after eight bars in fact
It's after like Twelve bars or something random it
Just doesn't really make sense, so I would bring it in right after eight bars because it'll make you have a much better
Drop when it comes to building energy step number two adding ear candy and your own personal touch this one you have to work on
A lot because there wasn't really any ear candy in the track. There's not really enough like cool
Snare fills little effects
So I would just look at trying to add your own style
more if you want this kind of track to stand out number three talking about the production qualities and be where you're gonna need the
most work because the Track is
Sounding thin I noticed that a lot of producers do this where they start raising the high EQ on one track and then the other?
One doesn't sound high enough
So they raise it on the other track they raise it on the other track and they just continually raise the high EQ
Until it just sounds super thin and you don't have that body in the middle and remember that the middle EQ is
Where you want your melody to be because that is the most audible frequencies to the ear
So anything that you want to be your catchy lead melody your hook
It needs to be more in the middle end and the high end
So just try to focus on that try to change though cuz right now it has too much shine
It's making it sound thin distorted and not as powerful if you can do all that you're gonna
Have a much better track good work on the chords so far
Keep it up alright this next one is a remix of Do You Still Feel
All right, so this track has some really cool vibes
But starting with telling a story the problem is I can't really tell what the story is
Telling me and the reason for that is because I can't really tell where the drop is so you've got to work on your
Transitions, it'll make it so much better
If you can make it more apparent where the build is where the drop is where the break starts you can do that with adding
Effects you can do that with starting to build energy with percussion building it with snare fill
Leading into the drop and then making it just get really powerful on the drop obviously this is a more laid-back track
So you don't need to get too crazy
But you just need to make it more
Apparent where the different sections of the track are and you'll tell them a much better story number 2 adding ear Candy and your own
Personal touch that's something that I definitely would do because right now
I don't really notice much of that and if you could do that you would definitely be able to put your own stamp on this
Song and number 3 focusing on the production quality definitely check out the EQ notes below because this track you're just having trouble
Making it where anything is standing out it all just kind of sounds like it's on the same level
There's no sections of the track that are really more powerful than the other so that's just something to look at because it almost sounds
Like you're playing it out of a cellphone or something right now where it's just kind of flat
So you just need things to stand out if you want the mix to sound more professional
And you want to have a better shot of making that top 10 or winning song of the week
All right, Daniel, so this track was cool
But it was a little bit confusing starting with step number one building a story
Using your melody to do that the track
I can't really tell where the drop is it sounds when I first started listening to it like it was the drop and then it
Wasn't the drop and then it was the drop and so I don't know it's just like
It needs to be more straightforward right now. You're at 7 minutes and 33 seconds
I don't know if it's just like a really long
Extended mix or if you want to try to shorten it down to like a radio edit or an original mix something around
4:20 or you know like a long three-minute song I think it would sound better
I think if you could just kind of break it down into something that's just more straightforward
I think it would be easier to understand
just because like I said I like to know and
Like a crowd when they're at a festival likes to know where the different sections of the track are so they can react they want
To know what's the break so they can start to settle down they want to notice the build so they can start to get hyped
Up and they want to notice the drop so they can go crazy so those are things that you definitely want to make
Straightforward when you're making a track now, the melody itself is pretty cool though
So I would say if you can work on telling a story
It's Gonna sound a lot better step number two working on Ear Candy
I didn't hear much of that the track sounds kind of foundational right now
There's just a few elements going on
So you could add some more stuff to it and make it more your own step number three talking about the production quality
It wasn't bad, but I noticed this with some tracks where it's hard to differentiate the lead melody from the support leads
So it's just something to work on to make sure that you have that differentiation so that it gets a much better
Full mix you want to have a powerful. Main lead, and you want to have your support leads that are just supporting it
They're more wide or stereo, and that will make you have a much more professional cleaner mix
All right, Nikrod. I think this song is pretty cool. I like the melody
I do think you're telling a story so we'll give you a check for that number two adding your own ear candy
You're doing that but it's just kind of not mixed completely well
so that's something I would look at and the
Types of your candy you're adding or just a little bit random like I don't know how I feel about the DJ scratch thing you
Have halfway through the drop. I don't know
It's just try to find things that can fit more with the track
but I do like that you're
Experimenting and trying to bring in that ear candy because that's important now step number three talking about the mix if you can fix this
Mix and if you can make it just a bit better
I do think you have a shot to make it to the top ten mainly because that melody is really cool
So the way you're gonna fix this is by making that lead melody stand out. We're on the drop
It's way too quiet right now
It's also very wide you need to make sure you have a more centered full lead
Right in the front and then you have your support leads more wide so what you want to do is just try to find something
Really fat to put in the center with that lead melody
And I think you're gonna have a much better sounding track also the snare role in the build is too quiet
Also, the claps are a little bit too loud coming in onto the four bars
But I do like if they come after the four bars again because I'm impatient so good job there
So just a little things to work on with the mix different levels
So take a look at the EQ notes try to resubmit this for song of the week
And I think you might have a good shot at making the top ten alright guys our last Demo is called Detonate
All right, Max
So let's start with rule number one which is working with the melody and how to tell a story I will say that with this
One you do have a pretty cool melody, but it just gets monotonous after a while
I like those kind of cool chords that you have right in the very beginning that fade and then they go into the
Lead Melody, but I think that yeah that lead melody just gets to be a little bit stale after a while
So that's something that I would look at try to see if you can add some more variation there the track in general
It's laid out a little bit weird because the drop just kind of goes on forever
I'd like to see that drop. Just last 16 bars short and sweet and have it go into the break the second break because
Right now it just keeps going on and on and on and you're gonna have trouble
Keeping that much energy at a festival or with a DJ
And you're gonna have trouble just keeping that much energy with like a general listener
You're gonna want to break off
Lose the energy go into the second break and then build back up and make it even more
Exciting for the second drop also you have the percussion coming right away on the drop
I would save it a little bit let that percussion
Slowly build in it would make it just build energy a lot more smooth
And you'd have a better sounding track number two looking at the Ear candy
I don't really hear much at this point, and if you did that you would also help you fix the issue with it sounding
So stale after a while with the lead melody just adding in some more things to make people
Continue to get excited with the track now going number three with the production quality
We're having any of those issues where there's not enough strength in the center with the main lead so get that main lead strong in
the Center get those support leads more to the sides and you're gonna have a better full spectrum mix also the main lead in the
Build is a little bit too quiet
So I'd just increase it just a little bit because you know that the hook is your melody
That's what gets stuck in people's heads, not the snare not the hi-hat
So just focus on that
And I think you're gonna have a much better sounding track overall if you can make it have a little bit more variation
I think you might have a shot at making the top 10
I hope this video helped motivate you guys to keep working on your music. I've seen producers
Come a long way over the weeks from not having any chance of winning song of the week to winning the whole thing so what
that means guys is you've got to keep it up and make sure to submit your demos for song of the week every week by
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