MAX MARTIN SONGWRITING TIPS - melody writing

Max Martin has been writing and producing number one hits for some of the biggest names in music for the last twenty years. In this video, I share some of his songwriting tips and break down how he writes a vocal melody and hook.

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These videos are meant to break down the songwriting process into easy to use tips, techniques, and tools that spark creativity and help you apply them like the pros. I do my best to make videos that share the 'secrets' of writing great songs without holding anything back.

My main focus with this channel is to pass on the tools of the trade that I have learned and found to make a big difference to my creative flow and songwriting. There is an old saying that goes "everybody has one great song in them", I hope to show you that once you know what makes a song great, you can apply it to all the songs you write. Start from the heart, follow your gut and revise with your mind.

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[SongWritersChopShop]

Hey, let me know your favorite Max Martin hook?

[fortooney]

That’s why me growing up not understanding English, but very attached to the music. It’s amazing

[cjwise]

This might be the most important songwriting advice video you’ve ever put out. This to me is the driving force behind what makes something listenable or not.

[graffiti]

Loved the sia part, deedeedada deedoo lol

[fishmut]

I can’t believe I over looked this way of making Melodie’s and lyrics, myself and friends used to do this a lot when we were younger and some songs make our own lyrics to be our own words for the songs Melodie’s, I feel a huge weight lifted off me now because I was looking in all the wrong places to write a song when I had what i needed all along, awesome videos liked and subscribed awesome content thank you. 🙏

[igorvashkov]

Thank you so much for opening my eyes on the songwriting process. I always used to think that everybody usually comes up with lyrics first, and THEN they compose a melody to those lyrics. Maybe it's because Elton John once said in an interview that these are the lyrics that "define" the song. Well, that was his method, but now I realize that so many of the great hits started from simply humming or singing nonsens and "mere vowels" (c) B. Spears)) James Hetfield of Metallica does it the same way singing "Wha-na-na" on his demos first. And W.A. Mozart also said that "poetry is a servant to music"! By the way, another interesting thing is that it is more effective to write chords TO the melody instead of coming up with a chord progression and then trying to compose a melody to those chords, it was also a revelation to me.

[mauriciomanino]

Man... As always adding a lot of value with these videos. Now I understand why I don´t understand the meaning of the lyrics of a lot of my favorite songs, but it gives me a lot of emotions!!!


And yes, simple is not easy! Because there is a lot of stuff to combine (melodic motif, great phonetic melody, lyrics that match with those vowels, etc), but at the end of the day you will have a gold song with a lot of practice!

Keep going bro!!!

[maxterwel]

Thats why music with different languages sound different, trying to write with japanese lyrics give totally different results than english or russian

[tommyholmberg]

Amazing. I already knew that they did this, but you explained why they do it in an excellent way.

[AydinZahedi]

Such a great video.
English is the third language I learned and growing up I had no idea what they were saying the songs, but I LOVED it! I could connect to songs without knowing what they are saying.

[lydiabanjo]

love to see Sia working. i take a similar approach when i write. cool video

[RobnDob]

I’ve done this all my life and was embarrassed by it and done it in secret worried what people would think. When really it was a subconscious superpower I was honing.

[PulseAM]

In general I sing actual words in a stream of conciousness then most often replace them later when I write the lyrics. It is true certain vowels can be easier to sing and easier on the ears too.

[rik]

Thank you! This videos are just Amazing! Keep doing this amazing work, you deserve a lot more visuals!

[DawnsDays]

Hi Tony, wow the way she just knocked out that whole melody.. amazing! Obviously I'm clueless about song writing aside from what I've learned from you lol but one of my all time favourite songs is Slave to the Rhythm Glace Jones, as soon as I hear the opening notes of that song I instantly know it. Love how powerful music is! Have a lovely Easter and hope you stuff yourself with chocolate 🤣😘

[ginotarabotto]

Thank you! So incredibly helpful! Subscribed.

[JMPK]

Max is pretty damn awesome. He really gets it.

[blackkjeans.]

I think this is why i like kpop.. no matter the language, if it has a good melody, then for me its a good song 🥰🥰❤❤

[JLGEARSROCKS]

Hey I have a question! Do you think Max Martin creates a song with chord progressions and drums first or creates the song with the melody line first?

[mauriciomanino]

And a question: What is better?

Make the melody in a piano first and then sing with vowels?

Or make the melody just with the vowels and playing chords in the piano?