Hit song structure arrangement Dance Music Part 1 // EDM Electro House

Every electronic music hit song follows a certain kind of song structure formula (music arrangement).
In this music production video I'll take a look at song arrangement tips for EDM track.
How to produce music? How to arrange music (music arrangement)? How to arrange beats?
This is music production tips and tricks video for the music producer on how to make a song and arranging beats.

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 ★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
• 0:50 song structure in general: Verse and Chorus
• 1:20 song structure electronic music
• 2:21 arrangement formula EDM / electronic music / length elements
• 3:17 arrangement Song 1 - M- Outerspace
• 7:07 arrangement Martin Garrix - Animals
• ?:?? bonus tip

💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
• Song structure tutorial
• Music arrangement tutorial
• Song arrangement tutorial
• A arranging music tutorial
• EDM arrangement
• Song structure tutorial
• Music arranging tips
• Verse and Chorus

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🎵 GENRES 🎵
• Electronic Music
• EDM
• Electro House
• Big Room
• Dance Music
• Techno
• Tech House
• Beats

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[LoneVocalist]

Break = Verse
Drop = Chorus
Buildup = Pre-Chorus

[cjgoeson]

Break buildup drop = verse prechorus chorus

[arvinddaiya]

This was very helpful I was looking for this all over the youtube and in the end I found it here, Thanks for making this video.

[Cygesx]

I just started making tunes again after about 4 years. My big issues are arranging tracks in a coherent and DJ friendly way. I watched this video and the track i have been working on has actually started taking shape! man, thank you!!

[benmcinnes]

Anyone else notice the painting in the background flipping around?

[skeetskeet]

Thank you, it's easier when you actually see it 🙏

[TrueGritProductions]

This was good, I appreciate pointing out the details on the hi hat coming in 2nd half of drop as well as counter melodies on final repeat of 2nd drop. However I have to disagree with your decision to make your first drop as long as it was. It should have been half the length you had it. As you can see in Garrix's song his first drop is full length and his second drop is 1.5x length. I think to maintain pacing you have to be careful to introduce the 2nd verse/break as quickly as you can and don't hold the listener hostage in a song section that's too long too early.

[mr.starkmeknofelgud]

Awesome video dexxter very informative. Would be really cool if you showed us how to create different sound effects from scratch or just music production tips/hacks

[jeremydeane]

Thank you this is stuff I know but it's easily imaged here great video

[erdarkurt]

Thank you soooo much! I needed this although I ve been making beats for 7 years or something now. I will actually use this for an afrobeat but I do think it will work! bless you

[_django]

L'arrangiamento più elementare del mondo, alla pari un brano neomelodico è più complesso . 🍺

[djyvngpope]

this is just the video I was looking for

[ShadowPilot]

Great video and I love how you get to the point, followed by diagrams.

[bobalobalee]

Thank you for this simple but effective video! It's super useful for electronic music teachers like me.

[djsaaho]

I will be very grateful to u Dex..nobody explained like u ever..will share my EDM track soon too..love

[jdmikels]

EDM Structure arrangement is what I have been looking for! I appreciate the video and I will check out others!

[jonison]

Excellent - direct and clear - explanation. Thanks for sharing this!

[OneStepToday]

This video is very helpful bec of the great placement of subtitles kept in the middle straight for eyesight where we can view the track at same time. Easy to study. Thanks. Plz make more such videos or details of this. I don't get some details maybe make a longer detailed version. Why sidechain of the riser etc.

[charlessmith]

I am currently trying to write my own EDM book. Learning from what you told me about EDM structure, like the breaks, drops, and risers, I made my own schema on a 1995 EDM hit that comes from house music. Like "The Animals", obviously you cannot release the video's audio because you do not want to end up being copyright-struck on YouTube, so here is my idea on the structure - This song is "Push The Feeling On" by Nightcrawlers.



The numbers on the left indicate bar numbers for the song.


INTRO AND FIRST DROP
1-4 - drums only
5-20 - FIRST DROP (everything comes in but no vocals yet)
BREAK
21-24 - Verse 1 (break); vocals finally come in as drums drop out
SECOND DROP
25-32 - Continuation of Verse 1 as drums come in with vocals
33-40 - Continuation of Verse 1 as before
41-48 - Voice drops out and sax comes in
49-56 - synth plays, sax track drops out
57-64 - voice comes back as before; Verse 2, with bass, synth and drums added
2ND BREAK
65-80 - new material as the vocals continue
FALSE THIRD DROP
81-84 - this drop is varied in note structure, unlike the first or second drops
TRUE THIRD DROP
85-88 - voice comes in as well as everything
89-92 - continuation of drop as voice drops out and sax and drums plays
93-100 - continuation of drop as sax plays and drums drop out
101-104 - Drums only
FOURTH DROP
105-112 - voice does not sing yet here
113-120 - voice comes in as well as the other instrumental tracks
121-136 - Almost the same as mm. 113-120
137-148 - Voice drops out, both synths (lead and backing) play
149-152 - No drums except the hi-hat is played, synths plays,
153-156 - Drums come in here
157-162 - Drums and vocal loop
FIFTH DROP
163-170 - True drop begins
171-174 - Almost as before……
OUTRO
175-198 - Looping beats continue as before, with fragments of the drop theme, and in the last
measures, they all fade out.

[davrimusic]

i really understand, straight to the point