Make More INTERESTING Song Transitions with ONE SIMPLE RULE.

Want better, more effective transitions in your songs? Follow the rule of pairs! Learn how to write music with more interesting song transitions using this simple method.

[Proghead]

You know you're doing something right when many of us are liking the video before watching it. Same here. Thank you so much! Inspiring me to write better and also share my ideas with others in a concise way as you.

[cyranoproducer]

Please do more on song arrangement and structures, so good!

[sone.]

I feel like there's never enough conversation about arrangement on YouTube. Thank you!

[kennan]

90% of being good at music (or anything) is putting in time for practice, but there are some things that do instantly level you up and this is one of them.

[NathanJamesLarsen]

I've been preaching this stuff so much that arrangement needs to be good for a mix to even glue together in the first place.

[sickrickTV]

the intro theme alone makes me come back every time

[YoungTimzo]

As a producer, this has always been an automatic thing for me. It’s very interesting to have my instincts explained. Sometimes, you don’t even know you’re doing the right thing lol

[bainmack]

my mixes are getting better thanks to you. I've still got a long way to go, but transitions are starting to sound sexy! Thanks Gregory!

[TryHardNinja]

New sub and enjoying your content. Very interesting concept and video. I do find myself wishing you would give examples in your videos where you let us hear this work in practice in a song. Show us along with telling us. Hope to see more videos on arrangement in the future. Thanks!

[BoltieBolt]

The compression sound you use for your videos voice sound is so awesome that I used the same for lead vocals it’ll be done in about a month.

[slash]

I always found this really intuitive but it's nice to have an explicit understanding of WHY I was doing what I was doing.

[TheMattAMusic]

Me initially: No audio examples or DAW screen capture? I'm out.

Me after staying for just one video: *subscribes and watches a bunch more*

Can't wait to apply these principals this week :) Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[Neomatrixology]

Each Kush video feels like Neo after The Spoon boy laced him with game:

"Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth."

[TheJohnniegolden]

I believe this man to be one of the more highly insightful and eloquent philosophers of one of the most abstruse modern art forms. Hats Off.

[edinjahic]

You are covering all the things that nobody else talks about. Many thanks, Gregory!!!

[Md]

That can be a very useful mnemonic, but the underlying idea is to show the musicians being self-aware that a transition is happening. Arrangements are conversations between instruments, and if you want to create a natural shift in the discussion you need to have the voices reacting to each other. Just like on a human level, when you're grooving with a group of people and something in the room changes and you all adjust yourself to find a new balance (e.g. if someone drops a glass, it would be weird if some people in the group carried on talking like nothing just happened). If you don't carry that sense of human interaction over when you're making music, and try to do a transition - it can come across like the instruments aren't connected to each other. Or like one person in a group trying to change the subject and nobody else is following.

[pmshrevecomm]

I woke up feeling extremely stuck with two songs I'm working on, but just having someone like you giving suggestions has me ready to put in the work. I really appreciate the time, thought, and effort that go into these videos. Music production is a very solitary and isolating experience for a bunch of people coming from bands and going into bedroom production. Videos like this tend to break me out of that cycle, so thank you!

[bemepk]

Great advice! I've actually been doing that (subconsciously for a little while now that I'm thinking about it) but now that you've said it - it makes total sense!

[galvanize]

I’m producing electronic music and I find I can usually take away plenty from your videos. They apply to so many genres. Thanks for the great tips!

[jacquelamontharenberg]

This the way a good composition plays out bro.... well described Greg. Love your work. Don't forget the use of silence....