How To Produce A Pop Song In 10 Steps | Make Pop Music

In today's video, Austin shows you the 10 steps to produce a pop song! Timestamps are posted below!

Listen to the full song here!

00:00 Track Preview
00:24 Intro
1:30 Step 1 - Finding Your Lead Melody
2:34 Step 2 - Build Out Chords
3:36 Step 3 - Build The Rhythm
5:40 Step 4 - Add A Bassline
7:03 Step 5 - Layer, Layer, Layer
11:48 Step 6 - Layer Up Percussion
16:05 Step 7 - Adding Dynamics
23:05 Step 8 - Add Lead Vocal
26:18 Step 9 - Add Vocal Production
33:11 Step 10 - Add FX & Transitions
36:18 Full Listen Through
37:51 Outro

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[markushassel]

This is the first production tutorial I've seen where the production is actually 100% viable in today's market

[samg]

It’s so crazy that this information is FREE i can’t express how grateful i am for your channel

[chetanwalia]

a lyrics and writing tutorial too, much needed for us beginners

[AlexArcady]

You feed us with top charts stuff friend. So generously. So positively. You were born for this. Top performance too. Keep it up.

[TheWolfCub]

One of the best “beginning to end” production tutorials I’ve seen in a long time. Perfect if you already learned all the “tricks” and know your DAW and just need the process laid out. You just got a “like & subscribe” from me. Thanks a million. Exactly what I’ve been looking for for months.

[lukeblackham]

I don't know how many times I have watched this, whenever I get stuck I always seem to end up back here! Thank you!

[tapiamusic]

It's crazy how you always stack up all of these elements, but the tracks all ways sound cohesive. Thanks so much for tutorials, they have helped me out countless times. Love from Brooklyn New York!

[ariston]

You make it look so easy. It is a pretty insane feat for anyone to make a production like this. Well done.

[apolicum]

Thank you so much! You are the best teacher anyone could wish for.

[jamesmazurekmusic]

Found your channel about a week ago, and I just want to thank you for such amazing content. I feel like I just cant even describe how grateful I am to you. Not knowing how to produce the sound that is in my head was one of the most frustrating things for me as an artist. Thanks to you I can finally make those dreams/sounds a reality. Plus you make such great music it's insane! Love Make Pop Music, you have a permanent fan here! <3 PS: How does this channel not have more views???? It's so good!

[thisismelol]

For me making lyrics is easy but making the song or producing it like I still need to learn

[RobertJamason]

I’m not a pop music fan at all .. mainly because I only listen to progressive rock and jazz … I’m a guitar player and music theory nut… I want to thank you for all your videos … the music is growing on me due to your videos… but what I love most about your videos. You force me to simplify my music … and not analyzing my own stuff to death … I’m a new fan and subscriber … your lessons can apply to any style .. from simple to advanced… your a great reminder the audience needs to connect to the music …. They don’t always understand advanced formulas of music theory… thanks for making music fun again 🙏

[MPREZZtheIMPOSSIBLE]

Hey, man, I felt like saying this, this video does have a lot of comments already, but yet, I still wanna say a big thank you for all the work done. It must be a lot of hours of a background work, such as recording vocals etc, a lot of arrangement, like those little things ike keeping your instruments in separate color folders etc. So, honestly I'm blown away by how organic the video is while it's so hard to keep that kind of the workflow so smooth. Basically that's what I'm impressed by. When I do stuff like that, my projects do take time because of the workflow and how instruments sit in the track too tight, fighting each other sometimes, that's how many ideas I usually have. And this one here came out quite organic, organized and nice. So, good job and thanks for all of your work. Here's a high five man! :)

[davidg]

Austin, your channel is pure gold for me. I'm just starting out producing, I'm a guitarist and songwriter and at first really hit a roadblock because production it can be so overwhelming and frustrating, but I'm starting to see first results and i am super pumped to dive deeper into production and learn as much as I can and your tutorials are like shortcuts that help so much. Thanks so much!!

[pableezyy]

as a beginner, I didn't know how to translate every little thing in my mind into the DAW until I saw this video. Thanks so much! See you on the red carpet!

[NkirukasWrld]

finally a POP tutorial, I keep seeing trap beat tutorials lol, this was a great video I am definitely subbing!
Also the song gives me major Lauv vibes lol

[ABunnyVTuber]

Really appreciate seeing stuff like this, helps give you a checklist so when you get stuck you can just move on to the next thing on the list. I get analysis and choice paralysis and get stuck but when there's a "recipe" to follow you can just move on to the next step instead of over-thinking everything and getting paralyzed.

[heyjackieblue]

Man, this is one of your simpler videos and I still feel like I’m a long way from where producing my own stuff is fun and not frustrating. I wish you’d produce me 😭 You are an Artist.

[soniccthehedgehog]

This tutorial is PURE GOLD! thank you. I'm definitely subscribing. The step by step detail you don't entirely see anywhere else. This video just makes sense, at least for me.

[TANYA-ssch]

This is a gem! I'm so glad to know that generous people like you exist! 😊