In today's video, Austin goes over how to approach writing vocals on an instrumental track. This video goes over how to find a selection of melodies, structure those melodies into a flowing vocal melody, find the theme and concept of the lyrics, and write the lyrics of a verse, pre-chorus, and chorus. If you want to see me write a full top-line from start to finish, check out our Lyrics and Melody Course! https://bit.ly/3iFa1AY ——— Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Preview 0:00 Intro 0:20 Showing The Song We Will Write To 1:13 Finding Chorus Melody Ideas 2:48 Verse Melody Ideas 5:14 Organizing Melody Ideas Into a Structure 6:52 Fleshing Out The Theme and Plot 10:05 Writing Chorus Lyrics 13:35 Writing Pre-chorus Lyrics 16:10 Rhyme Scheme Breakdown 18:48 Final Listen Through 20:05 Outro 21:57

In today's video, Austin talks about his journey to becoming a professional producer. In this video, we also go over some tips, tricks, and advice for aspiring producers looking to gain more paying projects, make the jump to full time, and have a self-sustaining career without the help of a label or publisher. GET "THE WAVE" SAMPLES AND SERUM PRESETS! Last chance to save 20% off and get the free exclusive Serum Preset freebies! https://bit.ly/3qWnGrj GET THE FREE "FUNDAMENTALS OF FREELANCING" E BOOK: https://bit.ly/3xJiM3s Listen to Austin Hull's Podcast Appearances: https://spoti.fi/2Til0YE Related Blog Posts: https://www.makepopmusic.com/blog ——— Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Intro 0:00 Announcement 1:04 My Super Villain Origin Story 1:47 First "Rockstar" Experience 2:42 Intro Into Making Slaparoonis 3:30 First Free Tip 5:30 Someone Finally Offered Me Some Cash 5:57 Switching Lanes 6:40 Collab Bro 7:25 Starting a Cult..... I Mean Community* 8:10 Diving Headfirst Into Being Full Time 9:30 Making Some Cheddar 10:25 Passive Income is Massive Income 11:16 Rebranding Into The MPM EMPIRE 12:18 Starting to "Pop" Off 13:04 Bringing My Wife Onboard 13:47 Going All In On MPM 14:58 The Year It All Changed 15:30 My Production Projects 16:26 Where I'm At Now 17:03 Getting Lucky 17:34 If You Want More Details 18:35 Tips For Budding Producers 18:52 Tips For My Pro Peeps 22:15 Outro 24:32 *for legal purposes, the cult bit is a joke

In today's video, our friend Christopher Siu comes onto the channel to show you some of the best orchestral libraries for pop music! He also wrote a free buyer's guide for you to use that is linked below! FREE Guide: https://bit.ly/3i2l6fd Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU Follow Ash Taylor: www.ashtaylormusic.com www.instagram.com/ashseantaylor DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Intro 0:00 Free Guide 1:12 Spitfire Labs 1:40 Orchestral Tools Layers 3:13 Project Sam Free Orchestra 3:56 Composer Cloud 4:14 The Orchestra Complete 2 5:15 Berlin Orchestra Inspire 7:40 Best String Library 9:18 Alternative String Library 11:42 Best Woodwinds Library 13:20 Alternative Woodwinds Library 14:45 Best Brass Library 16:20 Best Percussion Library 18:00 Favorite Harp 20:25 Best Choir Library 21:15 Best Piano Library 22:35 Best Sound Design Library 23:12 Outro 24:00

In today's video, Austin shows you how to produce a synthwave style song! Take a look at how to use sounds and samples inspired by 80s pop and electronica to create a modern, hard hitting, polished track. Also, we have a VERY special announcement in this video! GET "THE WAVE" SAMPLES AND SERUM PRESETS! NOW 20% OFF WITH A FREE BONUS PACK OF SERUM PRESETS! https://bit.ly/3qWnGrj Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU Follow Ash Taylor: www.ashtaylormusic.com www.instagram.com/ashseantaylor DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Preview 0:00 Intro 0:25 Announcement 1:15 Getting the Track Started 2:38 Main Chord Progression 3:10 Layering the Main Key Sound 4:16 Adding a Bass 4:58 Programming an ARP 5:48 Building Up The Verse With Layers 7:22 Adding a Counter Melody 11:11 Vocal Chops and Samples 12:40 Verse Impacts and Swells 13:50 Chorus Kick and Snare 14:42 Working with Top Loops 15:40 Chorus Bass 16:13 Chorus Keys 17:20 Chorus Impacts and Ear Candy 19:10 Custom Chorus Percussion 20:03 Creating HUGE Drop Synths 21:27 Drop Lead 22:37 Layering the Lead 24:00 Finishing Touches 24:50 Final Listen Through 25:37 Outro 27:18

In today's video, we will go over how to recreate three pop guitar tones from Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa, and The 1975. This will be episode one of a new series where we break down popular tone styles for pop music, and in the first episode, we will cover clean, chorus driven tones inspired by the clean guitar tones of the 80s that are re-emerging in current pop music. Download all three tones for Guitar Rig Pro 5 for FREE! Download the free Guitar Rig 5 tones: https://g0ma47m6.sibpages.com Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Preview 0:00 Intro 0:24 Free Tones 1:28 Selecting the Right Guitar 1:45 Pickup Selection 2:32 Getting A Good DI 3:12 Tone 1 - Hold On by Justin Bieber 4:02 Tone 2 - We're Good by Dua Lipa 8:28 Tone 3 - Girls by The 1975 11:26 Outro 14:50

In today's video, Austin will talk about 5 common mistakes people make with their reverb, and how you can instantly fix them and improve your mixes and productions. Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Intro 0:00 Mistake 1 - Send vs. Insert 0:54 Mistake 2 - Picking the Wrong Reverb 5:26 Mistake 3 - Not Nailing The Timing 9:22 Mistake 4 - Not Pre/Post Processing Sends 12:55 Mistake 5 - Relying On One Reverb 16:42 Bonus Tip - Reverb Throws 18:58 Outro 21:04

In today's video, Austin shows you how to make a dark, alternative pop track in the style of Bella Poarch, DeathByRomy, Madison Beer, etc, while only using keys, basses, pads, and synths from Ana2 Ultra. If you want to know how to create huge, hard hitting, creepy pop tracks, check out this video! Massive thank you to Slate Digital for sponsoring today's video. Check out the Ana2 Ultra Bundle Here! * https://bit.ly/3zwrh34 Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Preview 0:00 Intro 0:27 Slate Digital Sponsorship 1:10 Ana2 Ultra Rundown 3:30 Finding the Tempo, Key, and Progression 7:11 Building the Main Keys 8:50 Adding Pads 12:55 Creating Drums 14:20 Adding 808s 16:12 Adding Impacts and FX 17:41 Making the Verse 18:00 Verse Key Lead 18:35 Adding Organs 19:15 Adding a Counter Melody 20:55 Making a Church Bell 22:27 Making a Reverse Pad 24:20 Finishing Verse Drums 26:35 Creating a Prechorus 26:55 Prechorus Bass 27:01 Prechorus Pads 28:09 Prechorus Keys 28:30 Prechorus FX and Impacts 29:30 Making the Chorus 30:20 Chorus Lead Synths 31:05 Creating the Post Chorus 34:18 Creating an Intro 35:50 Full Listen Through 37:30 Outro 39:20 *Affiliate Link

In today's video, Austin shows you how to instantly make your vocals stand out in a mix with 5 easy tips! If you're having trouble getting a vocal to compete with a dense mix and arrangement, you NEED to check these tips out! Listen to the song here! https://spoti.fi/3izYogs Check out our other free and paid content! https://bit.ly/3erZGaL Listen to some of my work! www.austinhull.com https://spoti.fi/2Sqs3gU DAW I Use: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Private Community - https://bit.ly/2O9IBrC​​​​​​​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/makepopmusic Follow Austin: www.austinhull.com www.facebook.com/austinhullmusic www.instagram.com/austinhull23​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Panasonic 25mm f1.7 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Preview 0:00 Intro 0:29 Lead Vocal Chain 1:18 Tip 1 - Add Extra Lead Vocal Layers 5:20 Tip 2 - Add Harmony Layers 7:17 Tip 3 - Tune and Time Align Vocals 10:30 Tip 4 - Tweak Vocal Chains 14:14 Tip 5 - Panning and Levels 18:07 Outro 24:00