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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  4. Corporate commercial pop songs DO have intellectual "meanings". The purpose, to promote a pop song, is to manipulate, corrupt, destruct healthy young characters, aesthetics, culture in the lower class (the majority) of society…. etc. Pop songs are twisting, deteriorating the meaning of true love, healthy relationships and sexuality. It is not accidental that corporate companies ( and government) spent incredible amount of money to run music industry.

  8. 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.

  15. It's not what you sing but rather how you sing it. I feel many bands lose that as they get older. They suddenly feel what they have to say is more important then how they are saying it. When this happens we end up with the junk we are getting today. The greatest lyrics without a great melody will get lost, abandoned and fall on deaf ears. Terrible lyrics but a terrific melody will win over an audience every time. Now if you can put together a great melody then you can work on the lyrics over and over until you get something more meaningful. Melody first, meaning second or maybe 15th.

    I have read where Robert Plant thinks Led Zeppelins songs have no meaning. To me they are some of the most significant songs I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. It is not what they are saying but rather how they are saying it. Make me want to sing along, no matter how meaningless the lyrics are, that is what makes a great song. Sorry WXPN.

  16. She certainly was using the technique but my opinion of Sia is that she’s not a great songwriter. She tries too hard with her melodies and they just sound rambling. Too complex. The most catchy songs are the ones that have the most simple melodies.

  18. Shocked at how long this has been up with any less than millions and millions of views. 

    You have good content, dude: smart, simple, and straight to the point,- just like any musical mentor I've ever had. You talk about the "important" stuff, the stuff that works, and your examples are strong. The Stones were doing this "building songs around vowels" decades ago, and while I doubt that they were on a young Max Martin's radar when he was growing up listening to songs in a language he didn't understand, for both of these giants to use vowels as a launching point for melody is not a coincidence. Good job!

  26. Hey Tone! How the heck are ya? Hope well. Quick question, how exactly does Max create melody? Like technically or specifically in regards to how he creates them. The video suggests he does some phonetic bumbling. I've read somewhere, that he actually sits around with his co-writers and does the same thing and somewhat demands excellence. Doesn't allow something just mediocre to be the hook. It's a tricky subject, especially since I create melodies pretty frequently. I have different methods. A lot of the best do come from mumbling ideas over a nice Chord structure, or messing in the DAW or on the piano in key. Sometimes I try to create a rhythm with just maybe the 5th note of a triad chord used in that chord progression, and once I get a nice balanced rhythm (in comparison to other parts of the song, verse/pre) I will then adjust notes, and use as much music theory as I can to get to something. But it's funny, 9/10 times on that specific journey I will accidenilty or hear something in what I've done and attack that part, why does it make me feel so good? What is happening? How can I create the melody out of that… Would love your thoughts here.

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  39. 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 ??

  41. 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!!!

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