Week One: making & releasing 50+ songs in 1 year

Published 2024-01-08
Thanks for joining me in the journey of creating 50+ songs in a single year. Week One was such a different week than I expected to start the year. Would love for you to follow along in the journey - Episode 2 is coming out next week!

If you wanna follow me on Spotify you can do so right here 👉hypeddit.com/nathanjameslarsen/songcollectionytpro…

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
4:05 Starting Day One
11:37 Morning on January 3rd
14:44 Producing on Stand by Me
19:16 Adding Vocals
21:46 Mixing Stand by Me
26:21 Working on Hymns Project
28:34 What is "Risen"?
34:57 Continuing on Hymns Project
41:00 Wrapping up the day
42:16 Morning on January 4th
45:33 Mixing on Stand by Me
51:26 Notating Strings
55:10 Working on Our Fight
1:00:43 Finishing the day out
1:04:42 Morning of January 5th
1:06:05 Cover Art / Odds and Ends
1:09:05 Working on Our Fight (Adding Choir)
1:11:36 Finishing up

If you wanna dig deeper in learning production - you should watch my free Workshop where I cover How I Create PRO Quality Music at Home - and How You CAN TOO here: produceracceleratorcourse.com/ytworkshop


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Logic Pro X: (use the app store)
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Sample Libraries / Plugins I HIGHLY Recommend:
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Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate (this is the BEST bundle you can buy - I have the Collector's Edition): imp.i114863.net/OkyDz
SkyBox Audio's Hammers + Waves (FAVORITE PIANOS): www.skyboxaudio.com/?ref=qSSIvOwBtR0XXt
BABY Audio Plugins (love ALL of them): bit.ly/babyplugins
Arcade: output.com/products/arcade
Signal: imp.i114863.net/Qa2DA
EastWest (Hollywood Orchestra): imp.i114863.net/PemxY
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Spitfire LABS (free): labs.spitfireaudio.com/

All Comments (21)
  • Thank you for joining me in this wild journey - I cannot express how much I enjoyed making this video for you. If you are not subscribed - then you should do that :) Episode 2 comes out Monday 9am CST January 15!
  • @hildebrandt111
    Your tutorial on making midi strings sound real with Native Instruments helped me write and produce an original song for me and my wife-to-be’s first dance ❤. I’m here for the journey brother
  • @hepthd5245
    Hey Nathan, just wanted to say thanks for posting this. Its so real, no bs. I feel like the process of makig music nowadays has been sugar coated by tiktok in terms of 30 second clips that never really show the hard, boring but necessary stuff needed to make hit records. Excited to see where this series goes :)
  • @GamerAJ-1025
    hey! I love the raw, authentic feel of this video. you’re showing everything about the process, which not only makes it valuable in itself but also serves as a great guide for others trying to do what you do! keep paving the way.
  • Low key the most inspiring music production video on YouTube! so real and relatable!
  • @lameerjhontv6860
    You're an amazing producer bro! Your string arrangements are just so beautiful and cinematic. What your doing is already helping me and I'm taking notes! Can't wait for week two, and for the album drop!!!
  • @rizzbod
    I love this weekly series. I love this weekly series. I love this weekly series. I love this weekly series. I love this weekly series. I love this weekly series. Thank you Nathan
  • @cissalaval
    this series is so important for noobies like me, I'm learning a lot just to watch you working. I'm a songwriter and a producer in progress trying to break the loop on mix tutorials thanks to you.
  • @halfbee7886
    This series will go down as the best series on music production on Youtube this year, at least to me personally.
  • Love the hymn project idea. Reminds me of Mendelssohn's use of A Might Fortress woven through his Reformation Symphony
  • @chicagospots
    You're a great musician and a great teacher, Nathan! Thanks!
  • Love the backstories on the Doxology album. Nice to see how melodic patterns are thematically implemented throughout. That’s really clever - and emotionally connected.
  • @ChaseNDA
    with this video, I can clearly see how next level you are. how advanced musically and all the theory. wow, just wow. thank you for the video. this is truly what I need to move forward.
  • @blakeconner313
    Bought the producer accelerator course and been slowing making my way through, back in the day I actually made a video every week for a year too! Way different material at the time, but I respect how ambitious of an undertaking you're taking on. Super stoked to follow your progress and see how the series develops and evolves, I've definitely learned a lot from your course and all your videos. Cheers!
  • @bwashburn1972b7
    I think its cool your mainly doing this for your babies My granddaughter comes over and says paw paw lets make a song, and though im nowhere near the songwriter , producer or engineer, basically ground level its fun to just create. She teaches me to just have fun with it and shes only 6. Our first song was called sleepover cause she was having her first sleepover with her friend. I let her make the choices and i tried to arange it the best i could. No matter it was fun and time well spent. Thx for doing this 👍😎
  • @RhyceRecords
    That bass note bounce, flip, distortion and tremelo was SO GOOD!!! Awesome work Nathan - love learning from you in this new way!
  • @skullinprod
    You're doing the right thing! Keep it up, we believe in you!
  • @12vpowercord
    Back at it baby! Can’t wait to follow along on this journey with you 🎉