Frank Ocean: Songwriting Analysis and Creative Advice For Artists.
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We’ve all got a creative project that we want to develop and improve. In this video, we look at how a focus on storytelling and intentional writing can be the key to moving forward in that piece of work, and how how Frank Ocean uses his own love of story to create unique and evocative experiences for his listeners.
Go check out the artists from this community who helped me soundtrack this one -
Jiré Saffron
• Break My Fall
open.spotify.com/track/6MBNU1CF0VVbMzDLO33qs7?si=c…
LeeMalcolm
/ @leemalcolm1998
open.spotify.com/artist/2hl7vWcGzxdRHiBWJlnQ0W
And if you want to send me music to get featured on the channel, go check out this link
insidecreativeminds.substack.com/p/callout-to-musi…
Here's the covers that I featured in snippets at the start, all pretty beautiful for a listen.
Jerico Manalo: Self Control Frank Ocean (Cover)
• self control - frank ocean cover
UMI: self control - frank ocean cover
• Self Control // Frank Ocean (Cover)
Dave Love: Super Rich Kids by Frank Ocean
• Super Rich Kids by Frank Ocean - Dave...
UMI Super Rich Kids [New Moon Cover ] 🌞🌿
• UMI // Super Rich Kids [New Moon Cove...
Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids (Apartment Sessions)
• Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids (Apartm...
And the two visual artists referenced were Francesca Woodman, and Ken Currie
If you want to support further work like this, you can donate a small amount to help cover the time I put into making it: www.buymeacoffee.com/CreativeMindsYT
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Songwriting Analysis
02:30 The power of detail
03:10 Switching perspectives
05:13 A compelling story structure
06:16 Exercises and Takeaways
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I am a passionate creator myself, and I make these videos to inspire/educate myself and others. All the footage I have sourced is used under Fair Use.
Please feel free to contact me for any further enquiries: [email protected]
Footage used:
Frank Ocean BBC News interview - BBC Sound of 2012
Frank Ocean for MTV 2011 Interview
Graffiti Spider-Man Into the Kiptoe-Verse!
I Frank Ocean in – Calvin Klein Fall 2016 Global Campaign
Ken+Currie++_paintings_artodyssey
Odd Future - Oldie
Spider-Man - Suit Up Scene Flip Book Spider-Man Homecoming (2017) flip book
Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - What's Up, Danger Scene
Super Rich Kids - Frank Ocean (Music Video)
White Ferrari - Frank Ocean (music video)
Frank Ocean— Thinkin Bout You Live on SNL, Full performance
Frank Ocean— Bad Religion Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Frank Ocean- Novacane (Official Video HQ)
Frank Ocean Shares Summer Remains
Frank Ocean - Swim Good (Official Music Video)
Frank Ocean - Pyramids (Official Music Vide
コメント (21)
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If you enjoyed this kind of songwriting breakdown, and would like to see more, comment below with an artist you’d like to see covered in the future, or let me know by dropping a like on the video above. Love for all the support people have shown the videos over the last couple of weeks, the comments have been massively appreciated and motivating, and I hope to continue to make stuff that you find valuable for your process, ✌+❤
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Frank Ocean IS the voice of our generation. he revolutionized modern music allowing us to go deeper once again. My favourite album of his is the unofficial Lonny Breaux mixtape. That's my roadtrip album. there you feel his immersive world-building lyrical talent. Pyrite, Quickly, Acura Intergurl, Scared of Beautiful, Flight, Know Better and Richest Man in the Room are all ICONIC!!
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My favorite song is crack rock. That first verse hit!! "You don't know how little it matter untill you're all alone."
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In my opinion the best Frank Ocean song is Wiseman, its some of the best lyricism I’ve seen and is incredibly emotional.
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Love the songwriting analysis. These days lyrics are something overlooked and I still think it’s a very important part of a song, regardless of the aim. At least that’s how I approach my music. Ivy is a song that I think about a lot, it’s a 9/10 in everything you said in this video.
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I’ve been in trouble with myself making music since 2015 and always not finishing a track because of sharing it to the public while work in progress and end up not finishing it, its always a problem for me procastinating its been 7 years like this. This video opened up my mind to not share it and procastinate and work on the track till i finish it. Hopefully one day I will. Thanks for the Content i need this.
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The way in which Frank uses his artistic freedom to tell stories through his lyrics and music is nothing short of remarkable, and it's no surprise that his music resonates so deeply with us. His ability to use his creative freedom to engage listeners is truly unparalleled, making his music a true masterpiece of modern art. Great breakdown Creative Minds this was phenomenal 💯
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It would be cool to see you do this with visual artists as well
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Been waiting for this on🙌🏻
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This page only gets better i love the content so much
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Hi @creativeminds, the effort and care you put into your editing is of amazing quality, and thank you for making this work for us! Keep going <3
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Great breakdown as usual , hope Frank comes back soon 🙏
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🐐🐐🐐 the bit on perspective is dope, almost like telling a visual story like how they do in a movie or tv show
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Fantastic video!
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absolutely love the songwriting analysis. I think many creators could benefit from more of these! I personally would love to see an analysis on a mac miller track. Thank you for your work.
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Great vid. I've seen like everything on Frank & you still managed to bring sumn new Thanks for the early support! Really appreciate you including the song <3
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Amazing video editing
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needed this
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thank you man❤
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Insightful piece. Thanks for your work.
