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Rick Beato is great. My favourite video of his is about the most accomplished songwriter most people have never heard of - Max Martin (producer and co-writer of

Rick Beato is great. My favourite video of his is about the most accomplished songwriter most people have never heard of - Max Martin (producer and co-writer of this Ariana Grande song and a ton of other pop songs you've heard) [0] Also worth checking out is this 12Tone analysis of Tiny Dancer [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBDJDZAo41c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBDJDZAo41c [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aIk7GUpW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aIk7GUpW0

arrakeen 4y ago
a more apt title for his youtube series would be "What Makes This Song" since he just breaks down the components of a song without explaining what makes it great. 12Tone is better in that regard, though
gnat 4y ago
"The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory" by John Seabrook covers the Max Martin phenenomenon and more. I greatly enjoyed it, and if you enjoyed Rick talking about Max Martin then I reckon you'll like it too. (I'm also +1 on 12Tone. I haven't found a dud from him yet, unlike Rick Beato who sometimes is superficial as in the original link)
ushakov 4y ago
big fan of Max Martin here too (check out swedishsongs.de btw.) i'm so surprised Max is so unpopular and unknown, yet he's the mastermind behind all of the recent and not so recent successes in pop music
- ghostpepper 4y ago
  I have no unique insight into his life, goals etc. Which makes me wonder if that is on purpose. Fortune without the fame could be pretty appealing.
  - ushakov 4y ago
    it is on purpose for sure i think the biggest secret is that he is both a singer and producer check out this video of Taylor Swift in his studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJ_hHT5vw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJ_hHT5vw8 around 3:15 he sings a perfect falsetto with Taylor Swift out of nowhere and again at about 4:00 that 3 seconds made me wonder whether versions of songs exist where he is the singer a conspiracy theory maybe, but i think he's using these really good singers as a proxy to perform his songs without the weight of fame attached to it
KennyBlanken 4y ago
I wasted twenty minutes because I don't have a degree in music theory to understand most of what the pretentious twatwaffle was saying. People who do have a degree in music theory, don't need to watch the video.
- ghostpepper 4y ago
  I've self-taught myself perhaps 1% of the knowledge in a music degree, and I enjoyed the video - even the parts I know I don't fully understand I can still appreciate. I would go so far as to say most/all of the content posted on HN on a regular basis requires at least some advanced knowledge to fully understand. It doesn't seem to stop most people from enjoying it.

arrakeen 4y ago

a more apt title for his youtube series would be "What Makes This Song" since he just breaks down the components of a song without explaining what makes it great. 12Tone is better in that regard, though

gnat 4y ago

"The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory" by John Seabrook covers the Max Martin phenenomenon and more. I greatly enjoyed it, and if you enjoyed Rick talking about Max Martin then I reckon you'll like it too. (I'm also +1 on 12Tone. I haven't found a dud from him yet, unlike Rick Beato who sometimes is superficial as in the original link)

ushakov 4y ago

big fan of Max Martin here too (check out swedishsongs.de btw.) i'm so surprised Max is so unpopular and unknown, yet he's the mastermind behind all of the recent and not so recent successes in pop music

ghostpepper 4y ago
I have no unique insight into his life, goals etc. Which makes me wonder if that is on purpose. Fortune without the fame could be pretty appealing.
- ushakov 4y ago
  it is on purpose for sure i think the biggest secret is that he is both a singer and producer check out this video of Taylor Swift in his studio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJ_hHT5vw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwJ_hHT5vw8 around 3:15 he sings a perfect falsetto with Taylor Swift out of nowhere and again at about 4:00 that 3 seconds made me wonder whether versions of songs exist where he is the singer a conspiracy theory maybe, but i think he's using these really good singers as a proxy to perform his songs without the weight of fame attached to it

KennyBlanken 4y ago

I wasted twenty minutes because I don't have a degree in music theory to understand most of what the pretentious twatwaffle was saying. People who do have a degree in music theory, don't need to watch the video.

ghostpepper 4y ago
I've self-taught myself perhaps 1% of the knowledge in a music degree, and I enjoyed the video - even the parts I know I don't fully understand I can still appreciate. I would go so far as to say most/all of the content posted on HN on a regular basis requires at least some advanced knowledge to fully understand. It doesn't seem to stop most people from enjoying it.