Want to produce a song? Here’s our step-by-step guide

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I received this as an email from Fiverr this week. Now you know. Get to work:

Keep the music going
Ready to create a masterpiece that uplifts people around the world? Don’t skip a beat. Just follow these steps:

Write it.
First things first! This is where you turn that spark of an idea into lyrics, a melody, a hook — wherever your inspiration takes you!

Compose it.
Now it’s time to back up your musical idea with instrumentation. Here, you’ll arrange the different sections of your song (intro, verse, chorus, bridge, etc.) and record the different instruments.

Sing it.
This is where you’ll bring your song to life with professionally recorded lead and backup vocals. You’ll also consider vocals in the arrangement phase, but they’re so important they deserve a dedicated step.

Mix & Master it.
Time to bring everything together! Here, your different tracks will unify into one cohesive piece of music. This step includes a variety of elements, like Balancing Faders, Panning, Equalization, Compression, Reverb, Automation, Balancing Frequencies, and more.
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Balancing Faders has to be someone’s new band name.
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Shit. I've been doing it wrong.
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:lol: It's _just_ that easy!
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don't forget important step 5. go viral on Spotify so you get paid lots of money
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owl wrote:
Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:34 pm
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Unrelated, sort of: I’m in the process of making some Skillshare art lessons, and I’m very tempted to make one for “how to draw the rest of the fucking owl”.
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crumpart wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:42 am
owl wrote:
Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:34 pm
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Unrelated, sort of: I’m in the process of making some Skillshare art lessons, and I’m very tempted to make one for “how to draw the rest of the fucking owl”.
You should!!!
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crumpart wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:42 am
owl wrote:
Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:34 pm
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Unrelated, sort of: I’m in the process of making some Skillshare art lessons, and I’m very tempted to make one for “how to draw the rest of the fucking owl”.
Drawing the horse might work for you.
It introduces some crucial middle steps:

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roymond wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:45 pm
crumpart wrote:
Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:42 am
owl wrote:
Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:34 pm
Image
Unrelated, sort of: I’m in the process of making some Skillshare art lessons, and I’m very tempted to make one for “how to draw the rest of the fucking owl”.
Drawing the horse might work for you.
It introduces some crucial middle steps:

Image
Has anyone asked if the horse wants to be fucking drawn!! What the fuck is wrong with you people
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Caravan Ray wrote:
Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:11 am
Has anyone asked if the horse wants to be fucking drawn!! What the fuck is wrong with you people
That's all in the details, my friend.
Or, as we say in hometown in middle part of the America, всё дело в деталях.
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Came here looking to gleam a few nuggets of wisdom on mixing. Now to mine youtube to figure out how to mix the rest of the owl.
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So it turns out I did end up using these instructions to write a song for Vom Vorton.

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I'm glad you shared this. I know this thread is a joke, but this week I also struggled. I literally did almost all of my song piecemeal... okay, just come up with a guitar part for the chorus, record. Now the verse... Just figure out a vocal for the prechorus, record... It was a tedious way to compose, but eventually I got through the whole song. YMMV
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