Disco Pop: Making a Track from Scratch

Are you looking to produce a disco pop track but aren't sure where to start? You're in the right place! In this disco pop production video course, production guru Thomas Cochran guides you through the process from ground zero, demonstrating how to design sounds, flesh out the arrangement with melodic and harmonic parts, add effects, and much more. By the end of the production course, you'll be ready to tackle the genre head-on, with ideas to spare! These disco pop production videos are designed for those users with some production experience.

Videos

• Introduction & Song Playthrough (02:10) - In the first video, Thomas introduces the course and plays through the song that we'll be creating in the following videos.

• Main Drums (11:26) - We start building out the track by creating a kick, clap, and percussion pattern. This will be used to give the song a strong rhythmic foundation so that the whole track has a nice groove.

• Mixing Drums (14:38) - Next, we take a look at how to mix our drums so they sound nice and filled out. This part is essential to in laying down a great foundation for our dance pop song.

• Programming Bass Guitar (12:09) - Next, we program a groovy synth bass guitar to provide the main melody for our song. A second synth bass is layered in to help fill out the low end of the track and make it sound more modern.

• Piano Chords (12:30) - In this video, Thomas demonstrates how to fill up the main section of the song with some piano chords. This piano will be used in the pre-chorus and chorus to provide more melody.

• Funk Guitar (12:16) - Learn how to program funk-inspired guitars via MIDI with Native Instruments plugins. This video also shows some basic processing to help the guitars stand out in the mix.

• Arrangement & FX - Pt. 1 (09:41) - To wrap up the course, we arrange the song. This lets us go from a simple loop to a whole song.

• Arrangement & FX - Pt. 2 (09:39) - This video finishes out the arrangement and adds effects and samples to help the track feel more complete. Thomas also covers some basic mastering effects to finalize the track.