Christian producing fundamentals

Hey everyone! So today, I’m going to give you guys some basics in Christian music producing.

Keep in mind that this subject can vary depending on the genre of music that you play and what you’re trying to do with music. 

But anyways, here’s my 2 cents on Christian music producing fundamentals. 

Before we get into it, let’s have our moment of silence. 

At this time, I would like all of us to take a moment of silence and pray to God to help us to follow him throughout all of our difficulties. Ask God to strengthen our hands at our work and to guide us more towards him each day. Take a minimum of 5 minutes and pray for this.

Now back to the show

Need to know essentials

So Christian music is one of the only genres out there that defines itself solely by it’s lyrics. 

I mean you have Christian rap, Christian trap, Christian rock, Christian pop, and they all sound similar to their pop counterparts. 

In this instance when I say pop, I mean the music that is on mainstream radio. 

So it’s important to understand that though we call it Christian music, the way we shape these songs is from a pop (mainstream radio) perspective. 

So let’s go over some of these techniques that people use in pop music. 

Simplicity is key 

It goes without say that pop music is actually very simple. 

It doesnt’ take much to write a pop song in the sense that you could probably write a modern pop song with the same tools that were used back in the 90s and actually some of those techniques are being used today in modern music. 

Even the music theory side of everything is simple. 

4 chords strummed over a 16 bar progression is really nothing to get all wild about. And if you spend a decent amount of time singing songs that you already know, you will develop a natural sense of rhythm and melody that will enter into your own songwriting abilities. 

Remember that when you’re writing your drum parts that you’re supposed to play within pocket for most of the song. 

It’s okay to write transitions and what not to add rhythm to the song, but really pocket playing is the best type of playing for the song. 

Remember for the bass lines that it’s not all just writing root notes for the entire song. 

You have to actually play different notes.

And remember for guitar parts that the guitarist is a rhythm instrument. Meaning that he plays solos seldomnly. 

The vocalist takes the spotlight. 

The DAW

The software that you use to actually produce music is called a DAW. 

DAWs come in all shapes and sizes and actually vary depending on where you live. 

In the United States we have Pro tools, Studio one, FL studio, I think in the U.K. They have Bit Wig. Not saying that you can’t get Bit Wig in the United States. 

But that’s where it’s from.

And different countries have their own Producing software. 

But they all have similar tools and functions. 

Most of them have a sampler, They all have virtual instruments, You can mix and master on almost all of them. 

So the DAW is the tool that you use to produce music.

Just go out and pick your favorite DAW and just start producing music on that. 

Remember that pop songs follow a format, it’s not all about going wild with crazy guitar solos and drum fills. 

The lyrics

If you’re looking to create Christian music, you really can’t forget about the lyrics. 

I personally think that writing a whole bunch of poems will get your lyrics to the right point.

It’s difficult, but writing poems as a songwriter should be a focus in your career so that you can create dynamic lyrics that change people’s lives. 

So as a beginner songwriter, you should be focusing on writing poems. 

Not to say that you can’t write songs with your own lyrics at this point, and as a matter of fact I actually encourage that you write your own lyrics. 

Because what you’ll find is that writing lyrics is actually different than writing poems. 

There are different aspects to writing lyrics.

Like say for example, you can write lyrics that have nothing to do with the song and it would be alright.

Those are called filler lyrics. 

Or I forgot what they’re called. 

But a lot of the great songs that you have heard have those lyrics. 

Hey Jude by the Beatles has those types of lyrics.

That’s the only one off the top of my head that I can think of. 

But anyways those are some basics for you. 

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