Why Your Songs Don't Work in Clubs (Here's the secret...)

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You rock ! I found your guide to structuring the music really interesting ( Subscription left here ) ✌

Very instructive as always. Thanks for sharing great content Alice.

This was actually more informative than I expected it to be. I've been producing for about 30 years now and while I knew a few of the subjects you covered from personal experience there were a few points like "the exciters" that I'd previously overlooked. I'd been doing something similar but not quite to the extent you described. This video helped solidify some of my thoughts so thank you very much for sharing this.

Excellent video skills, this is very well produced!

Also, make sure to ram everything in the limiter. Dynamics are to be avoided at all costs. Everything needs to be equally maximally loud. This means any breaks or intermissions without rhythm backing, like a-capella parts or synth buildups, must be turned up to absolutely brain-meltingly, tweeter-coil-smokingly high levels. Corollary, the bassdrum needs to violently flatten everything else audibly with every beat so that said everything else needs to pump back up after every beat. Remember, if sidechain compression isn't yet conveying a sensation of having toilet plungers pumping on your ears, you are not using enough of it.

Can we give a big thumbs up for the track at 3.40... Mayan, that one hits you right in the face and stomach! Really great video, Alice!

For people looking for “exciters” mostly they are called fills / drum fills if you want something from splice or another sample bank

Excellent video, you explained things so well. Was really super cool to see the effect of the transitions on the audience in the club setting

"when and how to remix/re-arrange a track for your DJ set" could also be an interesting video

Great tips! One other is from deadmau5: keep your bassdrum lowends short or you will end up with resonating boooom boooom booooms in the clubs 😊

Your videos feel like watching a magician revealing her secrets. That's so awesome, thanks for sharing your knowledge! Love your tracks on Spotify :)

Wishing you all a happy easter

thanks again for covering this topic again. this is such a stressful topic for me, because I don't have the experience of how the club sound systems react :)

The “club simulator” idea blew my mind!!

Always check ur tracks in mono before release!

OMG the bass on that collab with Andrea sounds amazing!! I hope you release the whole song :)

"Too long breaks is the vibe killer" - Bene Gesserit EDM

Super useful composition tips hidden here too. the Live footage of how it works is brilliant!!!!!!

Is the the track we hear at the 'club reverb' part released? It sounds so good! And thanks for the great tips!