How to make 80s pop music | In-depth tutorial

How do you make authentic sounding 80s pop/synth-pop in 2025? In this video I will look at chords, sounds, arrangement and how we can put together everything to make it sound like it could have come from the 80s. Tons of tips and tricks from over 35 years of experience making this type of music. My video series "A Song Is Born" can be found here: A Song Is Born Ep.1 | 80s Composing - How to make a song from scratch    • A Song Is Born Ep.1 | 80s Composing - How ...   Find my music here: Bandcamp: https://espenkraft.bandcamp.com/ 00:00 Intro 01:27 Work In Progress / The mix 05:04 The chords and song structure 13:40 Drums 16:59 Reverbs and Delays 17:55 Drums continue 22:14 Bass /Synth & Electric 26:19 Side-chaining the electric bass 30:30 Synths 34:16 The analog shrine / who cares? 35:04 Synths continue 44:47 Guitars /Sampled and Electric 50:32 Sampled Vocal Chops 53:15 The Spectrum Analyser 57:35 Bus Compression 58:13 Mix levels 60:10 Final thoughts