YouTube Intros

YouTube intro music can be an essential part of a successful channel or video. It gets your viewers ready for your content, and a good YouTube intro will grab their attention and increase the excitement for what’s to come. A custom song that is unique to your channel. 

There are several websites offering royalty-free music for your channel, where you pay a one-off fee and can use it as an intro video. However, at DyHard Productions we can exactly tailor the YouTube intro to your video or channel, emphasising key points, phrases and subjects. These kinds of intros and a custom song will allow your channel to stand out from the crowd.

“Why do I need YouTube intro music?”

Apart from what we’ve already said about branding and being specific to your channel, there are copyright considerations that YouTubers should be aware of. If you take popular music that you like and use it for your channel then that music is subject to copyright. It is possible that your video will be removed, or your channel suspended. At DyHard Productions we offer a “buy out”, meaning you have total ownership of the music and you can leave those copyright concerns behind.

“What is your process while composing, recording and mixing?”

Firstly we discuss with you what you looking to achieve with the YouTube intro, what style you would like, do you want male or female vocals, what is the purpose of the song, and do you have any musical, melodic or lyrical ideas already? This is done before we send you a custom quote, and makes sure we understand what you’re looking to achieve from the song, and how we can work on it. 

Once we begin on the project we will produce a basic demo of our ideas. The demo will usually use a drum loop, and only a few basically recorded instruments and vocals, but it enables you to hear the tempo, melodic ideas and direction of the song. Demos typically use ‘scratch lyrics’, made-up words and phrases that convey the melody, but we will make sure your channel branding is taken into consideration at all times.

On approval of the demo, we move on to the lyrical content. We’re able to do this as we have already demoed the melodic structure. We work with you to make sure the lyrics contain the subject and meaning you want, however, if you don’t have a preference either way we will write lyrics that we feel fit the mood and vibe of your channel. 

On approval of the lyrics, we start the recording. We record and engineer every YouTube intro in our studio, and we’re hands-on during the whole process. After the recording is complete we will send you the first mix. We then discuss with you any changes you might want to the mix. Once you approve the final mix we can master it and send it to you in a high-quality WAV format. 

“What is the payment process & what files do you deliver?”

We accept payment via PayPal, and all prices are in USD. We request a 50% deposit before starting the composition, and 50% after your approval of the final mix. The mixes are sent to you in mp3 format, with a DyHard Productions audio watermark. Once the final mix is approved and the balance is paid we send you the full quality mix in a WAV file.

“How many revisions do I get?”

This can be discussed before we start the process, but typically a YouTube intro would have 2 revisions on the mix. As we’ve mentioned above, we always demo the song first and there are no revision limits on that process. Therefore, we can guarantee that you like the song and its direction before we start the final recording process.

“What is your YouTube intro writing timescale?”

Again, this can be discussed beforehand, and we are able to write and record very fast if it’s required. A typical intro would take approx 2 weeks from the demo stage to the final recording, but after discussing your project with you we can give you a clearer time frame depending on the writing and production involved.

“Can you write a song in any style?”

We have written 100s of songs in many styles, and have achieved success in various genres including rock, country, heavy metal, pop, jazz, blues, funk, soul, synthwave, retrowave, chillwave, reggae, singer-songwriter, folk and world music. Please message us to discuss your project and we will always give you an honest answer to what we can achieve in your desired genre.

“I already have lyrics or a poem, can you put these to music?”

Yes, this is quite a common request and we have worked with clients lyrics or poems and put them to music. We can work with a lyrical idea no matter how big or small.

“I already have some musical ideas, can you work with these?”

Again, this is a common request and we have written many intros in this way. We are able to work with your musical ideas no matter what stage they are at”

“Do I have to credit you for your work?”

For much for our work, we offer a ‘buy out’ – meaning we provide our service as ‘work for hire’ and you retain all commercial rights and copyright. In that scenario, you don’t have to credit us, and this has been the case with projects where we have been ghostwriters, however, you can also credit us if you wish and still retain all the commercial rights and copyright.

“Can I hear examples of your work?”

Yes, please check out our songwriting portfolio HERE.

The songs contained are just a selection of our work, and we have also broken down the tracks into playlists to make it easier to find what you are looking for. Each song has some written detail regarding how we contributed to the track, from intros to full songwriting and composition to top-line writing or mixing.

We also have a comprehensive Behance portfolio with more details on some of our favourite projects.

“Can you provide Stems?”

Stems are the individual tracks that make up a ‘mix’ of a song. Yes, we can provide these, as well as our mix.