What's the "First Section" that you examine in a track?

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Posted by Lucka on Nov-08-2003 20:34:

What's the "First Section" that you examine in a track?

What's
the "First Section"
that you examine
(and give importance)
in a track?

Posted by benjamin on Nov-08-2003 23:37:

Melody & Harmony are essential in my opinion

Posted by TwoPlow on Nov-09-2003 10:49:

Whatever catches my ear first. I tend to just put a song on and then do something else. If some part of the song really catches my attention, it's my favorite part of the song. I guess.

I tend to analyze songs as the whole, not piece by piece.

Posted by Peppe909 on Nov-10-2003 12:48:

Melody and harmony for my emotional feeling

Posted by Lucka on Nov-12-2003 22:33:

:UP:

Posted by Dark Apostle on Nov-13-2003 00:06:

First I listen to the melody. See whether it fits in the track properly (exp: build-up of 5 min and 30 sec melodie, is most of the time a big nono)
Then I listen whether the track is build properly. Is there a bassline? Did they use chords? Does it have decent beat? Does the beat interfere with the melody. Are transissions smooth, etc.

If there are vocals in the track, they have to be balanced out decently. If their not, they simply ruin a track for me, how good it may otherwise be.

Posted by DC Generator on Nov-13-2003 00:42:

Definitly the bass and drums. If they aren't original, I'm not spinning it!

Posted by DjSimonB on Nov-13-2003 22:46:

Totally depends on the tune, I just listen to the big picture... although the melody's important, a crap melody can ruin a track, but so can other crap elements

Posted by Psionic on Nov-21-2003 23:57:

Structure, because many prog tunes do not have strong melody...