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Posted by crazedonee on Jul-31-2008 01:23:

does ambient have to make sense?

just wondering if ambient has to follow the verse /chorus standard like in chillout.

I recently heard some ambient was really impressed ,so i went and i made this ruff tune on the fly , (but it does not have the standard intro,verse ,chorus,middle eigth sections) etc

just curious to know if ambient has strict rules .I am a believer of doing something unexpected and having my own sound ,so there is that possibility i may think i have ambient but when its complete may be a different genre all together.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Jul-31-2008 02:09:

Re: does ambient have to make sense?

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Originally posted by crazedonee
just wondering if ambient has to follow the verse /chorus standard like in chillout.

No.

Ambient may have the fewest "rules" of any genre. It can have any structure you want, and you're free to do pretty much anything without worrying about club-friendliness or anything like that.

You can listen to some ambient stuff I made for some ideas:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...6&forumid=74&s=

quote:
I recently heard some ambient was really impressed ,so i went and i made this ruff tune on the fly , (but it does not have the standard intro,verse ,chorus,middle eigth sections) etc

You should post it. I always like to see other ambient producers around here.

Posted by Eric J on Jul-31-2008 02:12:

Re: does ambient have to make sense?

quote:
Originally posted by crazedonee
just wondering if ambient has to follow the verse /chorus standard like in chillout.

I find that a lot of ambient tracks can also comfortable with a standard classical arrangement: Establishment of a theme, variation on the theme, recapitulation of the theme. Ambient in particular lends itself well to this type of arrangement, and it helps to keep it interesting.

Posted by Sinnica Hax on Jul-31-2008 08:36:

I have a snippet of my ambient Mix of "Rubi-Ka", on www.sinnicahax.se , should satisfy your ambient needs

Posted by Acton on Jul-31-2008 09:31:

Re: Re: does ambient have to make sense?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
No.

Ambient may have the fewest "rules" of any genre. It can have any structure you want, and you're free to do pretty much anything without worrying about club-friendliness or anything like that.

+1

I love creating random messiness and turning them into ambient works, albeit not very good ones (yet ), but fun none the less.

Randomness with Absynth is key!

Posted by kopi_luwak on Aug-01-2008 03:28:

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Kopi =o.

Posted by airwalker1 on Aug-13-2008 16:14:

Re: does ambient have to make sense?

quote:
Originally posted by crazedonee
just wondering if ambient has to follow the verse /chorus standard like in chillout.

I recently heard some ambient was really impressed ,so i went and i made this ruff tune on the fly , (but it does not have the standard intro,verse ,chorus,middle eigth sections) etc

just curious to know if ambient has strict rules .I am a believer of doing something unexpected and having my own sound ,so there is that possibility i may think i have ambient but when its complete may be a different genre all together.
theres no ruls to music matey i think the hole point behind ambient is to put you in a more suttel trance like state.