Im fairly new to production and have a question for all you pros out there.
Whats the method of production that you usually use? or do you use one at all? What I mean is in what order do you usually produce, meaning what do you start with, the melody? the bass lines? the beat?
Is there a specific order that these should be inplemented in in order to speed up the production process, or do you just go at it all at the same time improving everything as you go?
For me, as of right now I just create melodies that sound interesting, then try to add the beats and basslines into it afterwards. What about you?
Nov-25-2005 01:14
DigiNut
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Essentially, I sit down at my workstation and bust out some choonz. At least that's usually the process.
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Nov-25-2005 01:32
djlogik
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Rochester, NY
Pudelko, I basically do what you do but once I get the melody I try to think of a structure for the song and how I'd like it to move. From there I start creating basslines based off the notes on the melodies and same thing with my pad. Go from there and you should be golden. It doesn't really matter how you create your music though just as long as in the end it sounds nice. You'll develop a style the longer you produce.
Nov-25-2005 02:20
DJMiakoda
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: Chicago
Varies for me, sometimes I hear a cool bassline idea in my head and I start with that, than percussion etc etc, other times I might be fiddling around on my keys and come up with something and build around it.
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Nov-25-2005 02:37
DJDIRTY
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: West maybe east coast next
I start with a beat... and than add melody and baseline, If I like it than go from there..
Jestes Polakiem?
Nov-25-2005 02:58
thoughtlessjex
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Registered: May 2004
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
I just make music. The ends matter more than the means, as far as that goes.
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: People's Republic of Ann Arbor
I usually have a melody in mind. I sit at the piano, play it out, then figure out a way of making it dance-able. The bass/percs/etc. come later. Sometimes, though, I'll write a bassline, and whatever I start humming over it will be the melody I use.
As a general rule, I listen to a lot of stuff I want to replicate the sound of before I start to get a flavor of it in my head.
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Nov-25-2005 03:57
Pudelko
tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Canada
Alright thanks everyone. So generally just getting the main melody from your head into the program is the first step. Sounds like what I do.
DJDirty - Tak jestem polakiem, ale nie tylko mam troszeczke Austrii i Niemiec w sobie tez. Ale bylem urodzony w Polsce i moji rodzice tez, to w wiekszosci jestem Polakiem.
Nov-25-2005 06:20
jetflag
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Leeuwarden, Holland
most of the time i have a certain idea or image in my head wich i try to "paint" with a certain sound or melody... the best way to do that (i think) is use an analog modeling bassed synth like vanguard or rob papen blue
after that i try to make a melody wich creates impact & emotion
when that is done i try to finnishes the "image/idea" of the song with additional leads/pads/srx sounds
when that's done me add the standart trance/tech/prog elements like kick, clap, basslines etc.
By sitting back and relax and telling my sound engineer what to do.
Then I go home to feed my pet rabbit, and come back again to see if he's doing exactly what I told him to.
If less is more think about how much more more would be.
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Nov-30-2005 18:51
wayfinder
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Berlin
quote:
Originally posted by Storyteller
How I produce..
By sitting back and relax and telling my sound engineer what to do.
Then I go home to feed my pet rabbit, and come back again to see if he's doing exactly what I told him to.
