I think everybody has their own way of working, amateurs or professionals.

There's not a set of rules for putting a track together.

I don't know of any professional producers on this forum apart from Plastic Angel. you could call me a professional Amateur , so that will have to do.
first off I think of what type track I want to produce, like dark, sad.......ect sometimes it depends on how I feal. Then I will grab my keboard and just start playing around until my ear finds something like two notes that go together than just work it out from that, mind you it might take me a few hours to two months but I make like 2-3 melodies that will go in the one track.

Now I have the main melodies I start thinking about the chords or note progressions that will move with the meoldy, most of the time I make them up the same time as the melody, chords playing in the left hand on the lower notes and the melody on the right hand.

I do have a set way I want my track to build, most of the time I think about it at work or at bedtime when my minds clear, also this is the time I think about the intro and ending for the track

drumloops and percussion are the last thing I think about, most of the time I just lay down a few loops and see what fits, and the same as for everything els at this stage, if somethings not working for me I will come at it from a different angle or go off and brain storm and think about way around it.

I think no two people Produce there tracks the same, you might see this form the other replys. Remember there are no set rules you should stick when making you own music, just do what works for you.

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wut about the bassline?

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Originally posted by gareth wut about the bassline?

the bassline notes are the same as the chords or the note progressions.
the style should fit the melody.
so the melody should decide how the bassline sounds

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see, that's quite different from me,

I always start with percussion, and work it out fully, before I get to anything else. Then usually bassline, or chords. Filler channels. At the end I think up some lead line.

And I hardly ever have anything in mind that sounds a bit like what comes out. Only the basic style.

Fist I make a nice collection of drum loops, everything I need. I usually have about 8 drum loops I use in each song. (eg. kick, kick + hihat, kick + hihat + brush ect) then I throw those in Cakewalk and loop it. I break out my Keyboard and turn on my supernova and make a good melody, then I add the bass and other crazy fx.

making the melody takes the most time, and usually It goes through alot of different stages. alot of the time I make a melody, then the next day I come back, and rework the entire thing. And, the strings are usually the same as the melody too. right now I'm not a professional producer, but I hope to be in the near future. Currently working on my demo cd. I spent close to $7,000 CND on my studio, so I really hope I can get a record deal

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$7,000 CND on my studio

man thats almost enough to buy reason, when transfered to american$$!! just jokin! man that is a lot of money

I agree there is no REAL way to make a song, do what sounds good, it will work out in the end

you cant put a formula on music, its flowing. its intuition that makes a song.





....old man

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usually I have a melody in my head... then i play that melody on my (sh*tty) keyboard.. then i look which notes and stuff like that, when i have the melody in Fruity.. i start building around it at last i add some fx and ffects and stuff like that

greetz,

DJ Mantis

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I allways start with the melody.
percussion is for idiots.