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| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Actually, I usually have the drum beat first.
If I start with the synths I usually manage fuck-up the volume balance which means that
a) everything dets distorted
b) the drums aren't loud enough.
When I've started to do a track I've never ever had an idea ready (since I am so hopeless with creating melodies) - every single of my tracks is a result of experimenting with random stuff because I've had nothing else to do. |
I used to be like that, but now melodies come naturally to me.
Look into classical music theory, and focus on directed motion(have a beginning note and an end note and work your way up or down.)
Another really good way to come up with melodies is to listen to a song, doesn't matter whose, and listen for hidden melodies, the ones that were not intentional and might just be a result of pulses created by two notes interacting.
I'll give an example. In my song "Entropy", the smooth lead at 3:30 can actually be heard about 10-15 secs before that, but I didn't put that in. It was a result of two arpeggios and their delays, and that's my fav part of the song.
DJ Glacial - Entropy
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