I usually go Melody, then bass, but it depends.

In my track Seventeen, the bass line plays parts of the melody. Every time the melody hit the root of the chord it was playing I replaced it with the bass.

Seventeen (Original Mix) by Seandroid

Animal Rights does the same thing:

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Originally posted by -FSP- I at least like to have some percussion and a kick when I do melodies. It's always a good idea to listen to sounds with other potential elements in your tracks. If I make a melody by itself, it tends to only sound good by itself. What you need to do is have all the elements in mind because all elements are symbiotic and feed off of each other.

I discovered this years ago too. Everything sounds great, then you stick a kick on it and it just doesn't work. Kind of kills your motivation.

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Originally posted by derail In general, a busy melody will work well with a sparse bassline. A sparse melody will work well with a busy bassline. I'd recommend trying to recreate a couple of your favourite songs in the same style you're trying to create. That'll teach you a lot about how bass & melody fit together.

I totally agree with derail!

And my best results with melodie lines where reached with the foundation of the track done in first place.

I also agree with this tip from skyhunter if you just have the melody in mind:

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Originally posted by skyhunter I do this sometimes. I make the best lead sound I possibly can, then save it as a preset for later. Then on a different day I make the most awesome bass sound I can then save that. You can kinda see where it goes from there. It's effective sometimes, you just loose versatility. But most importantly it's relatively easy compared to doing it the hard way and forcing it out. Good luck!

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Originally posted by Seandroid I usually go Melody, then bass, but it depends. In my track Seventeen, the bass line plays parts of the melody. Every time the melody hit the root of the chord it was playing I replaced it with the bass. Seventeen (Original Mix) by Seandroid Animal Rights does the same thing:

Interesting to know; I love your track seventeen . I think im going to layer my bassline w/ parts of the main melody, same phrasing, maybe different notes. thanks for the feedback.

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Originally posted by fuxzz I think this is a good advice. You should stop perfecting the melody before you even got a bassline, there's no need to perfect the sound as you surely will need to correct it to interact well with the bass. So my advice, make a melody that got potential, then do the same with the bassline and THEN u can start perfecting things

Good point!

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