I usualy just sit down in reason....then I play around....most of the times I've found a nice synth and started to play with it trying to find a melody that fit's that sound....then I find the melody and work from there

I also tend to build the mainpart of the song first...with a kick that fits, and hihats...and a bassline and so on...then when that's done i start to build the song from the beginning

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Originally posted by davedresden i suggest getting the gabriel & dresden prog-a-minute. in 3 easy steps you too could change the face of dance music. batteries not included. - dave

Most of the time when I find a new sound in one of my keyboards or vsti's...or when I'm on the train ride home from college...I can always get ideas when I listen to a cosmic gate or dumonde set....

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JustinKredible

There are 2 ways :

1. When ur walking or somthin just start thinking of trance music ... but dont think of tracks u hered, just make somthing up ( the hard part is 2 remember it )

2. play aruond with your kebord, just pick a chourd and start playing till u come up with somthing ( dosnt allways work )



coby

Hi, First Post.

Anyways, The way I do it is like this : I sit down and start to mess around with a keyboard or synth. Gradually a Melody will begin to take shape. Sometimes it'll be a simple little thing that just sounds right and other times it'll be a a 16 measure, epic sounding melody. It usually depends on the mood I'm in.

Sometimes I make the bass line first, that will sometimes make the the shape & sound that the melody's going to have a little easier to find.

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Originally posted by trancedfarmer I GO UPSTAIRS AND SIT DOWN ON THE SHITTER AND THEN AS THE LAST LOG PASSES THROUGH MY RECTUM I GET A MARVELOUS IDEA!

lmfao!!! i was gonna also say when im sitting on the shitter.

actually i sometimes get tunes when im mixing. As im about to bring in a track, i all of a sudden get this melody in my mind and think holy fuck that would sound amazing if i could bring this in rite now. And then i lose concentration and fuck up the mix. And then as i try to correct the mix i forget the melody. So its all no good

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Originally posted by Floorfiller personally i just walk around with my hand held taperecorder and if i here a beat in my head i sing (yes its retarded hehe) into the recorder. thats how most of my stuff comes about...i start at the begining and work through the track listening to it...the rhythm...the sounds and come up with stuff to add to it that will fit with the rest of the tune.

thats fucked up dude!! do people stare???

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Originally posted by SgtFoo SOmetimes the best way to find melodies for a track is to immerse yourself in different surroundings, and trying to use your thoughts of that place to make a feeling with music. The resulting melody, only polished in my sequencer, gets better when I add the beats, precs, and basslines, etc. Remember, melodies for music, and especially trance, are endless in possibilities. You'll eventually find a melody of your own that is amazingly beautiful.

GODDAMN HIPPIES!!!! ARGH!!!

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My Next DJ Dates
March 12th 2005 - Becomeone @ (Sub) Logic, London (w/ Oliver Leighs, Simon Rutherford)
April 7th 2005 - Existence @ The Met Lounge,Peterborough (w/ JFK and Liam Bamford)
April 9th Wildchild @ The Empire, Milton Keynes (late minute replacement for Brisky)
April 16th 2005 - Serious @ The Cross (w/ Jonnie Pickering, Simon Patterson and Judge Jules)
May 5th 2005 - Existence @ The Met Lounge,Peterborough (w/ Riley and Durrant, Liam Bamford)
October 15th 2005 - Serious @ The Cross (w/ Simon Patterson, John O'Callahan, and Judge Jules)

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Originally posted by modular GODDAMN HIPPIES!!!! ARGH!!!

how am i a hippie????? wtf??? hippie are way different!

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Fire up the seqencer, load which ever VSTi I feel like playing with then flick through patches. For each patch I try to play some notes in a style for that patch (e.g. for pad sounds a few chords is good and for lead sounds an arpeggio may be ok) and eventually, after flicking through may patches something vaguely nice sounding happens. It's all random, but my best advice is to leave your sequencer recording the whole freakin' lot otherwise you'll play something that sounds good and forget it all too quickly