but unlike the foundation of a house, in EDM , you don't need a chord progression. You can just stay on the same root note and still make something interesting as I have argued before because really, what is changing in music and making music interesting is not chords or melodies but rather production and sound design. It is nice if you can do both but I really strongly believe that harmony is not as important as production and soundesign . It sounds weird coming from someone that has dedicated alot of time to mastering all those elements but I accept the fact that harmony and melody are not new and have been pretty much explored to their fullest.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad but unlike the foundation of a house, in EDM , you don't need a chord progression. You can just stay on the same root note and still make something interesting as I have argued before because really, what is changing in music and making music interesting is not chords or melodies but rather production and sound design. It is nice if you can do both but I really strongly believe that harmony is not as important as production and soundesign . It sounds weird coming from someone that has dedicated alot of time to mastering all those elements but I accept the fact that harmony and melody are not new and have been pretty much explored to their fullest.

Yeah i agree 100% and i have made plenty tracks myself which doesnt contain a single chord.

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I suppose it would be nice if producers were interested in more aspects of music so that you could have both worlds combined in a way that wasn't so obvious and mediocre.

This is an interesting convo...

I don't think at all that chord progressions are only the basis for a good track, I think that good melodies and progressions ARE a good track, as long as the production is sufficiently good not to be distracting.

But I also think that you can have a great track without melody, a more percussive track perhaps.

I think my point is, IF you're going to have the melody front and centre (as you usually do in trance) then you'd better make sure its a good one, and an original one, because otherwise your tracks are going to be boring. My point is, IF you're doing melody, then make it original, otherwise leave it out, or just treat it as a side issue, rather than making it the focus.

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Originally posted by JEO ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0an-7IxSI whwwhww ftw.

I reposted this to my facebook. What a laugh

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Originally posted by -FSP- I would like to give a shout out to A minor, E minor, and G# minor.

lol

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

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Originally posted by JEO ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0an-7IxSI whwwhww ftw.

Holy shit!

This is exactly whats wrong with Trance today.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney I suppose it would be nice if producers were interested in more aspects of music so that you could have both worlds combined in a way that wasn't so obvious and mediocre.

totally agree with you there. If you are going to go with harmony and melody, put some effort into it so it isn't completely mundane.

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Originally posted by JEO ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n0an-7IxSI whwwhww ftw.

Add this (sampled in the end of the vid you linked):

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad I suppose it would be nice if producers were interested in more aspects of music so that you could have both worlds combined in a way that wasn't so obvious and mediocre.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad totally agree with you there. If you are going to go with harmony and melody, put some effort into it so it isn't completely mundane.

I wish I agreed with my own posts, but since I just make it up as I'm typing it, it's all just gibberish anyway.

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hahahahaha

wtf , I thought I was quoting Kit. lol fucking psycho I am.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad hahahahaha wtf , I thought I was quoting Kit. lol fucking psycho I am.

Drinking and posting, eh? That sounds like a great idea - think I'll do the same. cheers!

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