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hardest part of making a song (pg. 3)
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| D-res |
| getting a solid melody or a good bassline is always the hardest for me |
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| Dj Pyster |
| I third that one. |
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| Elfs1der |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vizay
well anyway, for me the hardest part is getting to the stage when youre supposed to structure the whole song up. I have lots and lots of 16 bar loops with some pretty nice stuff going on but I can never get myself to start structuring up the track and giving it it's form. |
I'm right there with you! |
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| azndragon0613 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Derivative
finishing a song and liking it by the end of it.
the more i keep forcing it the more it shows in the finished product and it nearly always ends up getting discarded. too often i overwork a song until i hate it. |
I sometimes get that too...like i have so many ideas and I try to get everything in together...but things dont' work sometimes and it frustrates me...particularly with all the interlockign melodies and stuff. I guess sometimes when you put so much together...the song looses its feel and it sounds too random... likign a song at the end is pretty hard |
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| MaxC |
Two things:
1. Bridges/Transitions - I could listen to some parts of my songs on loop and enjoy them, but when it comes to transitioning from one part to another, the result is often underwhelming and contrived.
2. Mixing - Not as big of a problem as the first, but it would be nice to not have to shoe-horn some elements into the mix. |
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| Lombardo |
| fx and drumrolls. You think it would be the fun part of making a track. Adding all the fx and finishing touches on, but I hate it. |
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| Cloudburst |
| quote: | Originally posted by Derivative
finishing a song and liking it by the end of it.
95% of all the stuff i produce is unfinished. whilst every new song my kicks, hats, leads all sound better produced than the last the point is i can never put it together into one package and feel like ive made a good tune at the end of it. its still all very disparate. i have alot of ideas, but they dont often sit well together. the more i keep forcing it the more it shows in the finished product and it nearly always ends up getting discarded. too often i overwork a song until i hate it. and you cant write good music if you hate what you are producing. someone said that the worst artistic crime you can make is to not finish what you started and im inclined to agree. forgot who said it though. its hard to remain focused on a song from beginning to end unless you are experienced enough where you can bosh up whole tracks in a few hours - what a way to capitalise on momentum. but to get to the stage where you can do that you have to ed it up a million and one times before you consistantly get it right. |
This problem didn't excist for me when I started producing, but now it happens all the time... People have said that a clip was awesome, then I was unable to wrap up the whole tune... :/ |
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| Zombie0729 |
| percussion, i always feel so unoriginal with whatever i end up using. I get frustrated too because percussion in songs is some of my favorite parts. |
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| azndragon0613 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloudburst
People have said that a clip was awesome, then I was unable to wrap up the whole tune... :/ |
I know what you mean |
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| DJ-Igloo |
Hardest parts for me seem to be the minior elements in tracks that give them that little "hey dude thats neato effect"
Ive got good comments about my tracks from Producers from perry o neil to armin but it seems that with out that shizam the track is boring and i would agree with them.
heres the parts I all ways struggle with when im working on a track
1. Fx
2. Basslines
3. Transitions
put working non stop everyday im learing new things. |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| quote: | Originally posted by krivi
equalizing
i just don't have ear for that... |
It's not only about having an ear for it. :)
First, you need a clean, flat frequency setup of course to be able to hear the differences accurately, and second (and most important), you need a lot of patience.
It's taken me about three years to finally become confident using EQ. Start out following EQ charts such as this excellent one: http://www.recordingeq.com/EQ/req0900/primer.htm, and after a year or two, step out of the circle by checking with spectrum analysers and finding the exact frequency you're needing to boost/cut. After a while, it then starts becoming second nature as you start picking the frequencies out much more easily. As I said though, you need patience as it takes time. :) |
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| wayfinder |
| The hardest part for me is structuring the song after the initial buildup/chorus(main part) phase.. I have dozens of tracks that just end after the first main part, and I can't seem to find out how to progress from there. It's as if I've said everything there was to say already :( |
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