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What are some tips youve learned over the years that you still use daily? (pg. 2)
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| music2dance2 |
| Learn to start over if something isnt working. ( dont do enough though lol) |
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| Morvan |
| Learn to keep working on that one little flaw. If you face it once, chances are you'll face it again. But if you fix it the first time, you may be able to prevent it before it happens again. |
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| Acton |
| Alcohol fuels my creativity, I use this knowledge daily. |
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| Subtle |
| One of the things i have learned is that fully completing a track can take weeks or months, even when its almost finished. |
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| Nightshift |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
One of the things i have learned is that fully completing a track can take weeks or months, even when its almost finished. |
THIS. |
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| doublenegative |
Sorry, but the day I take music production advice from DJ Robby Rox is the day that hell freezes over.
This is the guy who posts ten threads a week about how he can't make a bassline properly, or can't figure out how to install Fruity Loops. Jesus. |
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
One of the things i have learned is that fully completing a track can take weeks or months, even when its almost finished. |
2 to 3 days max for me - if it aint finished after that then i usually dont think its worth finishing
some things i try to keep doing, dunno if i would call them tips:
No soloing tracks - no soloing reverbs - listen to everything "in the mix"
mix at low volume
try not to look at meters or sequencer scrolling across - listen instead
make sure kick and bass are working together properly
try and keep as much space in the track as possible (difficult :mad: )
evaluate if the track is goin anywhere or if it has potential - if not, scrap it and start again. |
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| mfitterer1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
2 to 3 days max for me - if it aint finished after that then i usually dont think its worth finishing
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You're limiting yourself. |
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
2 to 3 days max for me |
I have some tracks that has taken me up to 4 years to complete. |
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| Storyteller |
| Commit or quit. If a sound takes too long to sit properly inside the mix ditch it and start over otherwise you'll never finish. |
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| Eric J |
| Simplify, simplify, simplify. I'm always amazed at how much stuff I add to my tracks at composition time, that ends up getting muted at mixdown time. Don't throw everything into your tracks. Most good tracks are very simple when you get down to the meat of it. A good track should make a singular statement. Make that statement and move on. |
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| derail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
I have some tracks that has taken me up to 4 years to complete. |
Yes, there's no rule on minimum or maximum length of time. And it varies for a given producer, as well. Maybe they can get a song together in a day, do the finishing/polishing the next day, and it's done. Maybe next time they'll start a tune, and come back to it every now and then and let it slowly take shape.
Fantastic songs have been made in a day or two. Fantastic songs have been made in a year or two. There are probably examples of fantastic songs being made in a decade or two, though we'd be talking about a different genre of music... |
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