how do you approach music when producing?
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- mnml maxi
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good topic
I don't really make minimal per-se but there is a method to my maddness.
I always start with the drums
First i lay down the basic minimal rythm of the track with the drums
then i start tuning the drums bringing them all into exact tune with eachother until they ring out in the basic tone and texture i'm looking for
usually then i can base the key of the track off of the drums then the synth parts kinda magicly jump out at me pretty quickly
i also like to throw in at least one random element that can give the entire track a kind of swirling feel
the rest is top secret
I used to go by the order out of chaos approach but i found it's hard for me to draw my soul into it that way with all the confusion.
I don't really make minimal per-se but there is a method to my maddness.
I always start with the drums
First i lay down the basic minimal rythm of the track with the drums
then i start tuning the drums bringing them all into exact tune with eachother until they ring out in the basic tone and texture i'm looking for
usually then i can base the key of the track off of the drums then the synth parts kinda magicly jump out at me pretty quickly
i also like to throw in at least one random element that can give the entire track a kind of swirling feel
the rest is top secret
I used to go by the order out of chaos approach but i found it's hard for me to draw my soul into it that way with all the confusion.
- EdoVanAsseldonk
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For most of the time I start with a melody or bassline and work from there.
I almost never start with drums as a basis of my tracks, although I've played drums for several years, I don't see them as a start of my tracks. I find it much easier to fill in the music when I have a bassline or melody or chords. It can be quit difficult to find a good melody or bassline or whatever should be the main element of a track. It usually takes me about a week to find the main theme, and another week to create the full track.
Sometimes I have an idea of a track I want to make. But that usually turn out complete the other way. So if I wanna make a heavy bassline track I end up with some really sweet song and if I wanna make a very minimalistic track I end up with a song with a bassline, some chords playing over it a melody another melody playing against it, some synths to further fill things etc.
I almost never start with drums as a basis of my tracks, although I've played drums for several years, I don't see them as a start of my tracks. I find it much easier to fill in the music when I have a bassline or melody or chords. It can be quit difficult to find a good melody or bassline or whatever should be the main element of a track. It usually takes me about a week to find the main theme, and another week to create the full track.
Sometimes I have an idea of a track I want to make. But that usually turn out complete the other way. So if I wanna make a heavy bassline track I end up with some really sweet song and if I wanna make a very minimalistic track I end up with a song with a bassline, some chords playing over it a melody another melody playing against it, some synths to further fill things etc.