I have a problem, and that problem is that when I make a track I have trouble adding enough variation into it so it doesn't get boring. I try and change the drums up every sixteen bars with a different fill, add variation to the synth line, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
So I wanted to ask you guys, how do you keep a tune interesting?
I seem to have this problem quite a bit as well but I seem to have worked out a work around
Once you get the main flow after the drop try to bash out quick variations straight away. Don't worry about the sound or the mix just yet, just make loads of variations while you are still in the vibe.
Otherwise I find if I listen to the main drop on loop for ages tweaking the mix I find it had to imagine anything else and get locked in the loop and can't deviate from it.
Then you should have a load of variations to use at the end of phases or sometimes a variation to take the track on a completely different tangent but still fit the flow
had enough of those, so if an idea itself in its beginning form is not changing enough its not worth doing IMO, and is another exercise in loop creation/mixing...
my advise as would be that maybe suttle variations may work for you such as more back ground fx and try varying the beat more for example every 4 bars adding a little beat variation (maybe by just adding an extra snare or kick) every 8 bars add a roll/fill the the beat and on the 16th adding a larger roll/build up. IMO if you have a good enough and interesting enough bline/melody then try not to overdo it. Bound your melody and then tweak a few of the settings on your synth or maybe tweak any fx on your melody and bounce each time you do that so then you have a few variations of you melody.
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by junglist06: 26-10-2009 15:30.
Just listen to Spor or any of those dudez. The tunes can be broken down into like 6 major parts some lasting only 8 or 16 bars. First we have the intro atmosphere and hits and sometimes some filtered drums or something and then we are introduced to the beat which itself has variation every few measures. You just want to have a level of complexity where you dont get bored or the beat is so slamming you want to hear it over and over again. But really you can break your tune down into like 6 different loops which could stand out on their own as good loops. They all have to have the same idea and vibe and be in the same key and often tempo. But just listen to a lot of drum and bass because this is a real problem. Check my track Spellbound for a little example. I tried to keep the attention for the whole song.
