I think I had been in Berlin for maybe less than 24 hours when I heard from my friends who happen to be some Techno hardware genies. They needed to stash their gear. I showed them my little roll-up piano. One of them is also an ableton wizard of 14 years. Next thing you know we were making a techno track. B was doing the beats while I did the elements on top & had input with the beats.
This process made me realize why I was having a hard time finishing with tracks I'm producing. I realized I started the wrong way. I think because drums are in my DNA i've been starting with them first. But the ideas in my head are always catchy cool melodies with all the trimmings.
So now I'm starting with the melodies & WOW! Tracks are coming out quickly & much more easily.
I just made the weirdest fun track last night. Right now I'm calling it the Caterpillar. It will be the down tempo original. Then I'm going to chop up the elements & put some dance beats underneath it & poof. Release.
Well it's not quite that easy but I'm very happily getting the music out of my head into tracks so that's what's important. I've never been able to successfully do this before so it's huge! Go technology :-)
This process made me realize why I was having a hard time finishing with tracks I'm producing. I realized I started the wrong way. I think because drums are in my DNA i've been starting with them first. But the ideas in my head are always catchy cool melodies with all the trimmings.
So now I'm starting with the melodies & WOW! Tracks are coming out quickly & much more easily.
I just made the weirdest fun track last night. Right now I'm calling it the Caterpillar. It will be the down tempo original. Then I'm going to chop up the elements & put some dance beats underneath it & poof. Release.
Well it's not quite that easy but I'm very happily getting the music out of my head into tracks so that's what's important. I've never been able to successfully do this before so it's huge! Go technology :-)
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