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Subject: The Making of a Track
Original Message Date: 13-Aug-98 @ 05:17 AM - The Making of a Track
Do you have a set routine? If so, what is it? Or, do you do it differently each time?
What usually inspires you?
Message 11/26 13-Aug-98 @ 12:27 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
Doh ! I aint knocked anything up in years ! Ever since I started commuting to London in fact. Time is the most important factor to me. Gaining inspiration is easy, but when you sit down on the gear to develop idea's you find that you have to stop just as things are getting going, because you need to be up early to get a train into London ! I cant afford to be distracted by the girlfriend shouting upstairs to me "fancy a cup of tea ?", my reply is usually "no fuck off I'm trying to work on something here, leave me alone !".
Before I worked in London I had adequate time, my life was less stressfull and the creativity flowed like lager.
I knocked up a total of just over 3 hours of music in 1 year.
Now after being a suit for 5 years I've knocked out about 30 minutes worth !!!!!!!!
I need some serious disapline. and some more time.
Message 12/26 13-Aug-98 @ 01:01 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
i just took three days off work and did the most exciting stuff musically i've even got close to all summer.
looking forward to getting back to manchester for a while...
Message 13/26 13-Aug-98 @ 01:44 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
I almost never work off of music, and rarely do I start a song with a synth line or a drum beat.
Message 14/26 13-Aug-98 @ 02:33 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
i might have this weird rhythm going on in my head, which makes me fire up the gear and start banging it out. from there i start layering stuff, a bassline, or a melody. for each part i usually start by searching presets for something that sounds almost right - don't give a fuck about notes at this point, just texture or color. then i start editing the preset to make it sound more right, or maybe i'll take what i like from it and create something new. then i just start playing until something cool (musically) pops up. start looping, adding, etc. everything basic at first, details later.
or, i might have a guitar or bass riff that i want to work into a song. so i'll prog a rhythm for it, drop in a bassline. start processing stuff to make it sound weird, which hopefully will give me ideas for the next part.
or i'll dredge up a really cool sample and just start playing with it. i think that's an industrial thing... i've based a number of songs around one really neat sample - in the end, maybe noone even notices it, but it defines the song.
Message 15/26 13-Aug-98 @ 06:33 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
-Craig
Message 16/26 14-Aug-98 @ 08:08 AM - RE: The Making of a Track
Message 17/26 14-Aug-98 @ 09:32 AM - RE: The Making of a Track
Message 18/26 14-Aug-98 @ 06:16 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
Message 19/26 14-Aug-98 @ 08:52 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
Errrr.... it just comes from inspriation i suppose, when i heard that album by the Crystal Method i was blown away the tunes you hear makes you think of your own ideas, no idea how, and i didn't emerge from my room for weeks on end..... another was seeing Fatboy Slim at "The End", i just got so inspired by that it kept me making tunes night after night...... it just happens like that i suppose....
Message 20/26 17-Aug-98 @ 01:57 PM - RE: The Making of a Track
-C
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