by Lasagna Pirate » Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:14 pm
Here’s an idea to song writing I’d like to explore.
Start with an album.
-Create a folder right now and give it the album name .
-In that folder create 8-10 folders and give them names... these are your tracks.
-Now create a session in your daw for each of the track folders. Give each track a theme.
In the session start with a marker track and a tempo track (I’m using Cubase but I assume other daws have similar)
-choose a tempo.
-In the Marker Track , mark zones for intro, Verse, chorus etc,. .... but label them with a word, any word. It could be something that relates to the theme of the track or random.
-I. The track lane create a few folder tracks .... bass leads, vocals .... etc.,
-start drawing in ‘parts’ in the intro verse chorus etc sections and label the drum bass leads whatever. In their respective folder tracks.( keep in mind you haven’t even touched instruments yet!)
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- Before warming up any instruments do these set up steps in each of the song folders.
- once you have a general structure set up ... then you start with some chords or drums .
Build a container then fill it.
And so on.... basically work from the top down. Instead of from the bottom up....
instead of starting with a loop , building on a loop,... adding to it ....
make sense?
(I’ll flesh this out later!)
yes ... I should back up my ideas and write some proper tunes, with my own advice
Here’s an idea to song writing I’d like to explore.
Start with an album.
-Create a folder right now and give it the album name .
-In that folder create 8-10 folders and give them names... these are your tracks.
-Now create a session in your daw for each of the track folders. Give each track a theme.
In the session start with a marker track and a tempo track (I’m using Cubase but I assume other daws have similar)
-choose a tempo.
-In the Marker Track , mark zones for intro, Verse, chorus etc,. .... but label them with a word, any word. It could be something that relates to the theme of the track or random.
-I. The track lane create a few folder tracks .... bass leads, vocals .... etc.,
-start drawing in ‘parts’ in the intro verse chorus etc sections and label the drum bass leads whatever. In their respective folder tracks.( keep in mind you haven’t even touched instruments yet!)
-
- Before warming up any instruments do these set up steps in each of the song folders.
- once you have a general structure set up ... then you start with some chords or drums .
Build a container then fill it.
And so on.... basically work from the top down. Instead of from the bottom up....
instead of starting with a loop , building on a loop,... adding to it ....
make sense?
(I’ll flesh this out later!)
[size=10] yes ... I should back up my ideas and write some proper tunes, with my own advice[/size]