10-05-2021, 09:45 AM
I discourage making a chord prog before the melody. The melody is usually a foal point and it should be used to imply the chord prog and rhythm. Starting with percussion works sometimes but not as reliable as starting with a melody. It can hrlp to get a feel for the melody you have in your head and so I usually copy and paste a simple ass drum beat first before I record anything
What makes modern music interesting is dissonance, in harmony and rhythm. Harmonic dissonance is when notes are played at the same time start to get angry because they are too close together. Notes are like rowdy children and usually its best to keep them apart,however you can use their anger to give your chords certain emotions. Take for example C4 and B5. Played at the same time they are very not nice to each other, but when we add E4 and G4 we can manipulate their resentment to suit our own needs for the song.
Rhythmic dissonance is basically having notes off the metronome time that really gets the song grooving. I called it dissonanve because a beat is the same as a note played really really low, technically they are the same but we don't hear them as notes past the 20hz threshold. Anyways adding notes off the beat can really make a song great,in fact you can make entire songs that are just drums off the beat and it will sound great. Having your rhythm down really is the key to making your songs sound good.
Structure is where I see most people fail when creating music, and I haven't mastered it myself so my apologies for being vague. Just remember that sections MUST flow well to each other and not go off on random sounding tangents.
Next step is mixing your song and selecting instrumemts. Instruments can be pretty rowdy too but they don't sound good when they are over each other. Make sure to give them volumes that reflect their importamce (PS drums are always #1 importance) and pan away instruments that aren't focal like main melody, bass, kick, and snare.
After all that is done see if you can get feedback by sending yoyr song at Chat
What makes modern music interesting is dissonance, in harmony and rhythm. Harmonic dissonance is when notes are played at the same time start to get angry because they are too close together. Notes are like rowdy children and usually its best to keep them apart,however you can use their anger to give your chords certain emotions. Take for example C4 and B5. Played at the same time they are very not nice to each other, but when we add E4 and G4 we can manipulate their resentment to suit our own needs for the song.
Rhythmic dissonance is basically having notes off the metronome time that really gets the song grooving. I called it dissonanve because a beat is the same as a note played really really low, technically they are the same but we don't hear them as notes past the 20hz threshold. Anyways adding notes off the beat can really make a song great,in fact you can make entire songs that are just drums off the beat and it will sound great. Having your rhythm down really is the key to making your songs sound good.
Structure is where I see most people fail when creating music, and I haven't mastered it myself so my apologies for being vague. Just remember that sections MUST flow well to each other and not go off on random sounding tangents.
Next step is mixing your song and selecting instrumemts. Instruments can be pretty rowdy too but they don't sound good when they are over each other. Make sure to give them volumes that reflect their importamce (PS drums are always #1 importance) and pan away instruments that aren't focal like main melody, bass, kick, and snare.
After all that is done see if you can get feedback by sending yoyr song at Chat