Learning about people's processes

[Ale_K]

So I was looking at Alex's Melodic Asperation and I was thinking, like how does anyone even begin to make something that good?

Oh. I just saw this thread but I can explain my process for MA. 

Basically I started with the chorus. I was messing around with certain timbres looking for dubstep like sounds. 

I then moved into the first break down which I figured out some dubstep fx from previous experimentation with Bobby Crawford. 

Then I was at a point where I was lazy and couldn't figure out an intro, so I just made a buildup before the chorus and use some of the elements from that for the intro. 

I then went for the 2nd break down. I saw lopyt do a triangle synth so I attempted something similar. 


The rest is just basic simple song structure and layering. 
My mental process for layering is just fill out the frequencies. I usually have a solid idea of general instruments timbres. This makes it easier to come up with instrument layers. I also stick to instruments I know sound good together by either experimentation, or from other people's experience.

If you want me to go further on my methodology, I have a lecture on my YouTube channel.