Creative Ideas

[skyrise82]

Hello everyone, so whenever you sit down in front of your interface or software and being thinking of how you want to construct your music, is it better to begin with the melody and build the rest of the song around that melody, or is it easier to start with an intro? Thanks so much! -Scott

 

[Milo Burke]

Scott,

I usually start with the main song itself, not the intro. Sometimes I start with the melody, sometimes I start with percussion. Which instrument you start on tends to change the outcome of the song.

I think the intro is a pretty bad place to start. Just like writing a paper: how can you summarize what you will write when you haven't written it yet? Make the song first, then the intro can build into it once it's nearing completion.

 

[KonKossKang]

That question has an answer.
"It depends on the person, how they feel about it, what they're trying to do and why it is being done".

That's an arrangement question. Which is music theory.
Beatmaking is basic music theory so everyone already knows basic theory.
Which means it depends :]

Breaking things down into categories always helps.
Like breaking down individual patterns in a daw or...automation tricks.
Or sound design[synthesizing and sampling]
Or arranging [clicking or playing parts ina piano roll/step sequencer]

It depends on everything.