Puppet
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I've been going through my ipod, listening to r&b and hip hop tracks, and I've realized that aside from drums and the bass, there are only about 3-5 other instruments being added to the song.
If you're anything like me, you probably have spent hours adding new instruments to make it sound better, but I've noticed that the best instrumentals only use about 3-5, some of the best ones only use 1 to 2! for example: Meek Mill ft. Drake - Amen! that song only uses piano and organs, yet it's explosive and the beat is one of my favs this year!
If you really want that BIG SOUND like a big band playing... sorta like Justice League type stuff, they use about 7 instruments, but even then, they only feature 4 at a time, and for the next bar they'll take away the 3 from that initial 4 and add an ADDITIONAL 3, so really it's only 4 instruments at a time playing.
I wanna save time for anybody whose starting out, I've spent a good 3-4 years not knowing that sometimes, less is more.
Take this advice and save yourself sometime... spend time picking the RIGHT sound,but only a FEW sounds ya feel me? the less the better in my opinion !
If you're anything like me, you probably have spent hours adding new instruments to make it sound better, but I've noticed that the best instrumentals only use about 3-5, some of the best ones only use 1 to 2! for example: Meek Mill ft. Drake - Amen! that song only uses piano and organs, yet it's explosive and the beat is one of my favs this year!
If you really want that BIG SOUND like a big band playing... sorta like Justice League type stuff, they use about 7 instruments, but even then, they only feature 4 at a time, and for the next bar they'll take away the 3 from that initial 4 and add an ADDITIONAL 3, so really it's only 4 instruments at a time playing.
I wanna save time for anybody whose starting out, I've spent a good 3-4 years not knowing that sometimes, less is more.
Take this advice and save yourself sometime... spend time picking the RIGHT sound,but only a FEW sounds ya feel me? the less the better in my opinion !