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Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:39 pm

Some quick tips about arranging your songs, things to avoid, and ways to make the song progress better:

http://tarekith.com/7-quick-arrangement-tips/

satYatunes · Post by **satYatunes** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:48 pm

Those are some nice tips, thanks for sharing. Very helpful. Just wondering what are the thoughts on point #4. I agree with it but on the other hand, I also have received feedback on my songs (not all of them though..thank god) that there are too many changes. I know there are NO rules when it comes to making music but still, what is the minimal level of changes that people expect. I know it very broad so lets narrow it a bit for the sake of discussion. Lets take one of the club hits of today.

elnn · Post by **elnn** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:17 pm

satYatunes wrote:Those are some nice tips, thanks for sharing. Very helpful. Just wondering what are the thoughts on point #4. I agree with it but on the other hand, I also have received feedback on my songs (not all of them though..thank god) that there are too many changes. I know there are NO rules when it comes to making music but still, what is the minimal level of changes that people expect. I know it very broad so lets narrow it a bit for the sake of discussion. Lets take one of the club hits of today.

Change is ok, as long as it isn't a completely different drum part or chord progression every 8 bars. there surely has to be a certain level of consistency in the song. Sometimes repeating the same phrase over and over carries great results (e.g. , minimal techno), sometimes it's just stifling. Same with changes. But what I've noticed with changes is that a linear approach to arrangement (like in classical music) doesn't work at all in more dancefloor-oriented music. Finding the balance between headphone-listenability (linear, dynamic approach) and dancefloor-friendliness (repetition) is crucial for quality music, but really hard to achieve (I myself haven't found it yet, sadly)

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:19 pm

satYatunes wrote:Those are some nice tips, thanks for sharing. Very helpful. Just wondering what are the thoughts on point #4. I agree with it but on the other hand, I also have received feedback on my songs (not all of them though..thank god) that there are too many changes. I know there are NO rules when it comes to making music but still, what is the minimal level of changes that people expect. I know it very broad so lets narrow it a bit for the sake of discussion. Lets take one of the club hits of today.

No that's a good point too, there definitely has to be some sort of flow and continuation of the ideas you have in your song. Otherwise it just comes across as pure chaos sometimes.

But I guess like you say, there's no rules either. If someone is intentionally going for that sort of chaotic feel then I guess they're more than welcome to it

Loki Fuego · Post by **Loki Fuego** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:24 pm

satYatunes wrote:Just wondering what are the thoughts on point #4. I agree with it but on the other hand, I also have received feedback on my songs (not all of them though..thank god) that there are too many changes.

If the changes you speaking about are related to changes in musical parts, then just let those parts to play a little bit longer before changing to something new.

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:12 pm

Good stuff.

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:14 pm

Very good, Thanks

7 Quick Arrangement Tips