How to finish a track?

[tasemeagain]

There are so many tutorials on making beats but after i make a beat i get stuck. How do I progress and make a whole song? Any advice or resources?

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

There are so many tutorials on making beats but after i make a beat i get stuck. How do I progress and make a whole song? Any advice or resources?

I'd recommend stopping watching videos on how to make 'beats', and start watching videos on how to write music

[Boone777]

Check this book out very good IMO:

https://makingmusic.ableton.com/

[imrae]

This is the problem with working in "loop mode"; the more time you spend looping a region, the more you perfect that region to work as a loop instead of to take you to the next part of a song.

Study the structures of pieces of music you like. Don't spend too long on one part of a song until you have a larger structure in place.

You've hit one of the big challenges of composing music here, it isn't easy!

[donkey tugger]

Some stuff here;

http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/ ... cks-640305

In my view, the first is by far the most important; stop f**king about and finish it, even if it's shite.

[Zexila]

Stop making beats and make actual choruses and verses instead, start with chorus, your main theme or whatever your music got.

[DJ Warmonger]

1. Have an idea of what you want to achieve before you get started
2. Prepare lots of material before you actually get down to arrangement

[thecontrolcentre]

Talent.

[synzh]

In my case, I had to think about why I need a "track" in the first place -

I like doing this as a hobby, I don't usually produce "tracks" for others to listen to anyway, I have tons of short passages that I like the sound of, or were used for trialing things or trying combinations of plugin effects or just trying to get it to sound decent or all of the above; I don't do this for a living nor do I want to at this point.

If I feel the need to have a finished track I may take the advice listed here but most of the time I don't bother because the only one I'm doing this for is myself (and myself doesn't really need any "tracks")

[skipscada]

Render a suitable length of your loop (about the length of a verse), put it in your music player, turn off the computer, listen to it in another context and try to imagine a natural continuation when it ends. You don't even need to actually listen to it if it's firmly lodged in your head. When you have a worthwhile idea for a development, return to the computer and try to put it together. You may fail to get it exactly as you'd planned, but at least you're going places.

Also, join the monthly KVR contest. A final date for submission is a great motivator.

[Googly Smythe]

Talent.

...and imagination.

[Acid Mitch]

Talent.

...and imagination.

I often imagine I have more talent than I actually have. Wouldn’t mind it being the other way round.

[dune_rave]

How to finish a track?
-Put fadeout effect to the track, then the track is finished

[thecontrolcentre]

There are so many tutorials on making beats but after i make a beat i get stuck. How do I progress and make a whole song? Any advice or resources?

A little info about yourself would be useful. Do you play an instrument, for example? When you say "make a beat", what do you mean by that?

[Googly Smythe]

There are no easy solutions to this question. Whatever path you choose will require much application and much time. Music is an art, music making is a craft. Music should be in your soul.
As for me, I don't even open my DAW unless I have a very good idea of what I want to do. Melodies and song frameworks pop into my head from the nth dimension, or so it seems, because I'm buggered if I know where my ideas come from. Only then do I start recording.