How Long Does It Take You To Finish A Song?
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- KVRer
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- 3 posts since 6 Oct, 2022
Hi ya'll - I was just thinking about how long it takes me to finish a song top to bottom. Sometimes it takes me 1 day, sometime 1 week, sometimes 1 year. I find that if I try to force it too much it just doesn't happen, I mean it can but for songs that are dear to my heart I try to really give it the time and space it needs to have it's own sonic journey.
I made this video on Youtube about it - can anyone relate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... =emb_title
I made this video on Youtube about it - can anyone relate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... =emb_title
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- KVRian
- 1373 posts since 9 Jan, 2018
Sounds exactly right!Sungate records wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:26 pm Sometimes it takes me 1 day, sometime 1 week, sometimes 1 year.
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- KVRAF
- 10264 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
Sounds exactly right!Watchful wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:01 pmSounds exactly right!Sungate records wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:26 pm Sometimes it takes me 1 day, sometime 1 week, sometimes 1 year.
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- 4014 posts since 29 Jun, 2011 from USA
You guys finish songs?
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- 10264 posts since 7 Sep, 2006 from Roseville, CA
Ooooh, no I misread the question and thought it said "Finnish" songs. Yeah, it takes me up to a year to translate my songs to Finnish, but I never actually finish any songs, what with all the translations and stuff..
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They are never finished, they are just let out as they are.
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- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
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Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 31 Oct, 2022
I have found this changes for me depending on the style/genre of song.
At the quickest - If its a simple Hip Hop instrumental that a rapper will get on then the idea can be put down and arranged in 3 hours in the morning and then have it mixed that afternoon ready for the next day. So yeh easy in a 1 day.
If its a downtempo electronic song or something where theres more nuance,details,modulation etc then sure I can get the foundational idea and melodic structure done and arranged in a day but all the transitions, arrangement nuances, creative details and mixing can take a few days to a few weeks. Tracks that take longer then that have normally been because I put them aside to work on something else and come back to them later.
And of course sometimes the idea just sucks and you bail on the song completely or you lose inspiration and just put the song aside for a while because there is an element of something good in it and then just revisit it years later.
I noticed my personal state of wellbeing and health can dictate how quickly a song gets done to.
Better physical health, quicker results.
So many factors beyond just "working harder" lol.
At the quickest - If its a simple Hip Hop instrumental that a rapper will get on then the idea can be put down and arranged in 3 hours in the morning and then have it mixed that afternoon ready for the next day. So yeh easy in a 1 day.
If its a downtempo electronic song or something where theres more nuance,details,modulation etc then sure I can get the foundational idea and melodic structure done and arranged in a day but all the transitions, arrangement nuances, creative details and mixing can take a few days to a few weeks. Tracks that take longer then that have normally been because I put them aside to work on something else and come back to them later.
And of course sometimes the idea just sucks and you bail on the song completely or you lose inspiration and just put the song aside for a while because there is an element of something good in it and then just revisit it years later.
I noticed my personal state of wellbeing and health can dictate how quickly a song gets done to.
Better physical health, quicker results.
So many factors beyond just "working harder" lol.