How to make parts fitting in a music ?

[Roman Empire]

I dont agree what roman empire said bout emulating styles. If you wanna figure out how to make every section work with the next then thats just common sense.you dont need to mimic someone for that.

I´m fine to not be agreed with But perhaps it gives a different meaning if I make it more clear what I´m trying to say here:

By mimicing a song which you find has some elements in it that you´d like to use in your own music, but can´t get it right, by doing the track from 0 till end you get to analyze (thanks jancivil, you nailed it!) and understand everything that´s going on there.
Example: There was a record company boss who back in the 90s asked me to do something like Robert Miles did. My theoretical background is pretty diverse, so I sat and listened to "Children", wrote down how many bars for each part, key changes, significances like the offbeat bass, amount of echo on the piano, etcetc. I then had a really clear idea of what defined this new socalled "piano trance" thingy, and went on to mimic the bass sound, bass drum sound, the way closed hi´s were layered to build up tension at some points and much more. Then I threw my own idea into it, also consisting of some sitar sounds that weren´t in children, and ended up with something that was close to children stylewise, but not more close than any other piano trance stuff at the time.
The more new to making music you are, the more mimicing can be the way to learn how things are done because you get to analyse every little detail and suddenly realize that certain things you didn´t even hear in the first place, but realize how important they are to give that certain sound you´re after.
The more you grow on music, the less you have to mimic, but now and then it´s extremely helpful.

Here´s the tune btw - please bear with the quality:

https://archive.org/details/RomanEmpireSubway

All done with Roland JV-1080, no VSTs here (so it´s OLD!).

[VicDiesel]

what I don't understand is how the example in the first post, which could be made from any EDM Big Room 2014 Instant Festival Superstar Mega Sample Pack construction kit

Yes, I was disappointed listening to it after how it was billed. It's a couple of sections that kinda fit together and they each get repeated a couple of times without any variation or overall structure.

How do you make those parts fit together? Make sure to drag them all through the same compressor and reverb so that the sound stays coherent. Apart from obvious stuff like key and bpm....

Victor.

[NotreDame]

But why would they use construction kits ? Does anybody do it even ?

I am no knowledge about how people create their music, but my question is still interesting, according to the fact That they have not used construction kits...

By the way, This is the third time That people claims That This band might use construction kits.

Is There any reason to trust it ? Does producers use This kind of stuff ?

Thanks

[jancivil]

I don't think they do, but you should perhaps think about why people's assessment of the quality of their compositions is that they are pre-fabricated.

[VicDiesel]

I don't think they do, but you should perhaps think about why people's assessment of the quality of their compositions is that they are pre-fabricated.

V.

[acYm]

But why would they use construction kits ? Does anybody do it even ?

I am no knowledge about how people create their music, but my question is still interesting, according to the fact That they have not used construction kits...

By the way, This is the third time That people claims That This band might use construction kits.

Is There any reason to trust it ? Does producers use This kind of stuff ?

Thanks

"this band" LOL

this band is 1 dude who knows how to load the construction kit inside Logic, one guy who has really large triceps and another who probably fetches the drinks. I'm sure they're quite good at jumping in the air while punching the sky in a synchronized manner however.

do yourself a huge favor, listen to the album IMA by BT on repeat until you understand.

if you don't make it, then, http://sounds.beatport.com/pack/big-roo ... stars/9994

[Roman Empire]

But why would they use construction kits ? Does anybody do it even ?

I am no knowledge about how people create their music, but my question is still interesting, according to the fact That they have not used construction kits...

By the way, This is the third time That people claims That This band might use construction kits.

Is There any reason to trust it ? Does producers use This kind of stuff ?

Thanks

"this band" LOL

this band is 1 dude who knows how to load the construction kit inside Logic, one guy who has really large triceps and another who probably fetches the drinks. I'm sure they're quite good at jumping in the air while punching the sky in a synchronized manner however.

do yourself a huge favor, listen to the album IMA by BT on repeat until you understand.

if you don't make it, then, http://sounds.beatport.com/pack/big-roo ... stars/9994

Scooter´s been around for more than 2 decades, from way before there were construction kits. I can´t say whether if they use such things now to make their music but I think they are people who know how to use real gear, which of course doesn´t mean that they actually do it but that´s hard to know about anyone isn´t it?
To weaken the strength of what I´m saying, I´ve never tried any of these construction kits.

[Roman Empire]

But why would they use construction kits ? Does anybody do it even ?

I am no knowledge about how people create their music, but my question is still interesting, according to the fact That they have not used construction kits...

By the way, This is the third time That people claims That This band might use construction kits.

Is There any reason to trust it ? Does producers use This kind of stuff ?

Thanks

"this band" LOL

this band is 1 dude who knows how to load the construction kit inside Logic, one guy who has really large triceps and another who probably fetches the drinks. I'm sure they're quite good at jumping in the air while punching the sky in a synchronized manner however.

do yourself a huge favor, listen to the album IMA by BT on repeat until you understand.

if you don't make it, then, http://sounds.beatport.com/pack/big-roo ... stars/9994

Scooter´s been around for more than 2 decades, from way before there were construction kits. I can´t say whether if they use such things now to make their music but I think they are people who know how to use real gear, which of course doesn´t mean that they actually do it but that´s hard to know about anyone isn´t it?
To weaken the strength of what I´m saying, I´ve never tried any such construction kit.

[Kinh]

Here's something slightly off topic. Pizzahut pizzas are crap!!

[jancivil]

are they prefabricated

from pizza construction kits


I can't recall the last time I had one.
I remember from college days the one all night delivery pizza was Domino's
their crust was made out of cardboard