How can I make my songs more danceable?

[XavierC]

I've tried upping the tempo slightly, changing drum patterns and varying the oscillator speed on the bass. All my songs sound like depressing 'sit in a corner and meditate while headbanging' type music.

[E-T-F]

its allllllllll about the mood of the whole track, changing tempo, oscillators will really do nothing. aim to make a dance song from the beginning instead of changing it later. a good way to go about it is upbeat melody's.

[saint1]

Hats

[legend4ry]

Hats

[press]

add more notes in your sub line.

[GothamHero]

Make brostep.

[oprs]

Make brostep.

i think he meant getting people grooving to the music
not knocking each other senseless because "That drop was so brutaaall jgkrjg;lk"

OP, hats. incidentals, good stabs and a nice melody. Dont be afraid to use owl hoots. Worked for cluekid

[Heartless]

Resampling.

[hutyluty]

Make house.

[Grumblex]

Resampling.

FUCKING LOL


i hope u were joking

[ChadDub]

Use Massive.

[hasezwei]

Hats.


also bitcrusher on the master. and massive.

[RandoRando]

4 on the floor kick throughout the whole song with a very very veryy very very very very low pitched melodic saw

[blinx]

make POPpier sounding progression and melodies. Major scales/chords and more notes.

Also sample the "everybody dance now" clip and use it before your bass drops in... surely people will have to dance once they hear that on the floor.

[GothamHero]

Make house.

Haha, this. This is what I should have said.

Try your hands at some Electro, Progressive, French, and Disco House.

Or fuck all that altogether and make some EuroDance and Hardstyle c;
Then when that's done, make the tempo 140 and throw in some dub influences, then let me hear it, haha.

[hasezwei]

Make house.

Haha, this. This is what I should have said.

Try your hands at some Electro, Progressive, French, and Disco House.

Or fuck all that altogether and make some EuroDance and Hardstyle c;
Then when that's done, make the tempo 140 and throw in some dub influences, then let me hear it, haha.

we already have that, it's called doctor p. by dub influence i'm assuming you mean the sound of dentist's drills right? cause that's the essence of dub after all.

[E-T-F]

and OP has left the building!

[darigan]

Any element of a track can make it danceable. Most focus on Drums and Bass but you can have more melody driven stuff like Joker aswell.
Don't think there is one quick answer, but just try improve your drum sequencing and bass lines.
Working on track at the moment, its still in the early stages, still pretty rough but the beat at the start has quiet a strong pace to it but its still half time and its still just 141 bpm - N.B. The bass needs to be reworked, going to get it moving with the beat more:

Soundcloud

I find listening to some 2 step can always help with ideas for swinging groovin dancey beats.

OR

just pass around a few Disco biscuits, that usually gets the crowd going

[GothamHero]

Make house.

Haha, this. This is what I should have said.

Try your hands at some Electro, Progressive, French, and Disco House.

Or fuck all that altogether and make some EuroDance and Hardstyle c;
Then when that's done, make the tempo 140 and throw in some dub influences, then let me hear it, haha.

we already have that, it's called doctor p. by dub influence i'm assuming you mean the sound of dentist's drills right? cause that's the essence of dub after all.

Oh man, I actually haven't heard a Doctor P track in so long. Last one I heard was his Sick Tonight remix, then I got bored of him and his whole label. I'm guessing he's still bad then.

Oh well, brb, sampling some dentist drilling noises. I'm not going to land a spot on the Hyperdub label, and do a collab with Blake without it.

[slothrop]

its allllllllll about the mood of the whole track, changing tempo, oscillators will really do nothing.

Jokes thread, but this is the one innit. There's nothing wrong with sit-in-a-corner music, but if you want to make people dance you have to have that in mind from the word go...