DSF's 'Oblique Strategies'

Earjax · Post by **Earjax** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:57 pm

Good thread ^^
Try something you've never tried before

jrisreal · Post by **jrisreal** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:02 am

babylonjunkies wrote:go for a piss, but leave the bathroom door open to hear your track from there.

ALLL THE TIME

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:32 am

Vocals (no not shitty movie quotes).

Use your kick like a tom; pitching it up and down.

hudson · Post by **hudson** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:58 am

legend4ry wrote:Vocals (no not shitty movie quotes).

THIS
I was really struggling to come up with songs for a while, so I sent a little 16 bar loop I had kicking around to a friend. She wrote lyrics and stuff for it and recorded a couple verses. I took them, arranged them a little, built the rest of the song around that, it ended up being probably my favorite song on my upcoming ep.

Toolman4 · Post by **Toolman4** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:18 am

Legend4ry...that tom suggestion is awesome. Never thought of that!

Spend more time on your percussion

In the context of synthesis/sample selection, fx/processing, and of course arranging. As a new producer, I have found that drums are the MOST important element for laying out your track. For the longest time, I would create drum loops that were so static. I'm sure it came from the desire to want to learn trance/prog house at first. Take care constructing your kit. When you get to arranging, for myself, working in smaller 1 and 2 bar sections worked much better for constructing a groove. Don't be in a rush to get to bass and leads. You'll be glad you took the time on your drums.

The concept of call and response will become more clear.

psychedelicatessen · Post by **psychedelicatessen** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:49 am

When in doubt, mix your bass like a pad, then grab a mic and spit some bars.
Wipe your hard drive.
(I really hate to say this, but I have no other way. . .) MOAR 808 COWBELLZ!!
Are you writing a tune or a diary entry?
Listen to your music until you like it, then keep listening until you absolutely think your shit sucks.
Take the track that is your pride and joy, and delete it.
Three double shots of vodka back to back and a guitar will make you rethink the way you make music.

I am not responsible for anything that happens to anyone who actually tries ANY of these ideas, and half of them don't work anyways.

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:57 am

hudson wrote:
legend4ry wrote:Vocals (no not shitty movie quotes).
THIS
I was really struggling to come up with songs for a while, so I sent a little 16 bar loop I had kicking around to a friend. She wrote lyrics and stuff for it and recorded a couple verses. I took them, arranged them a little, built the rest of the song around that, it ended up being probably my favorite song on my upcoming ep.

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:33 am

"Simple" is the best way

Bass are essencial but overrated, get some killer drum beat in there

That's what I tell myself haha

FluidMoShun · Post by **FluidMoShun** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:22 am

Only add sounds you're really loving the sound of.

Even if its little bits at a time..

If you're happy with each step along the way, you'll be even happier with the product

psychedelicatessen · Post by **psychedelicatessen** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:49 pm

edit: double post.

VirtualMark · Post by **VirtualMark** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:28 pm

sample a person snoring, then make a bass out of it

JTMMusicuk · Post by **JTMMusicuk** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:00 pm

put gloves on your feet and socks on your hands

3za · Post by **3za** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:18 pm

Steal a riff from the past, but play it on the instrument of the future.

Leave Blank · Post by **Leave Blank** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:59 pm

Audition your entire sample library. I guarantee, if you have a reasonable sized library, that you will get about halfway through before having that spark of inspiration that triggers an entire track.

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:07 pm

Take your MIDI drum file and plug it into an instrument channel or vice versa (plug a MIDI file of a lead or bass line into a drum channel):

use MIDI files of complicated melodic runs to play a single sample like a hi-hat.

Today · Post by **Today** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:27 pm

^ awesome idea

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:35 pm

Thanks. It's something I discovered accidentally when I was using FL years ago - sometimes the results are crap, but when it works - WHOA.

NinjaEdit · Post by **NinjaEdit** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:14 am

Ambience

Do it wrong

Change the order

Don't stop until you're finished

dubesteppe · Post by **dubesteppe** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:49 am

export what u have so far and listen to it in reverse. you'd be suprised how some things will sound better, and how other times you will hear different incorporatable rhythms

alpz · Post by **alpz** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:46 am

Take a fucking break, you need it whether you realize it or not.

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