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Icetickle
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by Icetickle » Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:28 pm
Am I the only one sitting for hours trying to figure out the rhythm for a lead?
This is basically the only "hard" thing for me when I'm making a track.
Depth is a delusion, the deeper you look the less you see.
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SMOR3S
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by SMOR3S » Sat Apr 06, 2013 11:38 pm
Icetickle wrote:Am I the only one sitting for hours trying to figure out the rhythm for a lead?
This is basically the only "hard" thing for me when I'm making a track.
Start smashing keys on your keyboard, (if you have one.) Until you get a good sound going...
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YeahItsMe
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by YeahItsMe » Sun Apr 07, 2013 1:36 am
SMOR3S wrote:Icetickle wrote:Am I the only one sitting for hours trying to figure out the rhythm for a lead?
This is basically the only "hard" thing for me when I'm making a track.
Start smashing keys on your keyboard, (if you have one.) Until you get a good sound going...
Lol funny thing is it usually works!! Don't get stuck on it though, personally if I get stuck I'll either save and quit, trash te project, or record a lil something and move on. Odds are when you listen to it later you'll have another idea for the lead and trash your original idea or use the original for a breakfown or bridge or something.
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fragments
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by fragments » Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:16 am
Write the lead first and build everything else around it. It is the "lead" after all ;p I had trouble coming up with a melody and chord progression that really worked together.
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SMOR3S
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by SMOR3S » Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:59 am
YeahItsMe wrote:SMOR3S wrote:Icetickle wrote:Am I the only one sitting for hours trying to figure out the rhythm for a lead?
This is basically the only "hard" thing for me when I'm making a track.
Start smashing keys on your keyboard, (if you have one.) Until you get a good sound going...
Lol funny thing is it usually works!!
90% of my music, unless it's a remix, and I have midi, was from just smashing keys on my mpk mini... Idk what I would do without it ^_^
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Icetickle
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by Icetickle » Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:25 pm
I guess I'm going to smash my keyboard in the future.

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rockonin
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by rockonin » Sun Apr 07, 2013 7:29 pm
Why dont you find out what key signature your song/lead is then, then find out the chord available in the sequence (Normally chord I-IV-V have a good resolution) . Rhythm wise have you tried stabs on beat 2 and 4 of a bar?
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SUBFLEX
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by SUBFLEX » Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:23 pm
i think the best thing to do when you are lost is to lay down a basic tonic/domininant tonic/subdominant phrase and just slowly add little embellishments in between and try just slowly make it more complex, play with note lengths, arpeggios and stuff and you will get something going dont overthink it
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