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wayoftheworld wrote:eprom gave some nice tips more about the rhythmic aspect of bleepy melodies:

as an exercise, try writing a melody on 1/8 notes at a slow bpm on your keyboard, with normal, sustained notes, and then shortening the notes and speeding up the song. then move the notes off the 1/8 notes here and there to make it sound more funky and random. the key here is funk, not randomness.

here's another trick: pick a scale. write your bassline in that scale. pick a melody synth (lead). record yourself playing ONE NOTE and make it sound as funky as you possibly can with just ONE note. the idea is to get a funky rhythm for the melody, then add the actual melodic variation later. you might want to picture yourself playing a woodblock or cowbell. melody is as much about rhythm as it is about the notes. then move the notes by hand onto other notes in the same scale or mode as the bassline. instant funk for those who can't actually play keyboards for shit (i.e. me)

dfaultuzr wrote:

wayoftheworld wrote:eprom gave some nice tips more about the rhythmic aspect of bleepy melodies:

as an exercise, try writing a melody on 1/8 notes at a slow bpm on your keyboard, with normal, sustained notes, and then shortening the notes and speeding up the song. then move the notes off the 1/8 notes here and there to make it sound more funky and random. the key here is funk, not randomness.

here's another trick: pick a scale. write your bassline in that scale. pick a melody synth (lead). record yourself playing ONE NOTE and make it sound as funky as you possibly can with just ONE note. the idea is to get a funky rhythm for the melody, then add the actual melodic variation later. you might want to picture yourself playing a woodblock or cowbell. melody is as much about rhythm as it is about the notes. then move the notes by hand onto other notes in the same scale or mode as the bassline. instant funk for those who can't actually play keyboards for shit (i.e. me)

nice tips here, do u remember where u found this eprom interview/q+a ? it wasnt on dsf right ?

mrrogers wrote:

dfaultuzr wrote:

wayoftheworld wrote:eprom gave some nice tips more about the rhythmic aspect of bleepy melodies:

as an exercise, try writing a melody on 1/8 notes at a slow bpm on your keyboard, with normal, sustained notes, and then shortening the notes and speeding up the song. then move the notes off the 1/8 notes here and there to make it sound more funky and random. the key here is funk, not randomness.

here's another trick: pick a scale. write your bassline in that scale. pick a melody synth (lead). record yourself playing ONE NOTE and make it sound as funky as you possibly can with just ONE note. the idea is to get a funky rhythm for the melody, then add the actual melodic variation later. you might want to picture yourself playing a woodblock or cowbell. melody is as much about rhythm as it is about the notes. then move the notes by hand onto other notes in the same scale or mode as the bassline. instant funk for those who can't actually play keyboards for shit (i.e. me)

nice tips here, do u remember where u found this eprom interview/q+a ? it wasnt on dsf right ?

Most likely on ghf. He's relatively active over there.