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another important one: when you start with drums, DONT spend 2 hours working on that snare unless youre not planning on doing a tune in that session.
once you have a fully written tune you can sit down and replace the drums one by one, with all the time in the world not having to worry about losing your creative idea because basically the song is already finished.
even better, once you got the whole thing written you really know each and every element and can give them the space they need. im sure you all know it when you finally got everything eq'd properly and sitting nice in the mix but then you notice somethings still lacking but no matter what you will add now it will completely fuck up the balance between channels you've just spent 2 hours on.
don't waste your time, keep the creative (including sound design) and the technical work separate.

^^ Fully agree


If something isn't working, discard it and move on. Nothing kills my flow faster than dancing the '2hr EQ Shuffle' with my partner 'Mismatched Snare'

wub wrote:Isn't the capstone the bit that goes on top i.e. finishes off the pyramid, instead of starting it?

If you are inclined, think a little more deeply, Wub, I know you are capable.

I start however i'm feeling at the time.I can build a drop and then add an intro or the other way round.I mean sometimes i just set there making beats and start adding bass,sound effects or melody and then just choose parts from that to use in the intro.I especially like working transitions,i normally get the intro and drop pretty rough but work really hard on made edits for the build before the drop,i find with this i can then use parts for little edits inbetween bars and stuff to add a lot more interest.
So yeah i have no fixed way of working,just depends on what i'm doing at that moment in time,i have 4 tracks all planned out for the next few weeks so i will start amassing audio and working a little bit of sound design so when it comes to making the tracks i won't have anything to slow up my flow.This is how i find my tunes coming together so quick in recent months,i just simply make sure i stay in my zone and try hard not to get sidetracked.