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Shonky wrote:

Corpsey wrote:Obviously some people are just geniuses but the vast majority of producers I think it comes down to hard work/luck whether or not they come up with something really good.

I bet a lot of producers who release tunes make a whole heap of shit/average tunes. Think I read a quote from Intalex somewhere where he said Calibre makes about 40 tunes a week and the vast majority are rubbish but he still makes a couple of sick ones a week.

I think 40 might be pushing it a bit, that'd be just over 4 hours per track and that's not including sleep or anything.

Depends really what someon classes as a tune. Do they mean they have a full 6 minutes of music down? Does that mean they just copied and pasted the first 8 bars all the way down or what? Or is it just a 2 minute long thing that they might work on later.

manray wrote:

Shonky wrote:

Corpsey wrote:Obviously some people are just geniuses but the vast majority of producers I think it comes down to hard work/luck whether or not they come up with something really good.

I bet a lot of producers who release tunes make a whole heap of shit/average tunes. Think I read a quote from Intalex somewhere where he said Calibre makes about 40 tunes a week and the vast majority are rubbish but he still makes a couple of sick ones a week.

I think 40 might be pushing it a bit, that'd be just over 4 hours per track and that's not including sleep or anything.

Depends really what someon classes as a tune. Do they mean they have a full 6 minutes of music down? Does that mean they just copied and pasted the first 8 bars all the way down or what? Or is it just a 2 minute long thing that they might work on later.

im talking about whole songs - that lack the copy/paste mentality as much as possible. There is a certain copy/paste mentality that is necessary in dance music though

I am no 'top producer' but I usually have about 2-3 on the go, sometimes I complete a tune on a hour sometimes takes me weeks.. No on bothers listening to my stuff part from my mates when I make them listen to it so I guess my input doesn't matter

Roqqert wrote:only start a new one when the 1 before is finished.

(or it should be rly inspireless)

the hardest thing on producing tracks is finish it

He's back !

back on topic

depends how much time I have.
Sometimes a tune just makes itself
..sometimes spend months and months tweaking

Yeah well to be honest I got that 40 from the reliable source 'Corpsey's wild imagination' so its probably a tad innaccurate

I have well over 400 saved FL tracks. Maybe 50-70 have been bounced down. 10 ok. 1 good. So i can only imagine what kind of goodies are hiding away on a Benga or skream computer!!!

On a general rule - i try to lay down some drums during the week - the fri night stay up all night writing the rest of the track.

Sometimes tho i will pump out 2 tracks during the week - and rest on friday night. Just depends with all the other factors in life.

Corpsey wrote:Obviously some people are just geniuses but the vast majority of producers I think it comes down to hard work/luck whether or not they come up with something really good.

I bet a lot of producers who release tunes make a whole heap of shit/average tunes. Think I read a quote from Intalex somewhere where he said Calibre makes about 40 tunes a week and the vast majority are rubbish but he still makes a couple of sick ones a week.

yeah, i read somwhere that high contrast made like 100 tunes for his albm, and then he and the label carefully selected 14 from that 100. i think i need to get more like that, and release less, but make what i release, the best.

it's hard though, when you're feeling a tune that you made and you think "this is it!" after your done. your perception is pretty clouded.

I like to keep it pretty fluid as dont just produce Dubstep, I think you can get too bogged down just focusing on one track at a time. When your going through your samples and you just stumble on a synth sound or drum loop which doesnt fit with what your doing but is sick why not start a new arrangement and stick it in a sampler? You can always go back to the track you were working on and sometimes an ear break from listening to the same thing over and over can give you a fresh out look when you go back to it.

It all depends on what works for you at the time though really.

I try and aim to get a least 2 tracks a week bounced down, I then listen to them and remaster them till I'm happy, but this process could be months after its initially bounced down, or it gets canned. I aint no 'top producer' though just saying what I do

Fucking hell? Some people saying 20 tracks a week? Even 5 seems quite a lot.

Do none of you have jobs?!!

I generally only ever have 1 or 2 on the go but my approach to making tunes is extremely slow and obsessive.

It needs to change.

not necessarily osk.. unless its not working for you, then change your style up. but if you like what you do who cares how long it takes to come together.


i too wonder if people have jobs.. id love to have that much time to make music but then i wouldnt have a place to make it because i wouldnt be able to pay my rent...

normally minimum 1 max 5 per week

if i'm really focused on making tunes, i can push out 2 a week. but only for like 2 weeks, then i go back into my shell

thats when i have time though.

For me, the joy is in crafting a tune over time, not in banging out concepts. But each to their own I guess. There are pros and cons to both methods.

think it's benga that does about 6-10 per week or something