nowaysj wrote:First question, iterated -
How much control do you exercise over a track?
Who/Where is the horse and who/where is the cart?
Do you feel that there is a song that exists, and through your process, you uncover the song?
Or, do you feel that you create the song, that you invent it, that you are the one making the song?
For context - I generally start a track by setting up a pretty generic 2step beat, switch around the sounds on the drums, untill I start to get a vibe. From there I'll jump into a b-line, or atmo, or just work more on the groove of the beat. But through the whole process, I'm just sort of trying stuff out, I don't really hear a bassline in my head and then try to reproduce it. I just start to work w/ sounds & rhythms, and when stuff works, I go with that.
Is that similar for you, or do have a specific vibe, and a specific beat that you want to make, and you make it.
Second question - (actually just a part of the first)
What roll does mood play in your music making process? Do you find that your current mood affects the track that you are working on, or do you adjust your mood to the track? And what happens when you write in one mood, and come back in a different mood?
Wicked question
Manifesting ideas is the bit that makes music so enjoyable for me,the end result of something you had in your head and enjoying it is better than anything.
I feel i know my patches,drums,bass etc very well so i know what they are capable of and what i can do with them so in turn have complete control.
There is always a thought pattern before i sit down and make a beat,usually the style of track not the actual track itself.
I try bring across a level of meloncholy but be uplifting at the same time,thought provoking stuff for the deep types.
I would love to do sound tracks for films that is my ultimate goal in music.
Hopefully when i dj out,people feel happy,sad,angry and warm all at the same time
It's going to sound wierd but i see music as landscape when i produce so i can kinda see what fits or whats going on in the track by looking at the speaker and moving things around.You starting with a beat makes perfect sense because its the anchor for the track at the end of the day,if that flows then the rest should follow.
hope that made sense
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