Songwriting basics: how to turn a 4-bar loop into a complete track
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Loading... - Magdalena Pena
- 25 Oct 2022
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How often have you sat down at your studio desk to start a new track, come up with a great 4 or 8-bar loop and then… got completely stuck as to where to go next?
It’s easy to get lost in the groove, as your initial idea cycles round endlessly
It happens a lot more often than you’d think, with that initial burst of creativity lasting only for as long as it takes you to complete one short section of your song.
It’s easy to get so lost in the groove, as your initial idea cycles round endlessly, that your brain then flat-out refuses to entertain the concept that it might turn into anything else!
We thought we’d turn the spotlight on this common issue, hopefully giving you a few useful tools to get things moving again next time you find yourself casting around for ideas to finish your track.
In our previous tutorial, we looked at ideas for coming up with melodies over a particular set of chords, winding up with three or four different ideas that might potentially work for separate song sections.
To follow on, therefore, we’re going to demonstrate a few methods whereby these disparate melody ideas can be arranged into a full song, giving you the impetus you need to actually finish the track off properly.
So let’s dive in and see if we can come to some sort of arrangement! Read More...
