Invisible Robot Hands wrote:I said it once, and I'll say it again:
(lsdj)
Step 1: Create rough bare bones of the song, with various melodies/basslines/drum beats/etc. at the ready, to be triggered nonlinear...ly. This ensures unique (albeit occasionally batshit nonsensical) performances of the song.
Step 2: Spread out some empty chains and surround them with breakdowns/bridges, so that you can actively place notes into them and smoothly build up a melody/beat/whatever you subtracted, as the pattern plays out (Timing this requires some practice)
Step 3: Alternate endings or something
Step 4: Cry and give up and use lsdj keyboard (or famitracker's keyboard mode on a laptop)That's exatly what I do. As I'm first of all a techno artist, that use to play live with machines and synths, I instinctively (not sure about this word ... sorry) make music by creating patterns and arranging them live.
I just prefer it because I don't see the appeal of essentially lying to a crowd of people by jumping up and down and doing nothing. At the very least, people could solo/mute channels and change parameters/octaves/etc.
Step 2 was really fucking hard to get good at, but the practice pays off when you can just have pentatonic arpeggios and shit rip into the track out of nowhere. Having perfect pitch kind of helps too, since you basically have to write stuff into chains without being able to hear it while you're writing.
Last edited by Invisible Robot Hands (Jun 12, 2013 3:08 am)
