Monday, April 14, 2014

Easy Way to Make Your Own Song Melody Loops

Here's an EASY WAY TO WRITE A SONG by
MAKING YOUR OWN SONG MELODY LOOPS
This hint is for those who use a home studio...

1.  Sit at your keyboard or whatever instrument you use to record music
into your computer. Bring up your program and in a new file, create a track.

2. Hit Record and "Just Play" -- With a metronome / click track, to keep in time.

3.  Make all the notes "quantized" -- see my GARAGEBand HINTS blog for instructions... to make each quarter note exactly equal 1 count, not 1-1/8th!
             Click here for blog instructions:         HOME STUDIO HINTS

4.  Divide into sets measures, in places where you change to a new chord or pattern.
Be sure that "Snap to Grid" is on     (see blog if needed), 
and that you divide measures in front of Count 1 for each measure.

5.  For each section of chords or patterns:   Make a new track for each
division (Step 4) by creating a DUPLICATE TRACK.

6.  Move each section onto its own individual track. I like to label the tracks, such as  
F# minor riff   for one section,  A major riff     for another...

7.  "Play dominoes" -- In a NEW TRACK, start randomly 
copying pieces, sometimes duplicating them so melodies repeat.
Delete what you don't like, add more that you do.
Then, after you have a basic music track of what you like:

8.  Add any fills in between pieces -- whatever you like...
Flute or violin, bass...  Just have fun! It's called  PLAY music!
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HINTS FOR ABOVE STEPS, to go directly to my blog:
"Why won't that STUPID Track Split Right???"  --    CLICK  HERE   :}

"ENHANCE TIMING HINT 1"  --    CLICK  HERE   :}
"ENHANCE TIMING HINT 2"  --                               CLICK  HERE   :}
Much joy to you in growing your music!
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