I had never created a track in my entire life. I thought it would be fairly easy, but umm errr…
My first challenge was choosing a drum beat. I hadn’t really sat down and just listened to all the beats, so I kept changing my mind every time I heard something new. I eventually abandoned working from the beat first and decided to start with my first love: Strings.
I listened to a few and found some I liked. Now, how do I make it into something you wanna listen to? I knew I wanted an intro that was different from the rest of the track, so I chose a loop that I liked, but didn’t think would sound good repeated. Then I added the second loop of strings. But I needed some kind of transition between the two so I added shakers. Then I found a beat that worked with String Loop 2. I liked it, but it didn’t sound FULL. So, I added Stand-up Bass. I just needed something to satisfy that need for a little BOOM.
Now what? How long should the track be? Wouldn’t it be a little boring if I just kept this same loop repeating over and over and over and over again? So, I need to break it up and insert a change. Insert String Loop 3. When I heard this, I almost scrapped everything and started over. I REALLY liked it. But I would never finish if I kept that up. So this would be a sort of chorus (if I were writing a song).
Add a transition and a new beat. Now make the main beat blend into the chorus.
Repeat.
Here’s the result. I can tell you how I recorded the visualization on another blog…
