I've been trying to figure out how to write sections that are more complex, with not only more differing layers but more movement between musical ideas in a shorter span of time. I guess it's hard to explain, but anyone who listens to a lot of Tipper or Mr. Bill might know what I'm talking about. These guys are able to balance so many different melodies and timbres in one section without it feeling crowded. Like it's very dense and varied sonically, but never feels too hectic and everything is very tightly knit.
Here's a pretty good example of what I mean.
This section has so many different little plucks and melodies going on, there isn't even necessarily just one focus like a lead melody, it's more like each small melody and rhythmic section accumulate to make one overarching melody, but because there's so much timbre variation and whatnot it feels more complex and it more interesting. I simply can't seem to wrap my head around how to write something like this. I always seem to write them so that each element is playing on top of each other, wheras something like this has each small melody or individual notes staying within its own individual space which then contributes to a larger sense of movement when played subsequently.
I hope this makes sense, but does anyone who makes IDM or similar stuff know how to do this? It seems easy in theory - just making each small melody fragment sort play into one another - but it's much harder than it seems. Should I be writing a full melody and then cutting it up so that each piece of it is played by a different synth or just make it as I go along? What kind of workflow would help achieve this style? Am I overthinking this?
Submitted December 18, 2016 at 11:35PM by Cptnwalrus https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5j3z4n/discussion_how_to_make_a_complex_section_more/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Sunday, December 18, 2016