RESOURCES:
Making Music, 74 Creative Strategies for Producers: Problems of beginning, Progressing and Finishing by DeSantis
- Interesting book that focus’ on the creative aspect of producing, intended for Ableton users.
Mixing Secrets by Mike Senior
- Comping and Arranging
- Building a raw balance
- Compression for a reason
- Beyond compression
Magazine: https://www.soundonsound.com
Write drunk; edit sober
Listening/Watching to Milos Testcard Piece; Hypnotic sound piece accompanied by a trippy, evolving testcard. The testcard was created using a AI algorithm, the music was then arranged relitevly precisely in conjunction with the visuals. Milo used the program; PLAYFORM
Film to watch; Free Fire-Ben Wheatley, really good 5.1 sound for a shoot em up film.
COMPING AND ARRANGING
- Consider taking several recording then comping the best bits together. Lead vocals in particular are routinely comped from many different takes in a commercial context. Gather the material effectively.
- Reducing clutter in an arrangement nt only makes it easier to mix, but also helps the production appear more varies to the listener. One way is to think of using restrictions, imagine having a maximum of three main points. Bear in mind that the relative appeal of individual instruments can vary from moment to moment, so the identity of the three main parts may change frequently–evolving–this will maintain the listeners interest and support the buildup of production as a whole.
- Boring arrangements usually suffer from too much repetition-I personally feel this can be debated, repetition can sometimes offer a more introspective listen, the listener may slowly unravel sounds within the sounds. Consider adding some kind of fill if any part plays the same thing more than three times in a row.