Ben Böhmer | Writing A Track From Scratch

from my life [Music] [Music] hey my name is ben and i'm today here again with francois from production music live and today we check how we start a song so it's all about creating new ideas in a short period of time and yeah just to make something from scratch so how do you usually start a track i always like to start with a melodic element so let's have a look into your sample library i like this one so the beat algorithm really makes some weird things so i turn it into complex pro [Music] i really like it but it could be a little bit too busy [Music] maybe also chopping it a bit this one here [Music] this sounds good maybe over here so we have one loop here [Music] make this one as well do the same rhythm as well here [Music] now we need more of these so i duplicate it same with this one so this could do a good line [Music] like it but we maybe it a bit with pitching it [Music] that sounds nice maybe a compression to make it more flat [Applause] [Music] maybe something from tim engelhardt i already know this [Music] [Applause] [Music] that's a cool sound perfect [Music] [Music] this could work [Music] [Music] that's it [Music] what's the next element you usually put in are you starting with drums now or bass i would uh probably look for a better sound something instead of the piano maybe the diva maybe maybe the deer let's have a look so this could be a very warm and rich pit pad [Music] not that bad [Music] make those notes legato i think i was using sustain here so i put it away so i also need that upper note here the d otherwise maybe an lfo here to bring more life to it some feedback that's a very nice sounding pad okay let's hear it together and something to support this melody would be good so let's continue i just made i consolidate this track here so i have this whole new chopped sample there's one sample and let's check it out how it is if we turn it into melody melody yeah [Music] let's check it out how it is with the harmony that's a nice approach so if something comes out of this uh what kind of sound are we looking for now also a diva sound for lead or something or something to support this organic melody so it could be a layer also with an them arpeggio vibe [Music] so i don't like the lower ones [Music] some notes are wrong [Music] a delay will fix a little more quantization maybe [Music] it could work but it's a kind of unnecessary layer even if it sounds alright and if you just use it from time to time so as a plug only coming in here and there you don't play it all the time over the uh you know organic sample yeah it's actually nice when it's not playing together yeah when it's doing like this kind of at the beginning it's a bit there and then goes down and comes back [Music] so i would i would already have put in a bass drum for a long time but you told me before that you kind of like composing with all the instrument elements first and then later putting in the bass drum yeah usually i would now continue with getting a higher pad to support everything and the drums maybe to a later point but if you want we can bring in the bass well just what whatever you want man uh if there's a higher pad available already and an idea in your mind let's go for that oh maybe in the pack yeah we tried this one it's difficult because there's this chord change which makes it difficult for one element to stay at one note this could maybe work [Music] [Music] not bad [Music] distortion [Music] i actually like that maybe some movements [Music] maybe even an octopus [Music] i like it but we need say something like a like a hook like a main theme like a main synth uh this one is not strong enough [Music] so [Music] [Music] i like this [Music] [Music] very cheesy but i really melody play with the copy version and if we choose the right sound it might be [Music] probably need something very short so i'll take this diva maybe even the same delay here [Music] loop was wrong so i need as well six embossing [Music] let's um put in a bass drum to make you happy finally finally a bass drum so how do you do them i always take kick one i really like this one that's perfect so that's my go-to preset net 2 on the drum and bass area [Music] of course super aggressive but once you bring down the transient so also this one i'm not taking care of the perfect mixing of the bass drum right now now it's just about sound and not getting lost in the thoughts of mixing something together getting stuck because you're doing too much work on that run right now but the kick also needs a sidechain so let's bring in this [Music] also this is probably super nice when it's sidechained [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] solid base maybe some more drums to a little bit more fast now [Music] so let's have a look here password to its snare loop i saw like this clap simple one oh i like this one when we take out the rest [Music] this previous hit also fits good with this kind of swing groove of the [Music] maybe gated a little bit ah it's very reverb-ish [Music] this could work for this [Music] nothing much has to happen so maybe just this bit [Music] that's a good start absolutely you have a like a that's a full-blown song idea right there right that's the moment where i also save it so maybe let's save it do you have a good trick title idea guys that's a wonderful title okay felix do you think this is a vocal track yes [Laughter] so let's yeah it's needed a proper topic and theme and i think vocal would make that job pretty good sure yeah try yeah let's do that if you want we can jam on the piano and on the vocal first or you can jam something on top on that so i think we need to set up a microphone right right let's quickly do that i have a wonderful guest here again please welcome felix we've made uh so many tracks together and we haven't seen it in such a long time and we were meeting us on a beer today so we just joined and uh yeah now we make some music together yeah let's try um i already heard that you made up uh very nice instrumental and i yeah try to sing along with some random lyrics i wrote and yeah let's go let's go yeah what do you want to start with just with the harmonics or with the um should i leave on the drums um yeah just maybe just the harmonics and then just bring in the kick and and all the other stuff step by step [Music] [Music] my [Music] is is [Music] evenly [Music] your balance so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] okay this is how a song can be started i think we collected many different ideas in a very short period of time next step would be to arrange it and maybe to collect some more ideas and yeah but basically this is it so i hope you enjoyed it and maybe you learn something see you [Music] soon you

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Length: 20min 34sec (1234 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 25 2021