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Here's some more tips from other people:
- DJ Cobra from Gloucester:
Always make sure you have a beginning, middle and end to the music you have produced. If not it may sound very repetitive and unappealing.
- D from Brighton:
To avoid loosing track of an idea in your head, make a recording of you imitating it vocally. Then build the track to copy it and remove the vocal at the end.
- Chiedu Anyia from London
Stay open minded, listen to as many different styles of music as you can. You will be surprised where you find the next inspiration, and you'll find that you take an interest in a music you would normally not have bothered with.
- Geoff Brooks from London
When chopping up samples, first establish the BPM, then use this formula: 60,000/BPM.
Eg 60,000/140=428.57 milliseconds. Keep multiplying by two to get longer samples.
- Don Fury from Bath
If an instrument doesn't fit with your music it doesn't mean that you can't use it. Record in a riff or melody line and pass it through a few effects plug-ins.
- Ben Armstrong from Kent
Make sure you clear your hard drive regularly and remove all games, chat software, background items and anything apart from your sequencing program. It will free up your CPU and make your machine run faster.
- Djinn from London
When working on a track, try losing yourself in it. Save and exit. Listen back 2-3 days later to be blown away.
- Andy from Guildford
There is no need to spend big money on one of the big sequencing packages like Cubase or Logic. Packages like FLStudio provide much better value for money.
- Mr Padoo from Edinburgh
Dance music is formulaic. Learn the pre-set rules of the style you are making, so they become natural. Then you can abandon logic, and concentrate on creativity without making the undanceable.
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