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This is a short 5 track arrangement I worked on today.
Hope you like.

Track 1: BiaB drums, acoustic/electric guitars, piano
Track 2: My bass
Track 3: My keyboard; Small String Selection(A051)
Track 4: My keyboard; Riser(B093)
Track 5: My keyboard; Oooh Stereo Voices(D042)


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You're moving along very quickly on both arranging and playing tracks. Cool.


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Nice, but a bit repetitive.

A bit more melody would help. smile


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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?
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Fun.
I agree with David above, there is sense that it should go other places and it seems you have ability to do so smile At about 1:40 seems a good spot from breaking away, when your synth walks in strong. Thank you for sharing.

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Yep, I agree . . . I need to up my game in this regard.

This arrangement is one long verse. I should probably think intro/verse/chorus/bridge etc. within the framework of vocal-free instrumental.

Can you suggest any web resources that address this subject?


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This sounds cool, but I am hearing some fuzzy kinda crackling stuff about halfway through. It that a synth?

Something may have the wrong plugin on it, I dunno.

But it is coming along for sure.

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Originally Posted By: Bass Thumper
I should probably think intro/verse/chorus/bridge etc.


I think you've hit the nail on the head, BT. Somehow you need to break out of that four-chord pattern from time to time to give your composition some light and shade, or some color to contrast with the monochrome.
I don't have any training in composition and I wouldn't know where to find specific resources that would help you in this regard. What I do is simply experiment. In this case I might take your B-C#-D-E pattern and pick style in BIAB. Maybe run it for 8 or 16 bars Then I might give it a bridge or chorus with a couple of minors thrown into the mix - perhaps Dm-Am-F-E - whatever sounds right to you. Just keep changing the pattern to find what works. Who knows, you might come up with something that really rocks.

Best of luck

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Yes, Bass Thumper, good stuff, but branching out will make it more interesting. You've got a good feel going. I like Ghostgums's suggestion. Experiment.


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Originally Posted By: BabuMusic
Experiment.

Bingo. I use “Oblique Stategies”, myself: http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html

Suggestion it just offered: “Only a part, not the whole”.

With all my heart I urge you to avoid formulas for fast, fast, fast songwriting that will have you disgorging 10 hits a day.

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Ghostgum and others,
Your feedback is appreciated.

FYI, I'm fully self-taught and obviously non-gifted in music and have been playing the bass for 6 years (no lessons) just watching YouTubes and using my ears when listening to Pandora. Been dabbling with BiaB on and off for about 3 years. So no Berkeley School of Music or Masters degree in music theory here. My family wasn't musical at all, I'm basically just playing in the sandbox with my instincts. I will say that BiaB is helping my journey, particularly when I mute the bass and it's just me supporting "the band".

Song writing, composing, arranging, and mixing are a whole level beyond playing bass, so I have learning curves on top of learning curves.

Nonetheless, it's fun, challenging and rewarding when something is created from near-nothing.


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A nice foundation for a little something on top.
I'd love to hear a vocalist on this.

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