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Just re-trying an old structure for a long, trance-like song. Easy to understand, very cheerful.
Category Music / Trance
Species Mink
Size 120 x 120px
File Size 2.29 MB
Mmm... I say it's a good first try, but if you are going for trance, I think you've missed the mark.
A good trance approach needs to have a monotonic base beat, that is built upon. While your intro doesn't have to have the beat, but does need to repeat inside the song, the intro needs to be drawn out. Unless it's drums, it rarely should have anything less then quarter beats, it strictly is long tones. That doesn't mean the tones can't slide, but they must be continuous. It should be an invitation to drop down the rabbit hole.
From there, it build, build, build, with themes rarely dropping out until you reach a Coda like state, where you take a break, and then bring it back together in a different fashion.
I am sure you have your own examples, but some of my favorite trance mixes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3wxzxM5chU "High Energy Protons" by Juno Reactor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmSbZrlS3E "Silence is a Rhythm Too" by Anethum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzYuGKF0ZI Halycon +On +On by Orbital
In anycase, if you want to use your earlier work, you need it to be a second layer, on top of the first one... and you need to watch out in your middle, where things got a tad bit muddy. When you get to the 'peak' of a Trance segment, you should be able to distinctly hear each layer, and is should be like looking up from a deep well.
(Please understand that this is really a layman's guide, and I am hardly an expert at all, but I do love trance that is beautifully layered and constructed. I wish I could also show you another favorite, The White Zone, by Psychedelic Warriors, but unfortunately it's just not available, and my disk was lost long, long ago.)
A good trance approach needs to have a monotonic base beat, that is built upon. While your intro doesn't have to have the beat, but does need to repeat inside the song, the intro needs to be drawn out. Unless it's drums, it rarely should have anything less then quarter beats, it strictly is long tones. That doesn't mean the tones can't slide, but they must be continuous. It should be an invitation to drop down the rabbit hole.
From there, it build, build, build, with themes rarely dropping out until you reach a Coda like state, where you take a break, and then bring it back together in a different fashion.
I am sure you have your own examples, but some of my favorite trance mixes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3wxzxM5chU "High Energy Protons" by Juno Reactor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmSbZrlS3E "Silence is a Rhythm Too" by Anethum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzYuGKF0ZI Halycon +On +On by Orbital
In anycase, if you want to use your earlier work, you need it to be a second layer, on top of the first one... and you need to watch out in your middle, where things got a tad bit muddy. When you get to the 'peak' of a Trance segment, you should be able to distinctly hear each layer, and is should be like looking up from a deep well.
(Please understand that this is really a layman's guide, and I am hardly an expert at all, but I do love trance that is beautifully layered and constructed. I wish I could also show you another favorite, The White Zone, by Psychedelic Warriors, but unfortunately it's just not available, and my disk was lost long, long ago.)
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