When I worked ITB, I could finish songs quite easily, because I could see the whole song before me.
But now Im trying to compose more directly on the hardware, so that its easier to perform live.
But I find myself getting stuck in jam mode often. I’ll start on a loop, and then evolve it into what I think are sections, but before I know it I’ve meandered off into a whole new pattern in a different key, and when I bring it back to the original patterns its just a completely different song, that makes no sense.
Everytime I sit down to write on hardware, I just end up with 20 or so patterns, that kinda work well all together as a random jam, but with no coherent theme or structure.
Anyone got any tips for what they do to keep them structured??
I found this guys tips very helpful.
He keeps all songs in a structured pattern across all machinees. Super logical.
Anybody willing to share their tips or tricks for actually finishing tracks on hardware?