valacirca
Trooper
Before I tried venturing into making my own songs - when I was just listening to music - I would have said that the most challenging and critical aspect of making music is coming up with lyrics and/or composing a melody.
The more I delve into making music though, other elements start to figure into the process, and now, I'm finding that the most tricky part of making music is actually arranging it... getting the structure right... and making sure that the elements are in their ideal place so that the song sounds cohesive and not just like a mess...
A close second would be mixing and mastering. I hate it when I've got lots of elements playing at the same time and then I realize that Shit, they're all in the same 'space' such that the music sounds so cramped up without any breathing room. Also, constantly trying to balance the levels of the different tracks is quite tiring.
Then there's also the matter of actually keeping something that I've put down - my own inner-critic tells me everything's shit! I always find myself building a song, constantly listen to it over and over and over again only to ultimately decide that it's terrible so I drop everything and start from scratch.
I'm sure there are other stuff and people can go into as detailed aspects as: writing leads or coming up with a good chorus and other stuff.
What do you guys think are the most challenging/critical/tricky aspects of making music?
The more I delve into making music though, other elements start to figure into the process, and now, I'm finding that the most tricky part of making music is actually arranging it... getting the structure right... and making sure that the elements are in their ideal place so that the song sounds cohesive and not just like a mess...
A close second would be mixing and mastering. I hate it when I've got lots of elements playing at the same time and then I realize that Shit, they're all in the same 'space' such that the music sounds so cramped up without any breathing room. Also, constantly trying to balance the levels of the different tracks is quite tiring.
Then there's also the matter of actually keeping something that I've put down - my own inner-critic tells me everything's shit! I always find myself building a song, constantly listen to it over and over and over again only to ultimately decide that it's terrible so I drop everything and start from scratch.
I'm sure there are other stuff and people can go into as detailed aspects as: writing leads or coming up with a good chorus and other stuff.
What do you guys think are the most challenging/critical/tricky aspects of making music?