When Do You Place Breakdowns / Change Ups.....

I have a quick qusetion if someone could help me out ....

I sample tracks or start from scratch . My question is , when you get loops going , when do you place the change ups . Like what bars/steps should I change up the beat , so the tracks not just simple and plain for 4min . If anyone could help that would be cool because i feel thats where i lack at . I can make a tight beat but thats it i havent got down when to change to beat up , when and where ?

INTRO (optional) 4 bars
Main body/verse 8-16 bars (usually 16 bars, however you could do two different styled 8 bar parts to freak your verses.
CHORUS/HOOK 4-8bars
BRIDGE 8-16 bars(also optional pending on track and how you creative you may feel.
So it's like: 4, 16, 8, 16, 8, 16, 8, 4-8 (bars)

This isn't etched in stone but it's a good start or guide to build off.

what are you making music for?



this isn't tryin to be a smart ass or nuthin, but you music should be the way you want it to be...


especially productionwise, that's what separates this producer from that one..."style"..."artistic liscense"...you gotta freak it the way you feel it


and quit thinking so linear...those are the norms, I'd hope that you're not shootin to be normal...you have the power to break all the rules, coform where you see fit, but that diviation is what makes greatness...if you have X amount of bars you can do X amount of change ups...


...THERE IS NO SPOON

A good way to learn how to structure your music is to listen closely to some of your favorites and study the structure. Next, write a few songs using those structures. You might begin with one like Blaz4me listed above. As you learn more your music will become more sophisticated. Then you will rely less on structures and more on feeling.

I infrequently catch myself counting bars in music that I hear and like. Quantifying what others are doing ensures my own music is up to date with trends.

Here you go.... Make your beat. Now using only half of the sounds you used before but with a few new percussion pieces, build a second beat. Ok you have two beats. Place the first beat (the main beat, for, lets say, 7 bars. On the eigth bar, place that second beat. Now you have a change up. After bar 8, at the beginning of bar 9 or on the next seq, have there be some sort of hit I.E. a crash or something. For these next several bars only play a very small portion of that main beat. This is your breakdown. Ok now that you have done these, Bring in a new beat at the appropriate time. Use that same hit you used for the breakdown, and now play beat 1 and two together. You should be very pleased....