Song Structure on the MPC

poundaproblem wrote:

BGBEATS wrote:make a sequence like 4 or 8 bars in length(depending on your loop point's length)
program that sequence with EVERY PART going that you are gonna have in your beat
each part on different track bass, strings guitar, etc etc etc
after you have a sequence with ALL your beat elements
copy the sequence like 4 or however many times
go into each of the copies and mute out what you don't want.
after you have several sequences now with the parts you want playing, other parts muted
arrange the sequences in song mode how you want the track to play out.
it can all start from 1 busy ass sequence though

Thats pretty much my exact process....



(minus all the damn spacing in my text )

double spaced like lyric sheet


I use that method because I feel each beat can be summed up in a main 8 bar section and if I don't like an 8 bar loop of my beat, then no matter what kind of drops or breakdowns get added, if the main sequence can't stand on it's own, beat prob won't either