How Do I sequence like the Pros!!

Alright, if anyone can help me!!
I am a reason user, just recently switched to MPC, i got the 4000 hooked up.

One of the many things that i dont get, *ive been reading and youtube'n* is how to sequence everything thing as a song with different parts comming in at different times when ever i want. Like getting a track to play at a certain time, or a instrmnt to kick in at a certain time over the basic layout.

If any one knows what im talkin about please help me out!!! Im just to much of a reason head that i wish i could do it like you can in reason (instrmnt sequencing)

Just to expand on what Lamps has already told you.......

What you could do is first create an all encompassing sequence that is 8 bars long. For many people this will be the chorus section of a song, which typically has the most instruments playing than other sections.

Anyway, just work with this eight bar sequence and add as many tracks to it as you need to accomodate the whole song. By muting tracks here and there you should be able to program all the main sections of your song (intros, verses, bridges, choruses, middle-eights, breakdowns, outro's etc.) from within this one master sequence. Obviously if you were to play the master sequence tracks all together it would probably sound like a mess.

You still with me?

Ok when you are done programming all your parts, copy the master sequence and name it accordingly ie INTRO. Now work on the intro sequnce muting and editing parts until you are satisfied with the outcome. This is now your INTRO sequence.

Repeat this for the other sections of your song so that you end up with 4,5 or 6 variations of your original master sequence with suitable names.
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Go into song mode and program the play order and repitition for the various sections. You should now have the foundations of a complete song coming together.

If however you prefer the linear programming style 'a la Reason' as opposed to the MPC's pattern-based approach you can program an entire song as one long sequence, this will take longer.

When using Reason, I still adopt the pattern-based programming style for the main elements of a song. This allows me to copy and paste sections quickly. Other tracks are programmed in a linear fashion to help avoid the repetitive, programmed, robotic feel that can quickly take hold of a track if you are not careful.

Also it may help to find out some common song arrangements for the genre of music you are working with, you know like INTRO-VERSE-BRIDGE-CHORUS-VERSE-BRIDGE-CHORUS-MIDDLE EIGHT-CHORUS-CHORUS and so on. These are obviously a good staring point for a novice arranger, but now you can mix it up and break the damn rules like Pharrell and Timbo do. Any section can go anywhere if the beat is tight!!