💠 Abstract Music Production §

Features §

Beat §

• OFF GRID

Melody §

• Has a lot of motion
• Slow, drone-y elements -> melody has broad range

Techniques §

Beat §

• Jump between normal beat subdivisions and triplet subdivisions
• Set percussion elements to have a different loop length than the rest
• Use break samples, slice to midi -> move notes -> resample

Sound Design §

• Layer organic sounds with electronic drums
• Distortion
  • after eq
  • not on bass
• Foley
  • layering -> tangibility

Melody §

Pads §

• Motion:
  • Slowly wander between octaves (e.g.: ascend octave, descend)
  • 🪜 Music Arpeggio

Extras §

• More energy:
  • Rhodes
  • Acoustic drums

Resources: §

• Reddit: Help Creating Abstract/Ambient Electronic Music?
• Reddit: # Organic signal processing and the state of ‘laptop music’ (or: If I like Arca and Holly Herndon, [WEWIL?])

PPL §

• Venus Theory
• Koansound Patreon