🚚 KOAN Song Arrangement §

Concepts §

• Energy
• Call & Response
• Contrast

Notes §

• FOCUS
• ITERATIVE
  • work on individual segments
  • connect them
• Create CONTRAST between sections
  • Add / remove elements
• Energy flow between sections
  • High energy:
    • big bass
    • high frequencies
  • Low energy:
    • fade out elements
  • Transition:
    • connectors (fade in out)

Structure §

Intro -> Verse -> Build -> Chorus -> Verse -> Breakup -> Verse…

Techniques §

• Intro:

  • Create a FEELING, anticipation (high frequency, filters)
  • Introduce rythm (without drums)
    • use automations, delays/ reverbs, notes
    • sample + arpeggiator
  • Add beat, bass

• Beat:

  • off beat combined with continuous beat gives stability

• Bass

  • backbone of the beat, start with replica of progression
  • make changes to the notes

• Extending an idea to a song

  • Write a B-Part
    • re use elements from a part
    • change bass -> different feel
  • Adding variation
    • swap out elements or add new ones
    • manipulate rythms / sound textures