LEARNING HOW TO FLESH OUT TRACKS is key to becoming the sort of musician who finishes every idea. Most electronic musicians have experienced getting ‘stuck in the loop’; creating simple 16- or 32-bar phrases, but then losing motivation when it comes to turning these into full length arrangements. Working quickly is crucial. Rather than listening to one looped section for hours, getting even just a rough arrangement down can help overcome one of the major hurdles in the track finishing process
START ARRANGING
Make a habit of sketching out an arrangement early on in your creative process. As soon as you have a few fundamental building blocks –
