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How To Finish More Music & Fast - Bass Kleph PDF
How To Finish More Music & Fast - Bass Kleph PDF
Finish
How To Finish
More Music, &
More
FAST!
Music,
24 Tips To Help You…
& FAST!
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GET STARTED
Look for anything you can do to keep things fast. Think “broad stokes”. Macro, not micro.
Details are for later.
e.g. Use sends and returns for effects. Slapping a reverb on every track can have
advantages in the mixdown stage but at this point it’s inefficient. Instead share a single
reverb and a single delay for everything for now.
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WRITTING INSPIRATION
Bonus: Share your mix online and start building your fanbase.
11. Collaborate
Get in the studio and write with another producer friend. You will push each other, and learn
from each other. In person is best, but even an online collaboration can help. This is also
great for cross promotion, fanbase building, and networking.
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WRITERS BLOCK
15. Be Prepared
Inspiration can disappear as fast as it appears. When you’re inspired, the last thing you
want is to look for samples, connect hard drives, get your midi sync working, or tune your
synth. That’s why it’s important to have your DAW and workspace set up and ready to go.
Being able to easily start working also helps capture the creative momentum that’s so
important to finishing a song. We all know that feeling of getting in the zone and having the
music just pour out of us. Make sure you’re always set up and ready to capture that
moment.
Have a DAW template ready with some of your favorite drums, synths, and samples. This
way you can write a sketch really quick. You can also go through your sample library/
splice.com and pick out some favorite samples. Tag them/add these to a favorites folder.
Now you should have a creativity generating palette of samples ready to go.
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WRITERS BLOCK (continued)
Stop obsessing over the details of your own tracks. Someone else will be able to give you a
better picture of how things fit together. Getting feedback will improve your mixdowns too.
Working with a professional producer is another great way to get quality feedback on your
songs from someone who knows what they’re talking about and can help you improve what
needs improving.
You can get professional feedback each week from Bass Kleph and Travis Emmons our
Inner Circle Feedback Friday sessions. Read more about The Inner Circle here.
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FINISH FASTER
Instead, start with and focus on one track. And then create a goal roadmap of every part
you need to mark that song as complete. For example, instead of just deciding you’re going
to work on your track on Tuesday, set concrete goals like “Finish intro drums and bass on
Tuesday morning before noon.”
Leaving your session too open will leave you stuck and prevent you from ever finishing
tracks.
We’ve seen artists carry on working on their album forever when they don’t have any
deadlines, and others release music faster than they ever have after announcing release
dates they felt obliged to.
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