TimeBender 2008-03-28 19:04:59

Ah I'm more of a perfectionist.

InGenius 2008-04-11 07:42:13

I make the melody first. I find an instrument I want to work with, then I toy with the keyboard and come up with a maintheme. It can take from 1 to 5 minutes for the first melody piece, but everything after that can take from half an hour to 3 or 4 days to really finish up. Depends on the beat or what it's being used for, how many verses, what type of layout I use (2 verse, 3 verse, break, no break, intro, outro, changeup, etc.), whether it's a free beat, for a mixtape, or for sale, etc. etc. Most of the NG tracks take less than 5 hours total time now, but the vast majority of the tracks that never hit myspace, NG or my SYG player can take a couple days to finalize as I run them through monitors, my main speaker system, the Bose in the car, etc. to make sure it sounds good everywhere. And let's not even get into how long I can toy with a sample on those rare occassions where I use a sample rather than interpret and remake the melody...that can end up being a week long endeavour.

Peace