Turning a Loop into a Full Song
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3:44 Introduction
Josh Bess opens up the Live Webinar with an explanation of the topics for the day, along with welcoming new and returning guests to the live-webinar event.
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16:35 Turning a Loop into a Full Song (Lesson)
Josh Bess demonstrates how to turn a simple idea into a full releasable music arrangement.
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4:29 Approaches to Different Genres
Josh discusses how he approaches different genres of music.
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3:53 Working without the Stems
Josh answers a question regarding how to hear the different parts of the song even if you do not have stems.
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4:40 Where to Start
Josh answers a question about what element he thinks is best to start with.
Product Overview
In this course, Josh Bess opens up his own personal live session in Ableton Live, to explain how to turn a small and simple idea into a full music arrangement, ready for live performance and/or an official release. Josh discusses many ways to get you started with building your ideas, along with other tips and tricks to incorporate into your own original music creation, no matter what style of music you are creating.
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Reviews
Submitted 8 months ago
Useless and boring
Boring and vague explanation of obvious techniques
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Game Designer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV
Response from Customer Service:
I am sorry you did not like the tutorial. Although the lessons shown may seem vague and obvious to someone with experience, a beginner may find it gives them the start they need when learning to turn a loop into a song.
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Submitted 10 months ago
Great
Great short video to explain the basics of an arrangment.
I am a: Hobbyist, Producer, Beat Maker, Sound Designer, Bitwig Studio
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Submitted 2 years ago
Almost Entirely Useless
Very, very poor choice of instructional content. Take a loop with various bits of content, repeat it over and over with some parts disabled. Add a few other sounds for variety and Voila', you have a track! It's exactly this kind of mundane 'production' (I hesitate to even refer to it as that) that leads to the junk we so commonly hear nowadays. I accept that there's a place for the type of exceptionally simple track used as an example, but it's almost insulting to believe that anyone can't figure out the entire instructional content of this series within 10 minutes of creating their first project in a DAW. Pick some samples at random, throw them together in various combinations and you'll come up with something not too far removed from this. Come on Groove3, you are much better. This is quite awful.
Response from Customer Service:
I'm very sorry you did not like Josh's walk through of making a song with a loop. By design this was a for those who are just starting out and we wanted to keep it basic and simple before moving on to more advanced ideas and techniques. We agree that this isn't for everyone but beginners will have a nice stepping stone for bigger and better things once these concepts are introduced.
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Submitted 2 years ago
Very helpful.
A lot of good tips.
I am a: Student, Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Producer, Ableton Live
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Submitted 2 years ago
Exactly what I thought it would be
This is good for people who can already create loops but are unsure of how to arrange them into longer productions.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Vague
Pretty vague for most of it. At best it was elementary. I'm surprised that simple things like the build were not explained more. Or the end bar variations. Using a session without the original parts was poor.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Weak
I'll save you 30 minutes - add and subtract things from your "main" loop until you have a song. There is no real knowledge that is shared in this video other than that... Guy doesn't even use his own song . He just uses generic dummy clips to show the idea of subtractive and additive arrangement.
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Submitted 2 years ago
Great Video about looping
This was a great Tutorial about looping a thought into a song and he easy explained it
I am a: Beginner, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar
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Reviews
Submitted 8 months ago
Useless and boring
Boring and vague explanation of obvious techniques
I am a: Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Game Designer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV
Response from Customer Service:
I am sorry you did not like the tutorial. Although the lessons shown may seem vague and obvious to someone with experience, a beginner may find it gives them the start they need when learning to turn a loop into a song.
Submitted 10 months ago
Great
Great short video to explain the basics of an arrangment.
I am a: Hobbyist, Producer, Beat Maker, Sound Designer, Bitwig Studio
Submitted 2 years ago
Almost Entirely Useless
Very, very poor choice of instructional content. Take a loop with various bits of content, repeat it over and over with some parts disabled. Add a few other sounds for variety and Voila', you have a track! It's exactly this kind of mundane 'production' (I hesitate to even refer to it as that) that leads to the junk we so commonly hear nowadays. I accept that there's a place for the type of exceptionally simple track used as an example, but it's almost insulting to believe that anyone can't figure out the entire instructional content of this series within 10 minutes of creating their first project in a DAW. Pick some samples at random, throw them together in various combinations and you'll come up with something not too far removed from this. Come on Groove3, you are much better. This is quite awful.
Response from Customer Service:
I'm very sorry you did not like Josh's walk through of making a song with a loop. By design this was a for those who are just starting out and we wanted to keep it basic and simple before moving on to more advanced ideas and techniques. We agree that this isn't for everyone but beginners will have a nice stepping stone for bigger and better things once these concepts are introduced.
Submitted 2 years ago
Very helpful.
A lot of good tips.
I am a: Student, Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Producer, Ableton Live
Submitted 2 years ago
Exactly what I thought it would be
This is good for people who can already create loops but are unsure of how to arrange them into longer productions.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason
Submitted 2 years ago
Vague
Pretty vague for most of it. At best it was elementary. I'm surprised that simple things like the build were not explained more. Or the end bar variations. Using a session without the original parts was poor.
Submitted 2 years ago
Weak
I'll save you 30 minutes - add and subtract things from your "main" loop until you have a song. There is no real knowledge that is shared in this video other than that... Guy doesn't even use his own song . He just uses generic dummy clips to show the idea of subtractive and additive arrangement.
Submitted 2 years ago
Great Video about looping
This was a great Tutorial about looping a thought into a song and he easy explained it
I am a: Beginner, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar
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