Energy dynamics: how to create an engaging arrangementĪs much as I’d like this post to be for producers of all skill levels, it’s simply impossible to accommodate for everyone.How to add tension to your track during composition and arrangement.A high-level and low-level explanation of tension.Here’s an overview of what the post covers: This article is not something you can read quickly while sitting on the toilet, so if that’s what you’re doing right now, bookmark it and set aside time to read it later. Naturally, expounding such a topic requires a fair amount of… well… words. The lack of information surrounding tension and energy is one of the reasons I decided to write this post – to provide a holistic understanding of both concepts, including, but not limited to: what they are, how they interact with each other, and how to think about them in relation to music production. Even as I was doing research to supplement this article, I found myself scraping the barrel trying to find something that wasn’t overly simplistic or a PhD-level thesis. Unfortunately, there isn’t a great deal of information–at least on the internet–about these two fundamentals, especially for the modern producer.
This article is about two key musical concepts that are intrinsically linked together: tension and energy.
One fundamental would be music theory, another would be basic synthesis (which is more necessary than you think, even if you don’t use presets).īut this article isn’t about fundamentals as a whole – that would require a book to be written. There’s nothing inherently wrong with learning how to make a Tchami bass or craft a spine-tingling build-up, but they aren’t fundamentals. We want to learn how to make complex bass sounds or massive build-ups. We want to make something cool that’ll impress our peers. …and not enough on fundamental musical concepts that have aided musicians for centuries. Sometimes, I feel that producers focus too much on the minor aspects of electronic music production…
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