Arrangement For Melodic House & Techno

Overview

The Course In A Nutshell

Learn the foundations of song arrangement theory for Melodic House & Techno. Using real hit records as reference tracks, we carry out in-depth analysis and build our own arrangement templates.

Starting from the basics we cover the foundational concepts such as Intro, Outro, Verse, Chorus, Pre-Chours, Drop, Bridge and Breakdown, and Tension and Release.
Looking at songs by artists like RUFUS DU SOL, CamelPhat, Keienemusik, and Stephan Bodzin, we carry out in-depth analysis while creating our own Arrangement Templates.
As a practical exercise Bound to Divide shows how he goes from 16 bar-loop to full arrangement using the templates we created.
Get access to 2x Ableton Live 12 Arrangement Template Projects.

Tutor

Founder, Lead Sound Designer, Product Manager

Julian or “Jules” is a South African born, UK based producer. He founded Basic Wavez originally as an apparel company in 2018. All the while focussing on music and sound design. In 2020 his musical project (Bound to Divide) started to gain traction along with his YouTube channel. Basic Wavez started releasing Sample packs and Sound Banks and the response was astounding. Jules’ main focus since has been to constantly develop and improve all aspects of music creation and education – he is now in charge of the planning and creation of all products at Basic Wavez, as well as guiding and working with various other sound designers and musicians.

Julian van Straten

curriculum

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Introduction to the Course
Ableton Template Downloads (Ableton Live 12 Suite 12.1)

Intro – Explanation and Analysis
Verse – Explanation and Analysis
Pre-Chorus – Explanation and Analysis
Chorus/Drop – Explanation and Analysis
Bridge – Explanation and Analysis
Breakdown – Explanation and Analysis
Build up – Explanation and Analysis
Outro – Explanation and Analysis
Tension and Release – Explanation

Creating Arrangement Template Using “CamelPhat, Cristoph, Jem Cooke – Breathe” as a Reference
Creating Arrangement Template Using “Stephan Bodzin – Zulu” as a Reference

Using Subtractive Arrangement Method to Create Full Arrangement From Loop
Creating a Radio Mix From Extended Mix

requirements

Level & Software
requirements

This course is aimed at the beginner producer who is looking to build the foundations required to create compelling melodic house & techno song arrangements inside the Digital Audio Workstation. This course is taught inside Ableton Live 12 Suite but concepts can be transferred to any DAW.

Level – Beginner
Made in Ableton Live
Concepts transferrable to all DAWs

What the pro’s say

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