MARCH WORKSHOP - MAKING AN INTRO OUT OF A DROP (Patreon)

protip if you click on the video title in the video it will open in youtube and you can use the timestamp buttons in the description there

wow, this took a g e s to timestamp lol.  i recorded myself working on a track of mine which was a peculiar case as I usually start with an intro and end with the drop.  for me this was backwards, and there's quite a bit of visualization and technique that goes into making the intro *after* the drop.  I timestamped this and categorized it so that, while you may not care to watch the whole things (i don't blame you) you can find whatever category appeals to you and watch my process during that segment.  it's like a bunch of little real-world application tutorials all wrapped in to one.  

if you guys like this let me know, i'd love to continue to do things like this over time!

TIMESTAMPS:

1:30 - drop preview 

2:20 - starting with organizing 

5:50 - beginning working on the intro 

8:20 - switching up the chords for the intro 

16:15 - intro instruments behavior and structure 

19:00 - creating drums for the intro 

24:30 - a bit more instrumentation - adding a bass from a crank soundrack and customizing it 

28:58 - failed attempt at intro drum processing 

31:02 - time to get rid of the vocal! 33:15 - giving intro synths more character + loooots of layering 

56:45 - VOCAL CHOPPPIIINGG 

1:07:00 - vocal chop processing 

1:17:00 - working the vocal chop into the drop 

1:21:50 - back to the intro  

1:24:30 - starting the build aaaand pretty much doing that til the end that shit is hard haha!