Writing Bass Parts - Part 2
Lesson 5 from: Songwriting in Logic Pro X for Electronic Music ProductionTomas George
Writing Bass Parts - Part 2
Lesson 5 from: Songwriting in Logic Pro X for Electronic Music ProductionTomas George
Lesson Info
5. Writing Bass Parts - Part 2
Lessons
Writing Drums and Bass Part Introduction
01:11 2Making Drums Beats with Ultrabeat
14:27 3Beats with Ultrabeat and Drummer
08:48 4Writing Bass Parts - Part 1
15:03 5Writing Bass Parts - Part 2
04:53 6Writing Drums and Bass Parts Assignment
00:44 7Writing Chords Introduction
00:56 8Writing Chords
19:38Experimental Chords
09:44 10Writing Chords Assignment
00:56 11Writing Melodies Introduction
00:58 12Writing Melodies - Part 1
19:28 13Writing Melodies - Part 2
05:12 14Writing Melodies - Part 3
10:38 15Arpeggiator
08:02 16Writing Melodies Assignment
00:59 17Arrangement Introduction
00:45 18Arrangement
18:14 19Arrangement Continued
16:16 20Adding Effects and Instruments
18:28 21Arranging into a New Song - Part 1
14:57 22Arranging into a New Song - Part 2
17:31 23Arranging into a New Song - Part 3
08:24 24Arrangement Assignment
00:38 25Mixing Introduction
01:02 26Cleaning up and Basic Mixing
15:52 27EQ
11:46 28Tuning Drums
05:58 29Compression
10:56 30Sidechain Compression
10:30 31Reverb and Delay Sends
07:58 32Automation
06:59 33Mixing Assignment
00:58 34Recording Audio Equipment
10:55 35Recording Audio
04:01 36Vocal Melodies Introduction
01:04 37Vocals Intro
00:26 38Verse A Section
06:56 39Chorus and Harmonies
05:12 40Verse B and Pre-Chorus
05:20 41Verse 2, Chorus and Middle 8
17:37 42Song Title
00:50 43Vocal Melodies Assignment
01:00 44Lyrics Introduction
01:02 45Creating a Story with Lyrics - Part 1
15:25 46Creating a Story with Lyrics - Part 2
14:37 47Lyrics Assignment
00:54 48Adaptive Songwriting with Peter Darling
12:13 49Thanks and Bye
00:09Lesson Info
Writing Bass Parts - Part 2
There is many other methods. You can of course use musical typing and play in life or you can use a midi controller where you can actually use samples. You don't have to use parts that you've written in yourself. Now, let's add another part. And for this, we're going to actually use musical typing. So I'm actually gonna play something in live. This is another way of actually creating a bass part. Don't be afraid of trying ideas. This will go wrong a lot of the time, especially when you're playing it in life. OK? That kind of rhythm. Let's have a look at this. I played it wrong quite a few times. But the last time I believe we got it right. So I'm just gonna drag the rest of it away and then literally just loop this little bit here. So it's just past 16. I think I got the loop right. Of course, you can always go in and quantize just hit Q and that will quantize cos when you're playing it in. Sometimes you do want some human errors in there to make it sound more real. But if you just pla...
yed it in wrong I do recommend Quantis. It depends what feel you're after. If you want a live electronic feel, I recommend not Quantis or not Quantis too much. However, if you do want that electronic feel, Quantis can help. I am playing the bass the same time as the kick drum here. However, so I probably will have to go in and change the parts slightly or side chain it. So side chain basically ducks down one instrument when another instrument plays. But we're gonna have a look at that when we mix our track later on, add this part again and then put the stent off if I just change that slightly and strike up and then just straggle this command day. So that's same as the first part, but down in octave, so I'm just gonna change this color. I'm just going through a few different techniques you can use for writing, writing base parts. Let's have a listen to this now. OK. So we have two different sections here and one thing we can do is just delete stuff that we don't really like. So for me, I don't really like this first section. It's quite a bold move, a lot of the time to lead in certain things, but it can be done. You need to think of the overall, the overall song you're trying to create and don't be afraid to delete parts. That's what it's all about. And then we need to go in and start really arranging stuff. I don't really like the loop feature too much in logic it can get in the way. So I loop certain parts. Really. Here we go. This is kind of an arrangement I've made so far. So that's just a quick groove from some drums and the bass part. So I hope you found this useful just to go through a few different techniques in actually writing a bass part. Just remember to think about the chords you're playing, think about the notes in the chord and then try and get a groove. Just use your feelings. Imagine you're playing a real live bass. Imagine you're making dance music. People need a groove, they need something to lock onto. So don't try and be too technical. Just think of the crowd, think of the audience when you're writing your music. So thank you for watching this lecture all about writing bass parts and I'll see you in the next one.
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