Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Arranging Dance Music


Intro

The track’s intro should make it easy for the DJ to mix it in. A simple intro can consist of just the kick, the snare and maybe some percussion; more complex intros can include short synth stabs or vocal samples. Keep the intro section spare and lean — it shouldn’t contain more than two or three elements at most. The intro should usually be 8 or 16 bars long.

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