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I always start just playing around on the keyboard weather its a bass sound or a lead sound… i just play about with the different synths until something jumps out.
other way is i sample stuff and work round that… i normally ditch the sample in the end. good for sparking ideas.
I usually start with the drums, as i like to work on the groove i’ve created with the drum. Although i do also get insperation from samples/loops i may have too.
I guess whatever way works, i recon down the line i’ll be playing on my MIDI Keyboard and something will jump out like for Phil and i’ll work that way too.
I guess in the end though, it doesn’t really matter what you start with as long as your putting all the elements in it’s going to come out the same anyways.
Since i am self learning musician and my skills are not up to a level that i can compose melodies and riffs with ease, i usualy start a track by spending some time to find a melody or simple notes that fit well to my ears and then build on them.
The times that i started by setting the beats and the drums i could not proceed with developing the track…