HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT ARRANGING YOUR SONG?

Take a second, and read over these questions. Is there one specific question that you now realize, “This is what I got to work on”?.

·         Do you just add instruments in and take them out?

·         Do you use transitions/SFX to paint a picture for your listeners by letting them know something’s changing in the beat?

·         Do you add in all your instruments to make one big chorus?

·         Does a sound play in your chorus only, and not anywhere else in the song?

·         Do you try to make your chorus’ chord progression different from the verses or bridge?

As you can read from the questions above, they can really make one think!

Arrangement is all about painting that picture for your listeners. If you can get them ready for the change, you’ve done a great job. However, there’s times where there can be a big build up, but at the end, there’s nothing.