tkuhner

And here we have a perfect example of my problem. What gives? I have searched until I'm sick on any resources that describe a "formula" for arranging a composition. It's like no one's talking. I guess after you figure that part out you realize how valuable the information is and then lock it down. The funny thing is I have hired 4 tutors and the first three even had a difficult time talking about it. I seem to keep getting advice on just listening and learning. Unfortunately that has not turned out very easy for me. One day I'll crack this nut and I will write a book on it for those like me that just want a general outline so that we can get to work on using good theory to fill it in. I can write a nice piece about 8 to 16 bars long with lots of instruments complementing each other, but how to build the rest of the song is a mystery. Sure I've tried it many times, and accidentally accomplished acceptable work. But this is very frustrating. I even had one guy I paid to teach me some things, say on a video interview once to someone else. "he didn't mind giving away his secrets about sound design, because putting an entire song together was an entirely different ability" I am assuming this meant he didn't have confidence in others being able to use his technique to accomplish any thing meaningful. I will admit, I am the problem, but I wish there were resources to learn more about this than just trying to reverse engineer other people's work. Any directions to resources would be appreciated.

I am looking for knowledge on arrangement mainly. I want to know more about putting pieces together. I am an overly technical producer and while I have managed to learn alot, putting it all together in a meaningful format, ie a song or track, seems stunningly difficult for me. That's me.

Eager to produce.