One of the things which I think I have been improving at recently, but doesn't get alot of discussion is the kind of arrangement craft. One of the things I've particualrly been liking over the past 6 months or so is having dramatic stops in the instrumentation foloowed by a single line of vocals on their own.
I cant think of any good example from other peoples songs off the top of my head, even though i know theres loads but...
Think like 2:55ish in this video
What I'm wondering is how often these kind of arrangement devices comes as part of the writing of the song. Like you're first version has that as a key device as you write it.
And how many happen after playing the song live for a bit and saying...you know what would sound really dramatic here?
Ive been including a lot of "pre-written" one lately but ive also introduced a few in older material.
As an aside, how important do you think this kind of arrange-ment craft to song writing in general? Do you view it as an integral part or just the icing on the cake of an existing song.
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The build starts at 1:26 and I love the stop which really enhances it about 30 seconds after that.
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