![]() ![]() ![]() This minimizes the conflict between the two channels. The ‘Vocals’ and the ‘Main Huge Synth’ occupy very similar frequencies, however, the ‘Vocal’ is positioned right down the middle in mono and the ‘Synth’ is spread super wide. There is a little bit of overlap as is expected in any mix, but each element has its own place. Take a look at the stereo separation infographic below. With the next song just a click away, it’s important to grab your listeners attention and keep it from start to finish. Too many layers can make a mix sound bloated and ends up confusing the listener. A production with lots of instruments battling for the listener’s attention can often lead to the listener losing the will to stay focussed. What can we learn from this? When we’re producing and mixing, often it’s better to use fewer sounds rather than adding layer upon layer to your mix. Just having these four elements makes it easy for the listener to stay engaged with the music. ‘Never Be Like You’ is dominated by just a few main elements the bass, drums, a synth, and the vocals. Keeping The Arrangement Simpleįlume makes the track easy to digest by keeping the arrangement (choice and number of instruments) minimal. Once the listener is pulled in, how does the track keep their focus? Read on to find out. Why? Because it’s so different and unique. When the listener hears the instantly recognizable high-pitched fastpaced “Never Be Like You” vocal, it grabs their attention. This creates an easy-to-digest foundation upon which the vocal can add more complex and unusual melodies. For example, the chord progression is relentlessly simple: C, Dm, F, repeated all the way through. Why was ‘Never Be Like You’ so successful? How did it manage to get so many radio plays and still maintain it’s artistic credibility? The songwriting and production have a great balance of simplicity with novelty injected at the perfect points. We can then use these techniques to help guide our decisions to get great results in the studio. In this post, I’ll be decoding the mix of ‘Never Be Like You’ to see what we can learn from Flume’s approach to making music. 4 years later he released his second album ‘Skin’ which won the best Dance/Electronic album at the 2017 Grammy Awards. The lead single on this incredible album was ‘Never Be Like You’. It’s intricate, and incredibly well produced, locked and loaded with emotion.0 Likes Decoding The Mix – Flume: Never Be Like Youįlume ascended to stardom at the age of 21 when his debut self-titled album topped the ARIA album charts and reached double-platinum. Waiting for the storm to pass, waiting for the sun to shine again, the clouds eventually part for the final break as the track goes full DnB, exploding into life with a massive wobbling bang. Contrasted by the in-your-face DnB drums, the song steadily builds and builds, as the lyrics tell a story of loneliness, grief, and a love-lost. The sultry vocals of Tom Wavy give the track plenty of emotion and substance, while beautiful melancholic chords and sporadic effects create an incredibly lush sonic atmosphere. ‘ On My Own ’ is a stunning blend of Drum and Bass and Pop. It stuck with me because the melody is very melancholic and lonesome but still has an optimistic feeling to it, which very well presented the situation I was in at that point of life but still is relatable today”. ![]() Back then, it only was a rough demo of a piano melody and a drum and bass loop. Something he could call his own.īLVMENKIND had this to say: “ ‘On My Own ’ is a song that I created quite early in the album production cycle in 2018. Dre and many more, eventually opening up his production style to a variety of genres, combining Electronica, Hip-Hop, Pop, Classical music and experimental sound design to create something fresh and unique. He was deeply Inspired by the likes of Flume, Jai Pau l, M83, Pink Floyd, Frank Ocean, Mura Masa, Dr. But, after locating demo software for music production online, he switched to electronic production. To overcome the loss, he began making music, eventually picking up the Cello a few years later. At seven, his mother tragically passed away. An immediate success, it gained over 10 million listeners on Spotify, YouTube and Soundcloud.īorn in 1998, Gabriel Brönnimann, BLVMENKIND, was thrust into music at an early age. The Swiss native, currently based in Rüti, released his first official single ‘ Dream With You ’ featuring Sam Darton back in 2017. ![]() BLVMENKIND released his new single, ‘ On My Own ’, featuring Tom Wavy on the 22nd of September via Paradise Lost. ![]()
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