Meditation is a melodic techno track with a main theme that repeats throughout most of the track. I planned it from the very beginning. It turned out to be difficult to make the track interesting in development. The usual arrangement didn’t work well. The track came out boring. So I took and stole the arrangement from techno musician Trikk.
You can listen to Meditation on streaming platforms (alternative link). You can download it for free on Boosty. I will be glad to support with donations or subscriptions!
Before Meditation, almost all my tracks looked like two sausages connected together. Standard structure of a techno track: easy to fit into DJ mixes. But there is another way. Like in the Rigor track by Trikk.
I quickly got the basis of Meditation. The idea developed into 32 bars. That’s it. Then nothing happened. I tried the structure, as I did many times in other tracks, — too monotonous and boring. Following the advice of more experienced musicians, I picked up a reference for working on the arrangement.
In blocks of 8 bars, I went through the track from Trikk. Marked what should be in each piece:
- instruments;
- intensity;
- transitions.
Arranged the pieces in my track. Adjusted the sound intensity. Came up with transitions. It took me about 2 hours for everything. The result was a track almost 7 minutes long with an interesting structure.
Meditation is my least boring track at the moment. It’s better to listen to the Extended version.
You can on streaming services, you can on Boosty. Do you want to add it to your DJ mix? To a game, video, podcast, presentation? Take the track on Boosty. Add a link to this site and indicate the authorship of the music — that’s all you need.