Breakdowns, do we NEED to have them?

Dacks · Post by **Dacks** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:06 am

I finished the tune in my sig off not long ago and sent it around to some people, i got a lot of good feedback however one piece of advice that stood out to me was that I needed to put in a break down and take the bass out in the middle somewhere. my idea of a break down in the track was where I took out the main wobbley synth but kept the sub.

so tell me what's your view? are breakdowns 100 percent necessary in dubstep today? do we have to completely cut out bass to let the ravers know that there is a breakdown?

would be good to hear what other producers think on this subject!

peace.

Basic A · Post by **Basic A** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:08 am

Do what feels right.

Fuck em if they say otherwise.

Pedro Sánchez · Post by **Pedro Sánchez** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:12 am

Basic A wrote:Do what feels right.

Fuck em if they say otherwise.

Phigure · Post by **Phigure** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:16 am

Basic A wrote:Do what feels right.

Fuck em if they say otherwise.

hit the nail on the head

Dacks · Post by **Dacks** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:23 am

i completely agree to these replys, i personally dont think there should be any "rules" to production, especially if the tune can still slam the ground when it gets played.

paravrais · Post by **paravrais** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:45 am

Agree with everyone else however I just wanna add that you have a pretty basic and warped idea of a breakdown, it can be literally anything that changes the pace / general idea of the song. It can be just the bass dropping out but you can do so much more with it and it really helps keep a song interesting.

naus · Post by **naus** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:45 am

Phigure wrote:
Basic A wrote:Do what feels right.

Fuck em if they say otherwise.
hit the nail on the head

mojomusic · Post by **mojomusic** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:46 am

yepyep, do what sounds best.

paradigm_x · Post by **paradigm_x** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:28 am

Dubstep bylaw 814-27 does state that that a breakdown must occur between 2:20 and 2:35 (except on a sunday) but AFAIK this only applies in Missouri.

Maree-Jaine · Post by **Maree-Jaine** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:59 am

Basic A wrote:Do what feels right.

Fuck em if they say otherwise.

This.

It's your music. Do what you want with it.

JFK · Post by **JFK** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:06 am

Maree-Jaine wrote:
Basic A wrote:Do what feels right.

Fuck em if they say otherwise.

This.

It's your music. Do what you want with it.

Depone · Post by **Depone** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:14 am

For me, because of my mixing style, I do hammer it tune after tune, but then i Love to also mix intro's with mid-breaks to give it some space and impact for the next one. I will do this 1/4 tracks i mix in. Definately make a bigger impact.

Do it if you want to, its the norm for most tracks to be set in this way to be able to mix easily. Ie it has a visible and audible point of reference to ware you should start mixing in the next track etc...
Just my opinion.

Basic A · Post by **Basic A** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:43 am

Depone wrote:For me, because of my mixing style, I do hammer it tune after tune, but then i Love to also mix intro's with mid-breaks to give it some space and impact for the next one. I will do this 1/4 tracks i mix in. Definately make a bigger impact.

Do it if you want to, its the norm for most tracks to be set in this way to be able to mix easily. Ie it has a visible and audible point of reference to ware you should start mixing in the next track etc...
Just my opinion.

Now you know what we're gonna say already.

If its worth playing we the djs will make it work.

And for some peoples opinions, the odder the structure, the more fun to mix.

Capture pt · Post by **Capture pt** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:05 pm

im gonna make a track with a 4 bar breakdown every 8 bars for 8 minutes just for the challenge.

the dub lemon · Post by **the dub lemon** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:45 pm

I quite often go for break ups rather than break downs, the latest work in progress has quite a nice break up.

SunkLo · Post by **SunkLo** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:06 pm

As long has it has some sort of dynamic energy. If it's at 100% all the time that 100 starts to sound like 50%.

In The Shadows · Post by **In The Shadows** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:08 pm

two drops has been a tired arrangement forever, people like Dillinja have been playing that card weekly since the mid 90s, any chance you get to make a tune outside of that format should be jumped upon.

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:26 pm

keep in mind that the dj also can just cut out the bass of your tune so its not like they always need an "easy-mode" transition set up for them

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:49 pm

paradigm x wrote:Dubstep bylaw 814-27 does state that that a breakdown must occur between 2:20 and 2:35 (except on a sunday) but AFAIK this only applies in Missouri.

LOL

looks like I have been breaking the "Missouri dubstep bi-laws"

haha

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:55 pm

FSTZ wrote:
paradigm x wrote:Dubstep bylaw 814-27 does state that that a breakdown must occur between 2:20 and 2:35 (except on a sunday) but AFAIK this only applies in Missouri.
LOL

looks like I have been breaking the "Missouri dubstep bi-laws"

haha

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