Intros

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:07 am

Who enjoys making their intros?

I usually don't spend much time on my intros, so I decided to do it properly for once. Here's an ambient intro for a Dubstep remix I'm doing for somebody, due for release early next year.

http://homepage.mac.com/misterboo/.Music/Intro.mp3

All the tune snippets on the radio are full tracks from me throughout the years, apart from the one blippy house track that comes on after the reggae track. The Trance thing is a demo I did for somebody so I could show them that you can write a Trance track in 5 mins. It was another colour on the palette, so I thought I may as well use it.

The gun lock sample is something I don't use often, but it's fine in the context of the track.

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:24 am

intros are great, pure vibes. setting the scene

grooki · Post by **grooki** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:58 am

A nice intro is great, I like it when it doesn't sound like 16 bars of mucking about till you get to the main show. Having said that often I can't be arsed!

janner · Post by **janner** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:49 pm

agreed - often carnt be arsed

but

imho intros and breakdowns are the producer's opportunity to show what they can do in terms of imaginative production technique and arrangement, with no risk of detracting from the minimal weight that is necessary on the bass drop

fuck around and have some fun is wot i say. its good to get people scraching their heads saying 'now how the bollocks did they do that'

toiminto · Post by **toiminto** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:03 pm

it depends so much what kind of tune it is.. my latest on myspace has over 2 minute intro but for some tracks i don't make intro at all, they fire up straight away

John Locke · Post by **John Locke** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:07 pm

Intros r the easy part, its all the shit the comes after that i cant get my head round

nuravehitcher · Post by **nuravehitcher** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:02 pm

Battle Gong wrote:Intros r the easy part, its all the shit the comes after that i cant get my head round

agreed... i can make intros all day, but the moment i start to make a drop i have to give up!

future producer · Post by **future producer** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:27 pm

I love making intros, especially if atmospheric and captures the listeners imagination.

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:00 pm

Future Producer wrote:I love making intros, especially if atmospheric and captures the listeners imagination.

Took the words out of my my mouth lol.

I love having crazy, surreal intros, as you dont know whats gonna drop next.

Such as dnb track like hard nozie from dillinja.

two oh one, them intros are fuckin crazy, i love the radio idea.

whineo · Post by **whineo** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:31 pm

Im becoming more interested in lack of intros. Take Burial for instance - pretty much straight in there no messing.
obviously theres plenty of exceptions, it depends on the context of the tune and the impact of the drop - but I definately think they need to be something super special if you are going to prolong them.
Especially promoting your tunes on the internet etc..
How many times do you find yourself skipping other peoples tunes to get to the main body of the beat? People's attention spans are short.

cryptic · Post by **cryptic** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:41 pm

How many times do you find yourself skipping other peoples tunes to get to the main body of the beat? People's attention spans are short.

A very good point.

John Locke · Post by **John Locke** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:50 pm

Whineo wrote:Im becoming more interested in lack of intros. ...
Especially promoting your tunes on the internet etc..
How many times do you find yourself skipping other peoples tunes to get to the main body of the beat? People's attention spans are short.

very good point

clowns at itunes put 1st Spuek release online with 30 second snippets which in some cases consist entirely of a loud of floaty ambience. theres one track that cuts right b4 beats drop! useless

not expecting huge sales of that one

future producer · Post by **future producer** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:51 pm

Whineo wrote:Especially promoting your tunes on the internet etc..
How many times do you find yourself skipping other peoples tunes to get to the main body of the beat? People's attention spans are short.

I've only ever made tunes for myself, not for other people or for money. If someone listens and thinks "Yeah, I like it", or "That's bit cool", that'll do for me, skip as much as you like

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EDIT: Yeah iTunes sucks with its 30 second playtime thing, I dunno how you can decide whether or not to buy something from 30 seconds of intro other than taking a chance.

janner · Post by **janner** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:38 am

Whineo wrote:...but I definately think they need to be something super special if you are going to prolong them.
Especially promoting your tunes on the internet etc..
How many times do you find yourself skipping other peoples tunes to get to the main body of the beat? People's attention spans are short.

hmmm yes overly long intros should be avoided but you should give the DJ something to work with if you want your tune played out

aside from the trusty 'switch mix' it normally takes a DJ a certain amount of time to blend from one track to t'other. i did a few tunes with well short intros just to see if it would work but i found that DJs didn't have enough time and were mixing through the drop, often to the detriment of the track imho

and if yr worried about people getting bored on yr myspace or whatever, edit up a shortened version or use a recording from a radio show (v.effective)

but if the heads at the online store can't get their act together ref posting a decent clip of your track up, isn't that that's simply their lack of professionalism? i don't think that should affect how you build a tune

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