My workflow (A Timelapse)

Here is a time-lapse of how I prepare a track for the mixing and mastering. In this video I go over all that I did to prepare the project file- Bombay Dreams bootleg for the mixing and mastering stage.

Someone recently asked me a question regarding how to make cool ideas and convert them into reality. So I just wanted to address that and talk a little about my workflow as this can be applied to anything creative.

Most of the early stages of my production usually comprises of disorganized projects. Projects with just bunch of ideas and cool sounds all lying around in the project. If you've seen my track from scratch series on YouTube then you might know what I am talking about. My goal is usually to create a section of music without breaking the creative flow during the early stages. Making sure I have the least amount of resistance.

When I am in the flow state during the initial periods of track creation, it doesn't take much to get inspired as the entire thing is fresh and the possibilities are endless. But if that flow state is broken and the focus is shifted from arrangement(creation) phase to finer detailing and things like beautification of the project file or mixing of the track or anything else then it doesn't take long before the initial inspiration that led to the initiation of the project is lost. And inspiration is key in any kind of creative work as this is what drives the entire project. This is also one of the main reasons why people usually give up on older projects.

So as a way to deal with that I like to put down all the ideas the moment I have them into the timeline as quickly as possible. This is because, ideas can often come in impulses and they go away just as quickly. It's unto us to grab on to them and quickly put them down into something so that it becomes something more than just ideas- something tangible and not just cool ideas in the mind. As they go away just as quickly as they came.

I can always come back to it later and fine tune it into something better because I know what needs fine tuning. But to be able to fine tune something you need the main content to be made first, so that you are left with something that you can fine tune later.

This is a video which shows a glimpse of how I go about that fine-tuning and preparation within FL Studio after I am completely done with the arrangement phase(which is where I quickly dot down all my ideas) This helps me see everything much more clearly which is essential for mixing of the track. This is then followed by the mixing and mastering stage where I stem out everything into individual tracks and work on them individually in a new project file.

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If you have any questions about this or ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYxRcHCXA00