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Very cool. Nice song. 👏✨
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Think of sequencing as writing a story, it would be odd if in the 1st chapter the characters are introduced, and in the next chapter, they are dead. For your listeners, it would be awkward to hear a soft song that transitions into a heavy fast-paced song. Singles are what attract your listeners, but an album is how you make them into fans. You have worked hard to create and produced every part of your story, so take the time to focus on the sequencing. Listeners will easily skip from one song to the next, you need to give your listeners a reason to stay for the whole story, and not to skip chapters. Your album (or playlist) is a journey, a story! The format is the main reason why albums are still very important. When curating an album keep in mind to sequence your tracks to release and build tension, doing this will make the songs leave a more impactful listening effect. If you have a couple of songs that soft, pair that with a couple of songs that are livelier after. However, grouping similar tracks work too.
That’s what album 💿 sequencing is all about.
Always loved that one.
Thanks, Jonathan! This is beautiful and inspiring. Love the Petty reference, and the different key possibilities. I think you could see the slid-up-2-frets C chord of songs like REM’s Man On The Moon in a similar light—it definitely has that kind of shimmer to it.