7/2/2023 0 Comments Beatport pro forum![]() ![]() The two most popular structures were ABAB and BCB. There were 17 different structures in total. C: Bridge, main breakdown, or section of song that differs musicallyĪ common pop structure, for instance, would be something like ABABCB (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus).B: Can mean drop or chorus – main section.A: Can mean verse, alternative section, break, or common build-up.For the sake of simplicity I settled on three categories of song sections: Typically when looking at the structure of a song, you’d take into account the intro, pre-chorus, build-up, and so forth. I decided to split each track up into segments to get a basic overview of the structure. I knew that I had to keep the structure analysis simple otherwise it’d take far too long to do. However, the structure of a track is also one of the most interesting things to look at, so it’s time well spent. Analyzing popularity and length aren’t difficult, but to examine the structure of a song is a manual, involved process. The most time-consuming part of all of this was studying structure. However, I did have two assumptions that I thought were warranted:īeyond that, I didn’t know what to expect. The plan was to go into this with an open mind, disposing of any assumptions I had beforehand. I knew my findings would be helpful to EDMProd readers and anyone else who happened to stumble across the post. I have a fair idea of what’s popular, but a refresher is helpful. To get a better view of what’s popular at the moment.Any producer, regardless of skill level, is going to pick up a thing or two by analyzing 100 tracks. I decided to do this for a few main reasons: Surely there’s not that much to gain from spending money and time listening to a bunch of popular tracks? You might be wondering why on earth I did this. ![]() It’s certainly not difficult to drag a single track into your DAW, listen to it, and mark out its structure, but doing it 100 times? It gets to you.Īfter I’d gathered all the important data, I went into my crudely made spreadsheet and started drawing links between the data and made it more “consumable” or interesting (averages, percentages, etc.) Why I did it The most time-consuming part of this was analyzsing the structure. I started with the basics (genre, duration, length, etc.) and moved toward the more unique points of interest such as structure and whether the tracks contained an obvious sample from elsewhere. While the tracks were downloading, I sketched up a basic spreadsheet in Google Sheets to collect all my data.Īfter all the tracks had been imported into Ableton Live, I began to enter data into the spreadsheet. Unfortunately, Beatport doesn’t have a “Purchase Top 100” button, so I had to add them all to my cart manually. The first thing I did was purchase and download the tracks. ![]() PLEASE REPORT posts and comments that violate the above rules or just suck.The process I went through wasn’t complicated, but it did take a fair bit of time. Posts asking “what should I play for this gig?”.Obvious spam for youtube channels/gig logs/blogs/advertisements. ![]() Support the people who make your hobby/career possible.
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