However, it can be argued that a deep, theoretical understanding of tension and energy leads to an improved use of it in practice. You don’t need to take such a methodical approach to tension and energy to make good music, nor do you need to understand, on paper, what constitutes energy. It’s worth noting that this post goes beyond the basics.
Note: If you feel like you could brush up on music theory before reading this, grab a free copy of Reginald Young’s Music Theory: The TL DR Version. You certainly don’t need any prior knowledge to read through this article, but there are sections that require a basic understanding of music theory, arrangement and structure, or both.
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The lack of information surrounding tension and energy is one of the reasons I decided to write this post – to provide a holistic understanding of both concepts, including, but not limited to: what they are, how they interact with each other, and how to think about them in relation to music production. Even as I was doing research to supplement this article, I found myself scraping the barrel trying to find something that wasn’t overly simplistic or a PhD-level thesis. Unfortunately, there isn’t a great deal of information–at least on the internet–about these two fundamentals, especially for the modern producer. This article is about two key musical concepts that are intrinsically linked together: tension and energy. One fundamental would be music theory, another would be basic synthesis (which is more necessary than you think, even if you don’t use presets).īut this article isn’t about fundamentals as a whole – that would require a book to be written. There’s nothing inherently wrong with learning how to make a Tchami bass or craft a spine-tingling build-up, but they aren’t fundamentals. We want to learn how to make complex bass sounds or massive build-ups. We want to make something cool that’ll impress our peers. Sometimes, I feel that bedroom producers focus too much on the minor aspects of electronic music production and not enough on fundamental musical concepts that have aided musicians for centuries.
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