Soundtrack Production
The craft of creating music for all forms of media.
Does Your Music Have The โX Factorโ For Sync Placements?
First, let me start by saying that I really hate buzzwords like X Factor. I find them to be a form of language that people use when they can’t articulate something in descriptive terms. However, in this rare case, I don’t believe there is a better word than X Factor to describe the abstract, intoxicating charisma that makes a piece of music special. So, while I am forced to use a buzzword here, I will try to define it with some good examples.
I think of X Factor elements as what drive a song to trigger a strong emotional reaction. They create a feeling that is powerful enough to influence your state of mind in any direction in a matter of just few bars. There is no book on how to create X Factor, no scale or progression that insures it, and no specific production or performance technique that generates it. It is far more abstract than that. What is important is to learn to recognize it in all forms of music, so you can incorporate it into your music.
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