Lesson 18 · Writing Heavy Riffs

Chapters

1. 0:00Tuning, and a drop A riff played in drop D
2. 1:59Thicker strings and contrast between density and space
3. 3:28Contrast in dynamics and rhythm, and Icarus Lives
4. 6:51Tone: gain, Meshuggah and too much gain
5. 8:46Too much gain, and where the mids sit
6. 9:55Mids too low, too high, and halfway
7. 10:47Building a heavy riff over a click track
8. 12:15Looping a click and keeping the contrast