arrangement tips?

[johnnydeep]

somewhat of a holy grail is the mastering of song arrangement. Im interested in learning how different people approach song arrangement and would like to know if there are any good threads/links i can check out.

I've tried a few techniques:

1 copying arrangement changes of a released track, but using all my own sounds

2 creating many 8 bar loops in session loop, then recording to arrangement view. i then try to link song parts and add fills and sweeps

[White_Rabbit]

Tarekith's Guide to Song Arranging
http://www.tarekith.com/assets/arranging.html

[contakt321]

Tarekith's Guide to Song Arranging
http://www.tarekith.com/assets/arranging.html

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[DangerousDave]

Of course, depending on what kind of music you wish to create, pretty much every pop song on the radio has the typical arrangement: intro-verse1-chorus-verse2-chorus-interlude-chorus-outro. Or something damn close to it. but really you can make a HUGE variety of arrangements work if you do it with a specific intention.