My creation process often starts in one of the following ways:

• An idea of what I want to do and explore with the sounds
• An idea of a technical aspect that I want to try out
• A melody, harmony or rhythm

On occasion it starts with lyrics, but I’d say that is rather rare. Lyrics tend to come after melodies and harmonies or be an existing lyric matched up with a new music arrangement.

And my framework that I typically create music within is the 8 Max production style (read more here) that pushes me to make the most of each sound instead of just adding things and build big and complex things. Keep it simple! Another foundation in my way of creating music is repetition. As I introduce something, a melody, harmony or whatever, it needs to add value to the creation, and it needs to be something that I want to hear over and over. If I want to hear it, I try to push it to the limit where it is almost enough, then I remove it, sometimes to reintroduce it later in the track.

I see each sound, rhythm or melody as an element, and typically repeat the elements of this particular track in various ways to keep the arrangement interesting. Sometimes the elements are all static throughout the track, sometimes there are variations within the elements.

Just as I do not stick to any particular genre, I do not think that I stick to any particular sound or repeat myself too much. But it is really nothing I think about, and I kind of hope that someone someday will say – yeah, I can hear that this is a Nalle-track! It definitely has the Nalle-signature! (But I am not able to say if there is one, nor what it would be. If there is one, it is unintended.)

And creating a vast number of tracks/songs, definitely adds to the risk of creating similar tracks. But that does not bother me. If I create a track that is similar to another track that I’ve already created, so be it. I won’t sue myself for it! And if you like both, one or neither and choose to listen to it or not, that is up to you.

I see each track as an exploration journey for me, all with various destinations, starting-points and purpose. Each track fulfils its purpose when being created, then I let it go (release it) to live its own life and run its own course.

As always, stay curious!

//Nalle