I love making ambient music, because it feels like the equivalent of finger painting – you can smear things around by stretching out long tones and soaking them in reverb. No sound seems out of place if you bring it in gradually and keep it there for a while. In this episode, I talk about how to create tension in ambient music by holding notes longer than you think you should.
This production lesson originally aired in Composer Quest episode 54 with Marc Weidenbaum. For more music production lessons and composer interviews, visit composerquest.com.
