Destination – My first song

Inspired by dance and trance music from the early 2000s, I composed a positive and catchy melody. I was 12 years old and didn’t have a clue about music production, but I was happy that I saved this draft as MIDI on a floppy disk, cause…

Good things take time.

When I wrote this melody, I used a MIDI sequencer instead of a DAW. I started music production one year later and worked on several tracks that are part of my first album “Trancemotion“. However, “Destination” has been planned for that album, but all my attempts failed. I didn’t find the right sounds, the off-bass was not aggressive enough, and I decided to quit dance music and continue with uplifting trance.

More than 15 years later, I teamed up with Thomas You to produce the version this song deserved. He has more experience in dance, hands up and hardstyle. During our collaboration, I learned, that arranging dance music is a different thing than I expected. You have to care about reverb, sidechaining and many layers of bass. Every genre has its specifics.

With hindsight, the title sounds a bit ironic, cause “Destination” has not been the destination of my music – It’s been the beginning. It was fun to produce a very old song in a style I’d never do again. You can find our version from 2017 on YouTube.