Loop Song

When I was tasked with making a song comprised entirely out of loops I felt at home right away. For the first several years of my composition journey I would use Garage Band for iPad, and the music I made was just using loops. My only reservation being that I would be using the web-based DAW, Soundtrap. I had never used it before, and hearing that it was a free program accessible through a browser didn't lessen my doubts. However, after using Soundtrap I can say that it's pretty good for what it is. It's no Logic or Pro Tools, but being that it's free to use with a quick Google search, it's not bad. The audio quality for the loops is very good, and the actual content in them is good too. There are plenty of midi loops as well for those who may like to change some things. The following is the song that I personally made using these loops:

I was going for the same style that I would've made back in the day in Garage Band, and I personally think I did a good job with that. It's evidently very EDM influenced which is primarily what music got me into composition in the first place. The execution is alright and the mixing could be better but I'll just chalk that up to my personal inexperience with the DAW. 

• Firstly, when crafting my chorus section I was looking for any loops that I could layer on top of each other. I personally find that an easy way to craft an atmosphere is to have a lot of similar tracks works towards filling the same space. 
• As I was looking for these loops, I found the one I would use for the first "Drop" (if you will). The deep synth bass-ish sound that is introduced by itself just after the chorus was really what gave me the structure for the piece. These types of EDM songs generally follow one set pattern: Intro/Chorus, First Drop, Chorus, Second Drop, Outro/Chorus. The second drop is usually one of two things, either a repeat of the first with some minor alterations, or completely different. I went with the latter.
• My track has a sort fusion aspect to it, borrowing elements from Trapstep and Future Bass (which you could argue is just a subgenre of Trapstep but whatever). After I finished the first drop, I started looking for a different loop which I could use to switch up the ending and came across the power chords that you hear at the ending. While it is in Cm, like the rest of the loops, it follows a different progression, so wen I was transitioning from the chorus to the second drop I tried to make it less noticeable by fading out the chorus elements and fading in the drop. The drums for the first drop of course wouldn't work because the vibe is so much different. I found some house drums to play in the Future Bass section (as well as some bass which wasn't present in the first drop because of the low-end present in the lead synth).
• Then after the second drop, rather than switch back to the chorus verbatim, the pace had already been altered with the house drums so I just kept those going through the end of the song while reintroducing the chorus on top. And of course, I went with the tried-and-true outro of having the drums and bass be the last parts in a song.

I'm proud of what I made, and Soundtrap was a fun experiment, but going forward I'm sticking with my preferred DAWs. Though this has given me some inspiration to make more music in this style since it is a lot of fun. Ultimately, I think Soundtrap is a decent alternative to professional DAWs if someone may not be able to afford one, and I imagine with enough practice some really good music can come out of it as with any DAW.