I've been through this, and found out the easiest way for me is:
Let's suppose there is instrument A making the chords and B the melody.
Part 1 of the song is over, the melody made by B has to be drastically changed.
I will keep playing A's chords for a little longer, alone, and then play the melody above it. If the melody is going to repeat, now I can change the chords to make a new atmosphere.
It works better with multiple instruments, though, starting from 3. If you listen to my song, I keep the chords when changing the beats and bring back the melody when the final chords are being played, tying up the starting and ending themes.
I'm glad to hear the song works! I'll keep an eye on the kicks, I tend to go overboard with them, last time I plugged something I made on an amplifier, it sounded like the kicks would fry the speaker. xDOriginally Posted by JiJi