Off beat chord change in progression?

Question

I'm self learning to compose something using a daw. I'm a self tough on theory and quite poor so please but hope the question make some sense. I followed a tutorial that suggest the possibility to spice up a chord progression by anticipating the chord change 1/8 note before the staring of the beat. ( the tutorial is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlgRrbVh4PI and these channel contains a lot of interesting material IMO ) So I played with the idea, and come out with something that, when the melody is added sounds a little weird, but well since I don't dislike, I just want to know if it makes musically some sense. Problem is that, since the off beat of the chord progression change, melody seems to be out of time, but if I "correct" these behaviour I loose any effect of having the off beat chord change. A sample is here: https://clyp.it/fhf0oufr ( sorry for low db: not yet mastered nor equalyzed ). Is this piece technically wrong?

Answer 1

Well, syncopation, anticipation, etc are good ways to mix up chord progressions but it doesn't mean it will work in every case. At some point if there's a clash you'll have to sacrifice one or the other - meaning either make the melody fit the chords if you really like that anticipation or make the chords match the melody if you don't want to change the melody. You can also play with other rhythms that may line up better. Just think of that anticipation as a tool - a hammer is a great tool but not for all handiwork. :) Save it and use it for another idea if it's not working this time! Hope this helps! -s