Garage Band Smells

This article builds upon the concept of the three layers of a song. If you are not aware of this concept please read this article here first.

In programming, use of design patterns as best practices has led to the discovery of bad practices which are called "smells." The understanding of the three layers of a popular music song has led to a similar practice. These bad practices will be called "Garage Band Smells" because they keep the band down to a level of a garage band and not a professional one.

1. No instrument has the quant
2. No instruments play "changes" to tell the listener that a section change is imminent
3. Same instrumentation throughout
4. No silence in song
5. No counter instrumentation
6. No spectrum change
7. Break the 2 times meta rule without consequence