The Musician's Gig Room Chat V1 - Songwriting and Sound Design for all! - Creationism Corner

[img]https://imgkk.com/i/-3ru.png[/img] trying to get my drummer to murder me

Holy fuck I just made $50 for a super simple custom 20-second podcast intro. I only asked for $15.

[QUOTE=Ott;51980431]Great atmosphere. I dig the staccato-ness. Could use a little more movement during the 2 minute intro, add some sweeps in. The chip drone is good, very interesting. It's a little too harsh to be background music and a little too progressive to be foreground music. Honestly I don't have a whole lot to say about it other than that. [video]https://soundcloud.com/ottworks/the-walk-wip[/video] This will probably be my track for the collab album. I haven't really done any mixing/mastering other than sidechaining to the kick and dropping a preset on the master.[/QUOTE] This track's real slick, reminds me a bit of Toro y Moi's first album with higher production. Honestly excited to listen after you mix it, as that's the only thing I can see really upping this track. [video]https://soundcloud.com/neokyoto/01-a-spinning-disk[/video] Here's the opening track off my first album that I finished three days ago. Was definitely going for a synthwave sound, and I feel like it hit the mark with a bit of cyperpunk mixed in there.

i tried making a sampled trap beat thing. idk how to make drums good tho so im not really satisfied lmao [video]https://soundcloud.com/the_borrie/impala[/video]

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Oh oops thats what i get for not reading the first post [QUOTE=Klammyxxl;51990648] [video]https://soundcloud.com/neokyoto/01-a-spinning-disk[/video] Here's the opening track off my first album that I finished three days ago. Was definitely going for a synthwave sound, and I feel like it hit the mark with a bit of cyperpunk mixed in there.[/QUOTE] This sounds like it could be straight out of the opening of a 80s movie i like it

[QUOTE=Ott;51980431] [video]https://soundcloud.com/ottworks/the-walk-wip[/video] This will probably be my track for the collab album. I haven't really done any mixing/mastering other than sidechaining to the kick and dropping a preset on the master.[/QUOTE] yeah you know I like this a lot the way it is with just the sidechain on the kick. it's a little on the louder and brighter side at a few parts but I kinda like that sort of aggressive feel to a track like this. the vocal samples are spot on and layered well as they are, I would honestly just test out some different settings in the EQ to tighten it up a little and call it a day. sounds really nice

[QUOTE=FFStudios;51998622]yeah you know I like this a lot the way it is with just the sidechain on the kick. it's a little on the louder and brighter side at a few parts but I kinda like that sort of aggressive feel to a track like this. the vocal samples are spot on and layered well as they are, I would honestly just test out some different settings in the EQ to tighten it up a little and call it a day. sounds really nice[/QUOTE] [url=https://clyp.it/nop1kdeh?token=1535840d6b0255650cd3ccd9718dd3e7]If you're interested I've raised the trebel up to get it more or less at a 3db/oct rolloff since then[/url]

using right around 0:52, when the horn comes in, as my reference point for listening to both versions, I think the treble was a good idea but the current setting may have been just a bit overkill. the lower mid ranges sound a little muffled and the horn sounds tinny compared to the first version. I'm using stereo monitors though and not headphones, so I may be hearing it a little differently.

[QUOTE=Ott;51976746][vid]https://my.mixtape.moe/gdemxm.webm[/vid] I love this DAW[/QUOTE] it's good seein another bitwig user the beta has been a lotta fun

Anyone else start to like their material and then listen to actual bands and loathe everything you've ever touched?

[QUOTE=TimeBomb;52009189]Anyone else start to like their material and then listen to actual bands and loathe everything you've ever touched?[/QUOTE] You'll end up liking anything if you listen to it enough. But yes, I know this feeling well.

So I'm just lookin for some personal perspectives and inspiration when I ask, how do you make a song? [editline]25th March 2017[/editline] Follow up question; how do you finish it?

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;52012087]So I'm just lookin for some personal perspectives and inspiration when I ask, how do you make a song? [editline]25th March 2017[/editline] Follow up question; how do you finish it?[/QUOTE] I just dick around trying to make something that appeals to me And if I find that the track naturally builds itself (meaning that I never halt adding and tweaking till I get a full song) I finish it I've a lot of good ideas in store, but if I stop working on them, it's because I don't see them working as a track

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;52012087]how do you make a song?[/QUOTE] from a 'digital' standpoint, I strongly believe the best answer to it is "you just do", you just think of something, write it, play it, expand on it if you get a ideas from what you started with but to be more informative, it all depends on what you wanna do, what you want to write / compose, how you want it to sound, how you want it or yourself to feel when listening to a sound bite or the whole thing, it's all on what you start with and how you choose to expand it, because I don't believe there's guidelines for how you make a song, just what makes a song 'good' to many people. You just start with an idea and see where it takes you if it takes you somewhere. [URL="https://www.facebook.com/bt/posts/10153964144045095"]Here's a good post from BT about getting started on a song[/URL] [QUOTE=MrJazzy;52012087]Follow up question; how do you finish it?[/QUOTE] I don't think you exactly 'finish' a song, but rather get a song to a point where you feel "this is it, this is the song", because when you come back around to it I feel like you'd grow more thoughts for it it goes hand in hand with "starting with an idea and continuing it if you already love it / have ideas for it". and don't feel troubled for various projects that you don't finish, that's [I]very[/I] normal and is actually the most human thing about creation. sometimes you just create things that don't click, sometimes you 'finish' those things and realize later that it doesn't click, it happens

I just kinda go until I get bored of it. Then a month later I'll be listening through my render folder and think "hey, this sounds decent" and upload it somewhere.

[QUOTE=usenet;52012200]from a 'digital' standpoint, I strongly believe the best answer to it is "you just do", you just think of something, write it, play it, expand on it if you get a ideas from what you started with but to be more informative, it all depends on what you wanna do, what you want to write / compose, how you want it to sound, how you want it or yourself to feel when listening to a sound bite or the whole thing, it's all on what you start with and how you choose to expand it, because I don't believe there's guidelines for how you make a song, just what makes a song 'good' to many people. You just start with an idea and see where it takes you if it takes you somewhere. [URL="https://www.facebook.com/bt/posts/10153964144045095"]Here's a good post from BT about getting started on a song[/URL] I don't think you exactly 'finish' a song, but rather get a song to a point where you feel "this is it, this is the song", because when you come back around to it I feel like you'd grow more thoughts for it it goes hand in hand with "starting with an idea and continuing it if you already love it / have ideas for it". and don't feel troubled for various projects that you don't finish, that's [I]very[/I] normal and is actually the most human thing about creation. sometimes you just create things that don't click, sometimes you 'finish' those things and realize later that it doesn't click, it happens[/QUOTE] That was a very well written description, good read.

[QUOTE=Klammyxxl;51990648][video]https://soundcloud.com/neokyoto/01-a-spinning-disk[/video][/QUOTE] Lovin this!! Really great 80's vibes [QUOTE=uitham;51996323][video]https://soundcloud.com/the_borrie/impala[/video][/QUOTE] Lovin how dreamy it is in the beginning and near the end, but yea atm I feel the snaps dont really fit the beat so much, might wanna replace it with a proper snare imo. I feel if you made the beat centered more on the sample you used it could be a really wildly good track [video]https://soundcloud.com/tropicalgod/tropic-x-ennzelle-cure[/video] Here's something I did, we're a fairly small class of high school seniors so i just messaged a friend of mine who does some singing and we made this track, lots of learning experiences in here

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;52012087]So I'm just lookin for some personal perspectives and inspiration when I ask, how do you make a song? [editline]25th March 2017[/editline] Follow up question; how do you finish it?[/QUOTE] I just come up with a riff and build from there. I like a hard dissonant unresolved finish but sometimes I do more traditional finishes so hard dissonant unresolved stays fresh

[QUOTE=Skeeter;51841845]Few guidelines then; 1) Completely new music 2) Mastered at -0.1dB. This means, just put a limiter on the track when it is finished at -0.1dB. 3) Be done by [B]March 31st[/B] Anything else? OH, we need album art. Anybody knows what number the latest was on?[/QUOTE] Reminder

i'm 100% in on a collab album, i have a song that i made today that sounds pretty cool. it's a little short but FUCK IT

Lemme try to throw together some funky synthwave song in a couple of days

I think we're on Collab Album 11 or 12. Only thread I can find is from 2014, and that's the 10th edition. Also, my song is finished and ready to go. Let me know what format it needs to be in and I'll send it over. Right now I have a 16-bit/44.1khz WAV file ready to go.

we're on 13, 12 is the newest one i have on my pc

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;52016137]Lemme try to throw together some funky synthwave song in a couple of days[/QUOTE] Anything after feb 18 is fair game

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;52012326]That was a very well written description, good read.[/QUOTE] late reply but thank you, have fun! can't wait to hear what you've got :buckteeth:

still waiting on where to send the song and in what format if we're actually doing this album thing

[QUOTE=Klammyxxl;51990648]This track's real slick, reminds me a bit of Toro y Moi's first album with higher production. Honestly excited to listen after you mix it, as that's the only thing I can see really upping this track. [video]https://soundcloud.com/neokyoto/01-a-spinning-disk[/video] Here's the opening track off my first album that I finished three days ago. Was definitely going for a synthwave sound, and I feel like it hit the mark with a bit of cyperpunk mixed in there.[/QUOTE] I think the composition is pretty great and the synths are perfect for what you're aiming for, however the mix sounds a bit too low or unexciting. Maybe running it through Izotope Ozone and adding a Maximizer and Imager on it? I really love the chord progression / transition at 1:46, so emotional! I wish there was more of it in the song! [QUOTE=Colteh;52012683] [video]https://soundcloud.com/tropicalgod/tropic-x-ennzelle-cure[/video] Here's something I did, we're a fairly small class of high school seniors so i just messaged a friend of mine who does some singing and we made this track, lots of learning experiences in here[/QUOTE] The vocals really sounds like it's out of a disney movie compared to the track... The main motif in her singing is kind of boring after a while too. I think you should pitch her voice up. I REALLY really love the backing track though! The vocals just seem so off... [video]https://soundcloud.com/kid64/plans-remix[/video] Here's a remix I recently finished. I didn't really know how to make the intro or build up but I put all of my time into the drop, and I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.

[QUOTE=FFStudios;52023961]still waiting on where to send the song and in what format if we're actually doing this album thing[/QUOTE] Upload the .wav somewhere then PM the link to Skeeter. My contribution has now been sent.

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