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

If anybody has multitracks they've got laying around I could use some new mixing material to get back into the groove of pro tools

[QUOTE=Speedhax;48204921]Would depend on the context lmao you'd have to record it.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=MrJazzy;48208294]It works but yeah it still depends on context, it might sound weird and shit if it's not helping accomplish the music.[/QUOTE] Did a quick and sloppy take. Aiming for a spacey funky jazz house track. [URL="http://instaud.io/9bw"]http://instaud.io/9bw[/URL] [QUOTE=MrJazzy;48208294]Still playing with the idea of building songs around the pauses. [url]https://soundcloud.com/messier-51/soo-2/s-oQSkX[/url][/QUOTE] Sounds nice. Are you using an analog synth? Because if that bass and pad are digital sounds, then that is some damn good digital synthesis. The start of it sounds a bit bare, of course, but it certainly allows for some good build-up. Keep going with it.

[QUOTE=UnknownDude;48210751]Did a quick and sloppy take. Aiming for a spacey funky jazz house track. [URL="http://instaud.io/9bw"]http://instaud.io/9bw[/URL] Sounds nice. Are you using an analog synth? Because if that bass and pad are digital sounds, then that is some damn good digital synthesis. The start of it sounds a bit bare, of course, but it certainly allows for some good build-up. Keep going with it.[/QUOTE] Dude that definitely works, make something with that it's pretty dang sweet. Nah I'm using digital soft synths, Albino 3 and Massive specifically, I'm just using multiple pulse waves with LFO modulation and envelopes on the pulsewidth for the bass and a couple of synths and then since there is no pulse wave function in Albino 3 a mix of saw and square waves and modulating the symmetry. That and then low pass filters and some effects etc.

ive been experimenting the past couple of days with hiphop, i know my tracks feel kinda bare, but im not sure what to add to them, these are probably the two best [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-2[/media] [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-4[/media] any crit would be very helpful, i know they sound a little iffy because the things i smapled i only had as mp3s, before these are finished, ill be getting better quality versions of the traacks to work with

[QUOTE=despair3173;48214109]ive been experimenting the past couple of days with hiphop, i know my tracks feel kinda bare, but im not sure what to add to them, these are probably the two best [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-2[/media] [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-4[/media] any crit would be very helpful, i know they sound a little iffy because the things i smapled i only had as mp3s, before these are finished, ill be getting better quality versions of the traacks to work with[/QUOTE] They're a funny buzz and beep or something at 0:19 on the first one. I think they both sound pretty neat- in terms of variety in hip-hop this topic has come up a few times in /r/edmproduction and I wish I could find the links, but if you search there you might find something that could help. I've spent the past few hours trying to dissect and reproduce the synths/pads from [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX0jy15AyBE"]this [/URL]track and I'm getting NOWHERE. Any tips on how to better reproduce sounds? I feel I really should sit down and watch that intro to synthesis video at some point but I've been busy the past few days and last week was all work work work.

[QUOTE=despair3173;48214109]ive been experimenting the past couple of days with hiphop, i know my tracks feel kinda bare, but im not sure what to add to them, these are probably the two best [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-2[/media] [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-4[/media] any crit would be very helpful, i know they sound a little iffy because the things i smapled i only had as mp3s, before these are finished, ill be getting better quality versions of the traacks to work with[/QUOTE] First one is a good idea but suffers from poor sounds. Piano is a bit too bright which I think will do it for the most part. Second one sounds more authentic and professional at the beginning. Not a fan of how it ends though but I'm sure it's still a work in progress. [media]https://soundcloud.com/redbadger/amazing-grace[media] Recorded this and did a quick mix, its an original arrangement by a friend. Enjoy. [editline]15th July 2015[/editline] [media]https://soundcloud.com/redbadger/amazing-grace[/media] fixed

[QUOTE=despair3173;48214109][media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-2[/media][/QUOTE] I think it's sort of lacking that hip hop feel, like it doesn't really make me feel like nodding my head to the beat, you know? I'd recommend adding hihats or something to bring the rhythm together more, and maybe lowering the tempo. The kicks playing simultaneously with each snare is another thing, but I guess that's a matter of preference more so.

[QUOTE=despair3173;48214109]ive been experimenting the past couple of days with hiphop, i know my tracks feel kinda bare, but im not sure what to add to them, these are probably the two best [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-2[/media] [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-4[/media] any crit would be very helpful, i know they sound a little iffy because the things i smapled i only had as mp3s, before these are finished, ill be getting better quality versions of the traacks to work with[/QUOTE] Make sure you provide criticism for other people's tracks, since that is a rule here.

[QUOTE=Mr._N;48217252]Make sure you provide criticism for other people's tracks, since that is a rule here.[/QUOTE] i did lol [quote=absolalone111;48193327][QUOTE=Water-Marine;48124158]I've never really recorded or produced rap until the past month. Been helping a good friend of mine make his album. Any tips on production? [media]http://soundcloud.com/tyler-roberson-5/roses-the-return-of-fan-request-friday[/media][/QUOTE] this isnt exactly my kind of thing, its well produced and the organ sounds really remind me of F-Zero, but it doesnt really seem to hit very hard if you get me? Also my personal preference, id have probably made the piano at the beginning sound a lot more like a real piano than a digital one, it would add some interesting contrast to the rest of the song. in terms of vocals, id have kept the instrumental going along side it a little longer, and not have faded out the vocals at the end. Maybe try adding a bit of reverb to give it a bit more texture?[/quote]

[QUOTE=despair3173;48214109]ive been experimenting the past couple of days with hiphop, i know my tracks feel kinda bare, but im not sure what to add to them, these are probably the two best [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-2[/media] [media]https://soundcloud.com/sleep_lessoner/demo-4[/media] any crit would be very helpful, i know they sound a little iffy because the things i smapled i only had as mp3s, before these are finished, ill be getting better quality versions of the traacks to work with[/QUOTE] If I'm not wrong you're probably used to EDM production or something similar. In your first track it shows, man, especially on your drums - they'd be good for electronic music but they are not good at all for hip hop. Definitely need more character because the beat is so integral to your song - I don't think its a case of mixing it either, I think you need different samples that are more dry, more dusty, and more acoustic sounding, as well as fixing up the pianos melodies, which clash. If they're demos then obviously the mix isn't there so its hard to tell but I think the melodies themselves might be clashing a little. Are you ducking as well? You need to duck and push the bass on that kick. Also some dirty compression/90s style compression wouldn't go amiss. [editline]16th July 2015[/editline] Unfortunately a lot of hip hop is done in the mix, so posting unmixed demos makes it hard to crit properly but those are my impressions [editline]16th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=MrJazzy;48205465][url]https://soundcloud.com/messier-51/mhmm[/url] Very basic but im playing around a bit trying to utilize pauses [editline]14th July 2015[/editline] It's really good, sounds very dark, reminds me of the ambient stuff from amnesia but more pronounced[/QUOTE] This is so dope man and I usually hate any hint of wub but this is gr8

[QUOTE=killerteacup;48219308]If I'm not wrong you're probably used to EDM production or something similar. In your first track it shows, man, especially on your drums - they'd be good for electronic music but they are not good at all for hip hop. Definitely need more character because the beat is so integral to your song - I don't think its a case of mixing it either, I think you need different samples that are more dry, more dusty, and more acoustic sounding, as well as fixing up the pianos melodies, which clash. If they're demos then obviously the mix isn't there so its hard to tell but I think the melodies themselves might be clashing a little. Are you ducking as well? You need to duck and push the bass on that kick. Also some dirty compression/90s style compression wouldn't go amiss. [editline]16th July 2015[/editline] Unfortunately a lot of hip hop is done in the mix, so posting unmixed demos makes it hard to crit properly but those are my impressions[/QUOTE] oh man, is it that easy to tell? i do see what you mean, it doesnt quite have the same punch and kick to it that it should, but i didnt think there was anything inherrantly wrong with the samples themselves, i actually got them from some hip-hop vinyl sample pack :v but yeah, I do really see what I mean, and ill be working on the drums a lot, especially as its something i know im not amazing at, even with genres that im more comfortable with. I also need to get to grips with compression, the only mixing on the top track is to take away some of the high on the piano [editline]fuckinwait[/editline] I don't really do EDM, more indie electronic, and minimalist synthy shit, but really not the same kind of production as hiphop

A few friends and I made a cover of The Beach by Dr. Dog. Recording quality isn't great, but it got the job done. Tell me what you think! [media] [URL]http://soundcloud.com/tetramputechture/dr-dog-the-beach-full-band-cover[/URL][/media] I'm on drums, one friend is on bass, and another is playing guitar and singing (He recorded a separate vocal track). I put a little delay on the vocals; I wanted to add a bit of noise to it, but I was running out of time (I had to go soon after we finished) and I didn't know what the exact effect was. Also, I'm gonna put up another drum cover soon! Check out my channel for lots of them. (Never posted here so that's why I'm just trying to shove everything I do into one post).

God damnit, I had written criticism on every single track posted on this page so far and had setup a link comparing my first edition of my house track to my most recent (about tenth I think) mixdown attempt. I left the page and lost all of my work though and I spent a fair amount of time writing it all out. So give me a few hours or so and I'll come back, but I have to leave and go run errands and take care of some chores first. Want to work on starting a new track today since I've only ever "finished" this one, I know my mixing skills have improved but lets see about composition skills [editline]16th July 2015[/editline] I also have to decide whether I want to take two more classes and get a minor in physics with the possibility to double major, or go all-in on aero and astro and minor in Music. I am taking a music theory course next quarter though

[QUOTE=NixNax123;48221315]A few friends and I made a cover of The Beach by Dr. Dog. Recording quality isn't great, but it got the job done. Tell me what you think! [media] [URL]http://soundcloud.com/tetramputechture/dr-dog-the-beach-full-band-cover[/URL][/media] I'm on drums, one friend is on bass, and another is playing guitar and singing (He recorded a separate vocal track). I put a little delay on the vocals; I wanted to add a bit of noise to it, but I was running out of time (I had to go soon after we finished) and I didn't know what the exact effect was. Also, I'm gonna put up another drum cover soon! Check out my channel for lots of them. (Never posted here so that's why I'm just trying to shove everything I do into one post).[/QUOTE] That sounds really sweet, I especially the vocals and the drums, the only thing I'd like to say is you would do well with a comp guitarist or an organist or maybe even keyboardist to flesh out the sound a bit. Good job though! Edit: Also, the guitar sounds a little underwhelming, but that's a matter of putting it through some effects and tweak them. Here's something I've worked on a bit lately, I've got some lyrics I would like to do on top of it if I can pull it off. [url]https://soundcloud.com/messier-51/canttypequestionmark2/s-l42yV[/url]

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;48223552]That sounds really sweet, I especially the vocals and the drums, the only thing I'd like to say is you would do well with a comp guitarist or an organist or maybe even keyboardist to flesh out the sound a bit. Good job though! Edit: Also, the guitar sounds a little underwhelming, but that's a matter of putting it through some effects and tweak them. [/QUOTE] Thanks a lot! My friends didn't bring any pedals or anything, and I couldn't do it in post (used just one rock band mic for that, lol), but noted for next time! [quote]Here's something I've worked on a bit lately, I've got some lyrics I would like to do on top of it if I can pull it off. [URL]https://soundcloud.com/messier-51/ca...nmark2/s-l42yV[/URL][/quote] Sounds really nice, mixed really well! I don't know about some of the drum effects (namely the bongo (or whatever that is)), maybe replace that with a snare side stick? just a little *chic*

I made some sort of remix of Adeles "Someone Like You" about two weeks ago [media]http://soundcloud.com/skriket/someone-like-you-wobbl-remix[/media]

Where's your feedback m8

[QUOTE=killerteacup;48227522]Where's your feedback m8[/QUOTE] A few pages earlier, I never recieved any feedback myself so I thought I'd try again.

[QUOTE=Skeeter;48225299]I made some sort of remix of Adeles "Someone Like You" about two weeks ago [media]http://soundcloud.com/skriket/someone-like-you-wobbl-remix[/media][/QUOTE] neat track, but overall it feels sort of lifeless in my opinion, the synths i feel don't mesh super well with the vocals, the drums r good tho [URL="https://soundcloud.com/colteh-1/no-name-yet/s-9qSP6"]https://soundcloud.com/colteh-1/no-name-yet/s-9qSP6[/URL] experiments in this track tbh, also tried out making an arpeggio my main melody and seeing if it would sound good haha, its a bit of a trip still only my second month learning how to produce, gotta get good :vs:

Right right here goes waiting to go out with friends so time to write a bunch of criticism, show what I hope is progress, and start a new track inspired by MrJazzy and Jon Hallur yo. [B]Egg_Toaster and HL2 Beta Consul theme:[/B] I dig. Guess a not a lot of criticism to give since its a simple cover, but it seems well done overall. I do agree that you need better sounds or better mastering, what DAW are you using? [B]redBadger and scary ambient stuff+amazing grace:[/B] Hits the mark, alright. Have you considered adding some more "creepy" sounds? a ratchety clicking or mechanical clunking could work, or something like a long deep whistle maybe? C418 uses a bunch of neat post processed effects in a lot of his tracks. Its really nice overall, but something akin to a geiger counter ticking or clicking at points could add a bit "more" to the track I guess. Just a thought! Amazing Grace was neat too, always dug that song and melancholic piano bits in general. It seems though that the piano becomes MUCH louder later on and sorta muddies up the vocalist. I guess you could either make the vocalist louder, the piano queiter, or work a bit of EQ'ing magic to make the two not cancel each out and stand more on their own. 125-500hz is gonna be your main range and I'd consider hitting the vocals with a HPF if you haven't already (~60hz is where I start for these). Can also try playing with a limiter to cut the hard peaks then a soft compressor on whatever you want to play with. [B]MrJazzy and his rad synth styles:[/B] Soo2 is a really neat track by the way! I really like it and it has a ton of texture to it, between the synths varying a bunch, the panning, and the slow introduction of more elements. The percussion at the start is really neat, and that little riff at 0:43 is fun combined with the continuing funky background keyboard sounds. And a nice tasteful amount of wub, I can dig it. Canttypequestionmark2 is fun as well, like the slow intros. Reminds me loads of Jon Hallur's work for the EvE soundtrack. This all sounds like really pleasant driving or background music, has enough character to deliver energy and be fun and funky but not so much its a complete distraction. Is that a gated snare as well? Its a really neat sound! And I like the drumline overall, punchy snare a bit of a shaker-thingy for texture and the variety of the toms in the key portions. As per the usual, awesome synth sounds and instruments. If you're looking for inspiration on how to do breaks or soft stuff, check out Killigrew on Soundcloud. Their latest release has 3 songs that have tons of queit moments and breaks, and "Dreaming" is one of my favorite songs of all time. Nice and melancholic, they make tons of "gothic" stuff as they call it. Blackmill is also worth a look if you haven't heard of them already, and a lot of your stuff reminds me of Jon Hallur (eve guy). I struggle to understand how northern Europe produces so many good musicians, it feels unfair! If you're looking for funky stuff Televisor is a neat dood (newest song is awesome). Also, just know you're one of my inspirations in this thread! Like my own FP music senpai. Love your stuff and you always deliver neat advice on how make your sounds, really appreciate it. Gotta get good by imitating the greats, yes? [B]NixNax:[/B] Try playing with delays, chorus, and reverb on your vocals. A very light chorus effect (8-15% wet) can add a bit of texture and movement to a voice without being as apparent as a delay. Ping-pong delay also very dry might work? I'd give it a shot and play around a bit. Guitar can be given tons of color and effect with a ping-pong delay and chorus as well, along with some flanger work. I'm such an amateur though I should be careful recommending anything, so keep all of that in mind. Fun song overall though. [B]Colteh:[/B] Your track is quite loud right at the start. Maybe MrJazzy is real quiet but I'd consider lowering the volume a bit on your master bus, or seeing if you're clipping anywhere. The track is very centered so you could play with panning it out a bit and I think your piano is "pumping" so maybe your compressor settings are off? It wavers a bit. That or a weird limiter. The snare is above the rest of the instruments so I'd play with some EQ on that and see if you can't bring in line with the rest of the mix, I think a de-esser would do you some favors. Try it and see how it sounds. Static sound is loud as fuck too and nearly made me jump out of my seat :v: Cool song overall, reminds me of a certain track by someone I like but for the life of me I can't think of it. Glitching effects are neat too, and the really powerful synth cutting in at the end is fun. [B]end bad advice, begin my shitty music[/B] Please keep in mind I am a horrible amateur at this and have always been a "by the book" type person who does tons of research and reading but struggles with hands-on experience. This marks two months of music stuff though, and I've never stayed this long in a hobby before! I haven't done a lot of fun easy stuff either, mostly just been listening to artists for inspiration and playing at least 2 hours of piano a day (1 hour scales, 1 hour actual song learning). I've had zero creativity as of late but I'm just gonna throw myself into a track, inspired by the ridiculous amount of [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g21O8LMTD0"]EvE music[/URL] I've listened to as of late (space engineers, rip, don't look at my Last.fm history). A while ago I "finished" the composition of my first track ever. I wasn't super happy with it and think it needs more variety, but I wanted to just commit to something and learn from the mastering process. This is about my 7th (I think) attempt at mixing and mastering, and I'm actually pretty proud of it. I notice improvement myself, and I've changed quite a few of the sounds around and made the mix so much less muddy than it originally was when I first tried mixing and mastering. For contrast, I'm posting the basic composition of the song with some of my shitty effects and pre-mixing mastering on it. That, or its actually my first mix. I have so many project files in this folder its not even funny. The second link is the newest version. [video]https://soundcloud.com/nofuchsgiven/song-thingy[/video] [video]https://soundcloud.com/nofuchsgiven/slightly-improved-mix[/video] Any advice on mastering would be appreciated. I could be completely wrong about this being an okay mix, just tell me it all. I think its a p. bad song, but like I said focusing on what I can improve now with my limited music background. Ideas on how to make the composition better are also welcome, and any criticism and comments are greatly appreciated. I have some ideas myself involving using some effects and adding another melody or synth to the mix, but I am hesitant to do as such and sorta just want to move on. I've made enough improvement, I think. Also I can't take any of the music theory classes at my university unless I audition, so I gotta try to get up to that. Composition is also not available, unless we can show exceptional musical ability or interest. I sorta want to make a more classically styled ambient track to try and impress the advisors in the department, but idk. Just having some classroom background in theory, composition, and notation would be a boon to my ability to be creative I think. My problem is that off adderall Im much more creative but can't be assed to do anything, on adderall I'm less creative but can do stuff. So gotta find a balance somehow. thx guys <3 [editline]17th July 2015[/editline] also i odn't like the snare/hat intro on my song but I keep forgetting to snip it or change it, and trying to stick to my "don't fuck with the composition" rule [editline]17th July 2015[/editline] and to be clear, I didn't touch a single bit of the composition or piano roll between those two mixes. I changed out some sounds I really didn't like, but thats the only in-depth modification I made. rest was all surface or fx work [editline]17th July 2015[/editline] I'd also upload something else i made, but my Aunt is uploading a ton of stuff for Microsoft release week so I'm banned from srs upload/download haha

[QUOTE=paindoc;48232113][video]https://soundcloud.com/nofuchsgiven/song-thingy[/video] [video]https://soundcloud.com/nofuchsgiven/slightly-improved-mix[/video] Any advice on mastering would be appreciated. I could be completely wrong about this being an okay mix, just tell me it all. I think its a p. bad song, but like I said focusing on what I can improve now with my limited music background. Ideas on how to make the composition better are also welcome, and any criticism and comments are greatly appreciated. I have some ideas myself involving using some effects and adding another melody or synth to the mix, but I am hesitant to do as such and sorta just want to move on. I've made enough improvement, I think. Also I can't take any of the music theory classes at my university unless I audition, so I gotta try to get up to that. Composition is also not available, unless we can show exceptional musical ability or interest. I sorta want to make a more classically styled ambient track to try and impress the advisors in the department, but idk. Just having some classroom background in theory, composition, and notation would be a boon to my ability to be creative I think. My problem is that off adderall Im much more creative but can't be assed to do anything, on adderall I'm less creative but can do stuff. So gotta find a balance somehow. thx guys <3 [/QUOTE] Overall the production sounds very good, the percussion has just the right levels. The sound is perfectly wide and the bass is nice and centered. You should try and work with more instruments and mess around with harmonies. Do you have any other tracks you could upload? Don't be afraid to experiment with everything and keep going man. You will only get better and better. ________________ Here's something I finally finished on my back log. [media]https://soundcloud.com/dedo678/irrisistable[/media]

Does anyone have any good FL Studio tutorials? My friend has it, and I was wanting to compose some music on there. I tried it just to see how it felt, and I loved it; but there was a LOT of stuff I didn't understand how to do.

[QUOTE=dedo678;48232468]Overall the production sounds very good, the percussion has just the right levels. The sound is perfectly wide and the bass is nice and centered. You should try and work with more instruments and mess around with harmonies. Do you have any other tracks you could upload? Don't be afraid to experiment with everything and keep going man. You will only get better and better. ________________ Here's something I finally finished on my back log. [media]https://soundcloud.com/dedo678/irrisistable[/media][/QUOTE] Thanks, I'm so glad to know the percussion sounds good! I spent a lot of time trying to get that right and its been the focus of my efforts. I've changed the percussion settings and levels more than anything else. I'm on a new track now, but you're right that I should go back and play with more instruments and harmonies. Just with how I mix I'm worried I'd mess up what I have going now. I do have something else I could upload, if I can find it. It was a short thingy I made while on the flight. Love what you made by the way, your percussion is similarly well balanced and the song overall fills a nice sound stage. I need to learn more technical words and procedures so I can critique better, but I like the melody of the driving synth and the song overall has a solid flow and feels to be going somewhere which is always a plus.

[QUOTE=NixNax123;48232492]Does anyone have any good FL Studio tutorials? My friend has it, and I was wanting to compose some music on there. I tried it just to see how it felt, and I loved it; but there was a LOT of stuff I didn't understand how to do.[/QUOTE] anything by seamless is pretty good, learned alot with his tracks from scratch, other than that i personally just looked up any sort of one off tutorials on the net while i was making tracks, there should also be a full fl studio 12 basic tutorial somewhere

[QUOTE=dedo678;48232468]Overall the production sounds very good, the percussion has just the right levels. The sound is perfectly wide and the bass is nice and centered. You should try and work with more instruments and mess around with harmonies. Do you have any other tracks you could upload? Don't be afraid to experiment with everything and keep going man. You will only get better and better. ________________ Here's something I finally finished on my back log. [media]https://soundcloud.com/dedo678/irrisistable[/media][/QUOTE] Overall the song is pretty good and feels well-made. The kick drum is a bit intense though, through most of the song it sounds fine but when you start using it a lot at places like 0:29, it's way too aggressive for something like this. I've heard drum patterns like that used in stuff like techno, and it really shines there, but not for a relatively high bpm and sort of calm track like this. The places where the kick drums were at would be better filled by something with less sub-bass and/or a less tight envelope. The section at 1:56 doesn't really feel satisfying after the buildup that led up to it. Might be in part because I don't like the drums there, as said before. Seems like a fitting place to throw in pads or something. Also, the song ends really abruptly. Just removing a layer or two and letting the song go on for another 8 bars would pretty easily cover that. Anyways here's a horrifying blend of berlin school and breakbeat [media]https://soundcloud.com/grandmamax/you-arent-supposed-to-do-that[/media] Also turns out I have this thing laying around [img]http://weltenschule.de/TableHooters/picts/Casio_SA-2.jpeg[/img] Ripped it apart and already got a distortion knob set up, going to see how many other things I can tweak to make this usable. If I fry the circuit in the process I can at least salvage the buttons and try to make a MIDI keyboard out of it.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IBtTa1nOAM[/media] anybody know of any kontakt libraries or anything that sound similar to the sax from the intro of this? most saxes i'm finding aren't suitable for beginning to carve that fatness out of them

SaxLab maybe? [url]http://www.linplug.com/saxlab.html[/url] The demo emits some static sometimes, but it should give you a good idea of how it works.

[QUOTE=halofreak472;48236176] Anyways here's a horrifying blend of berlin school and breakbeat [media]https://soundcloud.com/grandmamax/you-arent-supposed-to-do-that[/media] [/QUOTE] More electro than breakbeat I'd say. Still good, got that nice old school sound. The chord progression you're using for the hook is nothing special, but I guess it works. Good 303 sound. It all sounds very analog and authentic. It needs a smoother ending, though. The way you've done it is very abrupt, but I guess it's WIP -------------------------------------- My jazz house project with the chord progression from the top of the page is on hold as I don't have access to my keyboards right now. But I do have some acid for y'all too. I used a bunch of freesound samples to tell a story for this one. [media]https://soundcloud.com/brotherworks/halon-1301[/media] Also, currently uploading 45ish minutes of improvised ambient synth music to Bandcamp on internet with 0.18 mb/s upload speed. :suicide:

Couldn't find that spare track so now just sorta playing around with various concepts. I have a really hard time coming up with appealing harmonies and melodies like I mentioned, or translating what I feel or want to communicate into musical notes. Thinking I should sit down and just jam something out, started a concept song based on a word and wee poem but also started another song inspired by Killigrew that I'm trying to match to a thunderstorm/rainstorm loop. A writer wouldn't sit aroudn 24/7 waiting for inspiration so I'm trying to avoid doing the same and just keep trying to get better, but damn its hard and frustrating when you have a pounding headache and really [I]want[/I] to make music but nothings coming

[QUOTE=UnknownDude;48239980]My jazz house project with the chord progression from the top of the page is on hold as I don't have access to my keyboards right now. But I do have some acid for y'all too. I used a bunch of freesound samples to tell a story for this one. [media]https://soundcloud.com/brotherworks/halon-1301[/media][/QUOTE] I love the way it progresses, I can already see the music video in my head. Wish there was more of that little synth in the middle, but I think that's just me. Wish I had something more constructive to say, it just seems solid all around. **** Digged into an old project file yesterday and finished this thing. I think I could have handled the drum levels better. [media]https://soundcloud.com/drfacedoctor/i-dont-love-you[/media]