Music Megathread

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P R E P A R E  F O R  W A R

check it out, give me criticism, constructive or not, whatever, just check it out, thx
boring and uninspired

P R E P A R E  F O R  W A R

check it out, give me criticism, constructive or not, whatever, just check it out, thx
is this what kids are into these days

P R E P A R E  F O R  W A R

check it out, give me criticism, constructive or not, whatever, just check it out, thx
this is terrible oh my god

boring and uninspired
is this what kids are into these days
boring and uninspired
why yall hatin so hard :(( its not that bad

it actually is chill af. it just needs more variety. i liked how the beat came in, and i loved the saying through out. i think it acts too much as a filler half way through though. itd by nice to hear the words go more with the beat. i liked how it switched up at the end, but i feel like that should happen a little sooner and it should mix in with the beat you've got going at the beginning already.

you've got a great start. it just needs more going on. these other guys dont know what theyre talking about

https://soundcloud.com/lostdogz/chrome-paper-boi?in=lostdogz/sets/lost-dogz-summer-tape-2017
https://soundcloud.com/abelationmusic/uranium-w-chrome
man i love your sound. you've been one of my favorite artists for a while now

i really miss that data remix you had on soundcloud for a while. that one where it sounds like you used samples from raw data imports? thats definitely one of my favs cause you figured out how to do what ive wanted to try doing so flawlessly <3
« Last Edit: August 18, 2017, 01:19:56 AM by mod-man »

I've been transcribing Hymn to the Fallen on FL studio by ear for about 4 months now. Obviously not finished, but thought I'd share what I have. Sorry for the occasional crackling. Export isn't working well.
https://soundcloud.com/cordax-55057626/wip-hymn-to-the-fallen

« Last Edit: August 22, 2017, 01:34:38 PM by ßlöükfáce »

man i love your sound. you've been one of my favorite artists for a while now

i really miss that data remix you had on soundcloud for a while. that one where it sounds like you used samples from raw data imports? thats definitely one of my favs cause you figured out how to do what ive wanted to try doing so flawlessly <3
Thanks dude! I've actually been considering doing a VIP of that track actually.

Two songs I recently made:
Rainfall
Countdown

What do you guys think? I'm just now learning how to use FL, so constructive criticism would be awesome.

P R E P A R E  F O R  W A R

check it out, give me criticism, constructive or not, whatever, just check it out, thx
The melodies aren't good enough to stand alone. The guitar sounds really dry and the rhythm doesn't feel right. If you're going to digitally do guitar, you have to have subtle variance to make it sound more like the real thing even if you're sampling actual guitar notes.
I know it's a thing to use the same sample repeatedly, but if you're repeating something that isn't extremely polished, its flaws become more and more apparent and abrasive with every repetition.
Additionally, while I do like the melody you made, I don't think it fits with the message. It could be in a minor key, but it sounds major. To settle it in the relative minor you'd need another instrument, ideally a bass of some kind.
The same thing goes for the second melody. We're conditioned to hear that as a major progression. To make it sound real you'd have to take the notes of the chord and very very slightly stagger them in time so that they sound like a strum and not a synthetic chord or a keyboard soundfont.
Moving on from there, the vocals are neat, but not connected to the music.
The drums are nice, but bringing in the same drums for the bit at the end doesn't really work. It just sounds inauthentic and lazy.
Having the record clicking noise in the background also feels inauthentic because there's no degradation of the audio other than that - it essentially sounds like during the recording of this, there happened to be a blank record playing the whole time.

But in general the problem is a disconnect between the elements - even the title. The title makes sense with the vocals and maybe the drums, but certainly not the guitar loops.

Two songs I recently made:
Rainfall
Countdown

What do you guys think? I'm just now learning how to use FL, so constructive criticism would be awesome.


A few critiques for each

The drums don't quite fit in Rainfall. Your synths sound pretty good though.

Countdown has quite a long intro that doesn't really do a lot. I thought that was kinda weak.
I don't like the synths so much on this one.
Also, the volume is basically maxed out the whole time. Dynamics are important, and relying on the limiter to make everything sit in a reasonable range is not good practice. Try turning everything down and then making sure everything has its own place and the pads don't get drowned out too much.

You don't have any problems with the melodies or chords, but they do get dull after a while. These are well-structured songs, but perhaps not interesting enough.
« Last Edit: August 23, 2017, 01:05:54 PM by Katadeus »

Whats up friends, I recorded this fun little tune about a month ago

https://soundcloud.com/rozford/lummox-onna-loose

I made an instrumental remix of one of my favorite songs

https://soundcloud.com/vigilserus/reaching-home

All content was recorded or programmed by me. I might do vocals down the road.

i made another short cut of a lofi beat. ive sampled the original song how i like, and i really dig the drum line i have, but i hate my drum samples. abletons redux methods just dont mix well with that lofi sound

https://clyp.it/z2hmnj0c

« Last Edit: September 06, 2017, 11:59:33 PM by Couatl »

Post chord progressions/sequences if you want. These are some I have had good luck with and maybe you guys will enjoy playing with them.

for the pop songwriters you may enjoy these IV ii V I progressions I wrote:
[key of B] E6 C# F# B6
[key of E] A6 F# B6 E6
[key of A] D6 Bm6 E6 A6

here's a longer sequence, the latter half is the same as the first half except its translated up 2 and a half steps and the chords are slightly rearranged for dramatic effect. I like to play this one a lot.
F7sus4 F7 G G7 B7 B7sus4 C7 C

this one is good for punk/metal songs because of the diminished and minor chords
Em Gm Ddim7 Amin9 E7 (omit B) Gmin9 Dm Admin7 (then bounce back and forth between Ddim7 and Gmin9 as much as you like before repeating the sequence)

If anybody knows anything about voice leading please feel free to critique my chords

i made another short cut of a lofi beat. ive sampled the original song how i like, and i really dig the drum line i have, but i hate my drum samples. abletons redux methods just dont mix well with that lofi sound

https://clyp.it/z2hmnj0c

This sounds great man, I love the woodwind samples very much