Author Topic: Worm's Music: Accordions  (Read 3226 times)

Nice, it sounds as if you could loop this into an ogg.

Worm needs to have my children 0.0

<3 the accordion jam

Can't listen to All The Wrong Places, Astigmatism isn't bad, and the accordion one sounds awesome

I hope you just mean you won't accept criticism on them because they are now old. And if you mean that overall, then you won't improve if you don't accept it. And even if they are old, you should still be open to criticism because some habits you still have may still be repeated until somebody shines the light on you.

You still have a long way to go. You may not want to just be overpowering things to try to get a "phat" sound, as half the time people butcher tracks due to this. It's too all over the spectrum and it's not very pleasant to listen to. You need serious EQ work in order for a heavy track to work. And in your case, I wouldn't even have made this a heavy track.

Not a bad attempt, but you still have pretty much that random feeling. Change instruments every now and then, never keep the same ones all throughout, and even if you can't do it (like if a band was playing), then something has to clearly change within enough time of the song, or else it gets boring pretty fast. This both applies to sound of instruments used, as well as the actual melody, if there even is one (I can't really notice one because stuff is reused way too much). If you don't, then your melodies become harmonic, and then the song becomes way in the background with nothing up front. This is only OK if you are doing an instrumental that requires vocals, and even there, you usually have solos to keep the song from being boring.

I'll tell you right now, Studying theory will only do one thing: Teach you terms used to describe actions in music. That's all it does. It's not as useful as people claim it to be. I've seen and know people who went to Music Theory and came out with nothing way too often. It's a good thing to know, but it is far from important to making music, so if you do study it, don't rely on it and don't think it will improve your music, because it won't. Yes, I've studied it, but I don't rely on it, I only studied it for the curiosity.

The best way to learn is to listen to what people say when they give hard critique. As well as listen to other songs of all genres. The more you appreciate other people's music, the more you will learn what is the good sound that will please the most people overall.

SO please, take my advice, and don't be afraid to get shot in the face, because this is how it is supposed to be in the artistic world. Those that don't die, move forward.


And even if they are old, you should still be open to criticism because some habits you still have may still be repeated until somebody shines the light on you.
Good point.
I'll also make sure to keep the rest of your post in mind. I get EQ is important, although it's somewhat difficult to mix effectively when there are only actually to instruments to mix. I'm sure I could have fixed this if I had split the different parts of the accordions in to different tracks, and I hadn't even bothered to use any sort of compressor, that was laziness and forgetfulness on my part. I still wouldn't have switched instruments around for this track, but I'll keep it in mind for future projects.
This both applies to sound of instruments used, as well as the actual melody, if there even is one (I can't really notice one because stuff is reused way too much).
Here, however, feels out of spite. I realize the drum track was repeated probably too much, but few of the accordion patterns were repeated more than four times over the course of the song. Even so, I don't see how that would affect whether or not you could tell what is a melody and what is not.

Regardless, I thank you for the review and tips.

I personally, have a soft spot for the Accordion, I hope to hear more from thee.

Part of what makes a melody what it is, is the fact that it sounds clearly out on top. It's supposed to be easily remembered, otherwise it becomes boring... This is why if you repeat a melody too much, or do not change it enough to where it's a noticeable change, then it falls back and the song can become dull as a result. The only way it can still make it, is if something else in place takes over in being noticeably changing and remembered. Something, somewhere must stand out. It can be tough to learn how to make this effective, but just keep trying.

Don't expect to get used to handling EQ right away. It takes a long time to get used to it, and you have to really develop the ear for it, so you can tell what sounds good and what doesn't. The general rule is, if you find yourself pushing volume levels past 100 on the volume, or 0 db on the EQ on any area of your song, then you are probably doing something wrong. Stuff only needs to be turned down, never up. If it's too quiet, then you hit normalize and adjust it after that. Compressors also help.

There is a lot to talk about in the EQ department, but I don't want to make a huge post, so I'll just say that you should really look into some guides for tips in this area, as it's vital to making good music. The people at OCremix have some good guides on their forums. All I can say is, don't take EQ lightly.