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some electronic, cowboy, folk, love ballad lol enjoy, I will return feedback as well
Julian Parker
hey gang,
been working on this album for ~2 years. put out this song as a single a few months back (along with another track on my soundcloud.)
would appreciate any critique on the mix, arrangement, or if you just wanna flat out tell me to kill myself, hey it's all good and i appreciate it all!
>lo-fi >psychedelic indie pop >assthetic >hypnagogic pop i guess? idk
I'm actually laying down some tracks for one of the songs on the album at the moment but imma come back in here in like 10 or 15 min and listen to some shit in this thread and leave feedback
holy shit, this is really good shit, it inspired me to check out your other stuff, turn the music down is really good as well. you don't see much of stuff like this on soundcloud im throwing this onto my nighttime driving playlist i think ive seen u here before but once again this is some crazy shit keep it up
anyways time to jerk my rap group's dick off and talk about how awesome and cool i am tell me your thoughts and opinions about the song or anything really >hip hop >chill lofi beats to study to XDDDDD
why do you post this garbage in every single fucking thread, nobody cares about your shitty music
Ethan Butler
the phattest of reccs
howdy folks, and a good evening to all
hey its us the pablo collective and here are two tracks for an album thats most likely going to drop in february, and early in it, so mark your calenders friends.
we hope you enjoy these two tracks, and the full album when it comes out soon!
>tags don't do it justice >experimental hip-hop with elements of industrial, noise, ambient, and psychedelic music/rock >even if you don't like it, i can probs guarantee it's like nothing you've heard before
we might be releasing another single within the next couple days (not sure yet though) so keep an eye on that
also ill be giving feedback on soundcloud under my main (tau-9), and ill return any feedback left on the pablo soundcloud
Owen Fisher
jesus christ everything in this thread is fucking awful
Nathaniel Williams
nigger with a hard r, my play count hasn't changed so I know you didn't listen to everyone in this thread.
oh so now i know who was shamelessly bashing our music in the bandcamp threads a bit ago, of course it was the guy from the d'anjou collective that sprouted up a while ago :P
good to know that i finally made that connection heheh
Chase Carter
ya boi here, getting drunk & leaving that feedback i mentioned earlier
are you the Podge that's left comments on a few of my youtube videos? i'm assuming you are and your comments have always been really nice to see. thank you for the support!
listening to your stuff right now and i love it, definitely very comfy and really cool arrangement my friend, i absolutely love some of the 8-bit sounds you've got going in here, such a nice sound.
yeah, the vocals on this track in particular have been very polarizing to say the least. i am absolutely going to do some further mixing to this track and try to find a good balance in that vocal mix. i personally am happy with the way it sounds but i also can hear how it's kind of muddying up the whole track in general and how it's a bit too prominent. it's definitely a work in progress. but yes, thank you for listening to it!
dang man, those are very kind words that mean a lot to me and i'm super glad that you like it.
oh man this is awesome. love that very warm sound to the acoustic guitars, although i would say that they are a bit over-compressed - i do understand that this was most likely a stylistic approach, and i do love that kinda sound on acoustic guitars, but i would advise either taking down the ratio a bit or giving it a slower attack.
overall, i love this track and it's very creative with a lot going on. definitely my kind of shit. keep it up man
ay i gave you feedback yesterday, but it's still good stuff and i recommend this! very good and very passionate shit
i skimmed through a lot of what's in Childhood Morphine, and i have to say that i really love your approach to production. has a really nice grainy quality to it all that i particularly enjoy. im pretty bad at critiquing this kind of music, but the production is on point
Julian Peterson
me here
after listening to more people in the thread here's some more reccs
damn this shit has a very dark production quality to it but there's so much interesting stuff going on. this bass work is just FUCKING CRAZY. love the percussion. your vocals sound a lot like what i try to do with mine, and i reeeeeeally dig vocals like that.
man i really really love this track. super weird, a bit on the abrasive side as far as the whole mix goes which i might consider pulling back a bit for the sake of overall clarity, but that's all as far as critiquing this goes.
this is some good shit. keep doing what you're doing
some very flavorful, jazzy guitar work going on here which i always respect. i would say that it's overall pretty minimalist but very respectable work, and i love the way you layer and mix all these guitars. i hear a lot of great ideas in this work and i'm absolutely gonna follow you to hear what else you come out with
Posting in a Real Ass Bread. It's time for some Real Ass Tunes.
eraseseraser.bandcamp.com/album/neuroses >Glitch, Psych ambient, IDM, Dark ambient, Experimental If someone ever shot up the wrong neighborhood and went CRAZY they probably listened to Erases Eraser NEUROSES.
This is fresh and dancy. But also warm,and sensitive. Very hard to do both, which is talented. I would like this more if I was more of a punk guy, but this was really consistent. Solid all-around, well-mixed, good musicianship. Vocals are unusual (in a good way), which for me is always good. Warm textures and tensions. Has some potential. Music as a whole has a long way to go I think.
Just a short song I wrote with just my acoustic guitar and recorded with my phone, I’d really like to write more songs like this, so any criticism is welcome.
Really digging this, you gotta Joy Division type vibe going on, but with some more indie inspo. pretty sick. just kinda wish the songs were longer.
Grayson Richardson
(me) recs pretty melancholy tracks, love em also sick ass sample by skagos my dude.
two words~ Nil Admirari
great track
environmentally surreal great stuff
great atmospheric sounds
i see potential
nice production seems like you already know what you want.
love your work, we might have to work on something. (I'll be giving you a follow for sure)
you have a nice style, keep developing it. match box boy was my fav track.
organic sounds loved the album something about kenji was beautiful.
i felt like some of your beats were rushed. try creating space within your beats and add variety throughout.
great production
great vocals
great track but production side has more potential.
"you will be loved" is my favorite track
great production and track
(still having/feeling troubled by releasing personal tracks) I guess all i can say is; expect more tracks...? lol
download ableton and watch youtube tutorials. easy as that. just look for program basics and then stuff specific to the style you wanna make. also just listen to stuff you like critically and try unpack why you like it, then try emulate that
Aaron Hill
There's no real true guide that I know of, but if you want my advice, I would look into the software Ableton, look around on YouTube for someone you like who makes tutorials for beginners, and just get going from there. The most important thing when it comes to starting to make music is being able to ask yourself EXACTLY what it is you want to accomplish - whether that's a major instrument or the slightest effect - and having the ability to do the research and accomplish making that sound a reality given the resources available to you.
Music production is really interesting and fun if you're the kinda person who can devote a shitload of time into it and stay captivated by the entire process. It takes a lot of dedication, and I only say that because I feel like it's absolutely necessary to say that to someone who doesn't know how to make music and wants to learn.
I don't even use Ableton personally but it's a great piece of software that a shit load of artists use and is one of the industry standards at this point. It's robust enough to make an entire LP out of but simple enough to learn if you really put the time into it. Bradford Cox of Deerhunter used it to make the LP 'Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel.' He almost exclusively used the effects built into the program to make the album as well.
You don't necessarily have to know anything about making music or playing instruments to start making music right now. Grimes herself recorded Visions entirely in GarageBand, which is totally an option if that's easier for you to acquire.
Sorry if this isn't as in-depth of a guide as you were looking for, but if you read this I hope this helps even just a little bit, and I hope you start making music! It's never too late to start.
Aaron Perry
i actually tried using fl studio 6 yrs ago and just played with it! i put out those tracks and some people like them? But for me i hate them since theres not much thought on the process. Like literally i was just randomly putting patterns and sometimes copying templates! I want to know how to make it from scratch! or is that also the process of some artists? like random patterns and templates?
but anyway, would you say its possible to be successful even without prior music knowledge? and only be self taught? I actually know a school that teaches but its expensive! should i enroll to that class?
i also do want to play my music live. i go to a lot of gigs and ive always wanted to be that person whos playing the music. but i dont know if thats realistic for me.
for you guys, did you just learn by yourself? do you have no prior experience?
Xavier Parker
a lot of it, for me, is just messing around with a synth/sample or something until I have a melody I like just from stringing stuff together and getting it to an 8/16 bar loop or whatever. from there, just finding sounds that compliment it and layering them all together while stripping away the less good elements until something comes together. if you're doing drum stuff over the top, the melody will usually dictate the beat. make sure you don't overthink it. just make what you think sounds good, thats the main thing. I dont have any real knowledge of theory or anything, I just play instruments and learnt how to make hip hop on ableton from youtube and stuff.
learn to play either guitar or piano. piano will give you the best grasp on theory while guitar is much easier to play in a live setting if you wanna do lively gigs. good luck :)
Oliver Carter
my music is more elctronic so i dont need a guitar or piano. and ill try to grasp the idea of playing electronic music live. im sure its not that hitting the play button
Leo Hill
piano = keyboards/synths too so its pretty useful lol. unless you just dont wanna put in any effort. ableton push to cut samples is good for live stuff like that. if you dont want to fuck with theory or whatever, buy a bunch of hardware like volca stuff and just play with that
I'm this guy responding: It's funny, because what happens behind closed doors when we're working on music is basically completely unknown to whoever's listening. When I listen to kendrick's good kid mAAd city I get a kick out of the fact that the track Pharrell produced(good kid)has an UNMISTAKABLE sound to its snare and ride cymbal and I can tell that the drums he used for that beat are a virtual drum kit that comes with Logic Pro. I could be wrong, sure, but i'm almost certain from the time that i spent with that software and hearing the ride cymbal and snare on that beat that he used that exact same fucking patch that i spent years messing around with, and he used it on a fucking Kendrick album.
Going to school for music is absolutely not necessary. I did it, and i dropped out. I dont feel like i learned some substantial secrets to music production with the time that i spent there, like not-at-fucking-all. I really wouldn't recommend wasting your money going to school when school doesn't actually have that much room for creativity in music.
In my opinion, the most valuable things about music that you'll learn will most likely be by yourself, on your own. Most of what I know about music is shit that I taught myself, and I'm happy with what I know right now. Everyones different in that regard and its all about how much drive you have.
I really recommend that you just dive in head-first. If this is something that you can really stick with, then you will, and it won't take much exertion on your end. I started off with FL studio as well.
Just believe me when I say its never too late to learn. Figure out whatever's preventing you from being that gigging musician. I've seen some shitty fucking musicians at house parties, and even if you're not particularly good, you'll probably be a lot better than them.
I have no idea who you are but I believe in you, friendo.
Luke Moore
ohlol yes piano is useful i forgot. but i dont have time to study an instrument. honestly i just want simple music. and not much effort in performing live since im not tryna make money of that i just wanna do it for fun. but of course i dont want to just hit play on my laptop