Description : This is a chillout ambient electronic track with a driving dance type bassline on the chorus.It also has my vocals all the way through it.In my opinion this is my most pro sounding production yet.Opinions welcomed.
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I never did any of the watching of tutorials you’re talking about. I actually hate those kind of things and it’s all too technical for me though would definitely work for some people.
I’m sort of too lazy to want to bother copying and studying other people’s techniques. That’s why I haven’t played a cover song (on an instrument) since aged about 17. I didn’t have the internet at all for the first few years of home music making so no chance of online tutorials anyway.
I guess I just spent lots of time developing my own sound and technique. Maybe that’s partly why I have an unsual sound and ways of combining instruments.
I still don’t have internet in my music studio so no chance of following online tutorials whilst in there anyway.
Little tricks from pros are useful (just partly as interesting ideas) but I think the best thing is your own experimentation (and getting it wrong) so that you see how you feel and react to sounds.
I always think the best way for me to come up with something good is to do things that inspire me more. So, just following what works for someone else won’t necessarily do that for me.
Anyway, you sound like you’re on the right sort of path so keep it up.
P.S. Check out the Sonicstate weekly music tech podcast. It’s a fun and interesting UK-US chat about music tech, bands and much more. Not at all just gear reviews! And it’s been running since 2007 so hundreds of hour-long episodes to download and enjoy.
Will defo check those podcasts out. something to listen to on the earphones while going about youre daily business, i dont have to be sat in front of the laptop. sounds like a plan.
Very enjoyable and deep track! I'm totally enjoying your vocal style on this one, and how they were recorded. This has a nice groove to it too, which is important. Fine quality work and song writing here! Fav'd!
Well, like Static stated, your learning curve has been about as rapid and steep as it gets. This one really sounds like it has been mixed in a studio. Really crisp and all of the elements in the mix are sitting exactly where they should be. I actually think the vocals work well in this....one thing you might consider next time is doing some harmony work on the chorus to give the vox a bigger feel in those sections. That's just a bit of nit picking on my part though...this one is solid from the very start and stays that way through to the end.
Well done, really well done. It will be fun to watch you continue to progress. You are rapidly becoming one of the ace production people on this site.
waw, now that is a great review. thanks a lot. yes, think I might actualy go backn and add some harmony. good suggestion. will actualy do that, I can hear what u r saying there. thanks again for the good review.
Graham.
Greetings. I'm very impressed with your production progression. Don't know if it's easier starting out these days with music production than when I did or if you're just a quick learner.
This sounds good right from the first beat. It's a simple but effective and tight drum groove. High trippy delayed melody is melodic and distinctive. Bass complements it really well and waiting 35 secs to introduce it is a good choice.
I'm not keen on the vocals or lyrics but that's just my personal preference. Others will feel differently.
Actually, the chorus of "It's greener" I do quite like, with the rap being my least favourite part. I actually think the telephone effect works well and provides good contrast.
Maybe a change would help this track though it works OK without.
Overall, it's a really tight production and I can't really fault it a great deal.
Reminds me just a little of Depeche Mode and Dave Gahan in places (probably that chorus).
thanks alot static. yes I feel it is sonically my best yet.
Think the answer to youre queary about learning is that it might be the style of learning I am using. I am constantly on utube watching tutorials and lately have been watching webinars by the top producers and essentialy copying the plug ins they recommend as best for vox or bass etc. and learning all the little tricks of the real pros as opposed to generic tutorials. I am sure this has helped me a great deal but I had to spend 3 or 4 months learning all the basics and the terminology before I could use this approach.
I def dig that track and the content and vocals, just need to remove the telephonic sound of them and this will be more towards amazing, as it has the potential to. Great vocals and music, just needs more deep to mid range bass!
Description : Feel free to check out the video on YT as well (Alan McLaren Project - Upside Down) of this 6min journey from electronic to rock with some psychedelic moments...
This is my latest, but also one of my earliest tracks.... any feedback is more than welcome, thanks :)
Description : This is a strictly groove track where the elements of ambient meets electronic funk and Hip Hop. I play all instruments on the track excluding guitar solo which was performed by my friend Art Miller.
Description : A demo of one of my current projects. The chorus vocal sounds like "Aaaaraashe" to me. The song is in C# minor with a nod to C# pythagorean on the chorus. The beat on the verse was inspired by the Peter Gabriel song Intruder.
Description : This is one of my earliest productions that I did at the start of my recording career. I did not have a keyboard at the time I made this song, so I improvised and used my sister's iPad and a 5 dollar GarageBand application instead, and plugged the headset jack into into my PT6 rig and did my best to turn each individual track (which were mono and there were about 25 tracks or so) into a stereo image. Then recorded vocals over it. My computer was so old and slow that I had to mix my music and then BOUNCE it to a new session - four times. My computer (which had 512 MB RAM and an 80 GB hard drive) couldn't handle more than 8 tracks at a time or it'd stop working because the processor couldn't handle it. Took me FOREVER to do. But I got it done. Had a lot of fun doing it too, even if it isn't my "best" work. I'm still happy with it, considering I didn't have many tools to choose from at the time.
Description : Long time lurker first time poster, pretty new to production n stuff, this is my first track in Ableton Live.
was going for a darkwave/synthwave sound, reminiscent of Justice, Carpenter Brut, Perturbator, ect.
Looking for some feed back, constructive criticisms or even just your thoughts if you liked it or not. This is just a rough cut on this current WIP, just the bones of it if you will.. If you have some cool title suggestions, would love to hear those too.
Thanks for listening.
-B
Description : Far out mid-tempo fat beat deep chillout grooves with Eastern/Arabic and slightly menacing vibes, huge delayed synth bass and a great palette of psychedelic layered and intricate sounds (mostly synths) and a stirring, epic feel. Even has guitar solo section reminiscent of some 80s power rock which is then followed by a brief synth harp solo. I began making it straight after staying round the flat of the flute player from the legendary Ozric Tentacles - easily the greatest ever space rock band. I made this in about 2001 and still think it might be my best track (and it's nice and short, for a change). My production skills were much weaker in those days (no EQ, compression or mastering used here) but, somehow, this one turned out pretty much just right. Feel free to disagree. Now sit back and get ready to trip extremely far out. If you manage to return, let me know how that trip was...
I never did any of the watching of tutorials you’re talking about. I actually hate those kind of things and it’s all too technical for me though would definitely work for some people.
I’m sort of too lazy to want to bother copying and studying other people’s techniques. That’s why I haven’t played a cover song (on an instrument) since aged about 17. I didn’t have the internet at all for the first few years of home music making so no chance of online tutorials anyway.
I guess I just spent lots of time developing my own sound and technique. Maybe that’s partly why I have an unsual sound and ways of combining instruments.
I still don’t have internet in my music studio so no chance of following online tutorials whilst in there anyway.
Little tricks from pros are useful (just partly as interesting ideas) but I think the best thing is your own experimentation (and getting it wrong) so that you see how you feel and react to sounds.
I always think the best way for me to come up with something good is to do things that inspire me more. So, just following what works for someone else won’t necessarily do that for me.
Anyway, you sound like you’re on the right sort of path so keep it up.
P.S. Check out the Sonicstate weekly music tech podcast. It’s a fun and interesting UK-US chat about music tech, bands and much more. Not at all just gear reviews! And it’s been running since 2007 so hundreds of hour-long episodes to download and enjoy.
Good work ")
RW
Well done, really well done. It will be fun to watch you continue to progress. You are rapidly becoming one of the ace production people on this site.
Bear
Graham.
-RealProblemShuckers
And truthful no question, strong lyrics tough reality...
Solid Mix tasty hits that moves thing right along...
Well done...
Peace...TG.
This sounds good right from the first beat. It's a simple but effective and tight drum groove. High trippy delayed melody is melodic and distinctive. Bass complements it really well and waiting 35 secs to introduce it is a good choice.
I'm not keen on the vocals or lyrics but that's just my personal preference. Others will feel differently.
Actually, the chorus of "It's greener" I do quite like, with the rap being my least favourite part. I actually think the telephone effect works well and provides good contrast.
Maybe a change would help this track though it works OK without.
Overall, it's a really tight production and I can't really fault it a great deal.
Reminds me just a little of Depeche Mode and Dave Gahan in places (probably that chorus).
Very well done.
Think the answer to youre queary about learning is that it might be the style of learning I am using. I am constantly on utube watching tutorials and lately have been watching webinars by the top producers and essentialy copying the plug ins they recommend as best for vox or bass etc. and learning all the little tricks of the real pros as opposed to generic tutorials. I am sure this has helped me a great deal but I had to spend 3 or 4 months learning all the basics and the terminology before I could use this approach.
interesting Track, realy enjoy to listen.
keep on
DRO