Posted - 2019/04/26 : 18:40:25
Please read all of this I promise I will get to the point eventually
I have for years wanted to produce music. I did media production at college and I have almost completed the digital DJ tips dance music formula course. I have actually been making music for years but always start something and never finish it. I have started over 30 things that never got very far. I have only ever finished 1 remix. It's awful and will never see the light of day. I have recently been enjoying freeform and I have decided it's where I want to start, But I don't know much about the genre and so I want people to post their top 5 freeform tracks to get inspiration. Old / new doesn't matter. I also want to know what you like about those tracks. How do I know I'm going to finish this? Well every Monday I spend my time working on production related stuff and at the end of every Monday I will upload it and post it for you all to critique, No matter what I got even if its just 2 notes or 2 seconds of audio I will upload it. It will be an originally written track No remix. The other thing I want from you is to make sure I keep my promise to finish this track. Bug me every Monday if I don't upload something. I'm going to pre warn you this will be my first proper attempt at production so please don't expect much. By hopefully finishing my first track it will start me on a journey to make more. One more thing if I get unwell during this project I won't be able to upload for a while. A simple cold can take over a month to get over before I'm well enough to start again. I will let you know if that happens but if I'm not unwell then bug and poke me until it's done. (Soft pokers please.)
Thank you for your time.
I shall start this project on Monday. Looking forward to hearing you'r top freeform tracks.
Alert moderator Edited by - Triquatra on 2019/04/29 08:37:52
Si Thompson Junior Member
United Kingdom
131 posts Joined: Mar, 2016
Posted - 2019/04/26 : 19:35:57
Have a listen to this set for Freeform. ****in' Amazing!
bonus Eclipse - Distortanord, which doesn't seem to be on youtube. Can think of a million others I would put as a top five.
Two thoughts.
As another person who also starts lots and doesn't always finish I find that the best and sometimes only way is just to push through the barrier, even if it means putting stuff in there that doesn't quite fit *at first*, often that leads to something else, better happening, and you can back track later and fix whatever it is (melody or arpeggio, whatever) you put in there temporarily.
I like to work from the breakdown outwards, and I spend an absolute arseload of time on the breakdown. Just looping the background strings over and over and plucking out new melodies and arpeggios over the top of it. Copy them as a block, drag them out of the track/passed the end. Then go back...repeat..before you know it you have a ton of melody lines you can add wherever you need to...perhaps find the final two parts to the end of your track.
I find that with these two things 'Happy accidents' happen, and they make production far more fun.
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Hard2Get Advanced Member
United Kingdom
12,639 posts Joined: Jun, 2001
Posted - 2019/04/27 : 21:12:45
I will start with 1 for now and add the other 4 later, because it's actually really hard to list my top 5, and i doubt i will be able to, and instead just list 5 of my favourite. Eclipse vs Force Mass Motion - Brighter Future comes to mind first!
DJ_FunDaBounce Advanced Member
Colombia
1,099 posts Joined: Nov, 2001
Posted - 2019/04/29 : 17:10:08
quote:Originally posted by MusicILove:
Freeform project update day 1
Some notes
1 Drums are 100% temporary just wanted a beat to test bass lines to.
2 Trying to decide between the 2 styles of bass line
3 Need to learn how to use an arpeggiator I went through the presets and found one I liked but would like to try doing more with it. It has lots of sliders that I don't understand.
4 The build section is also 100% temporary.
DJ_FunDaBounce Advanced Member
Colombia
1,099 posts Joined: Nov, 2001
Posted - 2019/04/30 : 20:42:24
quote:Originally posted by MusicILove:
quote:Originally posted by DJ_FunDaBounce:
quote:Originally posted by MusicILove:
Freeform project update day 1
Some notes
1 Drums are 100% temporary just wanted a beat to test bass lines to.
2 Trying to decide between the 2 styles of bass line
3 Need to learn how to use an arpeggiator I went through the presets and found one I liked but would like to try doing more with it. It has lots of sliders that I don't understand.
4 The build section is also 100% temporary.
Sounds good. My suggestion: Just keep doing more of that!
What DAW are you using, btw? Maybe I could help you with the arpeggiator.
I?m using cubase 10.
nice! Though I should've asked if the arp was part of the synth you were using. Either way they usually share some of the core functionality. upward/downward motion, octaves, chords, speed, etc.
Try playing around with the direction (up,down,random) and octaves, meaning: the range of notes the arpeggiator will play. Another important one to keep in mind is the speed.
as the name suggests it has to with the speed/timing of the notes.
quarter notes (1/4) Eighth (1/8) and sixteenth (1/16) are probably the most common values.
Aside from this just keep in mind that all of this production stuff takes time to sink in. The important thing is to be constant in your study routine. (If you don't have one, I suggest you make one!)
Explore and have fun!
;)
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