I know that feel. If you want a change of pace, I have a beat I made on my Gameboy yesterday that I'm going to record soon and it'd be cool if you rapped over it. It came out way cutesy-er than intended, but I'll send it your way if you're down to collab.
There you go. Download should be enabled. If you send me your vocal stem, I'll finish up mixing it. I don't know what you want to do about the "chorus" melody. You could just leave it alone, but I was thinking you could just rap straight through it, maybe repeat the same lines for each chorus.
There you go. Download should be enabled. If you send me your vocal stem, I'll finish up mixing it. I don't know what you want to do about the "chorus" melody. You could just leave it alone, but I was thinking you could just rap straight through it, maybe repeat the same lines for each chorus.
Since the verse and chorus are both eight bars I think repeating the same lines for each chorus would be annoying. Right now my plan is to make a recognizable pattern for the verse and chorus respectively and build different lyrics around those patterns for each section, if that makes any sense. We'll see how it goes.
I've started getting into making music, I have a keyboard, MIDI cable, and illicit copy of Fruity Loops, but I'm feeling really overwhelmed. I have a few years of piano experience, although I stopped for a while and am pretty rusty now. Does anyone have advice on how to get started? A guide, whether online or in book form, would be really awesome, as would anything that teaches solid music theory. I always sucked at theory, and it feels like that's really holding me back.
Start with one part and build everything around that. So say, a melody you could play into FL, then add drums, a bassline, more melodies, the sky's the limit. But it helps to have a single starting point when you're learning. Also, just trust your ear and you won't need any knowledge of theory. It helps, but you'll know immediately if something sounds right or wrong.
Not much advice to give at all. You probably just need to stick with it for five to eight years, and only then expect to catch up with all the techniques and concepts that are constantly being developed. By then you'll know what you're doing, but also have a clue about what you want to do.
Well, with modern music technology, probably not. However, everyone else has access to the same level of technology, so to stand out or do anything new or interesting still takes loads of time and energy.
You probably just need to stick with it for five to eight years, and only then expect to catch up with all the techniques and concepts that are constantly being developed.
See how effortlessly entertaining he is? He can do all that stuff because his entire act is built around sitting on a chair with a small keyboard. He has mastered the keyboard.
If you want to become a master at anything, pick a small thing to master. Your question is "How do I get good at all electronically produced music?" That's waaaaaaay too much to aim for, and it's way too much to ask about.
Go buy a small, shit keyboard. Make music. Make music that you actually like, and that other people actually like. Master that. Then, when you get some real tools, you'll know where you're going and how to get there.
That was quite something special indeed. So, EqLA was fun?
The convention itself? So far, No. There was only one panel I wanted to go to. The rest were nothing interesting. What happened was I went to the one panel in the morning, recorded some videos about the con (intros, interviews, etc) but was then asked to go down to Con Ops to let them know I was recording stuff. So, around noon, I went to con ops (they said recording was cool), and asked if I could chill out there because it was quiet and cool. We had so much fun just chilling and swapping stories, I just never left. Hijinks ensued. I was mistaken as staff numerous times simply due to my knowledge of what was going on (Tara Strong likes to be late for everything).
Really, though, there is NOTHING on the schedule I wanted to do. They had only one event room and most of the stuff going on in there were "Writer's Q&A", "Voice actors Q&A", "how to style your ponies hair". Whatever.
Anyway, I'm going straight to con ops tomorrow morning and bringing treats. Got my panel at 1:10 (50 minutes), going back to con ops, then at 5-ish is the private meet and greet for sponsors and the VIP's.
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See how effortlessly entertaining he is? He can do all that stuff because his entire act is built around sitting on a chair with a small keyboard. He has mastered the keyboard.
If you want to become a master at anything, pick a small thing to master. Your question is "How do I get good at all electronically produced music?" That's waaaaaaay too much to aim for, and it's way too much to ask about.
Go buy a small, shit keyboard. Make music. Make music that you actually like, and that other people actually like. Master that. Then, when you get some real tools, you'll know where you're going and how to get there.
That was quite something special indeed. So, EqLA was fun?
Really, though, there is NOTHING on the schedule I wanted to do. They had only one event room and most of the stuff going on in there were "Writer's Q&A", "Voice actors Q&A", "how to style your ponies hair". Whatever.
Anyway, I'm going straight to con ops tomorrow morning and bringing treats. Got my panel at 1:10 (50 minutes), going back to con ops, then at 5-ish is the private meet and greet for sponsors and the VIP's.
Anyone want to give it a try at rapping something fierce and semi deathgrips-like on top of this?
Also, yes, I did not quit music, hurray!