karmakramer Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Recorded this live today, while messing around with Ableton live 7 for the first time in about a year. It's a fun electronic song to accompany some innocent childhood happenings. I don't think its very good... but I do enjoy listening to it... and I would just really love some feedback on what people think... http://sharebee.com/c4446b56 Also where's the best place to upload songs for sharing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 In before move. Upload them to watmm. There's an uploader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 *generally banters* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 In before move. Upload them to watmm. There's an uploader. How does one do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 *banters generally* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 In before move. Upload them to watmm. There's an uploader. How does one do this? If you make a new post, below the text field there should be a field called the Attachment Editor. To the far right is an area with a button that says "Browse..." and next to that is the upload button. After it's uploaded, click on the drop down menu that says "Manage Current Attachments (0)." Click on the filename for what you just uploaded, and it will add it to your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 WRONG FUCKING FORUM DICKHEAD WRONG FORUM ASSHOLE YOU FUCKING IDIOT NO ONE LIKES YOUR MUSIC IT WOULD BE LIKE COMPLIMENTING A SPECIAL ED KID FOR SHITTING HIMSELF YOUR LIFE IS A JOKE FUCK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 *moves thread* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 day_mischief_at_lake_side_playground.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 i didnt like any of the sounds (particularly the drums) or any of the melodic or rhythmic elements. and the playground sample feels tacked on and out of place and it was too long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest posdit Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 way too much reverb. too much major key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Thanks for listening and feedback... I pretty much agree with your criticisms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yeah definitely not diggin the sounds/reverb too much, but i very much enjoy the melodies especially the bassline. Almost reminds me of something that would be in a mario game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneboi Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 if you only had reverb on the snare, and gated it, it would sound better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 if you only had reverb on the snare, and gated it, it would sound better Yeah this was really a sloppy put together, meant to be seen as something I made live... just wondering if maybe there is some potential... or if I am totally off when it comes to music creation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Christoph Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 It pointless reviewing your first ever attempt at music really. Your first few (or 20!) songs should only be getting to grips with how things work and what sounds good. Focus on what it is about music that you really like - listen carefully to how it's made, and try and re-create it. Keep making music and you will develop your own style, it should come naturally. As far as the track above goes, it's alright I suppose for a first try, but it's never going to amaze people. Hope this helps! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 It pointless reviewing your first ever attempt at music really. Your first few (or 20!) songs should only be getting to grips with how things work and what sounds good. Focus on what it is about music that you really like - listen carefully to how it's made, and try and re-create it. Keep making music and you will develop your own style, it should come naturally. As far as the track above goes, it's alright I suppose for a first try, but it's never going to amaze people. Hope this helps! :) A lot of it has to simply do with no traditional training in music and limited technical knowledge of the software used... I think I could make a good song, I just have to spend the time to add the complexities needed to give a song the needed depth, to make it interesting throughout and on repeated listens. At the moment, all I am doing is using the pre-existing samples found with Ableton and then mashing them together in different patterns with different effects. Unfortunately this makes for any sort of improvisation impossible, because everything is essentially being controlled and looped as apposed to a piano, which gives the artist infinite possibilities. I know that the music I want to really make would be lo-fi sounding, and would probably be more ambient. I find that I get too hooked up on 4/4 when I am sequencing stuff... making it too predictable... which is what it becomes... dull and predictable Its fun though overall, so thats all that matters really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Christoph Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Firstly, using samples is one of the most interesting and defining aspects of electronic music, but it takes time to figure out how to manipulate them and place them in the right context (or out of context). Don't get hung up on musical training, I doubt many electronic producers have had anything of the sort - just playing around with notes, sounds and effects can be remarkably entertaining, and you will soon figure out your own form of music theory. Traditional theory, afterall, is simply a way of transcribing and explaining what we all hear - there is no need to start with the theory and work backwords. At the end of the day, if you have a grand vision and can hear what you want to create in your head then work at it until you have it. But, as you say, if you enjoy making music then who cares what anyone else thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakramer Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 Firstly, using samples is one of the most interesting and defining aspects of electronic music, but it takes time to figure out how to manipulate them and place them in the right context (or out of context). Don't get hung up on musical training, I doubt many electronic producers have had anything of the sort - just playing around with notes, sounds and effects can be remarkably entertaining, and you will soon figure out your own form of music theory. Traditional theory, afterall, is simply a way of transcribing and explaining what we all hear - there is no need to start with the theory and work backwords. At the end of the day, if you have a grand vision and can hear what you want to create in your head then work at it until you have it. But, as you say, if you enjoy making music then who cares what anyone else thinks. Oh no disagreement here... its more of the form I am doing it in, is the least interesting :P But someone like fucking DJ Shadow (Endtroducing) is fucking godly. Holy shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest naos Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 change of key perhaps? the snare is a bit annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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