Topic: Need Feedback
- Aug 14, 2006 11:40pm by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
I posted some new beats that are a bit outside of what I have been doing. They are all synths. Just wanted to see if people like them, dislike them, have any tips on improving overall, etc, etc
Anyway all 4 are new and done with synths
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- Aug 15, 2006 01:16am by Reach. - Peace and oneness,
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"Oooh Beat",
I thought I knew where this track was going initially, but it seemed to drift off into something much more free-form than I expected. Seems to be more of a musical experience (ie, instrumental) than anything else. There's entirely too much movement for an artist to find his/her place within it, but it could work well as a backdrop to something. I can see this being featured in a car commercial.
"A To The G",
This one is almost entirely random.
The top and bottom here go in completely different directions.
Seems a bit like they're separate parts that take no thought for one another. I'm not sure what to follow here. Could be intentional I suppose...
"LowEndSynths1",
A bit more cohesive, but the top and bottom still tend to stray a bit.
This is considerably more focused. A part of me wants to correct a note in the organ riff. I think that might redeem the overall feel of it.
"LowEndSynths2",
Reminds me of older Joker70 material. Much simpler than the others and I think given that fact makes for more solid work.
I'd be interested in knowing your creative process as it relates to music production. I think that, in itself, will tell the tale of how you come about your beats.
Keep on...
I can remember listening to your earlier work and it's quite obvious that you're a lot closer to perfecting and carving out your sound.
- Aug 15, 2006 03:57am by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
Thanks Reach.
My creative process is usually all over the place in reality. I'm kind of trying to find what suits me best as far as quality.
On those I started off with the chord parts except a to the g which is actually part of the Andy Griffith theme melody. After that's done started on drums and started filling the track out. The Oooh beat was actually started as a remix and has been sped up as it was in fact too much for the vocals.
When I work with samples I do it one of two ways. The 1st way which I don't hear as much from other people is to take certain notes out of songs then layer the different sounds into chords for the structure then just work drums from there or vise versa.
The last way with samples is the phrase sampling which I don't like to do much because it would suck to get sued.
Just thought of one more way which is a variation of the note sampling and that is to completely mangle those sounds into something else and if done right they usually play across a better range. It has potential.
If you want reference to any of the mentioned ways
Pure Heart - phrase sampling
A Dream - Sound Design
Make Believe - Synths with a little sampling
1 Life- Drums sequenced on sampler, samples recorded live, bass guitar recorded live
Then the ones on the beat page which are all synths.
The ones mentioned are here www.myspace.com/pmf
Appriciate the feedback btw it's just what I was looking for (honest, but encouraging).
- Aug 15, 2006 04:12am by Reach. - Peace and oneness,
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[quote:cca29d74b0="Distorted_Mastermind"]Thanks Reach.
My creative process is usually all over the place in reality. I'm kind of trying to find what suits me best as far as quality.[/quote:cca29d74b0]
That will come in time.
Everyone goes through that awkward phase where they're trying different things. It's a bit like the teenage years. You'll come 'round...no worries.
[quote:cca29d74b0]Appriciate the feedback btw it's just what I was looking for (honest, but encouraging).[/quote:cca29d74b0]
No problem. Hopefully what I said was helpful in some way.
- Aug 15, 2006 04:21am by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
Yeah I think I've been worried about building tracks up more which actually made me think back a little bit. I used to build my drums up quite a bit more, heard a few older tracks with some heavily layered drums that didn't get too cluttered which put less pressure on the synth/sample part since the rhythm was so thick and covered the stereo range good alone.
So yeah simplicity is underrated.
Was actually listening to an old Del song today which had a very very simple beat, but it was nice. Noticed the focal point was the drums other than that all it seemed to have was one sample chopped into hits.
- Aug 15, 2006 04:53pm by Reach. - Peace and oneness,
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www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic2
www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic Location: Kansas City
[quote:d46db9868f="Distorted_Mastermind"]Yeah I think I've been worried about building tracks up more which actually made me think back a little bit. I used to build my drums up quite a bit more, heard a few older tracks with some heavily layered drums that didn't get too cluttered which put less pressure on the synth/sample part since the rhythm was so thick and covered the stereo range good alone.
So yeah simplicity is underrated.
Was actually listening to an old Del song today which had a very very simple beat, but it was nice. Noticed the focal point was the drums other than that all it seemed to have was one sample chopped into hits.[/quote:d46db9868f]
Every producer goes through that phase where they determine how much movement and/or instrumentation is necessary. Eventually you'll settle in and find that happy medium. Experimentation is good. It'll help you crystallize your sound and musical ideas.
- Aug 16, 2006 03:54am by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own.
Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
[quote:dce33e258a="Reach."][quote:dce33e258a="Distorted_Mastermind"]Yeah I think I've been worried about building tracks up more which actually made me think back a little bit. I used to build my drums up quite a bit more, heard a few older tracks with some heavily layered drums that didn't get too cluttered which put less pressure on the synth/sample part since the rhythm was so thick and covered the stereo range good alone.
So yeah simplicity is underrated.
Was actually listening to an old Del song today which had a very very simple beat, but it was nice. Noticed the focal point was the drums other than that all it seemed to have was one sample chopped into hits.[/quote:dce33e258a]
Every producer goes through that phase where they determine how much movement and/or instrumentation is necessary. Eventually you'll settle in and find that happy medium. Experimentation is good. It'll help you crystallize your sound and musical ideas.[/quote:dce33e258a]
It's kind of funny. I started a beat last night with the idea to keep it simple and build from a strong rhythm. It ended up being a pretty nice thick track. Almost reminds me of something you would do Reach except mine is a bit darker. Posted if you or anyone else wants to hear.
www.myspace.com/dmbeats
It's called "Foundation"
