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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: The Producer's Forum Weekly Beat Cypher Round 2: Planet Express [6/12 - 6/18]
« on: June 12, 2016, 03:03:31 pm »I am in.
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Record label question!!!! please help
« on: June 12, 2016, 01:11:57 am »
It takes money to make money.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: I'm Literally F**ked Right Now.
« on: June 12, 2016, 01:11:30 am »I'm not writing blindly, I'm giving my experience because my story started much the same as the OP's. Turkish family wanted me to become a doctor or lawyer and thought music was a waste of time (starting about 15 years ago). I kept working on stuff through school whenever I could and left the country when I was 18. Traveled around, hopped around a bunch of jobs and landed where I am now. Dropped out of music school a few years early because the program director told me there wasn't much left for me to learn and production was already taking up the bulk of my time. Now that music's starting to bring in money and everything's working, my family's happy I didn't listen to them.
To the OP-your parents don't think with their heads, they think with their hearts. They want your life to be stable so they're not stressed out all the time, it's gut-wrenching to see your child struggle etc... The problem is, their ideas don't jive with yours because they lived a life of logic instead of passion, and people who've dedicated themselves to a life of logic can't wrap their heads around someone living a life of passion. It's not unfounded-pursuing music, logically, is a really bad idea. You'll, statistically, almost certainly never get anywhere, and just set yourself back when you accept the alternate career path they wanted you to start in the first place. The good news is, the vast majority of musicians are absolute trash and lazy to no end. So if you have any streak of originality and a good work ethic, it's completely doable if you bust your ass.
Good shit. and honest.
But i will say this with utmost care, not every one has that charisma. it's a challenge to even find people to trust in the world of snakes and bandits.
Only the person can come to a conclusion about the path they wish to walk.
I personally try to seek the balance of logic and passion. In most cases, one speaks ill of the other, with out considering what that other has to offer. and quite frankly, you can be better at what ever you do if you have understanding and knowledge of the other.
Hence my suggestion at the classically trained pianist who works with CERN (cutting edge of physics).
To receive a well rounded education in the science and arts is a fantastic thing to have and makes you very dangerous to other less educated people and understanding.
I've found that many people on the forum are of that advice giving as well.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: I'm Literally F**ked Right Now.
« on: June 11, 2016, 11:40:50 pm »
There's a well trained classical pianist who does work with CERN....
That's fine. but I bet that person was also focused on music exclusively.
you're also focusing all of your efforts on to one person, and not the entirely of the country and the entirely of every one's interest.
People might have other considerations as to the life of a musician, which isn't easy by any means. They also might have talents that lie else where.
But to blindly give advice based on your situation, and not understanding the person who is asking the question, is just bad teaching. and poor advice to give.
If you're not with out empathy, then i don't see how you(general) can be in any sort of position to teach.
Tailor the advice best suited to the individual, and be a great teacher. That takes much more skill, and we can use a lot more of it.
Well, I´m happy to read that any kid from an African country can make a living by serving tables while working hard on making it big in the music business...
You do realize Africa isn't just one giant desert with impoverished villages right? There are plenty of huge music producers in Africa that started out just like anyone in the US or Europe. Like this guy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Jazzy) who moved to the UK when he was 18 and worked in restaurants while building his music career. Dude has a net worth bigger than almost any producer any of us look up to.
Winners look for opportunities, settlers find obstacles.
That's fine. but I bet that person was also focused on music exclusively.
you're also focusing all of your efforts on to one person, and not the entirely of the country and the entirely of every one's interest.
People might have other considerations as to the life of a musician, which isn't easy by any means. They also might have talents that lie else where.
But to blindly give advice based on your situation, and not understanding the person who is asking the question, is just bad teaching. and poor advice to give.
If you're not with out empathy, then i don't see how you(general) can be in any sort of position to teach.
Tailor the advice best suited to the individual, and be a great teacher. That takes much more skill, and we can use a lot more of it.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: I'm Literally F**ked Right Now.
« on: June 11, 2016, 05:18:28 pm »You have probably found the solution to all world problems.
i think bill gates beat him by a day.
the answer is chickens, btw.
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Levels
« on: June 11, 2016, 05:13:48 pm »All I was trying to say was as a response to this:Quoteit does bring things out of balance, because you're adding volume to a particular frequency bandwidth.You could give the exact same argument FOR additive EQ.
that's why it's better to start out with subtractive EQ than to just go for additive EQ.
because i understand that EQing effects the signal, it can throw the balance of that signal's frequency out of wack if you add to much.
you can throw things out of wack if you subtract to much of that signal's frequency, but typically it gets covered up by other things if you've managed to not carve out that exact same frequency, bandwidth, and gain position as well (at least to what i've see).
and i know that if you touch the EQ on a track that's already been leveled out just with volume, regardless of subtractive or additive, you don't get the proper signal as if you were just leave it be by itself? isn't that the definition of resulting in a form of imbalance?
I've seen producer's go and boost the shit out of a top shelf or w/e, and then adjust the volume right after. EQ is altering the characteristic of the sound source, and by doing that you've already caused the signal to be out of balance.
but you cause that imbalance to help fit all of the elements in the song.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: I'm Literally F**ked Right Now.
« on: June 11, 2016, 01:12:11 am »Equal opportunities? Its a serving job not an inheritance. Its one of the easiest, most menial jobs in the world that's readily available.
I can't believe how anyone here is bashing commitment to what this forums about. No producer put in "one good hour" a day and got anywhere. And don't even try to proclaim the merits of a plan b. If you're passionate, go all in and make it happen. If you have a backup plan, save yourself time and stop now-it'll become your plan a when life gets hard.
Your situation doesn't matter. As long as you're old enough to work and have a passport, nothings holding you back from moving and starting your own life. I can see a lot of white knight forums dads coming out to talk about practicality and "that's crazy, think about your future" but its all nonsense. This is one of the hardest industries in the world. If you're not committed and putting in the work, admit you're a hobbyist and stop telling new producers what they can't achieve.
Potassium.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Producing Dubstep/Glitchhop Drops
« on: June 10, 2016, 10:01:13 pm »It's an ad account, it was just shitposting to hide the ad.
shitposting bots?
what's next, memes?
that's my job, no bot can take that away from me.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Pls, educate me! Non 4x4 styles between 120 and 138?
« on: June 10, 2016, 07:16:17 pm »Hmmm. Something in this style might be possible. https://soundcloud.com/mrsuicidesheep/maize-remember-to-lose-strange-talk-remixthat's a mix of like RNB(vocals), dub(kick and snare), and trapped out hi hats.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Pls, educate me! Non 4x4 styles between 120 and 138?
« on: June 10, 2016, 05:52:59 pm »
well consider this way.
Once you get past the 100BPM mark, you can start dividing the tempos by 2 to get what the half time of that tempo feels like, but still retain the energy at the higher levels.
You can make some pretty ok trap at 130 i'd say, and even at the 120 mark gets you some decent dubby feels.
I don't have any examples, aside from just the math behind it.
but i think what you've described is going to be the dominate beat structure at those tempos.
Once you get past the 100BPM mark, you can start dividing the tempos by 2 to get what the half time of that tempo feels like, but still retain the energy at the higher levels.
You can make some pretty ok trap at 130 i'd say, and even at the 120 mark gets you some decent dubby feels.
I don't have any examples, aside from just the math behind it.
but i think what you've described is going to be the dominate beat structure at those tempos.
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Levels
« on: June 10, 2016, 04:13:19 pm »Then I use the eq to get every sound clear, and then I do the fader up thingy again. I have the feeling indeed, that eqing can bring things out of balance a bit.
depending on the EQ, you can have some phase issues.
it does bring things out of balance, because you're adding volume to a particular frequency bandwidth.
that's why it's better to start out with subtractive EQ than to just go for additive EQ.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Tuning Kick Samples to Key of the Track
« on: June 10, 2016, 02:45:27 am »
i tune my drum layers to make sure they fit well with each other first.
after i sample them, i then pitch my sample to how i want it to be in the song.
ie, a more present and tight kick drum i tune up. more of feeling in my kick i tune it lower.
rarely do i get to the key of the song, which in that case i'd suggest you get a tuner.
after i sample them, i then pitch my sample to how i want it to be in the song.
ie, a more present and tight kick drum i tune up. more of feeling in my kick i tune it lower.
rarely do i get to the key of the song, which in that case i'd suggest you get a tuner.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: I'm Literally F**ked Right Now.
« on: June 09, 2016, 07:51:22 pm »Lol thread hijack
"Should I Drop Out Of School To Pursue Music?"
GO
this isn't 4chan....
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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Levels
« on: June 09, 2016, 07:49:58 pm »
EQ is adjusting the volume of the frequency range, you're not adjust the volume of the entire track. that's what volume and input gain does.
The faders down or faders up thing doesn't really matter, it just depends on how you want to get the signal to sit on top of below certain elements in the mix.
please reiterate your question, and get to the point.
it's tough to sift through what your problem is with all the anecdotes.
The faders down or faders up thing doesn't really matter, it just depends on how you want to get the signal to sit on top of below certain elements in the mix.
please reiterate your question, and get to the point.
it's tough to sift through what your problem is with all the anecdotes.
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Stolen Vocal Chops
« on: June 09, 2016, 04:28:49 pm »
i thought splices gives you the opportunity to download what you want, as per subscription based.
it's a database, not a sample company.
it's a database, not a sample company.
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