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My favorite chord progressions have almost always been undiatonic in nature. Using diatonic chords as your primary framework to work from makes it easier to know which chords are considered "weird" or not.

Quote from: Lydian on May 05, 2016, 06:39:54 pm

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yeah its good to know whats in a contract or cause there is a lot of trickery

Just look at kesha. God what a heartless business music can truly be.

Lol we may never know if she was attention seeking or she was a victim

Willing to bet it's a little bit of both.

How many of you guys mix multitracks?

I just discovered these and imo mixing them is THE BEST WAY to practice mixing. The reason why is because you don't need to worry about trying to write/arrange/compose the song at the same time since it's already laid out for you. If the song sounds bad then you KNOW it's because of the mix.

This website has a bunch of multitracks that are useful for practicing. Just thought I'd drop it here for those who may find it useful.

http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm

bryan. that was one of the most real things I've read all day. Kudos for you for not letting your passion consume you.

I love nomak! Didn't know you guys knew who he was. I didn't even know he was in alesia. D:

All the jazz-hop guys nujabes, nomak, marcus D, DJ Okiwari, Uyama hiroto are my faves. <3

I've kinda been thinking about it lately. Some of you might think it's a stupid question which is fair enough but do you think we should strive to be like our favorite artists? When I say that I mean should we make an effort to copy and sound like them in every shape or form?

I ask because I'm inspired by a lot of artists but I can never sound like them you know? Whenever I try to sound like Zedd, Grey, or Joe Hisaishi I just end up sounding like me. At first that was really annoying but I'm kind of learning to accept that I'll never be able to sound like either of them.

Then again it's like you can learn a lot by copying other artists. Shoot that's how I learned sound design and instruments in general. So the fine line is a bit confusing you know?

Thoughts anyone?

I would be willing to argue that it's okay to not mix in key - if the feeling of the song is right. Laidback Luke admitted in his #RealDJing seminar last year that he does not mix in key. Are any of you gonna call him a horrible DJ?

If you are going to mix in key, however, don't forget that most DJ software is capable of pitch shifting so you don't have to limit yourself as much as you might think.

Fair enough. My dad got by without mixing in key for 25 years. I don't think the crowd cares about keys, bpms, or effects. If it sounds good it sounds good. 

If you're a DJ and have Mixed In Key, you can also import all your samples and search them by key that way.

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