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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: do you confidently finish at least one song every week ?
« on: March 13, 2016, 02:27:30 am »If i were mod i'd get rid of it.
Yeah... I just reported the post. I suggest everyone to do the same.
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Yeah... I just reported the post. I suggest everyone to do the same.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: do you confidently finish at least one song every week ?
« on: March 12, 2016, 06:55:38 am »
What a weird thing to be charging people for... I don't think I would pay 5 euros a month for this. I wouldn't even pay 1 euro. Or any euros.
My job does a better job at motivating me to finish tracks, and instead of me paying something every month, my job pays me
Good luck with this endeavour, Mr. Oomf.
My job does a better job at motivating me to finish tracks, and instead of me paying something every month, my job pays me
Good luck with this endeavour, Mr. Oomf.
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Composition/Arrangement/Theory / Re: Do you guys ever get bored of your production while you produce...
« on: March 06, 2016, 05:35:44 am »All...The...Time...
Ive found ways to get around it though, I can share with you a sequences I use to basically keep me from hating music...
Step one - Take a walk in the neighborhood. Get some quiet, enjoy nature, even if its late at night - the world is your oyster.
Step two - After you take said walk, cook up some food - not sure about you but I find standing over a hot stove and enjoying a good meal is as calming as meditation (maybe I'm just weird)
Step three - Make some coffee/espresso (drink that strong stuff) and actively search for the shittiest, poorly written and produced music you can find... think about why you hate it. This should both help your diminishing ego, and teach you a lesson on what not to do with your music
Step four - after you've analyzed some pretty bad music, listen to a few songs that really inspire you, and focus on what makes those songs appeal to you, along with their subtleties.
Step Deadmau5 - hopefully you will feel some level of inspiration now and can work on your song without being too bored. If not, at the very least you got some exercise and a good meal lol.
I would love to know.... Which music do you analyze under the 'shitty' category?
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Guilty pleasures
« on: March 06, 2016, 02:04:15 am »Me for example, I shamefuly like some Max Martin-ish pop. ...and it's nowadays variants. I'm kinda boyband resistant, which is pretty guilty for a guy.
Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where we could listen to the Backstreet Boys guilt free? :-P
Did you know that Max Martin wrote and produced Britney Spears's "Hit Me Baby, One More Time"? And almost all of the Backstreet Boy's hits? Besides the countless other top 10 international hits?
Yeah. Been somewhat a fan of him since the 90s. He's an absolute monster.
As for my 'guilty pleasure', I like listening to ABBA a ton. Simply because the song writing is amazing and the pop production is top notch. Every single part of the song serves a purpose. And all of the instruments used are acoustic instruments (as opposed to 'fake' sampled instruments), which I love.
I also listen to a lot of female pop singers like Madonna, etc. Madonna's Ray Of Light is surprisingly ahead of it's time.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Most Awkward Set of Influences
« on: March 05, 2016, 01:15:37 pm »Huge Ween fan. You can learn a lot about song writing by listening to them
How ridiculous is Shinola?
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: This changed completely my point of view on Cymatics.fm (in a bad way)
« on: March 03, 2016, 11:02:00 pm »now I know I won't be spending on them a single penny.
Me neither. And Drew was such a dick from those screenshots.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ok, this just blows my mind... (Madeon hints at a forth coming album)
« on: March 03, 2016, 10:40:48 pm »Well, then you probably don't know Savanthe releases around 3 albums per year with songs of various genres ranging from country to moombahton.. check out http://origin.vinter.us/ , this is one of the most creative and inspiring projects modern producer/dj can do. He is the real hero
I have heard of Savant, but I don't know his music at all.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ok, this just blows my mind... (Madeon hints at a forth coming album)
« on: March 03, 2016, 10:39:55 pm »Not really surprising considering the fact he locks himself in his studio for 24 hours and comes out with a bunch of songs.
Nah man, he only does that once a year, based on this interview: http://www.digitalspy.com/music/interviews/a626863/madeon-interview-i-dont-see-myself-as-a-dj-i-never-really-was/
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Ok, this just blows my mind... (Madeon hints at a forth coming album)
« on: March 03, 2016, 01:00:50 pm »I second this. This guy is totally insane. ...in a good way though.
I mean the guy is ON TOUR, he has been for months now. And he's pumping out tracks as if it was easy as breathing. My schedule does got busy but definitely not as busy as his and yet I make excuses sometimes that I "don't have the time to make tracks". Terrible.
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: This changed completely my point of view on Cymatics.fm (in a bad way)
« on: March 03, 2016, 12:57:54 pm »I really like some of the Sample Magic packs... their Synthwave pack is a pure gold! Also Capsun have some high-quality packs and Singomakers too, especially Main Room drums are great for some of that more mainstream house songs
Sample Magic, forget to mention them! I own Synthwave 1 and 2, and two other of their packs. They are a great company.
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Any tips on how to deal with comments on your music?
« on: March 03, 2016, 12:36:44 pm »I think my question wasn't totally clear. I know the difference between opinions and proper technical feedback etc. But in what degree do you care about opinions in this case? Do you care about if people like what you make, or should that just be a bonus? I was more looking for your thoughts on that, I guess.
Sometimes I care, and sometimes I don't, really!
If you're afraid of failure, you should stop. I mean, if someone says your music sucks, do you roll over and die? No, right?
My advice is, take the good and constructive criticism and ignore the guys that say "You and your music suck" without backing it up with at least a sentence or two explaining why it sucks and how to make it better.
Oh yeah, and about hitting 90 tracks, congrats!
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Ok, this just blows my mind... (Madeon hints at a forth coming album)
« on: March 03, 2016, 09:44:27 am »
So Madeon recently tweeted this:
"I have literally over a hundred demo i'm genuinely excited about and I still feel like I haven't started."
Whaaaaaatttt? OK. Wait and isn't the guy currently on tour or something? He just continues to put everyone to shame. There are people just starting out out there and they make a few songs and already they're talking about releasing albums/EPs? Pssshhhhhh...come on. Madeon, who has made 1000s of unreleased tracks, released a whole album and made hundreds of individual tracks/remixes is saying that he has over a hundred new tracks now and he feels like it's only the beginning? Scary, just scary. And yet, so inspiring. Thanks Madeon. I saw that you're a member here so if you're reading this, THANK YOU.
"I have literally over a hundred demo i'm genuinely excited about and I still feel like I haven't started."
Whaaaaaatttt? OK. Wait and isn't the guy currently on tour or something? He just continues to put everyone to shame. There are people just starting out out there and they make a few songs and already they're talking about releasing albums/EPs? Pssshhhhhh...come on. Madeon, who has made 1000s of unreleased tracks, released a whole album and made hundreds of individual tracks/remixes is saying that he has over a hundred new tracks now and he feels like it's only the beginning? Scary, just scary. And yet, so inspiring. Thanks Madeon. I saw that you're a member here so if you're reading this, THANK YOU.
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Samples/Plugins/Software/Gear / Re: Which synth VST was used to make the bass lead in this track?
« on: March 03, 2016, 12:24:03 am »Sounds like Decimated/Saturated Square to me...can be achieved with Sylenth easily.
Is it really you, Maor Levi? If so, it's great to see you here!
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Struggling to focus when producing? Try the Pomodoro technique!
« on: March 03, 2016, 12:16:29 am »@zau Thanx for this great post! I'm gonna try this technique. The stuff you write sounds quite familiar to me. My wife actually calls me a butterfly because I tend to get easily distracted...So I absolutely understand the checking the email, Facebook etc part you mentioned. On the other hand I can also get really focused. And some projects I can easily work for 3 or 4 hours straight without drinking or going for bathroom brakes. I basically just ignore my body. It's not something I want, I just get caught up in the flow of the project. I'm gonna try that app. Thanx again.
Totally, try it out! I mean you don't lose anything if you just try it out. Good luck!
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Inspiration/Creativity/Motivation / Re: Any tips on how to deal with comments on your music?
« on: March 03, 2016, 12:14:56 am »I find it really hard to let people listen to my music. I put a lot of time, devotion and love into it.How many finished tracks have you made so far?
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