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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2016, 10:45:55 pm »
In my 4 years of producing, I've found that having your own style isn't something you actively try to do, it just kind of comes naturally.
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2016, 12:06:44 am »
Quote from: TheAGNO3 on January 08, 2016, 08:09:23 pm
The truth is, it's impossible to just FIND your own style, you create your own style over a fairly long period of time. The more things you expose yourself to and get inspired by, the more unique and interesting your style is going to be. There's a quote I quite like that goes something like:
"Creativity is knowing how to hide your influences"
and I couldn't agree more with that sentiment. A lot of people think I make unique music, but I can almost always point out where I got the inspiration from songs.. Whether it be influenced by another artist, a genre, etc., and that's the beauty of it.
I try to listen to as much different music as possible, and on a daily basis that ranges from indie, to metal, to electronic, to jazz.. and when I sit down now I never feel like I'm making something that's already been made.

Hope this helps!
definitely helps thanks man, makes a lot of sense
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2016, 12:27:42 am »
lido says your sound doesn't come from things that are replicable... it comes from how you actually make music in your daw & the tiny little tricks you learn & do that are your own. he says that your sound shouldn't be anything musical or any actual sound because the next guy can just come along & be you.
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2016, 11:01:29 pm »
I think the difference occurs when the intent goes from making something that will fit in with what is currently out there to doing what feels most naturally and best to the individual, using what's out there as inspiration
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2016, 12:43:34 am »
Just get deeper and deeper into the music, eventually you'll truly discover what you like and what you'd like to do. There are certain sounds and certain vibes I like, I combine them in a way noone else does and I keep refining that idea song by song. Some people are unable to create whatever they want on purpose and just make what comes to them naturally. I collect vibes and sounds like a machine, my brain is like a sponge that soaks up knowledge in order to enable me to create more. Both ways work, but the ability to steer what you are doing definitely gives you an edge in terms of how original and innovative your work can be. If you'd like that ability, start studying music in its smallest parts and develop yourself with the music rather than just your art. Be openminded and don't shy away from challenges or insurmountable obstacles. Take everything apart into tiny atoms and concepts, then rearrange them into whatever you can imagine.
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2016, 07:34:47 am »
Quote from: Volant on January 11, 2016, 12:43:34 am
Some people are unable to create whatever they want on purpose and just make what comes to them naturally. I collect vibes and sounds like a machine, my brain is like a sponge that soaks up knowledge in order to enable me to create more.
Hey thats weird you know?
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2016, 07:45:01 am »
Quote from: Volant on January 11, 2016, 12:43:34 am
JSome people are unable to create whatever they want on purpose and just make what comes to them naturally.

That's me! It's either a mistake or something I just think sounds cool and end up adding to my song
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2016, 09:04:25 pm »
Quote from: TheAGNO3 on January 08, 2016, 08:09:23 pm
The truth is, it's impossible to just FIND your own style, you create your own style over a fairly long period of time. The more things you expose yourself to and get inspired by, the more unique and interesting your style is going to be.

Couldn't agree more!
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2016, 01:24:21 am »
It usually happens in my opinion when you combine multiple elements of different genres and interpret it in your own way. When you breach the boundaries of a "genre".
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2016, 03:49:13 pm »
Quote from: Volant on January 11, 2016, 12:43:34 am
Just get deeper and deeper into the music, eventually you'll truly discover what you like and what you'd like to do. There are certain sounds and certain vibes I like, I combine them in a way noone else does and I keep refining that idea song by song. Some people are unable to create whatever they want on purpose and just make what comes to them naturally. I collect vibes and sounds like a machine, my brain is like a sponge that soaks up knowledge in order to enable me to create more. Both ways work, but the ability to steer what you are doing definitely gives you an edge in terms of how original and innovative your work can be. If you'd like that ability, start studying music in its smallest parts and develop yourself with the music rather than just your art. Be openminded and don't shy away from challenges or insurmountable obstacles. Take everything apart into tiny atoms and concepts, then rearrange them into whatever you can imagine.

This might be the best answer i´ve ever seen. Great tips!
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #25 on: May 20, 2016, 05:30:51 pm »
Quote from: TheAGNO3 on January 08, 2016, 08:09:23 pm
The truth is, it's impossible to just FIND your own style, you create your own style over a fairly long period of time. The more things you expose yourself to and get inspired by, the more unique and interesting your style is going to be. There's a quote I quite like that goes something like:
"Creativity is knowing how to hide your influences"
and I couldn't agree more with that sentiment. A lot of people think I make unique music, but I can almost always point out where I got the inspiration from songs.. Whether it be influenced by another artist, a genre, etc., and that's the beauty of it.
I try to listen to as much different music as possible, and on a daily basis that ranges from indie, to metal, to electronic, to jazz.. and when I sit down now I never feel like I'm making something that's already been made.

Hope this helps!

This is great.

I'm still searching for mine, but I think it shows in the tracks I make, because I don't focus on sounding like anyone, just making what I think sounds good.
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Re: How do you get your own style?
« Reply #26 on: May 20, 2016, 07:39:43 pm »
I believe that everyone has their own sound, they just don't realize it. Of course if you don't practically ripoff popular tunes and use exactly same sounds. It might not come in 1 month, but it will come naturally without you knowing it.
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