Vocaroo thread!Sing a song, improvise, share WIP, covers, stuff you made.This from minutes ago, might make it into a tune:https://vocaroo.com/12yColNVEthn
wrote some songs>acoustic, jazz-folk-ish, prog-folk-ishi sing ongoing loss, bbb>love triangle and a bunch of augmented chordshttps://vocaroo.com/1luYCp5tgxRJNo Longer I>being angry/sad and reading beckett and playing arpeggios in 7/8https://vocaroo.com/18b4O9iBIRtxOn the Universal Tendency to Debasement in the Sphere of Love>post-rebound with cabaret verses and jazz-pop choruseshttps://vocaroo.com/19CoaWavJi49Glistens Greenly>overcomplicated overdramatic prog-folk switching styles and time signatures a dozen timeshttps://vocaroo.com/1TTNHvNn0532>>128518272I was expecting a big build-up to something here with the really slow opening on the one chord, but most of the parts with the vocals don’t really seem to go anywhere (it’s not the end of the world if they’re incomprehensible or shaky but that kind of vibe needs some payoff). The guitar once it starts to shift into the dissonant bits gets quite cool but then it just… ends. Would be cool to hear what you could do with some more layering and reverb and shit.
>>128518272It needs to go somewhere. >>128518632Glistens Greenly has some very cool rapid vocal parts at 2:40. Thanks for sharing. I'll listen to the other tracks in the car later. Rain Check:https://vocaroo.com/12yColNVEthn
Rain Check (proper link)https://voca.ro/128UIXr4nHN5This is my first time recording lead guitar
>>128518632you got some talent dawg. ain't my style of music but I can dig it.
>>128518703thanks man>>128518747solid song; most of the sound is really good - although I don’t know enough about production or listen to enough pop-punk/emo-ish stuff to comment properly, but something about the way the vocals sit in the mix doesn’t feel quite right to me>>128518774appreciate it anon. I rarely believe there’s much going on worth hearing in my songs desu.
i wish i knew how to sing.
>>128518907do it and keep doing it. nobody ITT “knows how to sing” but they keep doing it. (sound gay, but: unironically join a local choir; most people develop competence quite quickly when they’re given a space to try properly without self-consciousness.)
>>128518951i just want to be able to sing pretty like ariana grande
>>128518968>I wish I knew how to walk>I just want to run like Usain Boltcart before the horse
four homosexuals
https://voca.ro/18qpGVDWOnsFevery time I pick up the guitar this is all that happens, I just doodle around for a while and that's it. it's been like this since I was a kid. it's kinda disheartening honestly, I don't know how to get better, I think I need a mentor or something. never taken lessons, just always fucking around on the guitar. not autistic enough to be a self taught virtuoso I guess.
>>128519259learn more pieces, focusing on the kinds of music you want to hear and make, and try and understand not just how to play it but why you like and how it works. commit to writing a piece with a beginning middle and end. write solos over chord progressions. work in multiple notes instead of single note lines so you can write something that feels more cohesive rather than noodle. try writing a song that uses your riffs or other ideas as a base. whatever.I basically learned guitar purely from writing songs. A new trick, a new technique, a new kind of chord progression or melody, etc, all got absorbed into something bigger, and it would stick. the bigger thing is what gives the small things meaning and context.you can clearly play guitar but you can’t write cohesive music if you don’t challenge yourself to actually do that in new ways. what you’re describing is like looking at a bunch of wonderful paints and brushes and wondering why they haven’t turned into a painting yet.
>>128518632i hate that you’re one of the few actually good sincere-posting acousticanons who occasionally pops onto /mu/ because your musical theatre diction is gay as hell
>>128519459https://voca.ro/14uwwEDYZvAQ
>>128518632>>128518703Thank you for taking the time to listen. I threw and recorded a bunch of one minuters, that was one of them. I feel i could coax something out of it, ill have the "going somewhere" in mind.>>128518632Thats clearly profficient delivery and execution but im so irrevocably filtered by the voice.>>128518747Musoc sound alright and as what it wanst to bw, vocals feel rough and strained, feel lighter/cleaner singing would fit the music better.>>128519259Listen to blues
>>128519459thank you…?>>128519645>I threw and recorded a bunch of one minuters, that was one of them. I feel i could coax something out of it, ill have the "going somewhere" in mind.gg anon, keep going with the idea.>Thats clearly profficient delivery and execution but im so irrevocably filtered by the voice.you mean the vocal style/ability/lack thereof, or just what >>128519459 was saying?
>>128519722Yeah the affectation, too much for me. I feel like im being told some lord of the rings stuff and i hate that shit.
WHATanons making their OWN music on /mu/? THAT'S NOT ALLOWED. YOU HAVE TO POST IN ONE OF THE 22 SIMULTANEOUS KPOP THREADS (even though repeat threads are against the rules)I HATE WHEN ANONS CONTRIBUTE THEIR OWN ART TO THE BOARD CULTUREMOOOOOOODDDSSSSS
>>128519829based
>>128519768i think i get what you mean except for the lord of the rings thing
here's a really old demo track i found on my old laptop's harddrive the other night. data says i started it in early 2010. never finished it. was going for an Oceano + Born Of Osiris sort of metalcore feel. obviously it sucks ass. but it was really fun to hear where i was back thenhttps://vocaroo.com/13FzkwrFpdO5
>>128519912>anon's guitar tab be like>|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| low e string drop c
>>128519928it was in fact drop C lmaooo
>>128519912yes, the distortion you’re using is fucking unlistenable, but I’m glad you had fun.
>>128519936i was using a Line 6 POCKET POD. so bad. i think i got it for like $90 in 2008. i know it sounds like shit, but i miss those old days. every shitty demo felt like the most brutal thing i'd ever made.
Going to re-record some of this stuff but I want to know what some of you anons thinkhttps://voca.ro/1ePY3veHOCrs
>>128519962i actually really like the guitar tone as it is. the drums are way too clipped-out. if you could keep the guitar tone, and re-do the drums with a more controlled approach, i think it'd be really cool.and i'm not saying the noisy clipping doesn't add to the drums; you've just gotta do it in a smarter way. slam the drums with an analog compressor (or equivalent plugin). the distortion would sound cool in a controlled manner. but not as it is. much too harsh. you want loud and punchy, but WITHOUT the harsh frequencies and blasted clipping.
>>128519962those cymbals are raping my ears bro. guitar work is fine. needs a baseline + melody/harmony but it's a decent enough foundation.
>>128519962Drum sounds more industrial than 99% of induatrial bands, bet it wasnt on purpose however
Anybody ever made a nu metal song here? Im so tempted to. If threads alive tomorrow, i may make one.
>>128520026i've made one in the style of st. anger. does that count?
https://voca.ro/12cEsKnE5wdJWrote this riff 3 years ago, never could make it into a song until a few weeks ago when I came up with the 3/4 section. From there it kind of finished itself.>>128518747Decent tune anon. I agree with >>128518901, the way the mix sounds isn't quite right, but once you figure that out you should be fine
>>128520018you seem kinda like a condescending asshole. why can't you just give props without dogging people?
>>128520045Probably, the umbrella.covers pretty diverse music. But i was thinking some Korn ripoff lines, could be fun.
>>128520062korn is mostly a dropped tuning. >heavy low chugs>melodic and/or dissonant overlay on top of the chugs>clicky bass slap on top>half-time drums (mostly kick/snare/hi-hat)
I saw korn live once. it was cool but everyone in the audience were a bunch of basket cases. either the guitarist or bassist, one of them, threw their pick at me. wish I woulda kept it. instead like a dumbass I used it to, well, play the guitar. it wasn't a special pick or anything, so I figured >fuck itbut maybe someone coulda given me 10 whole dollars for it or something.
>>128520105wish i could have seen Korn in their prime. i saw linkin park x2, mudvayne x2, kid rock x1, fivefoothick x3, takeover x2, staind x1 >t. spokane kid
>>128520150>linkin parklucky, too bad I never saw them before chester died.
>>128520163saw them on the hybrid theory tour (pretty small (600 capacity venue. then a couple years later on the meteora tour (10,000k small arena). they were great showmen. i honestly think the hybrid show was heavier, because it was more intimate and louder. takeover and fivefootthick opened that show (if i remember correct)
>>128519962Oh my god reaper exported this like shit
>>128520207guitar tone is tight. drums need slammed through a tube compressor w/ some eq and it'll be sick
Bump
https://voca.ro/1ifuTDCDu6EF
>>128522556The overall vibe is interesting and the spiky guitar sound is cool but I’m not sure you quite sell the vocal performance; with that kinda nick-cave-y vibe you gotta commit to it.
>>128519259this is cool tho
>>128522556this is pretty bitchin.
Kill a slob win a prizeKill a crip your whole family dies
dug up an old old instrumental i never wrote lyrics for and i honestly really like it and can't figure out why i never finished it. drums are formulaic and the structure could be more interesting but other than that it's one of the better things i've done. thoughts?>post-punk, goth rock, lo-fihttps://vocaroo.com/1nD7CF6xHltR
>>128525050not bad. throw some vocals on it and it's a perfectly serviceable goth song
Some demos I've been working on for my albumhttps://voca.ro/1e7sByfnJ9iOfor this one I've been struggling on with vocals of having enough energy plus being on pitch. On this take there's pitch but the energy lacking. https://voca.ro/1kdpVRxJNXvcThis is swell methinkshttps://voca.ro/19WaGxGonb5vThing I like but not sure how to structure.
>>128526223Hella fun wtfYou gigging?
>>128526850did one gig that was the biggest catastrophy imaginable. I'd have to figure out how to play these songs live effectively
>>128527009Storytime rn
>>128526223Some of the vocal delivery needs serious work but the sound is really really cool.
>>128526223you've got a pretty good voice. no homo.
https://voca.ro/15YFDZCYB0QN
My cover of Soldier of Fortune by Opethhttps://voca.ro/1ceywVyajyTw
Okay, so i actually ended up making the Korn trackHad too much funhttps://vocaroo.com/1aUwvX2pWr7X
>>128528928autism.>>128528931good shit.>>128528940good shit.
I made a profile on a local social for musicians and someone asked me to send a sample.https://voca.ro/1hRAFR5l413whttps://voca.ro/1huQavWt5lJwI feel like I'm starting to get comfortable with my voice, but I don't know if I should practice more before putting myself out there.wdyt?
>>128529011your voice is really great. you've got a kinda singer/songwriter type voice. halfway between fallout boy and googoo dolls. change your strings and multitrack those songs. you've got a solid demo. a voice like that only needs light compression and reverb.
recorded these about a month ago at the second practice with a new band; no vocals yetmetalcore/melodic deathhttps://voca.ro/1an4GOud7Rdghttps://voca.ro/1cXcroYnlE8thttps://voca.ro/1gGyjN0xM1Yawe have since changed some bunk riffs around
>>128529047Thanks man, I appreciate it a lot :)I didn't think the old-string-sound was that noticeable in my crappy phone recording lolI need to up my gear game>>128518632>>128522556>>128526223>>128528940Cool shit
Hey everyone, I’ve been grinding on this track for a while and finally feel ready to share it. I poured a lot into the production and arrangement, so I’d really appreciate some honest, detailed feedback good or bad. I just want to know what’s working and what I should improve. Thanks for giving it a listenhttps://voca.ro/1bYWXhjXGFNE
>>128529273>I didn't think the old-string-sound was that noticeablethe absolute best thing you can do for your guitar/bass recordings is new strings. it ABSOLUTELY makes a difference. go on amazon and buy a 3 pack of orphee acoustic strings. same exact strings as fender/gibson/elixer but wayyy cheaper. sure, it's cool to jam and write songs on dead strings, but when it comes time to record for real, you want brand new strings. record it into a cheap usb interface (metronome in the headphones). then sing over the track separately. you can always "glue" a track together, but you really can't fully UN-glue it.
Gluebros...
dungeon synth project practice for my live shows https://voca.ro/1nio2Nrr2muY
>board only has left like 45 users>like 60% of them make musicBased?
>>128530603hope your using your autism for good as well as for whatever this is
https://voca.ro/1k19c3pnfi0PUnfinished song, it's not really good
>>128532124didn't used to be that way. it used to be pulling teeth just to get anons to come together and collaborate and make music. i think the covid lockdowns got way more anons into making their own music.
>>128534541True but the flipside is that fewer people actually want to discuss each other’s music and develop. Even the little of that happening in this thread is more that you get in the whole of an average shill thread.
>>128534541https://voca.ro/14zWbHMvDzNVscotty doesn't knowhttps://voca.ro/137J6Hg0xS5idammithttps://voca.ro/1nKfTXdkWFUIa crow left of the murder
>>128534755idk, i thought a few of the anons were being really good with feedback. but i do agree to an extent. vocaroo threads should be for constructive feedback, not just LISTEN TO MY SONG
>>128534769https://voca.ro/1bztflf3xOELfat liphttps://voca.ro/1ozk89y6wBikpaschendalehttps://voca.ro/1kWZJVFJITRPlimelightyou ever have that problem where you just learn like fragments of songs?
synthesized space wiphttps://vocaroo.com/15uwm2PPkVLV
Id rate all you GAYS but cant post on web only phone and that complicates things..
>>128534966No, but I don’t play lead/rock guitar in general so learning fragments would really occur to me.For you, it comes from the fact that you’re not really learning them with any motivation to play them fully apart from the flashier/catchier riffs, like playing with a band or making a full cover version or whatever. You really should sit down and learn them though - you only grow as a musician by putting what you learn in context.
>>128529281Dude? Seriously? Big props to you and yours! This was is high-larious! I walked into that voca fully prepped for getting my mind blown, didn't expect my sides to blow instead lol! Fucking hats off to you man, this is what the internet is all about, man. Just good shit all round and funny as well. Peice!
>Spoken wordhttps://voca.ro/1ml2IUealrqH
>>128536888it's just helicopter noises?
>>128518632>Performed “On the Universal Tendency to Debasement in the Sphere of Love” live and got a recording.https://vocaroo.com/1i1SXX18EbtHWas nervous and shaky as hell on both voice and guitar, but managed to go a bit manic in the bridge was appropriate. Some people afterwards said it sounded “experimental” and “intricate” which was bizarre to me because I played it specifically because it was my simplest and least out-there song.
>>128538424accurate, needs moar heavy mixing
>>128518272https://vocaroo.com/12ZNML8lPspB
>>128538486>people afterwards said it sounded “experimental” and “intricate”in comparison to megan thee stallion or whatever the hell it is that normalfags are listening to these days. you got this sort of james blunt dashboard confessional mars volta type sound imo and that's the definition of "alternative" innit?
>>128538851I mean I’d fucking loath to be thought of as a James Blunt type but you’re not wrong with a softboi song like this one tbf.Idk like I’ve so much material that’s genuinely weird and aggressive (at least for a guy with an acoustic guitar wearing a neckerchief) so when people compliment my songs that to me aren’t that musically interesting, as though they were somehow avant-garde, I just question their judgement a little. Even one guy I know who’s a very good jazz pianist was like “oh I loved the time signature changes” and I was like “there were time signature changes?” until i realised he meant between 3/4 and 6/8, because in my head that’s too basic to count.
