You know the drill: post WIPs, demos, ideas, improvs – swap feedback generously.
The Quad>sadboi waltz-y thing about a love quadranglehttps://vocaroo.com/14YXaU1DRDJKThe Purloined Letter>song from last year I reworked>Ted Kaczinsky-themed folk about a birthday cardhttps://vocaroo.com/129114Utnvym
Some takes from crooner practice this weekend (also posted some showtune takes in the /mu/sicals thread)>You Won't See Me (sadboy ver)https://vocaroo.com/1k0UXmljgxHd>I'll String Alonghttps://vocaroo.com/1kwJrTaKsc44>Embraceable Youhttps://vocaroo.com/13xOhyiJpYRv
>>131626124Lovely stuff, anon.Vocals quite a bit stronger on the second track. You obviously have a naturally fairly light tone, but might be worth trying to sing from a little lower in your chest; you’ve got a good voice so you may as well get the full use of it.
>>131626124Nice piano-playing too.
>>131626071Nice vocals, nice lyrics. Love the chords in the waltz, would love to hear a version where the mic isn't inside the guitar lol
>>131626180>>131626189ty anon. I've got another practice session scheduled tomorrow evening, this time with an actual piano; if the thread's still rolling I'll post an update and see what you think
>>131626124>https://vocaroo.com/1kwJrTaKsc44i'm jelly man. i wish i actually wasn't a lazy piece of shit and tried learning how to make music in high school instead of now when i barely have any free time at all and feel guilty about it
this is actually a full band effort, a very raw and sloppy rehearsal but our bassist is the one that is most heard. Take it for what it is, I guess. Very excited about this one, it has a very dancey vibe:https://vocaroo.com/120j0Adm9CsB
https://voca.ro/1jvmNSFVrUrqWriting this about Haruhi. Lyrics not even close to finished>>131626124Great playing. If there's anything that makes me jealous of piano players, it's that you can create such dense beautiful chords.>>131628012I like it. Starts very Crazy Horse
>>131628012prewritten or jam?
https://voca.ro/1hwCjjX9VrwUI haven't made music in a while, I created this song yesterday. Its awful but it feels good to make a song >>131626071Nice guitar playing >>131626124Nice crooner piano music. The Beatles cover is great and I love I'll string along >>131628012Super sweet. The whole band sounds good. 10/10 to be honest >>131628121Wacky vocal harmonies, I like it
>>131625994https://vocaroo.com/14YXaU1DRDJKI am very depressed atm
https://voca.ro/1HeT4GAhJ5hS
https://vocaroo.com/1ferQqOR1p5A
https://voca.ro/1knKcWUHsLNisnippet of a little song I'm working on rn. Thoughts on the vocals?>>131630753Pretty cool, I like the fantasy vibes, you have a good voice too.I can't help but imagine like layers being added as the song goes on and on. Like little shoegaze guitar melodic embelisshments maybe and then maybe as an outro some heavier rock chords drop as a sort of emotional climax as the song. >>131630848bagina
Took a small ambient type idea I forgot about and processed it to shit and back with various reverbs, time stretching and what not.https://vocaroo.com/1azz2arafTt7
>>131630753if jamie stewart made disney music
>>131628121Will look at Crazy Horse now. Thanks>>131629094Prewritten but first rehearsal >>131630704>Super sweetThanks for the words bro
I won’t be releasing my music until next year. I’m afraid you guys might steal it. Or am I not as important as I think?
>>131630704Acoustic is way too loud in the mix over everything else, and also the second electric guitar towards the end.Everything is out of tune but it’s weirdly charming and I don’t know why part of me likes this. Gives me slight Thinking Fellers Union Local Vibes. Keep it up.>>131631253I unironically kind of like whatever this is doing as harsh noise wall. There’s something kind of beautiful about that main high-pitched glassy sound that predominates. If you were looking to develop this further, I would unironically that you’d want to be conscientious about mixing it right and maybe a touch of compression or filter over the harshest edges of the sound to make it a little more listenable, but this is genuinely kind of interesting as noise music imo. You’ve got something here at least. What sources are you using for making the noise?>>131631596Some nice old-school Brian Eno ambient vibes. I’m guessing you know this, but this needs to be longer. Maybe spacing out some of the sounds a little to give the parts more room to breathe? V. Pretty stuff anon.
>>131626222>>131630704Too kind, anons>>131630753Guessing you meant to copypasta my track but forgot the little “>”. If so, ty anon, glad to have to made you sad. I know I was when I wrote it. (Though the ex-lover is now floating an MMF threeway with his GF so fingers-crossed anons.)>>131631526Ty anon. Tbh usually when I imagine extra instruments I’m usually thing more like folkish arrangements with idk a cello or some shit, but your general point that the song could probably do with layering sounds to make the repetitions work is very valid.>>131631628I wish the Disney part weren’t accurate but alas. I fucking hate musical theatre but I think the combination of natural vibrato+clear articulation because lyrics+touch of a fagcent means that I get the theatre kid comment constantly. At least the Jamie Stewart comparison is flattering even when it’s meant as an insult.
>>131631526The delay/reverb sounds a little off and washed-out to me, but I wish I could articulate how in a way that was helpful. The actual vocal style is perfectly reasonable for the kind of EBM/industrial dance sound you’re going for.
>WIPsWhat's that?
>>131632259>I’m guessing you know this, but this needs to be longer. Maybe spacing out some of the sounds a little to give the parts more room to breathe?I did think about it, but I already stretched out 30 seconds into nearly 2 minutes and didn't want to make a proper project out of it, just something to post here really. I like the way some bits are kind of clustered in places and seem to fade in and out, stopping and starting, but it's probably because I wrote the melody it's based off and know what bits come where, so it's more interesting to me. I didn't want it to be overly stretched so that there wasn't enough interest besides the droning stuff in the background, but maybe I just don't get what makes ambient stuff enjoyable.>>131632392work in progress
>>131632427> maybe I just don't get what makes ambient stuff enjoyablePity because you’ve some nascent talent there. What kind of music do you usually make, out of interest?
>>131632514Thanks, that's nice of you to say and does encourage me a bit. >What kind of music do you usually make, out of interest?It's a bit mixed because I'm quite new to making music in general, but usually stuff on my guitar that's a mish-mash of influences (a lot of alt rock/ late 90's post hardcore/pop-punk) and I otherwise I tend to try and make stuff that would fall into 'video game music', which is basically me trying out multiple genres so I can learn and understand sound selection, songwriting, theming, synthesising etc. I do, however, really like some ambient stuff, but I'm also very new to that genre and I have surface level taste at best. As you can imagine, progress is very slow with such a broad scope, so I don't post stuff often at all. Jack of all trades and all that.
>>131632259People tell me the songs sound out of tune/key. But I'm glad you like it. Knowing that I at least did one thing right in a super amateurish song