Making a SONG from a LOOP without boring everyone 

same here

So the result is "sound effects?"

@e7950 What would make you think that from what I wrote above? I design analog synthesizers, and write electronic music on synthesizers. I design every sound that goes into my music from scratch. (that's what synthesizers are for) I do also enjoy getting lost in sound creation, as I find it therapeutic though. I did have 14 years of rigid classical piano training by a symphony pianist. However, I prefer to create my own music to reciting classical music. For the past 20 years, I've been writing electronic music of many genres on electronic instruments including my own. And yes, I also make what could be considered sound effects as well, though I generally incorporate them into more traditional types of electronic music also. I write a lot of my music by designing a sound as I said above, then get inspired by that sound, and its possibilities musically. Then procede to make more sounds, percussive sounds, bass sounds, leads, pads, etc. and fill them into a loop before then going onto to edit that into more of a structured piece of music. Sometimes subtractively from that loop, but not always. You probably wouldn't guess if you viewed my RU-vid channel, as most of what I post there are just demo sounds made on the synths that I make. My Soundcloud channel has more of the types of music that I make. Anything from space music to modern electronic styles, to soundscapes and other weirdness. Whatever grabs me on the day really. Edit: Sorry if my opening sentence sounded a bit brash. I may have misread the intent of your question. :) I mainly just wanted to answer the question, but initially felt a little reactive. :)

Thanks Chris. Definitely has been an inspiration on my work.

Thanks Brice!

Well….let’s not get too crazy lol

Really appreciate that! 🙏

Haha I do that too. Usually end up adding too much then stripping things away.

I will get it..slowly..learning^^@@JamesonNathanJones

Thanks for watching them :)

She does!

Thank you 🙏

And to you!

“I’ll show you all my parlor tricks…” love qotsa 🙌

Thanks!

More to the point, this was a great lesson, and I appreciate it greatly. 'Bolero' has been a 40-year battle of appreciating the brilliant orchestration vs. ohgodmakeitstop.

You’re welcome 😏

Thank you!

Thanks Michael! Welcome!

Thanks! In this case, I used a real person and multitracked her haha

Haha best plugin ever

I’ve done several things with more traditional percussive elements in the past, but have been consciously moving away from it lately. I love it, but it can also be used as a crutch to give a track energy and I’m really enjoying exploring other ways of doing that.

Copy that, sent you a question on Bandcamp…

Also... I had this one piece/composition that I sat on for 10+ years before I finally found a second part that would work with it.

I agree

I'm 47 and just starting out with composition too. Just do it if it feels right and helps you grow. The right time is now.

Never too old to start. I would suggest finding artists whose music you really enjoy and try to find any insights into their process. Even attempting to recreate their style can be really insightful (not to plagiarize but as practice). For me, learning one instrument well enough to improvise ideas as starting points has been invaluable. Once you can create starting points, you can begin to experiment with how to develop them and arrange them.

Then biggest

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Sometimes it doesn’t show up on mobile. It should be on my channel page if it doesn’t show up under the video for some reason.