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Im making a song, haven't got any lyrics so far and don't think i will add any but, i was wondering how long a song title is too long. i was thinking of naming it "we once laid on the grass together. looking at the sky." but thought it seemed too long. can anyone help or give opinions, id appreciate it
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Hey guys^^ it's been a around a year since I've last posted in this site. Back then, it was songs but I am back with a poetry piece. I hope to know what you guys think about this short work of mine! Thank you guys for reading~ The wind blows, windows rattle The moon light shined veranda of my abode Time stooped by slowly steadily I stood before the soul less frame Wondering why he stood so plain Rising his stone flat grimace His head dropped I asked him, "What had you done? To stand with gore." Frightened at the sight he bore, I tugged my conscience recall. No longer could bare I punched the entity ahead. It broke, pieces shattered The shining silver reflector.
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Hey guys, hope you all are safe. Sharing this article. Let me know what you guys think! Whether you are getting started with music production just for passion or for making it as a professional career and to make money for a living, you need to know the basics. Here in this blog, I am listing out the hardware and software that you need for getting started. The 6 main equipment that you require are as follows: Computer: The most important part of a studio setup is the Computer. Let us dive in on what exact configuration can be helpful for us in getting started with music production! What Computer do I buy? I started with my Sony Vaio back in 2015. The laptop had 500 GB hard disk, intel core i3 processor, and 4 GB RAM. That means, we can start with basic versions of computers that are available in the market. You can find one in Amazon. DAW: Obviously, we can't ignore this part. The DAW or the Digital Audio Workstation is the software we will talk to. Right from entering notes, to arranging our song, and mixing and mastering for final release - this friend will be with us, from start to finish! What DAW do I use? I use FL Studio. Its very user friendly. I started with some tutorials from YouTube. Make it simple. Learn the basics. And then apply your methods of producing! For getting started with FL Studio read my article here: What is FL Studio and how do I use it? Famous musicians like Martin Garrix, Avicii, Alan Walker use FL Studio for music production. Suggested Read: How did Avicii start producing? Studio Monitors: Studio monitors play a vital role in music production. The output from these are very accurate and thus the songs or instrumentals produced sound good in all devices after rendering. What Studio Monitors do I buy? Even though for getting started, even the computer's speakers are okay, we might need to buy these when we need to release some tracks for commercial use. Amazon has this pair of monitors. With some good reviews as well. The pricing seems like this is made for beginners. We can definitely choose this. Microphone For recording, we need good microphones which cuts the unwanted background sounds. What microphone do I buy? This is required if we need to record vocals. If we are only into music production, this is not very much required. However, if you are recording songs with vocals, we definitely need some a microphone. condenser mic Headphones Studio monitors can be used for production. However, as per convenience, we can also use studio headphones which are specifically made for production. What Headphones do I buy for music production? See some reviews on some of the products on e-commerce sites and you will be all set to go. A MIDI Keyboard Even though we can use samples for music production, we can compose our own sounds using the piano roll in any DAW. For entering notes, we either need a MIDI keyboard, a mouse, or we can also use the computer's keyboard! What MIDI do I buy for music production? Amazon has some good options to choose from. Make sure to read the reviews before getting one. Music production has always been interesting for me. I can literally spend 14-18 hours a week. Its so addictive. Many are making living out of music production now-a-days as well. Here is EDM Superstar Avicii, in his home studio! Thanks for reading.
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Hi, everyone! Right now I'm trying to get the hang of mixing piano/keyboards and pads/strings. I look on 'keyboards'n'pads' as a kinda alien version of 'piano'n'strings' at the moment, I write them both the same way. (I'm New Age btw!) I just can't mix them afterwards for love nor money. And believe you me I've tried both! Now I know I could just send them off somewhere and they'd come back as a perfect (albeit expensive!) mix. But I wanna know how to do it. I want to see my own pieces through from beginning to being sent off somewhere with regards to being placed (I can dream!) or put on a CD or YouTube or similar. I flatter myself I can compose the things (OK I'm NOT Mozart!) but I can't mix the pads in afterwards. Drums/bass - passable in the mix. Strings - I patiently try for days. Every so often one works passably. So I do the same things to the next one I did to the passable one - abject failure and I can never see why. I'd love to submit a piece - only 3 minutes of it - with abysmally mixed strings to one of the forums just so someone could tell me firstly what I'm doing wrong with this one and secondly - could I use the advice I get for this one as general advice for ALL piano'n'strings pieces. In other words, if I got this one right according to advice given, would I be able to use the same advice for the ton of previous ones I've written or is it all so individual you can't do that? The problem with reading books on mixing, which I have done, is that they tell you what everything DOES, but not when to use what and why. And that's the part I'm not getting. I know what EQ, panning, compression and everything DO, but when I try to use it, it aint happening. Right now I use Edirol Orchestral because I actually understand that. I know there's free Kontakt libraries with magnificent sounds in but I can't make simple Edirol work, I got no chance with those things currently. Besides, I've heard New Age CDs with worse sounds than Edirol on - but the mixers knew how to make the sounds 'fit'. Could someone help me learn how to do that? Well, that's why I'm here! Yours respectfully Chris.
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I’ve been making my own music for about a year now and don’t necessarily have a source of feedback yet. I would love to hear what anyone thinks https://m.soundcloud.com/monroecapital/tired
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Hi! I’m mid-level writer with a strong urge (for now) to make progress in my songwriting and help others in any way that I can. I’ve had it in my head to start writing songs since I was 15 and in recent years I’ve gained a little knowledge. I hope that I may, at long last, be able to write songs that I can be proud of (an end goal I’m sure most of us have). I have a background in writing and I know just how isolating it can sometimes be. So I hope that I can offer friendship or, at the very least, a critical eye to those that need it!
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Dear Anyone. For starters, I've read the 10 rules and utterly agree with all of them, that's how come I'm posting this here. Please critique away and I'll do a new mix, from scratch, incorporating everyone's criticisms and hopefully it'll sound better! (It can't sound worse.) For seconds - I know these are not the best available sounds, but right now I'm hoping that won't matter too much. I've got better synths but I don't know where tweaking the sounds within the synths and using EQ/whatever on them in the mix starts and finishes (when should I be tweaking them in the VST and when should I be using more EQ/whatever!?! - that's rhetorical for now.) What I'd love to hear is all 4 freebie sounds sounding the best/clearest they can, yet with the pad in back, pan-pipe on top, ripply thingy just behind panpipe and choir not 'taking over' so much when it comes in. If I turn down the choir, the pad immediately eats it (ditto with adding reverb to it - it's just a soundfont with SF2 player release on it right now). If I keep the background ripplers (you'll hear them) less muffled, they immediately eat everything. If I keep them clearer but turned down, they jump out at you in bits and disappear in bits for no apparent reason - I'm not changing any levels but they do do that. (They don't now because I've EQ'd the bejeezus outta them but I don't want to do that unless I really have to!) Ditto with the sound that occasionally ripples into life panned right - if I keep the clarity bits in there, it eats the world. (I've got other VSTs but they've got probs., like they don't obey CC changes for some unknown reason and I've gotta do everything virtually cos I'm disabled, don't let it bother you.) So basically it's remix time from scratch. Basically, say whatever you like and I'll do it all and if it comes out better I'll thank you profusely, if it don't then I'll be back asking what I've done wrong again. I've honestly heard sounds as bad as mine in easy-listening music on YouTube, but they all sound a lot clearer yet in the right places in the mix. I'd be ecstatic to be able to achieve that for starters. So go ahead, have a ball, say whatever you like, it's an object we're trying to improve, not 'Muy Bay-bee, Don't Hurt it's Wickle Feelings!!' I've been trying to get the hang of mixing for years, I've got several albums ready to hit the Internet when I can do it (can't afford to pay anyone else) so vent away. When you can't vent any more, I'll know I've got it right. And hopefully be able to use what I've learned on the next track. Yours respectfully Chris. Please_help_me_sound_better_MP3.mp3
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Learning scales on your guitar fretboard is very essential though some may argue that it is not absolutely necessary. Legends such as Eric Clapton and BB King never learnt scales but the importance of it cannot be denied. Scales are like the grammar of the language called music. One of the most important scales in music theory is the Major Scale. Most other scales in music is built upon the major scale. The following article teaches you how to learn the Major Scale with a guitar and 30 minutes of your time. http://www.songstuff.com/guitar/article/guitar_tutorial_scales/ Be sure to share and like the article if you find it useful. If you have any questions, feel free to discuss it on the Songstuff Community Forums.
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chorus: I stay high cause the world is so low I need smoke fire up the weed n blow o's cause this my life I'm livin in it ain't yours i seems short time is limited so feed your soul x2 because now is all we have all that we'll ever be in where feel all of our feelings so experience it half of us acting scared victims of propaganda little flu breaks out Fox News all dogmatic broadcasts "swine flue rampant through Massachusetts we got a bigoted expert here with the only solution alright folks focus make sure your kids watchin this too it's very important they don't have an opposing view ok now so you remember that little cold? oops I mean the swine flu that's takin over the world well research shows it's an attack from Al Qaeda so stereotype Muslims an try ta drive em outside of America cause every single ones the same oh the terror of not having the browns to blame it's imperative that we keep everything the same keep parameters narrow so we control the change" that's the narrative they're feeding us that sound like freedom? to me it sounds like cowards coercing us to be dumb they provide the apples of ignorance we just eat em feed your soul with truth, love, an peace that's how well beat them chorus: I stay high cause the world is so low I need smoke fire up the weed n blow o's cause this my life I'm livin in it ain't yours i seems short time is limited so feed your soul x2 dont be consumed by the bullshit we all sharing this world with each other who knows who's views is what or what the truth is cause life's subjective and every humans views are insane all I know is the real truth what ever it is is universal cause every single life holds weight so either your against all violence or none so If your fine when we bomb people then they can bomb us (monologue talking over the beat) its gotta be universal reality itself is subjective so how can one person, country, or ideology be declared better and effectively perpetuate fairness it can't, we need a singular global right applicable to the entire human race the right to objective universality beat here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XxgG7CZ0aBA I sacrificed the creativeness of the flow a bit to express more complete ideas in this song
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Just got to share my happiness with you guys! I am a complete rookie that threw all my fears aside and started to sing infront of others for the first time in my life in december-13. I´ve been writing my own lyrics for some time now but never had the guts to do anything of them myself, so until now I shared them with another rockband. Not anymore Got lucky enough to find a guy that is starting up a musicproducion so now my first song is under production! It is so cool to hear my own song emerge from my text, the fact that I sing it myself makes me amazed. Who would have thougt?? But it is not without effort, of course. I see a vocal coach regularly and try to improve myself every day. A hard but delightful job;) I never though making music could give so much! Now it's all I want to do! Makes me wonder; is it just a beginners reaction or are you feeling the same everytime you managed to produce a song that you truly like? //MMR
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I'm a rookie in the music industry but I've written some lyrics and I've heard generally positive results. Let me know if you'd like to write some with me
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Hello Everyone, I remember when I was young trying to learn to play the guitar and I could never get anywhere, so stopped playing and packed it all in. I never thought I'd start playing again until I heard a colleague play the wonderful Ukulele. So about a year ago, I decided to give it ago and since then have never looked back! A couple of months ago I borrowed a guitar from a friend and thought I'd have another crack at it, and now I can string a couple of songs together. Only the other day, some words popped into my head and I decided to write them down, and then some more came. I've never really written before and thought to myself it would be nice to have somewhere to share them and get some feedback. Thanks for reading
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Hi There, Right so I am trying to play about with my old digital multitracker and everything is fine just the Audio Quality is very distorted, how can I prevent this ? I know that it is due to an overpowered signal but I have played about with the settings and I just can't stop the sound distorting? Can anyone help me ? Any good sugestions out there ? Thanks, Hamish
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Hi There, Got a Problem with the Software Audacity, I'm trying to make a simple recording with my guitar, and I got my Amp fixed up to an old digital 8 Track and then hooked up to my Computer. Now when I record something and then play it back, the volume of the recording always goes up and down. Quieter then louder then quieter and then louder again and it goes on and on like this. Why is that ? Can someone help me please ? Thanks, Hamish
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Hi I'm new too this forum and a complete beginner in terms of recording. I'd like too start up a very basic home studio ! here is my Idea of setup and equipment. So I have an old recording machine , It's a FOSTEX DMT-8 Digital Multitracker and I'm thinking of getting a Shure SM58 Microphone, an Electro Harmonix Holly Grail pedal for reverb, and some headphones. Do I need anything else ? There's a Pre-amp in the machine for the Vocals , I think ! I'm mainly going to be recording Vocals and my Gretsch double jet Guitar. The Holly Grail Pedal I was going to plug into the AUX send-return , is that OK ? Do I actually need a reverb effect or could somebody maybe suggest something cheaper/better ? . I would appreciate any help I can get !
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Hello, How are you doing, I'm Iain and like many others I appreciate music. I just started learning an amazing instrument, the guitar, and I want to share my journey with you. I've realized the more I listen to music the more I want to become involved! If you are curious to find out some basics about restringing and tuning the guitar, stick around So, today I made a decision to find out how I could re-string my guitar- since both my E strings have snapped, and all the other strings are so old they will break sometime soon. The two questions i first asked myself was :- how often should I have to re-string my guitar? and how do I re-string the guitar properly to prevent the strings from breaking so frequently? I've learnt how to re-string the guitar now, thanks to some help from a friend. First Step- Unwind the tuners, until the string becomes very loose. Second Step- Just pull out the string from the guitar machine head Third Step- The string at the guitar bridge, on my guitar, goes through a hole in the bridge and is then looped around itself three times or more. Once the string is loose enough, you can de-loop the string and pull it out from the hole.So now you have taken off the string. Fourth Step- Make sure that the new string is the same gauge as your broken/old string, (unless you are trying to change the note you will play on purpose). Put one end of the string through the hole in the bridge of the guitar, and then loop the string at least three times around itself. Fifth Step- Put the open end of the string in the empty machine head twice, entering from the same side each time. Sixth Step- Tighten the string till you are able to play the note properly, and you are finished So does anybody have any idea how often I should re-string my guitar, to keep them from getting too old? After reading this post I found a useful article on the subject, check this link to learn more on how to re-string a guitar. If you are learning the guitar as well,we can keep up on how each other are doing or help each other, you can mail me through PM, thanks!
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