I made a fresh little funk/jazz song. It's short and sweet!
Click to listen.
This seems like a really cool contest idea. It would help to know the BPM of the beat though.
That sounds like fun, maybe I'll give it a try.
I might want to take part in the contest, but my first song was garbage.
At 5/19/09 04:56 AM, loansindi wrote:At 5/19/09 02:54 AM, AlexanderZero wrote: Naturally, someone who writes and records all of their own music is a more skilled musician than someone who mixes samples in garage band,That depends on how you define 'skilled musician'
Is it someone whose tracks represent superior musical understanding?
Or is it the guy whose music is more widely enjoyed?
These are not necessarily the same person.
Well if I were to pick between those two definitions, it would be the person whose tracks represent superior musical understanding. People don't have to like a song for it to be skillfully crafted.
I was referring to the average newgrounds composer. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, I'm just being realistic.
This thread is a joke, right? How can anyone compare the audio portal to professional quality music? I don't want to sound mean, but anyone who thinks that the music here is "perfect" has an awful ear.
You can use a program called Audacity to trim raw audio clips to their correct size. Then, in FL go to the menu: Channels > Add One > Audio Clip. When the new audio clip is created you can assign an audio file to it and then place it in your playlist or pattern.
In my opinion it makes a lot more sense to write lyrics before music. At least if you want your music to follow the lyrics, anyways. From my experience the best songs arise from well-defined emotional themes ahead of time.
I hope they have a contest while I'm off school for the summer. It's the only time that I'll be able to produce a really top-quality entry.
Naturally, someone who writes and records all of their own music is a more skilled musician than someone who mixes samples in garage band, but there isn't a black and white way to classify people as musicians or otherwise. There are so many degrees varying from "assembler" and a professional, how can you really define where to draw the line?
At 5/13/09 03:24 AM, Nosferatu-of-Worms wrote:At 5/13/09 02:49 AM, AlexanderZero wrote: It depends on whether or not you have the willpower and curiosity to figure out how to write good music yourself. I worry that those who get compositional training or whatever are going to hamper their style.That's complete bs, compositional and theory training can really help. Especially when you have a melody in your head and there's no computer in site and you want to write it down. The only way it can hamper you is if you let it (kind of like a mental addiction). If anything it gives you more tools at your disposal.
Information is always a good thing and never a weakness.
I guess that came off sounding a little more radical than I meant. I just don't think a music theory approach is the right approach for someone when they're just starting out. Though it is worth consulting as they get further along. I have a special sort of reverence for writing by ear, though.
Ok, whatever, it's completely besides the point. I really haven't followed along whatever discussions about it there have been or whatever, its just based on the profile.
In your opinion, what qualifies a remix to be put on the audio portal? In my opinion there are all too many lame remixes on the portal with users taking credit for their ruined version of an otherwise good song. The only remixes I can find that I think are worthy of praise and being called a remix (rather than a ripoff) are ParagonX9's, because she doesn't just take the instruments from the midi and give them random synthesizers. She adds to the song with her own DnB patterns as well as emphasizing original melodies in new ways so to give them an emotion different from their original intentions. Plus, she's pretty fucking good at mixing.
I ask because I've tried doing remixes in the past but I've never really been happy with them. I submitted some on my old account but all my music on that account was shit (so I wont get into that :P), and they weren't really special. What do you guys want to see in a remix? Do you even consider remixes valid to begin with?
It's been a long time since I uploaded a serious song here. First one this year:
Click to listen.
It may be a stretch that this is what you're looking for, but I made it with very dark themes in mind. It's not so much horror though. It's worth a shot I guess.
Click to listen.
It depends on whether or not you have the willpower and curiosity to figure out how to write good music yourself. I worry that those who get compositional training or whatever are going to hamper their style.
Relative pitch is fairly easy to attain. I wouldn't know about perfect pitch, but that's really just a show off talent. ;)
At 1/22/09 06:29 PM, Envy wrote: If they had a hot dancing chibbi guy you'd like it.
I know I would... But anyways that's no the point! ^_^;
I dont even know where to turn the dancing chibi girl on in the first place. I may stop using FL due it it's limitations though. Well... it's not really limited but it's not very streamlined for doing advanced things.
My newest song is a smooth ambient song.
I miss the days when professional musicians actually wrote good electronic music. We need more electro funk. t.t
Music theory is overrated. The ear is all powerful.
:also people from the flash portal can use your music and then sell it
No, they can't. The creative commons license for the newgrounds audio portal says the songs can't be used for profit. If someone wants to sell the music they have to get your permission.
The audio portal just doesn't get enough honest traffic to be fair like the flash portal. I would say most of the top songs aren't very good, but they're made by people with big names and lots of mindless fans.
Go to findsounds.com and start searching for industrial sounds. You're not going to find a plugin that magically has all of the gritty industrial sounds that you're looking for. You can also chop sounds up to get what you're looking for. For example, in my song Industria there are plenty of machine-like sound effects. I got all of the sounds from find sounds.com. The robotic machine in the background is just a chopped up recording of a copying machine. The other noises are things like hammers, drills, ect.
Why even include lyrics if they don't mean something to you? It's dumb to throw in crappy lyrics for the sake of having them. Get poetic and write about stuff you care about.
Sorry, but there are very few people on the newgrounds audio portal that produce professional quality music. I seriously doubt that the record industry has taken note of this place.
To deny that techno is music is just plain stupid. If music contains different tones in order to be as such, then it's music. Period. It can be the worst shit ever, but it's still music. I'm of the opinion that if something is either rhythmic and/or tonal, then it is music. And by tonal I don't mean of a specific tonality, I just mean that it features pitches that are intended as notes.
Nothing irks me more than someone who claims that one kind of music isn't actually music. That's naive and arrogant.
I'm glad this competition is actually going somewhere. Now I have good reason to finish my song. ^_^
The only song of mine that really fits your description is this one: Macaroni and Cheese
If you like it, great. Otherwise, whatever. :D
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