Thread: Post Fruity Loops Stuff Here

Strifer: What part sounds like its colliding, i can always do a better mix, this one was rushed to push cd release to a closer date, but if theres something i didnt notice then by all means tell me when in the track it sounds wrong and i can fix it easily. Amatuer setup? I really dont know what to say to that, its hard just using fruity loops 3.4 pro... I have to tweak all my sounds to sound good, they all sound crap to begin with... And plus ive only been using this program for a year. So i think its pretty damn good compared what i used to make. As to the "House Beat" Thats just something i take advantage of that nobody realizes: You can sell house soungs easily, that have a simple dance beat to a dance club and make money easily. Im listening to Its time for war and i still dont see what u mean about my melodies colliding ?_? Everything is perfectly matched tone, simple structure. First part is in A-Minor/C-Minor Progression, which i think sounds better than the other progressions i used. And the other part is A-Major/C-Major progression to make the song flow smoothly. If you can identify the problem i would be most appreciative.

Edit: You cant deny me that im original, and you have you have to say that my stuff isnt copycat off of anybody, my own style, you dont like it obviously which is your own taste.

All i know is im actually a DJ who makes money, as little as it is, for making tracks and playing them at parties and occasionally small clubs amateur making professional dinero. $_$

hmm...I would listen again to be specific, but the link has died down. Well, what I really meant was not that the notes were neccesarilly out of tune with each other, (whose to say what is and isn't) but just unpleasant sounding. It might have just been a combination of the timbres you used, they sounded very dry, very weak, I dunno, there was a lot in the song that seemed kinda iffy. What I meant by the arrangement was that things would just pop in and out all over the place, there wasn't any flow to it, and people might argue that that doesn't matter, but I can really tell when a song has that kind of arrangment (I call it amatuer because I notice it in a lot of early works of music, especially mine), and it just doesn't sound good to me I guess.
All I can say is, if you want the song sounding like a commercial release, u need a lot of work. Sry if that sounds rough, I've had my fair share of harsh criticism before .

My point isnt to be commercial, it is to be innovative and yet still make it commercially. The reason it sounds "dry" is because the song is supposed to be a fight song for a movie im making, it goes perfectly with the action, so it has odd breaks with different parts to it. I hate music that is one constant beat and melody the whole song, which is what i see most ppl doing... it just pisses me off, that somebody can make a song with a simple 2 note melody and a simple drum line, and the song just goes the same the whole time, every now and then adding a little something here and there, but 3-5 minutes of the same melody gets very very old, thats why i change it up so much, plus it has to go perfectly with the movie.
You should look at smurf village rave if you want a more standardized dance song, it is a little more random than standard dance music... but it has nice breaks and buildups.
Edit: Old school nintendo music, roflmao... Dont insult me this isnt 8 bit music that takes 10 minutes to make and loops over a certain level with 1 instrument and a few drum instruments. =.=
Edit: Im took my music off of the website because, i have never had any negative comments about these songs at all before, actually ive had ppl call me back and want the full version normally after i send them the demo. I think that your opinions are extremely biased Ie: you dont like this type of music, so nobody gets to hear my shit. Im now probably not going to post on artist corner anymore, ill be on LD forums.

Peace and chicken grease
-Nick

Far be it from me to stick my head where it doesn't belong, but:

Shaggy, don't take this the wrong way, man: If you are going to make it commercially, you're going to have to develop a thicker skin than that. Whether you are commercial or underground, you've got to be prepared for negative criticism. People have different ways of expressing their opinions, and it's not always peaches and cream. It's a common enough truth to quote as fact that the more well-known you get, the more people you're going to find have something negative to say about your work. This is the same with Any type of art, not just music.
Art is a very personal concept. What pleases some, no matter how good/bad it is to the creator, is not going to please everyone. Confidence and creativity just don't work that way. It doesn't matter how good your work is; If you don't have the confidence to continue to showcase your work after hearing 1, 2 or 100 negative reviews, you will never make it commercially. That part of the entertainment industry has nothing to do with how good or bad you are That is the base philosophy that someone has to have if they ever plan on distributing their work to the masses.
People will build you up, people will break you down. Skill is relative, so what sounds good to you and 50 other people may not sound as good to 75 other people. That's just the way it goes, man. Positive and negative criticism should be weighed, to find what you want to work on, and what you're happy with. Don't let someone's criticism (whether constructive or brash) affect the confidence you have in your own work. Such a mindframe is a virtual invitation for critics to eat you alive.

Shaggy_Da_Clow: Yea man, Oneironaut knows what he's talking about. It's hard not to take negative reviews in a bad way, I know, you're fighting an uphill battle. Maybe I was wrong, it is all just perception....but I know what I hear, and you know what you hear. I'm not in any way biased whatsoever, I'm telling you the objective truth as I see it, I don't even know what genre to classify your music as, so I can't really be that biased can I? I've heard a lot of music, especially a lot of music by amatur producers like you and me, and I've heard many recurring patterns and trends. And believe me, half of the listening experience of music is purely based on the context to which you listen to the music. If I had heard your song played randomly during a commercial or something, I might have enjoyed it, but because I heard it here on a forum in a thread dedicated to fl music (my music was with reason, not fl, btw, I have to confess....) I heard it in a much different context, with a different state of mind. But if you know you're good, than don't get upset, but I'd really like to hear your track one more time if you don't mind....?


besides, ppl have put down my stuff before as well, u just gotta learn to take it, and learn from it, and become stronger from it, in the long run I'm helping u out, especially if you've never had negative feedback before....

"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure- try to please everybody."

-- Herbert Bayard Swope

You guys are right. I was just in a shitty mood and been having a real bad time taking criticism the way its meant to be taken, I'll load my tracks again, and actually Strifer you were right about something sounding off, I uploaded an old version onto Yousendit and guess what, one of the instruments was playing at the wrong note, LOL, dont i feel like a dumbass, I HAD fixed it, but never updated it . Anyways Im gonna go upload then ill add the links again...

Ok... so much for Swope!

*grin*

I spent a good portion of this morning making Its Time for War sound better, tell me what you think. Also I uploaded Radioactive Duck Protocol, its actually not really finished yet, but its kinda like something youve heard before im sure, the end with just drums is going to have live guitar/keyboard/bass whenver my freinds get around to recording something for it =.=
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http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...B0AB5E6145A493D
Its Time for War

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?acti...A53EA9158E6A206
Radioactive Duck Protocol
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Also Im going to freshen up Smurf Village Rave a little more and Ill repost when I have it sounding better.

I have 2 songs that are posted on newgrounds > http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/view.php?i...53077&sub=53267