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Taste of Music

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Todays topic, music...

Music is like... like... how do I start? It is like a book, it can be good, exciting and joyful at some points but then there are the bad parts of the song. It might be fast, slow or just right. Every one has a different taste. Say someone liked Orchestra (such as me) and someone else likes rock, someone likes techy noises in music, etc...

Music allows the feel of happiness, sadness, all different emotions to come to the mind. It doesn't even matter if the music is a new release or one before the 21st century. Even music in games (such as the ones in Rock raiders for example) sound good.

There is one problem, when we want to create a piece of music we get stumped at how the song should sound, how fast the tempo should be, etc. And yes, I got this feeling when I tried to create some soundtrack for The Unexpected agent PROJECT.

What better way to start creating music than cheating? That is exactly what I did for my soundtrack piece 'Welcome to the CITY'. One thing I suggest when you cheat is not to remix someone else's track, you would probably start to steal songtracks and mix them up rather than create your own.

I cheated by having the IPad play for me while I recorded the sounds that came from it. The result was brilliant but I am unable to upload the song onto here but it is quite an upbeat, joyful song. It doesn't take a while to create some music, all you need is some decent music software (such as Garageband) and a range of instruments either on the computer/tablet or real physical ones.

After a while of recording you are done, just export it and you can show the entire world what you have made. Sometimes the music you like is the one you made, when I made 'Welcome to the CITY' I couldn't help listening to it multiple times since I liked it so much.

I have the file attached to this blog. It is the song 'Welcome to the CITY' (The one I cheated on). You can enjoy it if you want.

This may not have been a detailed or good blog but I thought I might have a say on a subject I have never spoken about anywhere else on the internet.
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Drill Master

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Coming from a composer, I don't get stumped when creating music. I sit down at my piano, play some random notes, and when I hear something that clicks, I get to work.

"What better way to start creating music than cheating?"

Um, explain what you mean by this because what I am hearing is the equivalent of plagerism and breaking copyright law. All the music I compose is strictly from my own creation. I listen to music for inspiration, but I don't take any elements from them.

Also, you can add that song to the blog by editing it and adding the file. It will come up as a download, so members will have to download to listen to it.

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Ben24x7

Sometimes the best way (in my opinion of course) to create music is to try creating a song that is almost the same as one you may have heard (it must not be exactly the same other wise that could lead to trouble).

 

Once you understand which music fits your liking then you can start to create music your own way.

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Drill Master

As a composer, I can help you create music that is your own, without sounding similar to other songs. Also, if you haven't seen my blog "My Life As A Composer", then come check it out. I'm always open to criticism.

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Ben24x7

I have read it already, that is why the topic for this blog entry is biased around music.

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Drill Master

I have read it already, that is why the topic for this blog entry is biased around music.

Not sure if this is a compliment or insult. Also is it "based" or "biased"?

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Ben24x7

It is neither, it only says I had read your "My life as a composer" blog entry. 'Based' sorry.... My mistake...

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Drill Master

I have read it already, that is why the topic for this blog entry is biased around music.

So what exactly are you saying? That you have read my blog, then decided to make this one based on music because?...

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Wognif

What better way to start creating music than cheating? That is exactly what I did for my soundtrack piece 'Welcome to the CITY'.

*facebaseplatex20000000*

Seriously, you need to stop cheating, and start making things from scratch, rather than copying someone's work and editing on to it. Cheating would only cause you problems.

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Ben24x7

I am not cheating any more! I said that cheating might give a feel on making music (which is what happened for me) and now I am creating my own music. The music I cheated on is still mine (the combination anyway) but the actual sounds are from GarageBand

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Drill Master

I am not cheating any more! I said that cheating might give a feel on making music (which is what happened for me) and now I am creating my own music. The music I cheated on is still mine (the combination anyway) but the actual sounds are from GarageBand

Well I still would like to hear what you have to offer. Also, stow that temper or this will just begin to flare up like in previous topics.

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Ben24x7

I am unable to find a place where I can upload at least one of the songs where I don't have to sign in to be part of it. And if you want to chat then please lets do it in a PM rather than here. Thank you.

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Drill Master

Also, you can add that song to the blog by editing it and adding the file. It will come up as a download, so members will have to download to listen to it.

This...

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Cyrem

I am unable to find a place where I can upload at least one of the songs where I don't have to sign in to be part of it. And if you want to chat then please lets do it in a PM rather than here. Thank you.

You can attach files for blog posts. This entire forum is based on chatting, if people don't chat this place is empty.

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