My first attempt at anything resembling trance

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Posted by DC76 on Dec-17-2003 03:27:

My first attempt at anything resembling trance

I know it isn't anything special, but hey, one has to start somewhere... especially when they've only recently gone away from stringing samples together. It's called "The Rising."

DC76 @ SoundClick

Posted by Sean Walsh on Dec-17-2003 04:26:

Comments as I listen:

The kick is almost completely inaudible and the bass doesn't really have any bass to it.

This really sounds like a japanese video game soundtrack tune, or possibly the intro for some Anime show =P

From what I can hear of the bassline I REALLY like the chord progression. You've definitely taken a very musical standpoint which I like quite a bit, however for trance it might almost even be too much. I guess I'm used to simplistic melodies with masterful production, as opposed to the opposite which is what you have here

This is a pretty neat tune. Very obviously amateur but it sounds about a dozen times better than anything I made when I first got started. Personally I wouldn't bother trying to turn this into a "trance" tune, but just work on the production and keep the structure as is.

Posted by DC76 on Dec-17-2003 04:39:

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Originally posted by dj-sean
Comments as I listen:

The kick is almost completely inaudible and the bass doesn't really have any bass to it.

This really sounds like a japanese video game soundtrack tune, or possibly the intro for some Anime show =P

From what I can hear of the bassline I REALLY like the chord progression. You've definitely taken a very musical standpoint which I like quite a bit, however for trance it might almost even be too much. I guess I'm used to simplistic melodies with masterful production, as opposed to the opposite which is what you have here

This is a pretty neat tune. Very obviously amateur but it sounds about a dozen times better than anything I made when I first got started. Personally I wouldn't bother trying to turn this into a "trance" tune, but just work on the production and keep the structure as is.

Funny you should say that, because this (as well as "Manifest" and "Moonlight," which are crap compared to this IMO) are derived from classical pieces I wrote in the late 90s.

It would help if my speakers weren't complete crap, for one thing...plus if I had any money, I'd buy better equipment than the Cubasis VST 2.0 and near-gigabyte of free plug-ins I've assembled The good thing, though, is that I still have the song file, something I cannot say for my three somewhat pathetic attempts at Dream

btw, thanks for listening

Posted by Sean Walsh on Dec-17-2003 05:02:

No worries, thanks for sharing your music.

Check out the Production Studio forum for some useful tips and samples.

Posted by DC76 on Jan-07-2004 05:47:

This song has since been updated