Same here, I'm attempting produce some pop dance tracks. I'm somewhat Gaga inspired, but I don't want to rip her off of course. Not that that would be an easy thing to do. Her tracks are slick, involved productions.
To me those gaga tracks are out there on thier own in terms of production values. As a learning producer I'm interested in anything that stands out as being unique and well crafted. Britneys Toxic is another pop track that for me has extremely high production values I can learn from.
On the trance side, Cold Blue is for me head and shoulders out there, and I cannot get close to his values yet. People bang on about Boom Jinx and similar, but to me most of the trance gods really all sound very similar and kinda like tv advert film score music.
Originally posted by G-Con
Nice tunes mate, but these all sound fairly trancey to me. Okay, two of them are more progressive trance and one has psy elements to it but I'd say they still fall under the trance umbrella. Nothing wrong with that but for the purpose of this thread, its important that we don't all claim to produce a wide variety of genres, if in fact we mainly stick to one.
Some nice melodies in there either way
Thanks mate for helping me release that I'm actually "TRANCE SLAVE" lol.
Maybe two of my track will not be categorize as Trance (Dreams - chillout/downtempo and Just the way it is - more dance than trance), but the rest - you are right - guilty as charge lol.
BTW - nice track you just produce "Destroy something beautiful" - well done my friend, really like you drums work but this whole track has some nice feel to it - great work.
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Trance, recently made a progressive track and i want to step into psytrance & hardcore.
I actually think you learn some positive things from other styles that can be applyed to trance, it's give you some fun too.
Jun-10-2010 20:53
Looney4Clooney
Supreme tranceaddict
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current project is broadway bigband stuff. Alot of virtuosic playing with very stylistic articulations that make it quite challenging as i haven't really done much jazz.
Jun-10-2010 21:25
cryophonik
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Location: Elk Grove, CA USA
quote:
Originally posted by Mad for Brad
current project is broadway bigband stuff. Alot of virtuosic playing with very stylistic articulations that make it quite challenging as i haven't really done much jazz.
What instrument are you playing?
I played bass in several big bands and jazz ensembles many, many years ago, but my chops are way out of practice these days. One of the big bands consisted of me (early 20s back then) and 19 dudes ages 60-80! But, those old farts could lay it down! You're right, though, it's a much different ball game and i doubt could hang with them now without a few weeks to refresh my chops.
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Jun-10-2010 21:44
Looney4Clooney
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not playing any of it. Doing the composition and arranging. I can play jazz on the piano but arranging for horns involves a certain aesthetic and you have to listen to alot of it to get it sounding right. But as long as you have some reference music , it can get done. I'm also getting help from my boss who knows a little more about that style of music. It kinda weaves between classical and jazz. Think family guy and Ron Jones.
Jun-10-2010 22:01
EddieZilker
This is the dance.
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Marijuana Sex Camp
quote:
Originally posted by Mad for Brad
not playing any of it. Doing the composition and arranging. I can play jazz on the piano but arranging for horns involves a certain aesthetic and you have to listen to alot of it to get it sounding right. But as long as you have some reference music , it can get done. I'm also getting help from my boss who knows a little more about that style of music. It kinda weaves between classical and jazz. Think family guy and Ron Jones.
How close to Gershwin since he's widely known as having pioneered the fusion between the two?
Oh, and there was a show on PBS, a while back, where someone (he's a contemporary horn player I can't remember his name, though) fused Gershwin's music with Ellington's style.
its really just late romantic styled classical and very Ellington ish styled jazz. Not really a fusion between the two. Just two styles inter weaved. Just watch a family guy episode. That is really what I used as a reference. That show has better music than most films these days.
Jun-10-2010 22:39
EddieZilker
This is the dance.
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Marijuana Sex Camp
quote:
Originally posted by Mad for Brad
its really just late romantic styled classical and very Ellington ish styled jazz. Not really a fusion between the two. Just two styles inter weaved. Just watch a family guy episode. That is really what I used as a reference. That show has better music than most films these days.
Sounds sweet. Are there lyrics or is it just music?
Originally posted by Mad for Brad
its really just late romantic styled classical and very Ellington ish styled jazz. Not really a fusion between the two. Just two styles inter weaved. Just watch a family guy episode. That is really what I used as a reference. That show has better music than most films these days.
Sounds like cool, and very challenging, work! Just curious - is this for live Broadway-style plays, or film, or something else?
