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Finding that "feel"
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| theterran |
Curious as to how some of you went about finding the sound you like most to produce. I'm currently just messing around with as much variety as I can and having some fun before I lock myself into something serious.
Do you typically find yourself producing the same type of sound that you listen to the most? I find that my favorite sub-genre is the most difficult for me to try and reproduce.
For example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqEHDUDHzRA
I love the feel of this track, but that "feel" is something I'm not sure I could recreate given my current skill-set.
I try to find tracks with similar feels and compile them into a "mix" on my ipod. From there I listen to it for a few days, hear what's going on, look for inspiration, then have a stab at creating something similar.
What about you guys? |
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| Lindo |
| When I first started out, I heard alphazone and wanted to produce everything like them. My tracks were going in that same direction for a bunch of tracks, then something happened and it all switched on me. I'm now producing what I feel at the current mood and just creating that feeling in the track. Good luck on your journey :P |
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| Sonic_c |
| Yeah I try to make what I like, however because I never do it my tracks always have a unique kind of me feel to them. Someone said recently when I showed them something that is has me written all over it so I must have a style of my own somewhere. I do try to make it sound like what I hear though, just never turns out that way. |
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| Sonic_c |
| On the very subject of hoaring other peoples styles, what is that bass just a big siney/triangley thing ? |
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| johncannons1 |
i either sit in front of my computer and play around with some sounds and then build the song around it so it always turns out different.
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i hear a song i really like and make a song similar.
either way ive made lots of dif tracks lately from tech to prog to uplifting :) |
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| fuxzz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sonic_c
Yeah I try to make what I like, however because I never do it my tracks always have a unique kind of me feel to them. Someone said recently when I showed them something that is has me written all over it so I must have a style of my own somewhere. I do try to make it sound like what I hear though, just never turns out that way. |
I feel about the same, always depends on the mood. I have learned some thing here and there and am trying to get inspirations more in the small pieces of a tune. More like making a set of all the inspirations then making a tune after only one song. |
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| floyd741 |
| When I first started I tried uplifting trance and housey stuff but have since decided I like producing psychedelic trance. It just seems like finishing a psy track is so much more gratifying that finishing a run-of-the-mill uplifting track. Plus, I was never very good at happy music. Even my most exuberant track is pretty boring, imo. |
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| DJ RANN |
A good place to start is this thread:
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...069&forumid=48&
A lot of producers on here all listed their inspirational tracks, the tracks that get them to try (or in some cases admit defeat).
I generally find that if I'm gravitating towards a particular sound, feel, drive even rhythm, then I really listen to those tracks until I figure out what it is that I'm drawn to. Often if you find the common link between several tracks it's much easier to poinpoint what it is you're truly aiming for. |
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| theterran |
I actually did peruse that thread. And it kinda sparked this one.
I had a feeling that the obvious inspiration would come from the tracks that make us shiver and get all goosebumpy.
However, I'm sort of an enginerd so I'm all about the process and what's behind it.
I know a few folks who produce music they can't even stand to listen to when it's done, in fact, some are not really fond of the genre at all and are just really good at producing it. It's incredibly bizarre.
So I wanted to see how the fellow trance monkeys here went about things and gather a bit of insight on the matter. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Sometimes I feel like I actually get most inspired when I take breaks from listening to the sort of music I want to make, and spend my time with completely different kinds that I have no interest in making, like classical music or rock.
It's almost like doing this lets me get out from under the influence of electronic artists and just "be me" in my own productions, instead of trying too hard to emulate certain styles or constantly comparing myself to my electronic music heroes. I can just create rather than worrying about how I measure up or whether I'm doing things "right."
Anyone else experience anything like that? |
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| sako487 |
| It just takes time, 1 year ago I knew nothing about prodution, I think I'm doing OK now, but no where near where i want to be |
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| Kthought |
| +1 with BoJingles, variety of influence is always good to broaden the scope of what sounds "good." If youre a Riff lover, rock music is founded on riffs. You can catch some really epic hip hop beats on the radio too, it all inspires me to a "Music" focus, and inspires me to start hammering at some trance. |
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