u/vix_calls

I’ve been at it for 3 months and ngl I’m really proud of my progress but when I listen to songs like knocking, get dripped , rockstar lifestyle, sky, run + ran etc (ik it’s not ug) how tf do they make the melodies so majestic and memorable? is it because it’s a different sound to the ear versus prior stuff?

everyone I try to focus on being intentional with melodies and making them exciting they end sounding corny or random so I resort to basic brass + strings n focus on drums lol but I wanna start making melodies I’m proud of, my beats are starting to get pretty repetitive.

I was listening to basement freestyle prod. by Luger and always wondered how the beat was so energetic and fun, I kept obsessing over picking the right sounds, chords, melodies, etc and would make loops nonstop until I heard something i liked

then on a random walk (of course)…i realized it’s the arrangement and automations when I listened to the instrumental (shits crazy I recommend)

Then I stopped obsessing over making loops and focused more on arranging and learning how to make it fun and always moving.

High pass filter automations, gross beat stutters/retriggers and vinyl stops are my fav. I’ll occasionally use a full 1-2 silence break. I’ll try to change up the drums too and make small changes in the melodies to create more suspense n drops

AGC (ts was the hardest ngl): I need u

xperiment: knocking

Project X: run + ran

Teen X: yale

X: X

More Chaos: off the meter

Got into music production a few months ago and would love to start meeting people who are into it too, whether that’s open sets/mics, weekly live music events, etc. I used to hang out on OB & North park a lot when I first moved here and loved the vibes there

Can’t stop looping it 🧘‍♂️

I think all of Travis’ work is top notch except jb2 but srs DBR hits different. I see it as utopia’s other half since the production on it is clean and modern vs dbr

dbr’s got that rager cheap/vintage made feel to it, def gotta give it to Mike dean/luger/metro for the production side. it sounds like it was made on a shitty studio setup but ironically makes it sound better

basement freestyle sounds like a song you’d hear at some sketchy warehouse underground show at 4am where the speakers are rattling and about to fall apart from the baseline/distortion and it’s a 100 people tops packed raging to it

ive looped sweet sweet and Quintana pt 2 about 50 times each laying on my bed the last couple days I need some new stuff🫩

1. 4x4
2. da wizard
3. 2000 excursion
4. dumbo
5. champain & vacay

smth like nightcore or I need u

I noticed lone gets a lot of hate now a days but I still like his music, I’ve been looping the same 4-5 songs (knocking, wrist , wheredoistart, outofmybody, interlude/stars) and played this one and it’s def up there for me now I like it

there was this man sitting next to me on the plane who look like he had a famous aura but I couldn’t put a finger on it. I asked what he does for a living and he said he was a rapper for opium.

i asked what opium was and he was like “you know Playboi Carti? that kind of music” and I was like “ohhh that’s so fkn cool I love Carti.”

he then stared into my soul and said “if looks could kill, you’d be the fashion demon.”

never got his name but nice fella

my fl (legit version) on Mac light crashes nonstop and takes forever to load, im about to just buy serum and learn how to sound design lmao

I got on this about 1-2 months ago and ngl it’s super fun. The issue is my sounds are just so basic and bland, one melody, drums (more intentional now with giving them space and making them bouncy), and a choir/chord.

i don’t know how to add more sounds to make the beat more ‘fun’ or ‘catchy’ everything just ends up clashing and seems random. I watch some reels for inspiration and see these guys adding 2-3 instruments to their melody and it all fits perfect and I’m like wtf how

ill watch a video on music theory but have no clue how to apply it to what i want, I've taken some songs and split the stems to copy them, then realize idk what certain sound is playing. Then I’ll just say f it and copy a tutorial remaking my favorite song, only to find I have none of the plugins😂. Then 3 hours go by and I haven’t done anything

im lost on how “get better at beats by making more beats” helps if im consistently making the same errors with no way of fixing them. garbage in = garbage out

id say the biggest positive is I’ve been more intentional about arrangement, transitions, fx, mixing (EQing mostly) and that made the biggest difference positively, it made it feel more ‘polished’ and real. Or if I can find a chord or melody from a song I love the inspiration comes through and I make a beat I like but realize I didn’t make the melody/chords

ngl I had a lot of fun the hype around here and IG with Ken’s drop. I won’t forget I smoked one of those keef infused joints and wheredoistart, interlude and wrist were blowing my mind.

it was like 1am and I was like ight I’ll listen to the bottom half tmrw then I log in here and see dude post a thread saying “KNOCKING IS SO GOOD HOLY SHIT.” before it got taken down by a mod lmao

im was like I might as well listen…I ended up staying up till 3am just legit looping it 😂, shit was so good, thanks to whoever made that thread

see u guys again for cartunez🫡

check out his last couple of ig reel posts. him riffing the keys is insane ngl, his sounds are timeless af and have a nice vibe to it. I think he’s playing the organ mostly im still newer and can’t really tell

how do you guys feel about his stuff?

I recently discovered ARPs and ngl it's a huge timesaver just getting one that sounds good and getting a vibe going instantly so I can focus more on my drums/fx/arrangements/ear candy stuff like that. Def feels like cheating in a way lol but I waste so much time trying to make melodies and find instruments.

What I do is find an ARP I like and make some sequences with it, use a long note to create tension, flip registers in different loops to make the arrangement better, etc.

I'm just finding it hard to spice it up more an add cooler sounds on top of it since it takes away from the ARP and starts sounding out of place and random.

Is that a sign to not over complicate it? I'm sure reversing or using gross beat on it or some filters can be a way to make it more dynamic ig.