I'm a Composer, I'd like to think that I'm rather flexible in what I can write. On top of that I'm also a qualified Sound engineer.
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Lately I feel like I've been going through a bit of "Composers block", I describe it as being writers block but for composers. I'm going to just try writing short loops to see if that helps but I'm sure other Composers must get this from time to time so I was kinda curious as to what other people do?
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sup!? added a new track...its a bit rough around the edges but was fun to create...i applied for undertones a while back but i haven't been very active lately...but im getting back into the swing of things...as for your "composers block" yea i suppose ive been there, i usually find a solution by browsing reason tutorials to learn new tricks and create new patches...reason has a lot to offer and it would be sweet if i could post a zip folder with a bunch of effect and combi patches ive pieced together...soon ill get me eager hands on reason 4
Funny you should mention browsing reason tutorials I've started and finished a piece since I posted that blog (though I still have to upload it). I saw one reason tutorial about creating a space echo effect which requires some use of feed back. Since then I've been experimenting more and more with feed back based synthesis. I found made some interesting stuff like a controlled feedback loop that has a passive form but gets more active when there's input. When the input dies down it goes back to normal. I'll have a look at uploading it.
yea...the last tutorial i got lost in involved audio out clipping...they lost me with the spider audio/CV merger & splitter and some manual wiring
that sounds rather elaborate for avoiding clipping. do you have a link for it?
well it was a tutorial on www.grooveboxmusic.com and its in the members tutorial section but im not subscriber anymore
Hey up cheers for the add, nice stuff you have here ;)
hey samGwise, thanks for the add!
Um..nope..never even studied music theory. Can't even read a simple piece of sheet music. I play by ear, and FL was the easiest program for me to use. Don't get me wrong I know what melody, pitch, tempo, rhythm and all that stuff means, I just never took any lessons. I even play piano, but only because I taught myself how to play for 8 years. (FL-studio 4 years, the tutorials never really did help, and I perfer finding things out through experience).
So yup..I somehow managed to get myself into music lol.
"FL-studio 4 years, the tutorials never really did help, and I perfer finding things out through experience"
well thats one thing we certainly have in common I don't think I've even looked at the tutorials for reason.
I can't say that it's unusual to learn to write music by ear.
I just believe that music theorie helps later on, when you try and experiment more, like writing a piece in multiple keys at the same time (as in a C major bass line with G major Melodie for instance is very straight forward, as it follows the cycle of fifths) but you can get allot more complicated than that.
Still though it certainly is important to have a good ear.
It certainly helps as well when experimenting, having a good knowledge of theorie can just help to direct and guide you. Saving you from waisting time on simpler tasks and melodic variations.
If any of that doesn't make sense I apologize as it is 1 AM right now and I'm in much need of some shuteye.