Recorded some vocals for song #5. Had to change earworms.
My voice is a bit raspier than usual today, but I think it might work for this one. As usual, time will tell. Need to let it sit and to rest my ears, etc.
On paper, this one is probably my favorite song of the bunch right now. Subject to change, of course. I might hate it later (but I doubt it ^^)
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After a heavy work week, Iām slowly getting back into the swing of things, butā¦
Instead of recording vocals for song #5, Iām playing with musical ideas for song #6, and Iām quite unsettled by the fact that I have strayed extremely far from what I had initially imagined. It works, and it would be exceedingly hard to un-earworm myself at this point, but I havenāt made my peace with it yetā¦
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Belated #newyearresolution:
Watched the latest Adam Neely vid.
"So if you're broke, please just do what everybody in my generation did and crack a copy of FL Studio and get to work."
I actually *have* a copy of #FLStudio! It just never gets used because I'm a crap composer and a massive scatterbrain. (Also, the FL Studio pricing model is really nice, it's a permanent license with unlimited upgrades and you can just upgrade your license later - so even if I was a brokeass, I didn't need to pirate it.)
I guess he's right, I should get to work. So I'll probably make some music now!
I just don't know where to really publish that stuff. I now have a #Loops account too, I *guess* I could put stuff there?
(Also, mildly annoying thing: My copy of FL Studio is licensed under my boringname. Looks like Image-Line now allows changing the name you have on their file, but this doesn't change the name on the app. Which doesn't matter *that* much, but it shows up in the default filename.)
I really wish I could find some deeply sampled string machines in SFZ, SF2, EXS24 or WAV format.
Loomer went out of business. They had a Solina clone plugin for Linux. It was always on my purchase list, and now I can't buy it.
Has anyone captured multisamples of every key of a Solina, Logan, Elka, Eminent, ARP or Opus3, VP-330 --or anything similar?
#LinuxAudio #MusicProduction #Samples #DAW #Sampling #MusicMaking #Studio #Keyboard #Music #Audio
Okay everyone! So what's your favourite music production tutorial? Not necessarily with regards to the knowledge or skills conveyed. Just general enjoyableness. I'm starting out with this one:
Oops, I may have penned the lyrics to song #6, in bed after waking from a long nap. Sometimes all it takes is a title, and the rest flows out, one line at a time, and you end up with 8 verses and a chorus. Still a bit under the weather, so weāll see if these lyrics hold up when Iām fully recovered.
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Started to build an arrangement for song #5 this morning. Leaning into the nostalgia. The results are promising. But I received some $dayjob so I have to press pause for at least a couple of days unfortunately.
Yesterday, I listened to the mixes for songs #2 and #3 and wanted to tweak them. Thatās the biggest downside to this take your time and make an album approach. Nothingās stopping you from endlessly tweaking. Well, Iām stopping myself. For now š
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@hellomidlands yes! I subscribe to that blog in my RSS reader and I enjoy it, but I do often wish for more detail on the how. Here's some potential hashtags off the top of my head.
#HowIUse (visually confusing, unfortunately.)
#MusicProcess
#MusicMaking
???
#HowToGetMustardStainsOutOfJockStraps (just had to throw that in because it was a suggested hashtag and that's amazing.)
Does lowering a single string (the lower E) on a guitar by a half step count as an alternate tuning? I would think so, but I wouldnāt want to offend the purists š
Anyway, Iāve stabilized the chords and melody and lyrics on song #5 (I had to painfully sacrifice several verses š¢) so now Iām starting to think about the arrangement. No idea where Iām going with it yet. Tempo is also uncertainā¦
Still, itās a complete song \o/
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I've noticed a lot of younger indie rock adjacent music has adopted the beat-making driven orientation of hip hop and EDM - it seems like we're getting over the false analog band digital producer dichotomy, younger musicians seem to not particularly see a difference between a trap beat and a shoegaze beat, all music is electronic music
Well wouldnāt you know it? One of the ideas that were going nowhere suddenly found some legs. Channeling a musical idol of my youth, quite unavoidably given the form of the lyrics (in French). Oh well, cāest la vie.
Anyway, song #5 is a real possibility.
Funny how Iāve written close to 200 songs, and *every single time*, I sincerely believe it was probably the last one I had in me.
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Adding songs to albums as I write them (and reshuffling albums) is my usual modus operandi, so that last option is tempting š
But Iām not going to rush a decision of such utmost importance! FOR ONCE š
35/2 š§µ
All right, guitar and no vocal harmonies it is. Did a final candidate mix of song #4 this morning. Need to let it rest now.
Now pondering greater questions about this #newAlbum:
- Call it done with these 4 songs?
- Include released Choo-Choo Train?
- Include my fall #bonkwave track (still under embargo) which started me on this theme?
- Flesh out other ideas that have resisted being fleshed out so far?
- Wait for more to come?
- Release as is and add stuff later?
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I don't know if many of you remember Digg or not. It was the premier face of the internet....until it died. Reddit was the competitor that replaced it.
Well, it's back!
I created a Linux Audio group, so that Linux music makers can have some representation there. If you are interested, please feel free to come and join! :)
#LinuxAudio #Linux #MusicMaking #Music #MusicProduction #Daw #Plugin #VST #VST3 #LV2 #CLAP #Synth #Sampler #Drum #Guitar
Woke up from my afternoon nap with second thoughts about the accordion countermelody for song #4. So I played it note for note on electric guitar with a dark, dreamy, reverb-drenched tone an octave below the occordion version, and now I have two versions of the song with totally different vibes š . Not sure which one fits best with the theme and mood of the lyricsā¦
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Making slow but steady progress on song #4. I came up with a countermelody that liked (I know because it earwormed me pretty badly), so I tried singing it, and it worked fine, but then I decided to play it on an instrument instead. Right now, the leading candidate isā¦accordion!
Tried a lot of other different vocal harmonies as well, but I havenāt decided if Iāll use any yet.
Really enjoying this slow and easy approach to #musicMaking :)
32/2 š§µ
Been busy with other things (including exciting stuff for #NHAM and #TIBtv), but I did record test vocals for song #4 at some point earlier this week. Thatās really when I find out if what I had in mind will more or less work. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesnāt, and this is kind of in-between. It works, but it needs something else/more. Doubling the vocal? Modulation effects? Vocal harmonies? All of the above?
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My dearest friend Amadeus moved to Thailand and is building up a business. It's taking a bit longer than anticipated, and now he runs out of funds. There a multiple ways to support him, especially if you are a #musician and into #musicmaking. šø
For example by buying his music album, which is great #eletronic music! š
More details: https://amadeuspaulussen.com/blog/2025/life-update-5
Sending much love! Please boost. šš #support #fundraiser #boost
Fresh listen, and I really like the synth tracks I added to song #3 yesterday. They were sorely needed independently of my singing woes. The song feels complete now. The vocal track isnāt as good as Iād like, but Iām not sure I can do much better. Weāll see if I decide to keep it or if I attempt to redo it (which implies a lot of post prod fiddling to remove various pops and clicks, etc.)
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