All my friends have died long ago so no loved ones. No family either, just a few remaining relatives I prefer to not spend time with to say the least.
I’m an audio engineer, I’ve mixed and mastered in the past, that’s the easiest part, just like programming sequences, layering instuments and so on. The main problem is composition itself. I end up constantly coming up with parts (usually for choruses, bridges and solos) which would all work technically and aesthetically - but I can’t decide which version to use, which version would work the best when it comes to creating a certain feeling. If you have any advice regarding this, let me know. It would be appreciated.
it sounds to me like the issue stems from noodling instead of creating with direction. which is a totally valid way to make a song of course. but if you want to deliver meaning, i find it useful to make meaningful decisions.
so if you are looking for a feeling, its important to know what ‘feeling’ you are going for. joyous stuff has shorter reverbs. loneliness as longer ones. hope has increasing chordal tension. anger has swelling distortion.
if you are using lyrics, they can generally guide the piece. try and match your music ‘verse’ compositions to amplify the message of the vocal/lyric.
perhaps your lyrics are noodly and unfocused in message. if that is the case, its may be that the lyrics are underbaked. and it may be worth while, honing them in.
this i feel is my area of speciality so let me know if you’d like some help here.
i find that once the lyrical text is as strong as can be, the music flows more naturally out of that message and it becomes easy to see which way to go because the strong lyric messaging is your base.
id love to hear what your cooking if youd care to share it with me.
No lyrics, it’s all instrumental. I used to sing in the past but I can’t do that anymore. It’s okay because I want everything to be instrumental anyway because it’s more intimate.
I know what you mean but it’s not like that. I am very much aware of things like delay/reverb times. I treat sound design like an instrument on its own. I’m thinking about uploading some demos, listening to the problem might be more helpful.
All my friends have died long ago so no loved ones. No family either, just a few remaining relatives I prefer to not spend time with to say the least.
I’m an audio engineer, I’ve mixed and mastered in the past, that’s the easiest part, just like programming sequences, layering instuments and so on. The main problem is composition itself. I end up constantly coming up with parts (usually for choruses, bridges and solos) which would all work technically and aesthetically - but I can’t decide which version to use, which version would work the best when it comes to creating a certain feeling. If you have any advice regarding this, let me know. It would be appreciated.
it sounds to me like the issue stems from noodling instead of creating with direction. which is a totally valid way to make a song of course. but if you want to deliver meaning, i find it useful to make meaningful decisions.
so if you are looking for a feeling, its important to know what ‘feeling’ you are going for. joyous stuff has shorter reverbs. loneliness as longer ones. hope has increasing chordal tension. anger has swelling distortion.
if you are using lyrics, they can generally guide the piece. try and match your music ‘verse’ compositions to amplify the message of the vocal/lyric.
perhaps your lyrics are noodly and unfocused in message. if that is the case, its may be that the lyrics are underbaked. and it may be worth while, honing them in. this i feel is my area of speciality so let me know if you’d like some help here.
i find that once the lyrical text is as strong as can be, the music flows more naturally out of that message and it becomes easy to see which way to go because the strong lyric messaging is your base.
id love to hear what your cooking if youd care to share it with me.
No lyrics, it’s all instrumental. I used to sing in the past but I can’t do that anymore. It’s okay because I want everything to be instrumental anyway because it’s more intimate.
I know what you mean but it’s not like that. I am very much aware of things like delay/reverb times. I treat sound design like an instrument on its own. I’m thinking about uploading some demos, listening to the problem might be more helpful.
cool cool. yeah if you upload something let me know :)
Is it possible to listen to some of your work?
sent you a dm 👍