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[MeimieFan88]

Hello, I am an aspiring electronic music producer, and I'm curious if anyone else here also likes making music. I figure this can be a place where we can do some collaboration, and also help each other such as giving feedback and having some general discussions related to making music. I mainly create digital music tracks that are sort of in the EDM/House genre, but I also like to experiment a lot; if you want you can check out my finished works in the link in my sig.

Anyway, I'm gonna start by posting some random unfinished pieces; you can edit / add to them if you like. Feel free to post your own stuff too, so everyone can listen to them and maybe play around with them. And if you have a finished piece, we can give you feedback or do remixes.

I should mention that I've not collabed much before, so this is a pretty new experience for me.

Okay so here are some sketches and unfinished pieces. I didn't fully mix/master these so some things probably sound a little off. If you want to work with them you can download them by clicking on "More", and then "Download original file". If there are other details you'd like to know such as BPM or specific instrumentation, just ask and I will let you know.

"Sleepy Stars" - A jazzy tune (2:35)
(removed some tracks that were too incomplete sounding)

Looking forward to hearing your songs, talking about music, and seeing what we can make/learn together! Oh also feel free to make requests if you want me or others to make a song for you. I'm not familiar with all genres but it will be good practice for me.

[Naturegirl1999]

Thank you, I will make some songs soon

[Quaksna]

Oh, a man of music, great!

I am an aspiring organist, so yeah, I love music! I do not compose much, cuz I'm tremendously uninspired.

I really like these songs of yours! Simple, yet nice. Definitely keep up with this, this has great potential! Far better than mine, at least... I think you mixed/mastered these just well. They're really smooth and pleasant to my ears. I don't have any good software nor experience in this whole sound quality thing, which is unfortunate, for it can ruin the otherwise good composition.

Oh, I'm just babbling. Let me show you my work. I posted some of these in other threads, you might have stumbled over them already.

"Journey Ahead & Wind Behind" - Melody full of confidence and sense of pursuit
"Ykewaka (A Giant)" - A sad ballad
"Kevekiii Kawavaka (Frog tale)" - Grand hymn full of frogfolk patriotism

The first one was created when I found nice scheme of chords, I built the song around it more the less.
The second is also a sort of variation with a chord scheme that invokes this sad feeling.
The third one was in production for quite some time, but I sat, refined and finished it at last.

Ykewaka and Kevekiii Kawavaka have lyrics, and I indeed tried to record myself singing, but then my microphone broke. But I want to sing so badly, I think I'll fetch a new one soon, and share my voice with you.

I also wrote lyrics of a song about hopelessness and even thought of a tune for it, but never got to put it together. Might try, if you're interested... But that one would need a singer.

"Kevekiii Market in D Major "

Also this one. It's really uninspired, it's what happens when one Q'uaksna says to himself, hey, let's make some market music in D major.

[Naturegirl1999]

What program do you use?

[Quaksna]

What program do you use?

Freakin' Musescore. At least they packed kinda decent sounds with the latest update. I can't really get anything else than freeware.

[MeimieFan88]

Hey Quaksna, your songs are cool! They give me this fantasy/medieval feel, really neat. I think they are decently mixed too. I can imagine hearing them in an RPG or something.

As for program, I use FL Studio, which I think I got for $100 or so. I have heard good things about Reaper though, which I believe is free (it has indefinite trial I think, and only costs $60 if you do want to buy it later). It also has the functionality of professional DAWs, from the reviews I've seen of it. I haven't used Musescore so I'm not sure how it works.

[Naturegirl1999]

What program do you use?

Freakin' Musescore. At least they packed kinda decent sounds with the latest update. I can't really get anything else than freeware.

i recently downloaded the program, how do you change instruments? Maybe I should start a Musecore how to thread?

[Quaksna]

What program do you use?

Freakin' Musescore. At least they packed kinda decent sounds with the latest update. I can't really get anything else than freeware.

i recently downloaded the program, how do you change instruments? Maybe I should start a Musecore how to thread?

By hitting "i". A window should open, where you have various tabs with various collections of intruments. Also by hitting F10 you can access some general-volume thingy, where you can mix stuff.

[MeimieFan88]

So I have been trying to make some video game musics, specifically for some kind of indie RPG or whatnot. Here are a couple of tracks I made recently, dunno if they sound appropriate for video game stuff.

RPG Store
RPG Town

Also I realized I use reverse cymbals way too much for transitions ><a, been looking for other effective transition methods.

[Quaksna]

Sounds nice!

What comes to my mind is maybe it's too melody-driven rather than ambient, if you understand... That's absolutely okay, it just seems to me like a little bit too complicated for a backround music, eh... I don't know, it's hard to express. But both of these are inspired works, mind you. By composition alone, I think it's really good!

There is an ancient Czech old game, Dračí Historie (Dragon History), founder of Amanita Design worked on it in his days of youth. Some Radovan Kramář guy did the soundtrack (and dubbed the main character), and I just adore it. It is really old game, so the sound quality is, well, let's say dated, but the soundtrack really fits. It is really simple, yet it contributes so much to atmosphere of individual areas and the game as a whole. Check it out, I think some guy has a playilist on YouTube, but I think it's way better when you try the game. If you're interested, check it out, it's freeware, you just need an emulator. Some fans also did english dub.

Also the name of the guy, Radovan Kramář, even though it's a coincidence, has a really fitting name. The game is about fairy tales and it's comedic, and in Czech his name is just so appropriate. Radovan (radovat=to be happy) and Kramář (the guy at market stall, a trader, also associated with music). I tried to track this guy down, and it seems he now sells quitars made of cigarette boxes or something like that. Red Bird Instruments at Brno, if it's the same guy.

Check it out! I think it deserves more attention.

[Naturegirl1999]

So I have been trying to make some video game musics, specifically for some kind of indie RPG or whatnot. Here are a couple of tracks I made recently, dunno if they sound appropriate for video game stuff.

RPG Store
RPG Town

Also I realized I use reverse cymbals way too much for transitions ><a, been looking for other effective transition methods.

I like these, they are calming, fitting for stores and town

[MeimieFan88]

Sounds nice!

What comes to my mind is maybe it's too melody-driven rather than ambient, if you understand... That's absolutely okay, it just seems to me like a little bit too complicated for a backround music, eh... I don't know, it's hard to express. But both of these are inspired works, mind you. By composition alone, I think it's really good!

There is an ancient Czech old game, Dračí Historie (Dragon History), founder of Amanita Design worked on it in his days of youth. Some Radovan Kramář guy did the soundtrack (and dubbed the main character), and I just adore it. It is really old game, so the sound quality is, well, let's say dated, but the soundtrack really fits. It is really simple, yet it contributes so much to atmosphere of individual areas and the game as a whole. Check it out, I think some guy has a playilist on YouTube, but I think it's way better when you try the game. If you're interested, check it out, it's freeware, you just need an emulator. Some fans also did english dub.

Also the name of the guy, Radovan Kramář, even though it's a coincidence, has a really fitting name. The game is about fairy tales and it's comedic, and in Czech his name is just so appropriate. Radovan (radovat=to be happy) and Kramář (the guy at market stall, a trader, also associated with music). I tried to track this guy down, and it seems he now sells quitars made of cigarette boxes or something like that. Red Bird Instruments at Brno, if it's the same guy.

Check it out! I think it deserves more attention.

Hey thanks for the comments! I totally agree with the tracks being too melody-driven for background/game music, this is definitely something I struggle with (I'm from mostly an EDM compositional background). I'll try incorporating more ambient features into my next track.

I found the soundtrack to Dračí Historie, it's really cool. This is basically the kind of music I'm trying to make. I think I am having too many main melody note changes and chord changes which makes it very melodic/progressive and not ambient enough. And perhaps I should focus a bit more on instrumentation changes instead of specific note/chord changes.

The game looks neat too, I'll try it out some time if I can get a DOS emulator working.

So I have been trying to make some video game musics, specifically for some kind of indie RPG or whatnot. Here are a couple of tracks I made recently, dunno if they sound appropriate for video game stuff.

RPG Store
RPG Town

Also I realized I use reverse cymbals way too much for transitions ><a, been looking for other effective transition methods.

I like these, they are calming, fitting for stores and town

Thanks! Good to know the mood is fitting.

[MeimieFan88]

Here's a track I made for an RPG overworld, maybe for some kind of indie/fantasy/JRPG type of thing:

BGM_Overworld01_TheOutside

Is it fitting for game background music? (In game it would loop near the end, this version has a chord outro)

[Naturegirl1999]

It’s wonderful, calming

[MeimieFan88]

Thanks, I'm glad you think so

I was going for a kind of final fantasy overworld type atmosphere.

Also I tried to make the track more ambient so it would fit better as game background music.