Music is art too!

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ï¼£ï¼©ï¼²ï¼®ï¼¯ wrote on 2013-12-11 19:18

Yeah, I'm kinda spending my days, free from the army, composing music.

Imagine Mabinogi MML, just with better instruments.

If anyone has better advice, or perhaps more experience in making music, please do help me out. I'm having a hell lot of trouble and "music"blocks (Eh, since the fact that I can't draw is an artblock?), and the very fact that I can't really get the music to sound the way I want it is kinda a downer...

On the good side, at least these are somewhat good, I think...

Yeah, I'm more of a militaristic band-type person, enjoy :v

P.S. I'm not going to spend time on descriptions of the music because it's on the video itself :>

[video=youtube;nyMDvxpP0nc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyMDvxpP0nc[/video]

[video=youtube;4Tt53P_VQ8k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tt53P_VQ8k[/video]

Well, as per usual, rate it up if you like it. Give your comments if you think I should continue or not, I mean, it's kind of the stage where I need more motivation to make these sorts of stuffs.

I'll continue to make a song a day until I have at least either 7 - 14 songs, or I'm actually improving tremendously at it.

The first song was made during the 10th. The second one that you're listening to is made during the 11th. Both lies within the month of December, 2013.

Enjoy!
SlurpTASTY wrote on 2013-12-11 19:38

Nice, I'm also working on a Mabinogi musical composition except it only has guitar/bass/drums. Anyways, I think some compression on the kick on the first track would go a long way. If you need a good compressor I have a really good one if you want its name. Overall mix is pretty good I'd say, everythings pretty mellow so its easy on the ears.

Is this all VST?
ï¼£ï¼©ï¼²ï¼®ï¼¯ wrote on 2013-12-11 19:43

Quote from SlurpTASTY;1177371:
Nice, I'm also working on a Mabinogi musical composition except it only has guitar/bass/drums. Anyways, I think some compression on the kick on the first track would go a long way. If you need a good compressor I have a really good one if you want its name. Overall mix is pretty good I'd say, everythings pretty mellow so its easy on the ears.

Is this all VST?

MIDI.
SlurpTASTY wrote on 2013-12-11 19:53

Quote from ï¼£ï¼©ï¼²ï¼®ï¼¯;1177372:
MIDI.

Ah, you should consider looking into VSTs. It's basically taking midi and making it sound like a real instrument, they're dead easy to use as well. Heres something with VSTs the drums and bass I made in midi then converted to VST.

https://soundcloud.com/a7xmike/save-me-bass-and-drumz

Just something to look into if you're interested.
Makusho wrote on 2013-12-11 19:58

I don't really have much to say since I don't have any experience in music composition, but these sound really nice! :thumb:
Bunny wrote on 2013-12-11 20:14

[FONT="Arial"]Sounds like Maplestory music

I like it

:^D[/FONT]
GODZILLA wrote on 2013-12-11 21:48

Very good.
Osayidan wrote on 2013-12-11 23:21

Sounds like something that would be in a good old fashion RPG.
I'm not a music person so can't really give any advice.
kaozking wrote on 2013-12-11 23:59

It sounds fine, the first one isn't really my style but who am i to judge based on style? I really enjoy the second one, first one sounds like town music and second one sounds like field music in an mmorpg, or any rpg. The second one could also be NPC music :C
ï¼£ï¼©ï¼²ï¼®ï¼¯ wrote on 2013-12-12 16:23

[video=youtube;vIdEw7hNDS8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIdEw7hNDS8[/video]

Learned a little about the modulator wheel and played around with it :>
koifish wrote on 2013-12-13 03:02

really nice compositions!
if mabi instruments could play songs like this I would be so happy. = 7 =
ï¼£ï¼©ï¼²ï¼®ï¼¯ wrote on 2013-12-13 20:53

[video=youtube;L8UIyzCL7r0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UIyzCL7r0[/video]

Today, we shall play with strings!
ï¼£ï¼©ï¼²ï¼®ï¼¯ wrote on 2014-01-14 03:27

[video=youtube;S2Vg_K6YCK4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Vg_K6YCK4[/video]

Beloved Tomboyish Girl x Lunate Elf :>