Synthwave crew represent! I also got into electronic music through synthwave/darkwave/vaporwave, and it took me a long time before I really felt like I was making that kind of music. This is awesome, and I think you've definitely got the stuff! Looking forward to hearing more of what you make!

Synthwave crew represent! I also got into electronic music through synthwave/darkwave/vaporwave, and it took me a long time before I really felt like I was making that kind of music. This is awesome, and I think you've definitely got the stuff! Looking forward to hearing more of what you make!

Oh yes. Haunted synthwave is the BEST synthwave. Great sound & melody. It sounds like the opening for an 80s teen horror show that I WILL be recording religiously in my top-loading Omnivision with its corded remote control.

Oh yes. Haunted synthwave is the BEST synthwave. Great sound & melody. It sounds like the opening for an 80s teen horror show that I WILL be recording religiously in my top-loading Omnivision with its corded remote control.

Thanks! Yeah, it's been a bit daunting to try and create that kind of music because I feel like I'm just copying other people, but I guess that's what you have to do in the beginning to learn.  If I remember correctly, I think it was you(?) that said in the livestream before that to get a wide bass sound you copied the tracks and panned one to the right and one to the left, so that's what I did here.

Is that what it's called? I was at the end of my time and couldn't find a lead that I felt fit the song, so I just left that one in. But yeah I can hear it now, some sort of VHS science-y horror vibe XD

[quote=dadboy]Synthwave crew represent! I also got into electronic music through synthwave/darkwave/vaporwave, and it took me a long time before I really felt like I was making that kind of music. This is awesome, and I think you've definitely got the stuff! Looking forward to hearing more of what you make! [/quote] Thanks! Yeah, it's been a bit daunting to try and create that kind of music because I feel like I'm just copying other people, but I guess that's what you have to do in the beginning to learn. If I remember correctly, I think it was you(?) that said in the livestream before that to get a wide bass sound you copied the tracks and panned one to the right and one to the left, so that's what I did here. [quote=MRDRCAT]Oh yes. Haunted synthwave is the BEST synthwave. Great sound & melody. It sounds like the opening for an 80s teen horror show that I WILL be recording religiously in my top-loading Omnivision with its corded remote control.[/quote] Is that what it's called? I was at the end of my time and couldn't find a lead that I felt fit the song, so I just left that one in. But yeah I can hear it now, some sort of VHS science-y horror vibe XD

Nice! Yeah that was exactly what I did, glad that was helpful. It's funny that you mention that sense of just copying other people, because that's 100% a feeling that I share, and something I feel self-conscious about often. I was literally thinking about it in the car yesterday, and I remembered a part of an Adam Neely video I was watching, and he was talking about the fact that musicians have always "stolen" from each other - music is communication, and we learn new words and phrases and ideas from communicating with others that we then in turn employ to express ourselves. If we're communicating with someone verbally, do we always feel like we need to create brand new words to get a point across? Can you imagine if we never allowed ourselves to rely on tried metaphor or cultural understanding? Anyways, point is, I 100% feel the same way sometimes, but it actually just kind of clicked with me that it's OK and right and even good to take things we hear around and make them our own. Anyways, nice job, keep at it, and you're not alone in this!

[quote=clonedkitty]Thanks! Yeah, it's been a bit daunting to try and create that kind of music because I feel like I'm just copying other people, but I guess that's what you have to do in the beginning to learn. If I remember correctly, I think it was you(?) that said in the livestream before that to get a wide bass sound you copied the tracks and panned one to the right and one to the left, so that's what I did here.[/quote] Nice! Yeah that was exactly what I did, glad that was helpful. It's funny that you mention that sense of just copying other people, because that's 100% a feeling that I share, and something I feel self-conscious about often. I was literally thinking about it in the car yesterday, and I remembered a part of an Adam Neely video I was watching, and he was talking about the fact that musicians have always "stolen" from each other - music is communication, and we learn new words and phrases and ideas from communicating with others that we then in turn employ to express ourselves. If we're communicating with someone verbally, do we always feel like we need to create brand new words to get a point across? Can you imagine if we never allowed ourselves to rely on tried metaphor or cultural understanding? Anyways, point is, I 100% feel the same way sometimes, but it actually just kind of clicked with me that it's OK and right and even good to take things we hear around and make them our own. Anyways, nice job, keep at it, and you're not alone in this! :)

Yeah, that makes sense, we all have kind of a shared framework that we use to express different things. And like when learning an instrument, everyone learns scales, arpeggios, standard exercises, standard pieces...everyone does the same thing, and hopefully after enough time your understanding grows to the point where you can put your own variation on it. But very few people re-invent the wheel.

[quote=dadboy] It's funny that you mention that sense of just copying other people, because that's 100% a feeling that I share, and something I feel self-conscious about often. I was literally thinking about it in the car yesterday, and I remembered a part of an Adam Neely video I was watching, and he was talking about the fact that musicians have always "stolen" from each other - music is communication, and we learn new words and phrases and ideas from communicating with others that we then in turn employ to express ourselves. If we're communicating with someone verbally, do we always feel like we need to create brand new words to get a point across? Can you imagine if we never allowed ourselves to rely on tried metaphor or cultural understanding? [/quote] Yeah, that makes sense, we all have kind of a shared framework that we use to express different things. And like when learning an instrument, everyone learns scales, arpeggios, standard exercises, standard pieces...everyone does the same thing, and hopefully after enough time your understanding grows to the point where you can put your own variation on it. But very few people re-invent the wheel.

Props to you all. Nice to see fellow beginners (I am a WB first timer too!) I’m here to steal your idea for this week’s composition….  I’m procrastinating!

Props to you all. Nice to see fellow beginners (I am a WB first timer too!) I’m here to steal your idea for this week’s composition…. I’m procrastinating!

Yeah it can be a bit daunting at first but also with time you notice some things get easier and everyone starts somewhere! I have no idea what to do for this week either XD

[quote=quasor]Props to you all. Nice to see fellow beginners (I am a WB first timer too!) I’m here to steal your idea for this week’s composition…. I’m procrastinating![/quote] Yeah it can be a bit daunting at first but also with time you notice some things get easier and everyone starts somewhere! I have no idea what to do for this week either XD