orangedrink wrote:
GDD wrote:

Hey guys! I tried to upload my track today, but it looks like Week 52 is already closed. Can I get a link please? Thanks!

Click on the green text "upload" instead of the day on the calendar - that should work!

That works, thanks! It's weird that it's listed as Week 53 on the upload. I wonder if it's a glitch because of where Sunday falls this time.

Hey guys! I tried to upload my track today, but it looks like Week 52 is already closed. Can I get a link please? Thanks!

jiffypop23 wrote:

Huge congrats to: Pyronetiks/GDD, tiasu, Phil Harmonic, spry, vinpous, sinewave, Neil Carnegie, Brackleforth, (and myself :3)
who uploaded a track every week in both 2012 and 2014!~
edit: (check stats thread for more info and graphs)

Also for those interested, a WB2014 shirt! (it's on my shop but I get $0 from it, just fyi)

http://jiffypop23.spreadshirt.com/weekl … 100886717/

Thanks! I'm still shocked that I've made 104 tracks just because I stumbled upon this site when it was starting up. It's been fun.

I still feel bad that there isn't a better system for feedback since there are so many great tracks and life can get busy quick. I'm hoping that if Weekly Beats returns in 2016, I can set aside time to comment on tracks. Maybe a system where you have to comment on three random people assigned to you (no penalty for not commenting) per week could work. I dunno, just something more as a reminder to interact with other folk.

Likewise. I forgot about Daylight Savings and had a bit of PC trouble. May I get a link as well? Thanks!

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Same here! Could I change my name to The GDD? Thanks!

Phil Harmonic wrote:
Pyronetiks wrote:

Can I get an upload link please? I had some tech issues with my PC that prevented me from submitting.

http://weeklybeats.com/music/upload?has … b826d1c670

Thanks! big_smile

Can I get an upload link please? I had some tech issues with my PC that prevented me from submitting.

Phil Harmonic wrote:
Pyronetiks wrote:

Hmm, for some reason my upload didn't go through. Could I still upload my track?

follow this link and try to upload agian:
http://weeklybeats.com/music/upload?has … b826d1c670

It worked! Thank you very much. big_smile

Hmm, for some reason my upload didn't go through. Could I still upload my track?

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Same here. I've been messing around with like 4 tracks, but none of them really felt right. I ended up revamping an old track I meant to submit a while ago and submitted it.

I'm not sure if it's because I've gotten better or if I have writer's block (or maybe both?), but this is starting to get difficult.

I feel the same way. One month of producing songs has improved my skills and workflow so much. Now when I open up my main DAW (FL Studio), it's more about what to make than how to make it, which feels great. Also, exercising with a ton of plugins that used to hurt my brain a lot is now a ton easier.

While my last song for the month wasn't heavy or ridiculous, I felt like it was proof that I got better. Without my previous tracks and experimentation, my fourth track probably wouldn't have existed.

I'm still not sure where my natural flow is electronically, but I think I'm on the right track. Next month I'm going to experiment more and see what happens.

That may be true, but when you have a scenario where a person is not receiving any feedback of any kind, that is basically saying either A: Their song was terrible or B: No one in the community appreciates their genre of choice. To me that feels really isolating (especially if the person is legitimately trying). I think that as musicians, we should be able to learn and draw from multiple genres in order to enhance our own preferences and styles. We also should be able to give useful feedback on any style of music, even if its as simple as telling the artist how it made them feel or mixing tips, or something. We are a community after all and staying in clicks will only hinder that level of interaction and possibility of improving/feeling motivated to improve. Also, no great musicians have ever stuck to what they were familiar with alone.

Now I do realize that this is quite a big community and that not everyone has all of the free time in the world, but like you've said, the main point of this is to release 52 tracks, build up an awesome library, and improve as an musician. That can't happen if people are motivated to only create music that they feel will appeal to the majority and/or are too afraid to do something out of their comfort zone. I personally joined to experiment and see if I could commit to this. I can already say that I've gotten far better and far more familiar with my software and my ability simply by doing this every week, listening to others, and giving feedback.

On an unrelated note, I didn't expect my first post to be something like this, lol. I'm sorry if it sounds harsh/whiny, but I felt like it needed to be said.