Rothgarr's midlife crisis music composition thread...
Howdy. Mild mid-life crisis setting in. I've always enjoyed tinkering with music as a hobby but never really made any effort to share it. I thought I'd start throwing it out there, beginning with something I put together over the holiday weekend. Maybe I'll post some other things I've written in the past.
I use Reason software on a Mac with a keyboard controller.
The song I wrote this weekend is called “Alito”:
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Cascade: The piano melody is much more interesting this time around! Again, your mix is great. I love how the bass at the begininning plays along with the strikes of the lower piano notes. Gives it some serious oomph. This song is (IMO) much better than Alito in terms of both composition & instrumentals. The combination of synths towards the end (just before the outro) is super cool.
What DAW do you use? and what plugins?
Right now I just use Reason software (stock modules) with an 88-key digital piano as my controller.
Music is a hobby for me. I took a few lessons as a kid, always had one or more keyboards lying around, but I never played consistently -- sometimes going for years without playing a single note. I recorded most of my songs in my parent's basement in my 20s, one of these days I'll post those. Now in my 40s I'm trying to find a nice hobby for myself. I do not consider myself a musician, I just think music is fun and interesting.
Thanks again!
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I originally wrote and recorded this back in 2003 but found my files on an old computer and tweaked the mix a bit and re-saved this weekend. Not my normal style but I still had a lot of fun with it.
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I wrote and recorded this song some time between 1992-1994... but it was never completed (wow I can't believe this recording was done TWENTY years ago...). I eventually wanted to add some vocals and more guitar. Unfortunately now, the sounds I used are long gone and this only recording was done at a terribly low bit rate (hence the awfully-compressed sound). But still, to this day it remains one of my favorites. The kick ass guitar solo starting at 2:17 was done by my friend.
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I have nothing really constructive to add right now, but i just wanted to let you know that this song REALLY reminds me of the Unreal Tournament music, a game i spent way too much time in in HS. Thanks for the blast from the past
Hah hah, awesome. Thanks for the comment. I, too, played Unreal Tournament to death -- loved it so much. When I originally wrote that particular song the closest thing out was the original Marathon and even that didn't come out until after I wrote this. (Marathon also had a pretty kick-ass song as I recall).
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