FL Studio and EDM

[Alliesaurus]

Is there anyone on here that makes EDM? If so, is working on a melody first and fitting the rest of the track around it a good way to make a good EDM track? I know using sounds that work well together is important.

[Electric Cupcake]

I don't grok.

[Walach]

There really aren't many "rules" for music. If you believe it sounds good then it's good.

If you want to earn money on it, then it might be a different picture... errr sound... :P

But from my personal experience it's much more easy to fit stuff around the melody than making a melody for the beats, etc.
What I do HATE is mixing it all together, soooo bloody boring that it hurts! :P

[Electric Cupcake]

I guess this is the result of generations of school boards slashing basic humanities lessons to fund worthless bread and circus football pads and ♥♥♥♥.

You kids should have learned this ♥♥♥♥ in 2nd grade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnBMAEA3AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UxzDjU3-hM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHW1I8T0caI

[Jake]

Do it the way you want to do it, there's no good or bad way, as long as it works.
I usually start by making a chord progression, then add drums and later other instruments and melodies

[Alliesaurus]

Walach lähetti viestin:

There really aren't many "rules" for music. If you believe it sounds good then it's good.

If you want to earn money on it, then it might be a different picture... errr sound... :P

But from my personal experience it's much more easy to fit stuff around the melody than making a melody for the beats, etc.
What I do HATE is mixing it all together, soooo bloody boring that it hurts! :P

✘ Kubuszz ✘ lähetti viestin:

Do it the way you want to do it, there's no good or bad way, as long as it works.
I usually start by making a chord progression, then add drums and later other instruments and melodies

I'll be spending hours going through 1000s of samples to find something to make a melody out of, to me the melody seems difficult to do because ideas for them are already done xaxa, especially for EDM but I still have some ideas, just need to find that sound and make something of it

[Electric Cupcake]

There really aren't many "rules" for music. If you believe it sounds good then it's good.

there's no good or bad way, as long as it works.

Don't try to run before you can walk. John Cage could get away with experimental 4"33 stuff because he was an established master.

Come up with your own variations on Ah vous dirai-je, Maman and the Pachelbel Canon before jumping into the deep end.

[Jake]

Ne0n Ri0 lähetti viestin:

Walach lähetti viestin:

There really aren't many "rules" for music. If you believe it sounds good then it's good.

If you want to earn money on it, then it might be a different picture... errr sound... :P

But from my personal experience it's much more easy to fit stuff around the melody than making a melody for the beats, etc.
What I do HATE is mixing it all together, soooo bloody boring that it hurts! :P

✘ Kubuszz ✘ lähetti viestin:

Do it the way you want to do it, there's no good or bad way, as long as it works.
I usually start by making a chord progression, then add drums and later other instruments and melodies

I'll be spending hours going through 1000s of samples to find something to make a melody out of, to me the melody seems difficult to do because ideas for them are already done xaxa, especially for EDM :ujel: but I still have some ideas, just need to find that sound and make something of it :aviciithumbsup:

Well, learn sound design then
Making your own sounds is sometimes better than using samples and presets

[I got 1984'd]

Hugsie Muffinball lähetti viestin:

I guess this is the result of generations of school boards slashing basic humanities lessons to fund worthless bread and circus football pads and ♥♥♥♥.

You kids should have learned this ♥♥♥♥ in 2nd grade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drnBMAEA3AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UxzDjU3-hM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHW1I8T0caI

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Xero_Daxter]

I don’t make music but I do vocals. They say singing is the easiest and the last thing you should mix if there is vocals in your song.

I wish I can answrr yoyr question on music but all I do is sing.

[Alliesaurus]

✘ Kubuszz ✘ lähetti viestin:

Ne0n Ri0 lähetti viestin:

I'll be spending hours going through 1000s of samples to find something to make a melody out of, to me the melody seems difficult to do because ideas for them are already done xaxa, especially for EDM but I still have some ideas, just need to find that sound and make something of it

Well, learn sound design then
Making your own sounds is sometimes better than using samples and presets

I'm hoping I'll get a couple of tracks out by the end of the year

[Alliesaurus]

Xero_Daxter lähetti viestin:

I don’t make music but I do vocals. They say singing is the easiest and the last thing you should mix if there is vocals in your song.

I wish I can answrr yoyr question on music but all I do is sing.

I found a sample pack that has vocals made by singers that I have rights to use in my own copyrighted music

[Electric Cupcake]

Perhaps you think of sub and dom in sexual context?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDAGM3cyXVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSGHo4_8Ws

[I got 1984'd]

https://youtu.be/K0Vn9V-tRCo

[Walach]

Ne0n Ri0 lähetti viestin:

I'll be spending hours going through 1000s of samples to find something to make a melody out of, to me the melody seems difficult to do because ideas for them are already done xaxa, especially for EDM :ujel: but I still have some ideas, just need to find that sound and make something of it :aviciithumbsup:

That's one of the time traps. You'll listen to a thousand snare sounds only to forget which ones you like and have to listen to them again.
When it comes to percussions you can use a temporary sound and change it later on when you know what range in hertz you want.

You can also start small, make something, lets say 10 seconds long. Then make a couple more and when you feel secure move up to 20 seconds. You don't have to start perfect with full length songs. You can also save them for later expansions.

Remember to save them as zip files, more so if you use Fruity Loops. Having all the sounds and songs backed up in one zip file really helps when changing system. Take it from someone who didn't. ;)

Lastly, there is nothing wrong with taking something someone else made and make something yourself, aslong as you don't try and sell it later. Learning from others is a great idea, be it from what they made or from them themselves.

[Electric Cupcake]

Walach lähetti viestin:

Lastly, there is nothing wrong with taking something someone else made and make something yourself, aslong as you don't try and sell it later.

This is true. Copyright is a very modern concept. The old masters copied or adapted old traditional tunes and each other without shame. Something my greatest influence, Prof. Peter Schickele gleefully drove home at every opportunity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j6vrcbi470
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLDzeGvzK4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO-W1AESUno
https://www.youtube.com/user/improvelectronic/videos