DaveBlack

Hey I appreciate ya taking the time to check it out. A few things I'd like to point out to ya though. I only use a prepackaged loop in one song and that's the one at the very bottom of the player. Same with slayer. It appears in a song called "The plot thickens" and I used it to get a clean guitar sound. Any of the aforementioned ones were recorded live. I have an Ibanez, peavey amp, blue 8 ball condenser mic and primarily guitar rig 3.0. If my guitar production isn't up to par, then that's another issue ya know? Here's my bottom line when it comes to choice of samples/synths. I dont discriminate and here's why...I only think about two things, 1. Do I get the desired results? and 2. Can artist write a successful song with it? There have been countless times that I've heard even stock FL samples in hit radio songs. The only difference between me and the average listener is that I pick up on it because I use FL. There were probably a million Korg Tritons sold last year and I'm sure people who use them relegiously will know when one is being used. So one could argue that maybe I didnt flip the sample "right" or tweak the synth "enough" but even that is in the ear of the listener. When I present new material to the audience here, I'll keep my choice of synths in mind. And last but not least, please take the price out of the equation. I'm not here to sell music like I said before and I price my music in weird ways that Im sure wouldnt make sense even if I tried to explain it lol.

Wow, very insightful and detailed post. Thats probably some of the best constructive criticism I've gotten in a long time and for the most part I agree. I'm a musician first and a business man second so I'm always looking for ways to step up my game. I'm really happy you took the time to listen and review it. I stuck to the 8 bit samples for Powerglove for the enthusiasts (like a few of my friends) but when I start to do remixes I am going to use better samples for sure. In response to dynamics...ya know, when I program drums, I can do great things with velocities but it was never an issue with other instruments and to tell ya the truth I dont know why because, if anything, they deserve it more. So thank you, I think that will add a different dimension to the melodic side of my new material. The only defense I will take is about the repetition. A few of the instrumentals you listed were intended to be hip hop/rap beats where there are multiple verses, repetition in vocals, etc. Its not that melodic variation wouldn't make it better but it's not necessarily something that the "buyer" picks up on 90% of the time. I have to unfortunately agree that that very notion has a tendency to spill over into my other projects as well, so I'll watch that in the future. Like I said, I appreciate taking the time to do that so I wanted to come back and write a coherent response instead of "thanks for listening" lol.

Hey Gario, Your response is mild compared to some of the forums I've visited and I appreciate that. You should know that I do intend on taking part in some of the projects, contests, etc. If anyone knows that laws of give and take apply everywhere, it's me. Sorry if the set up of my post was misconstrued but I've been producing and selling music long enough to know that you can't sell milk to a cow so coming to this forum in particular to make money never crossed my mind. Anything that I take part of here will ultimately be free, obviously, but I do have original pieces that I believe are quality and can be sold. So this wasn't an advertisement, it was merely to give people an idea of my style and get some constructive criticism. I'll def take your advice and thanks again.

Just wanted to formally instroduce myself to the forum. My name is Dave Black and I produce (for the most part) instrumental music. I'm no stranger to forums and I've read most of the intros and rules so hopefully I dont do something wrong here. A buddy of mine seems to think I can break into this scene and refered me to this site as a way of making contacts. I'm not 100% sure how you guys like to be linked to music but I have a music player through soundclick with a bunch of material on there. The first half is all VGish music (the first one is completely 8 bit) and the second half of the player is random instrumentals. You can check them out at http://www.myspace.com/daveblackproductions Note - it says myspace, but i dont use their music player Thanks everyone