[Newcomer with orchestral songs]

Yeah, I kinda kinda relate to that. Though I kind do have a music background, I went to a private elementary school where they forced us to study basic theory for 4 years and play a recorder. I took piano lessons for about 3 years awhile back, well, while in elementary school. I just never took any of it seriously, I kinda regret that lol, Because I didn't take piano lessons seriously. I barely know how to play with two hands, it wasn't till recently I started to make some mild improvement in that area. Nothing beats playing a piano though lol, it has to be my favorite instrument... regardless of how much I hated waking up on saturday mornings as a kid for lessons.

Ohh, getting forced to do anything always makes u hate it, for me at least. And when you grow up you realize you actually kind of like it, if it's by free choice, and it's a real shame.

Besides FL-Studio I also had a look at Reason. But Reason felt a bit difficult for me. I think FL-Studio has a more slick, user-friendly interface. And maybe FL is a bit easier to get started and make music with. At least,I could also find some decent tutorials on Youtube that really got me started easily.

I finished my third song, called "Ascended From Darkness". Listen to it here:

http://soundcloud.com/shivendra/shivendra-ascending-from

[Newcomer with orchestral songs]

I really love both tracks, they're really nice! I know I'm a beginner myself, but I honestly I can't tell that you are, everything sounds mixed well and the instruments maintain their distinctiveness (something I have real trouble with). Not only that but all the instruments and parts go together nicely, lol you've had to have some exposure to music before.

Thanks for your compliments, very nice to hear you like them mickomoo. I listen to orchestral music and game music a lot. For movie soundtracks Hans Zimmer is my biggest hero and for game music it's Jeremy Soule. Actually when I was 12 my brother was playing the keyboard and I was watching him a lot. He told me I have an ear for music. I sometimes tried to play but I suck at it! I knew how the notes should sound, but I always made a lot of mistakes pressing the wrong keys and I can't really play with 2 hands at the same time haha. Then I did nothing with music a long time up until now (except listen to it ). Nice thing with FL-Studio is that I can just click in those blocks in the sequencer by ear. Not necessary to know music theory or to be proficient with an instrument...except a mouse maybe

I might suggest that for some of your lead instruments (mostly the string playing the melody in the second song, a place to be) you could try editing the velocity on certain notes to make the melody more distinct in certian parts, but it's not something that's really a problem. Well anyway this is all as far as I can tell, someone who's more experienced might have much more to say obviously.

Yeah I think the strings playing the supporting chords are too loud and the lead gets pushed to the back. I need to work on tuning volumes. I'm also not doing anything with panning, maybe that could make a difference too.

I've been working on a new song, just working on a good ending for it. Hope to have it ready next week

[Newcomer with orchestral songs]

Hey guys,

I discovered FL-studio a few months ago and started messing around with it. I've also taken up composing my own music. I don't really have a musical background so I'm in a bit of a learning curve. It still takes me a lot of time to get the music into FL-studio the way I'm hearing it in my head. And having inspiration can be hard sometimes Still, I enjoy it and I really want to learn how to use FL-Studio and make better sounding music.

My inspiration mostly comes from games and movie soundtracks.

I have first versions of 2 songs that I'd really like your opinion on. They're called "Longing For Home" and "A Place To Be". You can listen to them here:

http://soundcloud.com/shivendra

Any constructive critisism and tips (stuff like volume, tempo, instruments, humanization, composition...anything!) are welcome.

[Akeboshi Wind Cello ReMix]

Wind is my favorite Akeboshi song. That's really cool and beautifully played. Great work man

[The Golden Axe Reforged]

Thanks for your feedback guys, very useful. I listened to the track again after some and I completely agree with your comments.

An orchestra can very effectively portray that (lots of instrument choices that give a darker, rougher edge) but I don't hear it here

Could you give me some examples?

Anything else I should work on? Was there anything you liked?

As soon as I have the inspiration I will work on this track and post a new version.

[The Golden Axe Reforged]

Hey guys,

Here is a remix I'm considering as my first sumbit. It's a remix of the song "Wilderness" in "Golden Axe" from the Sega Genesis. I tried to give it a bit of a dramatic/heroic sound. Let me know what you think of it