Incronaut Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 do you guys generally try to recreate the song before trying to create a remix of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I've found that it makes things easier sometimes, and have started doing that. I remake the source, or something close to it, then start picking out lil pieces of it, rework those, and they then turn into the remix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 No, I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Nope. I generally listen to the source and come up with some compositional ideas first and try to work those out. Or sometimes I just have fun and experiment with a source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Sometimes I start out with a cover style approach and then deviate, but usually I have an idea of how I want to change the song style or approach before I start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 No, I make it up as I go along. I it sounds good in my head, I make it. Simple as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Burns Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Only to the extent that I figure out the tune on the piano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 No, I just go by ear/memory and see what I can do with it. Heck, there are some tracks I'm remixing for which I don't even know the original chord progression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Sounds Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 There are some cases where I'm unfamiliar with the game the source came from. After listening to the tune once I abstain from hearing it until I have the main arrangement idea(s) settled. In most other cases the source tune is so familiar that I can distinguish the instruments from the notes. I usually play around with the notes in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 First off, if I can hum and or sing the way I want a remix to sound, then I'll go with that... ... if I don't have a tune planned though I'll usually take the main theme and recreate that... then I'll modify it a little by changing some of the note placements... then I'll start giving the background sounds and everything else its own feel. Sometimes if the song is really complex I might recreate it entirely, but really rare. It's just not productive to recreate something I'm just going to tear apart. MIDI files are my friends though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incronaut Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Nope. I generally listen to the source and come up with some compositional ideas first and try to work those out. Or sometimes I just have fun and experiment with a source. What do you mean experiment with a source? Ive always wanted to get my hands on a source file (preferably with the instruments already split for me) and just messing around with that, but i have no way of proceeding to doing that... and thanks a lot guys, i think i'm going to have to redo my methods a little bit.. any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hy Bound Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Head on over to VGMusic.com and you can get MIDIs for most every popular video game song there is. I usually start there first. As for the recreating a song first; I usually just pick the main melody and any other hook-based instruments out of the MIDI and then experiment with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Actually, there has been more than one occasion where I did a remix and then went back to listen to the original and realized I didn't even remember the melody accurately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesker_Von_Doom Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 WTF??????? I did a remix and then went back to listen to the original and realized I didn't even remember the melody accurately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Sounds Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 WTF??????? Wha' hoppen? The same thing happened to me when I did my PRC 130 entry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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