Genres of Music You Do

[AngelCityOutlaw]

So I've gotten rather bored of rock/metal and trance inspired music lately and want to do something else. Problem is, I'm not sure what.

Jazz? Soul? Reggae? Hip Hop? Country? Disco? I dunno.

So how many different styles of music do you compose, remix, play or otherwise participate in? Do you have favourites? If so, what makes that genre(s) a favourite of yours?

What kinds of software, hardware, virtual instrument libraries etc. do you use to create the genres you do and what would you recommend I should do if I want to make the same kind of music you do?

[Frederic Petitpas]

Other than metal .. Acoustic, blues, classical & hip-hop. Favourite depends of how I feel but it implies playing guitar 99% of the time.

I use Reason & Reaper. Nothign fancy.

[Rockos]

So I've gotten rather bored of rock/metal and trance inspired music lately and want to do something else. Problem is, I'm not sure what.

Jazz? Soul? Reggae? Hip Hop? Country? Disco? I dunno.

So how many different styles of music do you compose, remix, play or otherwise participate in? Do you have favourites? If so, what makes that genre(s) a favourite of yours?

What kinds of software, hardware, virtual instrument libraries etc. do you use to create the genres you do and what would you recommend I should do if I want to make the same kind of music you do?

Serioulsy? experiment.

I found my own style by making a lot of music. But when I create something or listen to something, what's make the awesomeness is the chaotic part where you have like 2-3 sounds and they are playing hasardously while still being arranged like that. And the other thing I find myself banging at is Slow beats with big bass and High pitch sounds.

For the genre, I usually mix electro, dubstep and drum & bass alltogheter. I use FL studio and the basic plug-in.

If you wanna try something more like your style, try Drum & bass. Guitars are pretty hot in Drum & bass.

Edit:

Example of big bass and high pitch sound:

@ 1:22

Example of chaotic 2-3 sounds arrangement:

@ 1:27

[SonicThHedgog]

I do everything

[Garpocalypse]

At first I was hoping to become known for my Epic Melodic Deathmetal remixes but the problem is that so far, they all suck.

I'm still working on that but i'm also working on hybrid styles now. Here's my formula

Let (x)=a given style

Take x/x AND FIGURE IT OUT!

[Modus]

I make chiptune hybrid things.

I wanna make epic electro. how do.

[Flexstyle]

I started off as a very Eurotrance-esque artist. After that, I moved into drum'n'bass, mostly of the aggressive, bassline-heavy variety. Once I'd gotten a handle on DnB, I switched things up a little bit, and went to atmospheric downtempo/chillout music. The atmosphere in that genre coincided nicely with my trance background, but I added a healthy dose of hip-hop inspired drums and such instead of the more electronic drums in my previous work.

From there, I've kinda evolved into someone who can literally tackle any electronic genre and a few types of hip hop, rock, and even jazz. Everything tends to borrow elements from each other, so by just changing one element at a time in your music, you'll eventually have a really extensive sonic arsenal.

[Nabeel Ansari]

Cinesynthethnijazz

In other words, I like to draw influence primarily from EDM, Jazz, and Orchestral/Ethnic scores. My music could be one of or any combination of these, really. Sometimes it's other stuff too, but I think these categories really fit the bill for "what kind of musician" I am if you had to classify me.

Currently, Darksiders II is one of my favorite soundtracks. It is synthetic but also has a very exotic, eastern component to its soundscape. This is compared to the first Darksiders soundtrack, which was very classical in nature. I found it a bit boring in comparison to the second.

My tools are FL Studio 10, Komplete 8, and various freeware plug-ins/samples. That's really all I need, anything desired further is just fun toys and higher quality tools. ^.^

[Guifrog]

Well, I dunno anymore. But it tends to have world and electronic elements.

[Flexstyle]

Oh, and to answer the OP's question, you can start off nicely with free samples, instruments, software, and the like. It may take a bit of extra effort, but the skills you learn in dealing with freeware will stand you in good stead for the rest of your life as a producer.

[ap3xultima]

I tend to not limited myself by genre.

I prefer making music based on the idea(s) i have meaning I can utilize any tricks at my disposal.

However there's nothing wrong with having a focus on particular styles, I just like to explore what I can do.

[Nabeel Ansari]

I tend to not limited myself by genre.

I prefer making music based on the idea(s) i have meaning I can utilize any tricks at my disposal.

However there's nothing wrong with having a focus on particular styles, I just like to explore what I can do.

Pretty much this, also ^

[Meteo Xavier]

I've found that 95% of all musicians who are asked about genre always answer with "I don't limit myself to genre" or something similar.

Well, I'm going to be a rebel and fully admit I largely only do two genres: Prog (and not prog-rock or prog-metal) and Ambient/Whatever.

This, however, is being worked to remedy. I'm trying to learn dance music and FM chiptune funk.

[jnWake]

I usually just improvise on my keyboard but end up doing Progressive Rock/Metal or just Rock/Metal. I try to add stuff from other genres (like Pop, Jazz, etc) to my songs to make them more unique though.

I don't really use any specific software, besides from Guitar Pro to write the MIDI files. Most samples (piano, pads, strings and leads) come from my keyboard, while I use mostly free stuff for Guitar, Bass and Drums (EZDrummer, the basic pack for this one).

[AngelCityOutlaw]

I usually just improvise on my keyboard but end up doing Progressive Rock/Metal or just Rock/Metal. I try to add stuff from other genres (like Pop, Jazz, etc) to my songs to make them more unique though.

I don't really use any specific software, besides from Guitar Pro to write the MIDI files. Most samples (piano, pads, strings and leads) come from my keyboard, while I use mostly free stuff for Guitar, Bass and Drums (EZDrummer, the basic pack for this one).

Guitar Pro is awesome. I don't like GP6 though, it seems to have so many bugs.

I personally find that writing MIDI as tab and/or notation is more effective than just hitting record in a DAW and recording; I constantly take flak for writing that way, but usually I find it produces better results because I can really study the notation and go about harmonizing it easier than just blocks of MIDI data or live recording.

[jnWake]

Guitar Pro is awesome. I don't like GP6 though, it seems to have so many bugs.

I personally find that writing MIDI as tab and/or notation is more effective than just hitting record in a DAW and recording; I constantly take flak for writing that way, but usually I find it produces better results because I can really study the notation and go about harmonizing it easier than just blocks of MIDI data or live recording.

Yeah, I also find writing MIDI in Guitar Pro effective. Downside is that it's slightly slow. I've been trying to combine recording MIDI in a DAW and then exporting to Guitar Pro, but it's a bit tricky.

I've always wondered how most remixers approach MIDI writing.

[Nabeel Ansari]

Yeah, I also find writing MIDI in Guitar Pro effective. Downside is that it's slightly slow. I've been trying to combine recording MIDI in a DAW and then exporting to Guitar Pro, but it's a bit tricky.

I've always wondered how most remixers approach MIDI writing.

I pencil it in the piano roll with my mouse; it's the fastest way I can write. That's why I hate everything other than FL Studio, because working in the piano rolls are like, as zircon puts it, "having my mouse dipped in molasses".

[dannthr]

I pencil it in the piano roll with my mouse; it's the fastest way I can write. That's why I hate everything other than FL Studio, because working in the piano rolls are like, as zircon puts it, "having my mouse dipped in molasses".

Molasses is slow.

[timaeus222]

Usually I tend to do ambient, electronica, and rock. All my stuff ends up sounding like that, at least.

And I usually just pencil in my notes, like Neblix. Other times, I write it in with my MIDI keyboard if I want to record piano MIDIs or something.

[Malcos]

I don't even know what genre I do anymore, I just call everything I make electronica. Influences from techno, dance rnb, jazz and hip-hop. I play everything in with my keyboard, drums and all - then edit it in the piano roll.

[Nabeel Ansari]

Molasses is slow.

Right, working in other piano rolls = slow.

[dannthr]

Right, working in other piano rolls = slow.

I see.

I pencil it into the piano roll with my mouse; it's the fastest way I can write. That's why I hate everything other than FL Studio, because working in their piano rolls are like, as zircon puts it, "having my mouse dipped in molasses".

Fixed.

[Nabeel Ansari]

I see.

Fixed.

Fixed would imply it was written incorrectly, the plural "piano rolls" clearly suggests I am talking about the piano rolls of the everything I hate rather than the singular piano ROLL of FL studio.

Sorry, but you started it.

[AngelCityOutlaw]

The only things I hate about FL's piano roll/sequencer thing are that changing time signatures is freakin' ridiculous and the quantization features (hey, I'm not a pianist gimme a break) aren't as good as a lot of other DAWs.

Prog-metal is basically impossible with FL Studio, for me anyway.

[timaeus222]

You can change the time signature rather easily, but changing in the middle of a song is agreeably weird.

If you learn the technicals of FL, it's not as restrictive as you might think. If zircon can use FL like he does, it's surely possible to kick ass on it.