motivemakesaman Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hello everyone! This is my first real post on the forums. I submitted my first song about a month ago, and well...it seems things are kind of backed up! So, I figured I would share my latest video I made right here! A quick bit about me: My name is Ace. I love to make music. I have written lots of original stuff late last year I decided to start posting regular youtube videos. I do electronic originals, cover songs of all kinds, and my personal favorite, my VGMS. This is the latest VGM. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching and if you like how I role, a click to that subscribe button would be awful swell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) The submissions process takes more than a month =P (more like 6 months, actually, but I personally don't mind; I just submit and let the judges do it whenever) The production sounds reserved, to me. By that I mean that things blend together a little too much, and the more important elements of the piece don't come out enough (kick, snare, lead, bass). As a result, the dynamics sound too consistent throughout, and to me the structure isn't quite as clear. By the way, as good as this is, this is too much of a cover without enough personalization IMO. Actually, this sounds essentially like a MIDI rip, and so it's too conservative. But hey, now you know. At least you have some nice live playing skills. Edited July 3, 2014 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motivemakesaman Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Thanks for watching. As far as the mixing is concerned, I would have loved to have another three hours to tinker with this one and bring the parts out more, but I was already late to posting it, and had worked on the mix for a while and was happy enough with it (I dont know if I will every be truly happy with a mix, you know? ). I also only let myself tinker so long on my youtube video mixes, because I could spend a week getting caught up in a mix, and that would not prove helpful to a release schedule. I will definitely consider that when I go back and work it some more for album release. As far as the arrangement is concerned, I really do things different from song to song. Some, I really like to keep kind of close to the books and have fun with the instruments playing the parts themselves. Some, I take really bold steps and make huge changes. I never really thought of the idea of it sounding like a midi-rip, because I don't use midi for any of my parts. All the sequences were manually programmed into the Microbrute. For me, getting it just right is more rewarding because I have to use my ears to get each part just right. But to each his own, I suppose. My next vgm will be far more adventurous, I assure you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) As far as the arrangement is concerned, I really do things different from song to song. Some, I really like to keep kind of close to the books and have fun with the instruments playing the parts themselves. Some, I take really bold steps and make huge changes. I never really thought of the idea of it sounding like a midi-rip, because I don't use midi for any of my parts. All the sequences were manually programmed into the Microbrute. For me, getting it just right is more rewarding because I have to use my ears to get each part just right. But to each his own, I suppose. My next vgm will be far more adventurous, I assure you! Yeah, I personally don't have an issue with doing songs note for note, but the OCR submission standards ask that you do more than a 100% note-for-note cover, so that it's both original enough (but not too original or it's just an original song) and personalized enough. By MIDI-rip (well, I said "essentially like", but...), I mean many if not all of the notes match exactly. For example, this was said to be conservative, but it was personalized just enough. This was personalized a lot, but not too much. This I think is right in the middle or so. If you don't want to change the note pitches, that's fine; you could alternatively change the harmonies, note rhythms, neighboring tones (extra notes in between the original notes), the mood (major/minor), or even the tempo (case-by-case). Edited July 4, 2014 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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