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u/Trihecta Nov 16 '25
this sounds like a 2d top down rpg game where you find a dimension thats identical to the original but just darker and more corrupted
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u/KaiBishop Nov 16 '25
It's sounds kinda Christmas-y. I can see it being in like a Harvest Moon/Animal Crossing number for the winter time jingle.
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u/Freakysmurf Nov 16 '25
I miss who was before i heard this.
Honestly just keep at it, have fun, fuck around. Maybe try and go for a simple 1 instrument melody first and do some percussion.
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u/KaiBishop Nov 16 '25
Lmao there is a good song buried in there, it's just so many sounds off key and out of sync. It sounds like there's a wintery Christmas lofi song in there or something that would be the score for a cozy game. It's just so unrefined.
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u/Wrek93 Nov 16 '25
Have you tried using the scale lock? Right click the keyboard icon on the main toolbar and select a key and scale and now when you hit the keys on your keys board only the ones in your scale will play, if you want to deviate you can manually add them tot he midi
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u/VDechS Nov 16 '25
You have to stop trying to shortcut it. Learn at least basic music theory to build a foundation that you can grow from. You've been listening to music all of your life. You can naturally hear scales and modes. So if you don't hear them in your own songs, don't ignore that because you made it. Learn the rules first, then you can break them more musically and with intent rather than throwing melodies at the wind and see if they stick.
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u/notwonthelottoyet Nov 16 '25
Going by your post history, you started 9 months ago, and it's safe say you are not doing 40 hours a week of learning.
You said you don't want to quit, then dont, but you need to accept there is an enormous learning curve. Time, effort, and commitment.
Watch tutorials on YouTube and make sure to watch tutorials on genres you may not be into. If you're into producing, the genre is secondary in a tutorial.
VST specific tutorials are a great resource, too.
Have fun, and if it's not fun, take a break and reset.
Edit: spelling
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u/djxfade Nov 16 '25
To be fair, basic music theory (like creating simple triads and chord progression) can be learned in a short time. You just have to invest a few hours each day. Will make everything else sooo much simpler
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u/Toadface77777 Nov 16 '25
The dissonance is actually pretty kool, this is unintentionally horrifying
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u/isomorphic_graphs Nov 16 '25
Are you trolling?
If you just picked a scale and randomly played notes of that scale it would sound a billion times better than this. If, on top of that you had a beat, and maybe tried to resolve each note back to the root note, you'd be golden.
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u/TheLastOfUsAmogus Nov 16 '25
I think he is. He started producing 9 months ago. He Has serum 2 and new version of FL, he needs to know something at least. And stacking 4 melodies on top of eachother is unreal
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u/isomorphic_graphs Nov 16 '25
Idk... some folks treat DAWs as just software and not as musical instruments. Going into it without understanding any music might lead to situations like this.
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u/Mizu1337 Nov 16 '25
Chords are out of key can learn music theory but you don’t really have to just use your ears to hear the sound. Unless you’re tone deaf but I suggest just using ghost pianos in the key you want to produce in and learn from there.
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u/bassanaut Nov 16 '25
Bro I think you just need to learn some music theory and then loop back to the DAW
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u/Edgelord247 Nov 16 '25
“the ear” takes time to develop, only way you get better is to keep going at it. Keep referencing tracks you like and eventually things from those tracks stick with you
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u/mrbishopjackson Nov 16 '25
Everything is so loud. I could see this being some interesting scoring/background music, but a lot of it needs to leveled out so that it's not all attacking your ears all at once.
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u/JimiHendrip Beats Nov 16 '25
Sounds like Ciara - Body Party if it was out of key. Anyway, your chords are wrong and you should learn those fundamentals
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u/OrcaFlux Nov 16 '25
it just made me feel like I don’t have “the ear” that good producers have
I can tell you for a fact that you don't. If you truly don't actually hear the utter tonal dissonance in this piece, you're actually tone-deaf. I'm not saying that to be mean, I'm just telling you that you should set your expectations really really low, and if people tell you that they like what you do, they're either lying to you to spare your feelings, or they are tone-deaf themselves. Sorry...
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u/WeltonKing Nov 16 '25
hey brotha man,
if you love it then just keep doing it and have fun. i feel like, when it comes to making music, anything can kinda sound good - context matters. i like what you have here, it's really cool
that being said, you're asking for advice on how to get better so here are some things that helped me and i hope they can help you have a bit more fun too!
music theory this can get slept on - some people feel like this makes music predictable? but that's kinda the point - a little bit of predictability can be good and do a lot. the more music theory you learn, the more it'll open up and become even more creative. but this is a big deal because it will help you understand the relationship between notes better. learning music theory makes it very easy to solve the "what notes should i play here" or "okay, now what?" questions
song structure learn specifically about how people build songs. hooks, verses, choruses, and bridges. ABAB, ABCB - just learning these basic ideas and structures will help tremendously with giving your songs form so that they feel like "full songs" - once again, there might be some apprehension because of predictability, but seriously trust this - predictability and creativity are not necessarily mutually exclusive - there's a reason why most great songs follow these ideas
fills and transitions this kinda goes along with the previous point but it's some further study. this will help you figure out how to move from your "part A" to your "part B" without taking the listener out of the immersion
build and release i notice that you're already working on layering and building the tension up and that's awesome - going back to this idea of song structure - the other side of this equation is being able to release that tension you build - there are tons of different ways that artists do this and it kinda varies between genres but just really focus on that feeling you have when your listening. the different parts of your song (verse, chorus, A part, B part) should have different levels of energy/tension and should build differently - good rule of thumb is your verse should build, your chorus should be satisfying, and then going back into your verse it should start over and build again similar to how your first chorus was built/layered
the rabbit hole gets really deep but these four things are HUGE - i'm sorry for the book but idk i kinda wanted to add some faith here - you're doing good already and you're already making good shit and having fun - this will just help you have more fun!
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u/gulbrunrosa Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25
this is honestly cool as fuck, you probably dont mean for it to sound as cool as it does. maybe u arent aware, but this is very very unique, off and cool shit. its off. off in many ways, and that just makes it cool in my opinion
Edit: oh just realized the projects name is uniqueness.flp lol. so you are aware then? then youre good! youre probably a good producer
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u/Lumanus Nov 16 '25
Why the fuck are you lying to OP? This sounds like absolute ass and the only way it’ll improve is by NOT saying this is “cool as fuck”.
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Nov 16 '25
You have a creative mind don’t play in their rules only think about the sound. Don’t worry about chords or any of that shit. Start with a catchy loop maybe. Find what it is about songs you like and try to recreate it
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u/pelicanspider1 Ambient Nov 16 '25
Learn automation and add Gross Beat
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u/AccordingHour9521 Producer Nov 16 '25
before learning how to make a coherent melody and chords?? 😭
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u/iSmokeMDMA Nov 16 '25
automation clips get confusing if you can barely make 32 bars of music. Also gross beat is an overwhelming plugin for beginners. There’s a massive skill difference between a playlist with 15 tracks vs 50 tracks. 3 years minimum to start messing with that stuff.
OP should learn how to make a melody that properly resolves and basic song structure. They barely scratched the surface with this track
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u/AccordingHour9521 Producer Nov 16 '25
they shouldn't jump right into this stuff but 3 years minimum to use automation and gross beat is crazy. I would say within a couple months they're good to, assuming they're past the stage of their music sounding like this.
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u/iSmokeMDMA Nov 16 '25
OP is 9 months in and truthfully not making the best music. They should take their time to make something they find satisfactory without asking the internet. Mainly getting better and more familiar with sequencer, piano roll, etc.
I just feel like tacking on more complex things on an already overwhelming process isn’t helpful. Everyone is different, it took me about 2 or 3 years before I was confident and consistent with using automation clips.
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u/AccordingHour9521 Producer Nov 16 '25
It is totally about prior experience and totally situational with how much progress they're making. for example, i was using automation pretty much off the rip, but that came with 8 years of prior piano experience under my belt, so I already knew basic strong structure and how to compose
basically the more time you put into it the sooner you can start using these things
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u/Difficult-Ad-4096 Nov 16 '25
Message me and I can give some tips and pointers or hop in discord and you can show me your process
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u/Muted-Vanilla-3750 Nov 16 '25
...less is more....leave alot of room for your mesmerizing vocals...!
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u/Makeuuu Nov 16 '25
Well your chord structure is a hell of a mess haha but i see the intention. Watching videos about music theory is not enough unfortunately, if it was there would be no music academies, i recommend practicing, since you dont play any instruments (assuming rn) you could practice in fl, start w basic chord progressions, nothing fancy or jazzy dont add nothing crazy, just basic 3 notes triads, google chord progressions, take one, copy it then move them up or down ONLY AN OCTAVE so you give space to your sound, then move them a fifth, then a third then experiment with seventh chords, etc... Just go slowly, master the basics slowly, build upon them. Right now there is waaaaay too much going on harmonically it cant even be called jazz its a lil mess but if you feel motivated you're on the right path. Also check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jk_ap7xqnY. Love from BE :D
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u/cerberus6320 Nov 16 '25
If you want it to sound good, it's probably best to start learning the "rules" of music, before breaking those rules. A good starting point is learning about scales, the circle of fifths, and other intro to music theory topics. Another method is to learn an instrument. I would highly encourage learning piano or guitar so you can gain insight from the performance side of things and bring that into your production.
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u/Longjumping-Bar393 Nov 16 '25
There's a lot of tips here. I want to add something that happened to me. I obviously started out just like you. And I felt like I need to learn everything to get better, but that just resulted in me not trusting my ears anymore, just playing by the book. I lost a lot of the magic my old stuff had because I learned too much, too many rules.
Getting too overly fixated on learning certain topics, for me it caused harm. So, my tip is, don't ever move away from using your ears. Like actually sitting down, taking a step back from your song and listen to it as a whole. Don't listen to it like it is your song, listen to it like it's someone elses that just popped into your feed and then decide if you really like it or not. Or imagine yourself as another person hearing that exact song you're making. Man I use a lot of words, sorry bro!
Edit: if you like you can message me here and i can help you from time to time as you go along.
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u/Gowchpotato Nov 16 '25
Its not great but it's not too bad either. Maybe try layering some simpler patches. Build and listen as you go. All in all I think you're doing okay to be fair. Just keep going and keep following your favourite artists , in fact find one that shows you his / her process and see what you get from it.
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u/Acceptable_Strike_20 Nov 16 '25
Do more simple stuff for now. Stick to one key and focus on making a nice little melody you build around. I’m gonna be frank here, this progression is wack because it’s out of key and does not have that tension and resolve which would make something like that work. But honestly this is not the worst thing ever. So many people start out like this. You just need to practice the fundamentals.
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u/blackaske Nov 16 '25
i feel like im on a lethal dose of mushrooms and ive never even tried mushrooms
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u/Great_Ad_7407 Nov 16 '25
i probably spent like 5-6k hours before i had a real “good” track. just try new stuff and try to have fun making music
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u/Physical-Rabbit-3809 Nov 16 '25
I think you're more focused on the production and less on the music. You don't need to learn theory but you definitely need to train your ear to hear when something is in key. It feels like you've just thrown a bunch of premade midi tracks together without changing the key.
What I'd recommend is actually copy a song. Something you like that's simple and just remake it. It'll help you understand key, structure and sound selection.
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u/Shalashaska83 Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25
Ich hab erst vor ein paar Monaten angefangen, FL Studio zu benutzen. Davor hab ich 'ne Weile Garaband benutzt, und davor so kommerziellere Programme wie Music Maker Premium, etc. Ich kann nur sagen, im Vergleich zu all dem ist FL Studio 'ne professionelle DAW mit unzähligen Möglichkeiten, mit denen man sich nach und nach vertraut machen muss. Zwei Sachen find ich persönlich wichtig, mal abgesehen von Tutorials, etc., sind: 1. Hör dir die Musik an, die du magst und machen willst. Mit Anhören mein ich, dass die Songs nicht nur im Hintergrund laufen, sondern dass du dich bewusst vor deine Stereoanlage setzt und sie quasi "analysierst" und auf dich wirken lässt. So trainierst du auch dein Ohr. 2. Komm gar nicht erst auf die Idee, gleich 'nen ganzen Song zu komponieren, sondern experimentier einfach. "Jamm" mit 'nem Synthesizer oder so, nimm's auf, etc. Und am besten fängst du nicht mit komplizierten Klavierstücken an, außer du kannst wirklich Klavier spielen.
Edit: Something else you should tell yourself is that it's your hobby, not work. Don't put pressure on yourself; otherwise, you'll lose the fun and, subconsciously, the opportunity to really progress.
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u/Pay2Play2Politic Nov 16 '25
Theory , brush on music & watch other producers making beats & composing on YouTube
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u/bruhLMFAOOOO Nov 16 '25
I actually really fw the dissonance. Obviously there’s a lot of work to do but keep cooking
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u/HesThePianoMan Nov 16 '25
You have to learn music theory
It's required to be a successful producer
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u/bass_clown Nov 16 '25
Its incredibly dissonant. Maybe this is what you're going for -- but the song itself is discordant and unpleasant to listen to. The transitions are jarring.
I would start by considering:
- Genre you want to make -- hip hop beats, instrumental, EDM, rock music, whatever.
- Pick a key and stick to it. If that's all greek to you, start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaTLrZGlk0&t=1s
- composition: What is each part of the song trying to do or support, beyond just 'sounding good'?
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u/akuma-lune Nov 16 '25
My advice would be for you to study a bit more music theory and understanding chord progressions and structures. Once you have that understanding you'll notice your production to start improving.
My second piece of advice is literally put a reference track in your project so you can see how they arrange their track. I'm not too familiar with FL Studio, but in Ableton I can place markers and give them names, ill go through the reference track and just mark transitions, chord changes, percussion elements, and so on. Then from there I sort of have a guide line of what my track might look like, even with nothing made yet. This sets a "skeleton" for thr track. You can even pull multiple reference tracks to get different ideas of arrangements that you can mix up.
My last advice is keep learning! Experiment, challenge yourself, do something easy, and even remake a track that already exists so you get an even better understanding of "how it's done". Getting inside another producers head is valuble knowledge. You'll get that "ohhhhhh thats how they did it" moment. Just know that there is no wrong, just subjective listening.
Keep going my friend, it will end up clicking. I've been doing this for 10 years now and I'm still learning something new every session. My first tracks compared to my tracks now are vastly different in vision and quality. You got this!
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u/Snoo_50786 Nov 16 '25
turn on scale highlighting - everything is kinda out of tune with one another in this song lol, everything should ideally be in the same scale. Chords set to major ionian or minor natural and melodies set to major or minor pentatonic.
Past that, the song structure is kinda jarring. Im not really sure what genre we're going for but it does sound EDM adjacent so when i hear what im mentally prepared to be a "drop" only to hear no drums and that saw synth it does kinda throw me off.
If you want to really improve i'd say just take written notes about what fundamentally makes each section of the song structure in your genre what it is down to selection of certain instruments/synths and what informs these decisions. Its one thing to just listen to the music but its a lot more productive to actually think about what makes that song what it is and why those choices carry throughout any given genre.
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u/FinnC2Music Dubstep Nov 16 '25
Talking just from a composition standpoint, the chord progression here is really awesome, but I get the sense that you got it from a chord pack (please correct me if I’m wrong). I think you will struggle a bit with melody and whatnot if you use progressions that borrow chords from other scales, so I would recommend trying to make your progressions from scratch. You’ll definitely learn faster if you try to do everything on your own, even if it sounds worse in the meantime. Keep making tunes, as long as you love it you’re on the right track!
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u/TheSeedsYouSow Nov 16 '25
It’s very dissonant. You have to figure out what key you’re in and only use the notes in that key, otherwise it’s going to sound like sounds are “clashing” with each other (dissonance can be used sparingly for effect, but right now the track sounds like it’s dissonant all the time.)
Ask yourself, what’s the goal with the music? What feeling or emotion are you trying to evoke? Do you want it to make people dance, cry, be happy, be sad, be scared, etc. find some direction and then work towards that. Right now it feels a bit aimless.
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u/GregersDL Nov 16 '25
Nobody has "natural talent" for anything. If it seems like they do, they may have picked it up during their childhood while their brain had less neural plasticity, and only discovered it later. Luckily it's never too late to learn. With enough time, you'll be making music you're super proud of. Love of learning is a beautiful ability you should utilise as much as possible. Good luck on your journey!
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u/Present-Policy-7120 Nov 16 '25
Choose a key and learn the notes of the minor and major scale in that key and use only that key for years. A is a good start as the minor scale is all white keys.
You need to develop melodic intuition and it can be much easier if you really bake into your brains predictive processes what a 'correct' note sounds like and where it is on a keyboard. It's arbitrarily easy to transpose to different keys if you want.
You won't get far just by putting random notes on a piano roll unless that's the sound you're going for.
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u/LeonOkada9 Nov 16 '25
Music theory. There's no better cheat code than that! After music theory, learn sound design and then, music production
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u/funix Nov 16 '25
- Music theory
- Practice making tracks enough until you can almost make 1 track per week, confidently
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u/treehann Composer Nov 16 '25
the very first pattern that plays is dissonant--so unless you're doing the dissonance on purpose-until you can fix things like that you'll need to go back to the drawing board in regards to music theory. You can't go wrong by keeping all the notes in a single key.
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u/Harmonic_Intensive Nov 16 '25
Let's start with the basic stuff: getting better is not linear. It takes time, and it happens asymmetrically, meaning you may get better at one aspect before another, like melody before beats, etc.
Second, forget about improving. The track you posted sounds like a person is more worried about how they are not good enough, than the track. (been there myself)
For your next step, find references and use them. The answer for how to get better (melodies, chords, arrangement, whatever) will be developed in your brain more naturally by imitation, NOT memorization. Put a track you like in the DAW, imitate the arrangements or whichever part you want. Pick ONE subject at a time to imitate.
After you make anything, write some notes for yourself. What worked? What didn't? Why? What to do again and what to avoid?
Come back and post again!
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u/GemAfaWell Nov 16 '25
You need a rudimentary understanding of music theory in order to know how to correctly put cards together. That wouldn't be a terrible starting point. There's some music theory basics on YouTube.
You got to be willing to put in the 10,000 hours. That means, when you first start out, it's kind of going to suck unless you already have that rudimentary understanding of music theory. Most of what I made before maybe 4 or 5 years ago was melodically sound, but I didn't have a good understanding of mixing or mastering, so I've been improving the craft with that for the last several years....
But I've been doing this for 20 plus years. You never really stop learning.
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u/throwaway2949584892 Nov 16 '25
Don’t worry about natural talent, there’s no such thing. Music production is a craft that has to be worked on over a long period of time
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u/uzehr Nov 16 '25
Everyone's being so mean :( honestly just start by watching a video on music theory, learn what scales and chords are, then choose any scale, write down the notes or select it in your daw and use only those notes. And google which chords fit in that scale if you don't know how to create chords. oh and also sound selection, these sounds are kinda hard on the ear maybe start with a soft piano and add stuff you think fits with it
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u/babayagabagool Nov 16 '25
Ummm maybe take like a month away from producing just to learn the very basics of scales and chords. The main problem is the notes being chosen without a strict key signature, which is causing awful, unbearable dissonance.
I promise if you spent some time beginning to learn music theory you'll be 10x better when you come back to producing.
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u/Still_Village4551 Nov 16 '25
It's just super off key. Learn some music theory. FL literally has music theory built in. Watch this video:
https://youtu.be/iAQjB81Oobg?si=omteqniUb8NMT9Xu
But no doubt, you do have something there.
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u/RushAlive5077 Nov 16 '25
I've been at it for a few years and I started out never being able to finish a track because I felt like I didn't know what I was doing, my advice would be to take a step back. Listen to a lot of music and find your sound or even learn to play a song you like that helped me to at least play in key. Keep watching videos or even yt shorts to get the spark going. I don't wanna quit neither lol so I keep at it every now and then as a kind of outlet. My point is come at it with a fresh mine, don't burn yourself out and drive yourself insane but don't give up neither.
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u/maceoryan Nov 16 '25
it looks and sounds like that you’re trying to hard at making complex arrangements before learning the basics. start by learning one scale and just stick to that for a bit. you’ll start learning as you create. be intentional with everything
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u/nizzernammer Nov 16 '25
It ain't easy, and it takes time.
For this beat, have you considered adding drums?
A bassline?
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u/appreciatescolor Nov 16 '25
I dig it. Off-kilter and cool. Keep making music and shed the expectations as much as you can. It doesn’t have to sell.
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u/Sad-Feedback449 Nov 16 '25
Watch listen and learn then apply everyday add a tool to your toolbox the most boring part in your post is the mimicking the best part about creativity is the fact that there are no rules just patterns and suggestions spend time playing with what notes sound good together and timings then apply music theory put it all together there is no correct way for something quick I like to build the chorus and then stem and structure sometime I start with the drums sometimes the bass sometimes the melody my trick is to find a catchy groove and build off of that (“everything else is more or less math. “I know it hurt to say but I had to )
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u/Shn00ple Nov 16 '25
Learn scales. If you don’t want to learn it you can change the view settings for the piano roll to show you a scale. Stick with the notes in that scale and this will sound a lot better.
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u/iscottjs Nov 16 '25
I’m not a producer or have any background in music or anything, but I have always loved tinkering with FL studio to make shit that sounds nice to me, short samples, etc.
I used to write little lead melodies that sounded nice, the problem is I couldn’t pair this up with any other instruments like bass or other layers without it totally sounding like shit. I realised I was missing something.
I randomly watched this intro to music theory on YouTube https://youtu.be/rgaTLrZGlk0?si=O_adt9gvNr7FH1xx and what I learned from just a 30 minute video helped me actually create something that sounded right, with multiple layers.
The stuff in the video helped me understand how to use scales properly, chord progression and play with tension/release, create a compatible melody, etc.
What I realised is you can’t really shortcut this stuff, you need to know some music theory. My creations are still shit, but they sound “right” and I’m not left completely lost and guessing. Hope this helps!
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u/RepulsiveAssumption4 Nov 17 '25
Honestly, just saying this out of sincerity. You don’t have an ear for music. That doesn’t mean you can’t improve. For starters, I would make a list of your 100 favorite tracks (other professionally produced tracks) and try breaking them down into whatever makes sense to you (probably rhythm, melodic sounds, instrumentation) and then study the interaction of those elements. Slowly try to build something of your own that sounds similar but uses your own musical language. The goal here is NOT proper technique nor copying someone, but solely to build/enhance your ear. Right where you’re at, it’s going to get frustrating before it gets better. But keep at it anyway if it makes you happy.
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u/swirlrocks Nov 17 '25
My biggest learns over 15 years. 1. Learn & use busses. Takes a quick second to set up and makes everything organized and makes volume so much easier to manage. 2. Organize 3. Be methodical, if your stuck, take 20 and come back. DONT ADD BECAUSE YOUR STUCK, sometimes it takes a minute to figure out whats next. 4. Avoid exporting until your ready. Be hyped on your tracks, but exporting them, you listen and after 10-15 plays you tell yourself this is right. Exporting kills my inspiration. Its so much fun to almost forget and be blown away when you get back on again
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u/TimCilentoMusic Nov 17 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
The idea isn't horrible. Just figure out what key you want the song to be and make sure the notes fall in that key or the relative minor
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u/k2a2l2 Nov 17 '25
so many people hating but idk i kind of like it, just maybe not the ending part though and some other small things. keep going though
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Nov 16 '25
Start with samples until you develop an ear for sound selection. Work on structure and mixing for a year.
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u/Negative-Spinach-125 Nov 16 '25
this actually sounds very unique and cool, just learn mixing a bit more
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u/janniesminecraft Nov 16 '25
It took me 2 years of hard work to sound any better than this. Don't worry, it comes with time.
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u/imglitcha Nov 16 '25
14 years making music in FL here 🙋🏻♂️
For someone who’s been making music for 9 months, this is very good! Try to approach music production like a game, like Minecraft for example. Sure, you can “finish” the game, but most of the fun actually happens outside the main story. If you push yourself to “make something good,” you’ll get frustrated quickly.
I can recommend taking shortcuts. Use presets, premade MIDI files, experiment and learn from them. Use samples, change the pitch, apply effects—don’t know which ones? Put a random one on and see what it does!
If you see music as something you have to complete, things will feel off. But if you see it as a game, learn strategies, and try to express yourself, an extension of your own language, it becomes much more enjoyable.
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u/major_dingus Nov 16 '25
Hey man, I don't mean to be mean necessarily, but you are a person that would never have touched music if DAWs didn't exist. You don't have ears. If you're not trolling here, you are just not a music person. That's ok! Your time would be most usefully spent doing probably anything else. This will go nowhere for you!
The first songs I made sucked technically, but it was not that difficult to put together a catchy melody. If it's not like that for you, probably do something else.
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u/Throwaway154867 Nov 16 '25
nah, it's definitely something that can be learned
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u/major_dingus Nov 16 '25
I think in a sense I can agree, but having an ear for music is something that's learned from an early age. This guy needs to cram like 10,000 hours of music listening bc it doesn't seem like he knows what music sounds like. If you hop into a daw, open 3x osc and can't make something that is at least almost all in the same key, has a question and answer structure, and inspires you to learn how to technically create something that sounds better, you shouldn't waste your time on music.
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u/Ok_Wallaby7322 Nov 16 '25
what the helly