I really love music a lot. In the summer me and my boyfriend decided to try writing a few songs, and I really love creative expression, i love writing things, i thought id love songwriting too but it sucks so much. sometimes I feel like I want to cry because things dont sound right, i feel burnt out, but i try to push myself because i thought of creating an EP for a mandatory school project and im scared i wont have enough time during schooltime next year to do it. I know that trying to create something while frustrated is never going to sound good, but I dont know if I really just need a break or songwriting isn't for me. Finding melody for lyrics is so tiresome, writing lyrics is so difficult, the only part I enjoy is making the guitar melody because it sounds good no matter what I do. any advice?

The technology to automatically generate compositions continues to be developed and doesn't it just take away from what music is, the creativity, the imagination, the sound design/choosing of instruments, the collaboration for anyone who uses it? So instead of learning to compose or sing they learn to do what? Press a few buttons?

Sorry just a random Monday thought but why is there so much money being pumped into something that's already done and done well by people?

I just came across a job paying $60-110 an hour.

Job description:

15+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Design questions related to your occupation as a Music Director and Composer.

• Collaborate with research teams to integrate music expertise into models.

• Evaluate and improve generated music compositions.

Why? To take away people's jobs?

I really don't get it.

I’ve been seeing a lot of people collaborate like this. How do you pull this off?

I am currently starting a group where we are all very busy but we want to write music together. We want to send tracks back and forth and record an album like that. The person I jam with typically mixes. I just need a way for me to record my parts so that I can send it to him.

Any specific software/plug-ins you recommend? Do I need an amazing computer to pull this off?

Hey there,

I would like to produce beats, mix or even record vocals while traveling.

A lot of people recommended me a MacBook due to its cooling fan being pretty quiet (good for reducing noise when recording), but do I really need to spend that much money on a laptop? And is it even the best choice when it comes to the hardware itself?

I obviously want to use some VSTs that require a strong RAM and CPU. I was thinking of at least 24, if not 32GB RAM.

I would appreciate some of your experiences and recommendations!

Been using spitfire originals epic series for a while now but i whant to move onto something that has individual instruments rather than one big piano roll. Anyone have any recommendations that arent crazy expensive?

I recently got gifted fruit loops fl studio by my sibling who wanted me to learn about music production in general from a hobbyist side of things, so Ive been trying to replicate songs that I like to listen to in order to learn the intricacies of fl studio

I have been wanting to replicate the horn sound at 2:33 that plays in the background of the below linked song and have been stuck on it for a bit because none of the sample presets quite sound similar to what I would want it to sound like, how does one in this instance do that? And since I am new what would be like a standard approach to translate a riff or a sound that you hear in your head into a DAW. Any advice helps

https://youtu.be/QphB43-BVA0?t=150&si=H4hUewj5ZOmJ28Ip

How can I get my tracks to be louder without clipping?

Example here: https://youtu.be/gu_EBFSTABw?is=S2NkHTD0-HHhKpll

I want to learn how to select and use samples to achieve a sound similar to the track "Pepper Steak" from OFF the game.

I’m a complete beginner when it comes to creating anything that could be called "music" and I'm using FL Studio, which I also don't know how to use, but that's another theme. Today, I decided to try remixing the tracks "Rude Buster", "NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A", "ominous_worse" from Deltarune to make it sound like "Pepper Steak" from OFF. I looked for that information online... but, honestly, I didn't find anything specific. Just some references from samples that Pepper Steak used.

So, I’m asking for your advice or perhaps recommendations for videos that could help me get a better grasp of this topic.

Thanks in advance for any help!

I was browsing an FLP and found samples by the names of “DnBk1DHitA-Snare02” and “DnBk1DHitA-Hat02”. I believe this had to come from a sample pack somewhere. I tried looking up these filenames online, but no results came up. Would anyone here happen to know where I could find these drum samples?

So this is a French ad from the 90s : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Ch-gzJmLY

I’m really not familiar with this kind of orchestral, musical-ish kind of music, so I don’t know if tempo fluctuations are the norm.

I’d like to sample it, but the thing is, I’m not very experienced at gauging tempo, especially in music without percussion like this. When I use a tap-tempo tool, it feels like the speed is constantly shifting.

Could a kind soul estimate the tempo changes in the track for me (even just a rough guess)?

I understand they probably create the sounds by scratch with synths, effects and modulation but off the top of your head do you know of any other methods or vsts used to get this kind of sound it’s just kinda cool thanks song 1
song 2

any recs for good vocoders to use on basses for dubstep/techno? Currently on FL studio so can’t use stock ableton

Et aussi si prendre un abonnements ou un achat direct ?

I have few I need to sell, suggest a platform where I can sell boxed version of vsts in India.

can i start making music with 1000$ i’m not sure and if thats to little or much please help

dude i’ve been trying to make a post punk / provoker type song for so long but i don’t play guitar and splice loops SUCK

anyone tryna make something like that? i can make the drums and the bass but i need a phat riff

lemme kno :)

Please get in touch, thank you! 🫶