What do you think of my theme songs?

[Clover Heart 978]

I'm a Let's Player. A really unknown Let's Player, but a Let's Player nonetheless.

 

So, I would make videos when I had time. Now due to work, my time is very limited, so I need to do all my uploading when I have time off. In order to do that, I had to enable monitization, in order to schedule videos. However, I keep getting flagged for content ID because I use music from the games I play as intros and outros. Which I really liked doing, but not if it's gonna get me in trouble.

 

So, I decided to make my own songs for intros and outros.

 

For the intro, I potentially have one of these songs. It's actually just the same song at two different tempos:

 

https://soundcloud.com/zexonyte/sped-up

 

And for the outro:

 

 

I was kinda going for something that sounded video game-y without being from any game. I wanted the intro to be short. The outro, I'm a little more okay with it being long. Were it not for that, I'd make the longer on the intro, but I think it's asking a bit much for someone to sit for 15 seconds before an episode starts. Especially since I'm trying to gain more viewers. Also, there's a small window of time to get someone's attention before they turn the video off. I think 5 seconds is alright. 15 is pushing it. Especially since Let's Plays are typically watched in tandem. I think it would be annoying to watch an LP where I had to listen to the same 15-second intro over and over when all I want is to get to the next part of the play through.

 

My brother said that the slower intro sounded sorta like EarthBound, which is cool, cuz my username is taken from EarthBound. But the sped up one, I feel, is a bit more video game sounding. Also, it's a bit busy, but I thought that speeding it up made the business work in sounding upbeat, rather than cluttered. Also, shorter, so better.

 

So, I guess, what do you think of my themes? Do they sound like video game music? Do they sound good? Should I head back to the drawing board? What should I change, if anything? Please let me know. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks!

Edited January 6, 2015 by Clover Heart

[Tameless 980]

I listened to all of them and they are wonderful.

 

Personally I like the first one. 

 

Also I have a quick question, how do you make the music? I'm beginning to learn to do music online and I just would like to know the different programs.

[Clover Heart 978]

@, I use Anvil Studio. It basically only does MIDI, so if you're okay with that, then go for it. It's free, so that might be a good starting place. It might also be good for basic composing. You can listen to the music while you're writing it, so it's easy to spot mistakes and things like that. While I was taking music theory in school, though, we used a program called Sibelius. Compared to Anvil, Sibelius is, no doubt, the superior program, but you do have to pay for it. They offer free trial modes, though. However, if your goal is to use either to produce music, well, it's all gonna sound like MIDI, so... yeah. If that's not what you're going for, you might wanna start your own topic and ask people what other music software they use. If you have a Mac, I hear a lot of people are happy with Garage Band. However, I'm unfamiliar with any other programs for making music. Hope this helps!

[Tameless 980]

@, I use Anvil Studio. It basically only does MIDI, so if you're okay with that, then go for it. It's free, so that might be a good starting place. It might also be good for basic composing. You can listen to the music while you're writing it, so it's easy to spot mistakes and things like that. While I was taking music theory in school, though, we used a program called Sibelius. Compared to Anvil, Sibelius is, no doubt, the superior program, but you do have to pay for it. They offer free trial modes, though. However, if your goal is to use either to produce music, well, it's all gonna sound like MIDI, so... yeah. If that's not what you're going for, you might wanna start your own topic and ask people what other music software they use. If you have a Mac, I hear a lot of people are happy with Garage Band. However, I'm unfamiliar with any other programs for making music. Hope this helps!

Thank you so much. I can't wait to get started!!