Just released my first pony song.

[SuperUltimateBrony 351]

You can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkBW1WccUSE

 

I whipped it up in ten minutes. I'm very new at this but I'm aspiring to be a brony musician so any feedback/criticism is appreciated.

[PlunderSteed 1,252]

I whipped it up in ten minutes. I'm very new at this but I'm aspiring to be a brony musician so any feedback/criticism is appreciated.

 

Not a bad start.  It's definitely a good idea to experiment with your gear, so you can get an idea of what it can do, and how you might be able to use it most effectively.  You seem to be doing a lot of this, and it'll be cool to see what you can do with it in a more structured song.

 

What equipment/software did you use for this?

[longgone 873]

The main think I realized (might just be me) is that I can't really find a beat to it.

 

However, you managed to get farther than I could, so for that I applaud you

[SuperUltimateBrony 351]

Not a bad start.  It's definitely a good idea to experiment with your gear, so you can get an idea of what it can do, and how you might be able to use it most effectively.  You seem to be doing a lot of this, and it'll be cool to see what you can do with it in a more structured song.

 

What equipment/software did you use for this?

 

I used Audacity for the fast pitch. I got the music from Mixcraft 6 but my trial version expired so I can't use that anymore. I just put the two songs I made in this one video. Originally, the video was over 2:30. But, with the increase in speed, it shortened.

[Zygen 6,066]

Well its cool and all, I'm a musician, but I just play music not make it .

However to be honest it feels kinda, almost to fast maybe? Or it might be it just feels like nothing stays around for very long, Plus it feels like a bunch of different sounds played very fast and then transitioned into the next. It doesn't really have many times where it feels like much is playing more then one thing.

 

I think i'd like it more if you had a part where something stuck around a little longer, and you have a bunch of different stuff put together on top of each other instead of not having very long at all to even notice each effect that comes up.

Or maybe it could even use more background stuff, and still have the whole feature of different stuff.

 

Then again, I'm not really sure this is just a listener's perspective, I don't really know much about actually writing music like I said, just playing it(And even then I play trumpet so. .)

[SuperUltimateBrony 351]

The main think I realized (might just be me) is that I can't really find a beat to it.

 

However, you managed to get farther than I could, so for that I applaud you

 

Yeah. I was afraid of that. There's really no beat. But with DJ-PON3, most of the music is loud techno. I tried to interpret that a bit. And it's really tough. I don't have good programs like FL Studio or Cubase so I make do with what I can with Audacity. It's a bit of a drawback but the more I do, the better I'll get. (Hopefully.)

 

Well its cool and all, I'm a musician, but I just play music not make it .

However to be honest it feels kinda, almost to fast maybe? Or it might be it just feels like nothing stays around for very long, Plus it feels like a bunch of different sounds played very fast and then transitioned into the next. It doesn't really have many times where it feels like much is playing more then one thing.

 

I think i'd like it more if you had a part where something stuck around a little longer, and you have a bunch of different stuff put together on top of each other instead of not having very long at all to even notice each effect that comes up.

Or maybe it could even use more background stuff, and still have the whole feature of different stuff.

 

Then again, I'm not really sure this is just a listener's perspective, I don't really know much about actually writing music like I said, just playing it(And even then I play trumpet so. .)

 

The sad part is that I don't play an instrument so I need to use break beats. I don't know many pony musicians who do that. I'm not sure if I could do what you asked with Audacity. I'll have to play around with it a bit more.

[Zygen 6,066]

 

 

The sad part is that I don't play an instrument so I need to use break beats. I don't know many pony musicians who do that. I'm not sure if I could do what you asked with Audacity. I'll have to play around with it a bit more.

I don't really know what that is to be honest(That might give you an idea that I don't really know anything about music making)

Audacity isn't really the most amazing music making program in the world for sure, but i'm sure there are a few things you can do maybe, just experiment around, thats what I do when I can't find how to get something to work in a program .

 

Good luck!

[Yourmomsponies 444]

There Isn't musch of any beat to it, so it seems like you lost the tempo and went nuts. Also Techno is usually layered alot more so you don't get spots with super heavy bass and no bass at all.

Not a bad start though I'm sure my attempt would make ears bleed.

Edited December 24, 2012 by yourmomsponies

[Bruno © 125]

Awesome, i really wanted to make brony music, but i never knew where to start from, some people told me to use FL studio, but it seems too complex to starters like you and me, and i don't really know how to use audacity.

Edited December 24, 2012 by Bruno

[SuperUltimateBrony 351]

Awesome, i really wanted to make brony music, but i never knew where to start from, some people told me to use FL studio, but it seems too complex to starters like you and me.

 

Not only that, but it's very expensive. If I had $200+ to shell out to buy that program I would. Maybe I'll sell my music online. (Only joking)

 

You can make brony music. I look at it like this, if Mandopony, MicTheMicrophone, and TheLivingTombstone were able to rise to success making pony music, why can't we? We aren't different.

 

Just keep going toward your dreams and nothing can stop you. It may take a while. But good things are worth waiting for. Good luck (\

[Bruno © 125]

Not only that, but it's very expensive. If I had $200+ to shell out to buy that program I would. Maybe I'll sell my music online. (Only joking)

 

You can make brony music. I look at it like this, if Mandopony, MicTheMicrophone, and TheLivingTombstone were able to rise to success making pony music, why can't we? We aren't different.

 

Just keep going toward your dreams and nothing can stop you. It may take a while. But good things are worth waiting for. Good luck (\

 

 

Yes, that's what suck when we try to start at making music, we don't have many resources, but i will try some free music-making programs in the internet.

 

Well, i am going to try making it right now, let's see what i can do 

[Arkane 270]

YES! I can finally use this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os5TXyJlEMc

 

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On a serious note, FL Studio isnt that hard. You dont have to learn everything what's inside FL in order to make good music. Hell, I dont even know what certain default presets or plugins do.

[Swick (ded) 436]

http://mlpforums.com/topic/41641-a-good-music-composition-program/ That might help. Anyway, I can't give my opinion on your song(My browser dislikes Youtube, and/or whatever you're using to display it) But I can say that you could download the trial for FL Studio, as long as you don't have a reason to load old songs. I think paying for it would be worth the money, though. I think the cheapest version is $99, but it definitely gets the job done. I would probably buy it, but I don't have the money and I only compose on rare occasions when I have nothing to do.But yeah, you might want to take a look at the thread in the link above. Good luck in future songs.