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I'm making a new thread for my songs, as the other one got kind of old
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I still think my compositions will never be great (good, maybe), but they surely aren't the worst out there (I suppose). Then again, I always tend to criticize myself a lot.
Right now, I'm going to post a Mega Man song I've finished today - my first Mega Man song! =D
There are a lot of flaws in it, but I'm sure you people will notice them right away =)
Oh, and I still refuse to read tutorials or make a single cover - should I change that habit?
Anyways, enjoy! (or "enjoy", in another case).
(Ah, it's time to get discouraged).
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[quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]Oh, and I still refuse to read tutorials or make a single cover[/quote][quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]Refuse to make a single [u]cover[/u][/quote]
[quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]I'm going to post a Mega Man song I've finished today - my first Mega Man song![/quote][quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]my first [u]Mega Man song[/u]![/quote]
You do realize you just made a cover (at least I think so. I mean, you said "Mega Man song" ). Also, you should just watch/read a tutorial or start with really simple rhythms.
[quote=PhunkyPotato][quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]Oh, and I still refuse to read tutorials or make a single cover[/quote][quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]Refuse to make a single [u]cover[/u][/quote]
[quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]I'm going to post a Mega Man song I've finished today - my first Mega Man song![/quote][quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]my first [u]Mega Man song[/u]![/quote]
You do realize you just made a cover (at least I think so. I mean, you said "Mega Man song" ).[/quote]
I know nothing about Mega Man or its soundtracks, but I don't think this is a cover, more like an original mimicking the style of Mega Man. That being said, it's close to being a cover... But not quite since it doesn't involve reproducing concrete musical content (note-for-note reproduction).
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Since I don't know what OP means... may I suppose it is directed to me? If that's the case (90% of probabilities), then sorry for being ignorant (?)
And I really appreciate comments that say what I do isn't music. Saying the song is a mess should be enough - I'm far, far away from being talented, so please, don't waste your time making me waste my time reading those kind of things and writing this whole thing up.
If I had good technical skills, my music would be much better - what better way to help me than telling me what I did wrong?
Oh, and I should make covers - I just know my efforts into making them would end up in terrible things (although that's no excuse).
And, for the guy who thinks this is a cover - how could something like this even remotely resemble a great, original song?
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OP means original post/poster, so yeah... I don't think it's ignorance as much as self-restraint. It's one thing to dislike making covers, but another to openly refuse to make any just for the sake of it. Being a perfectionist is no excuse, as you pointed out.
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Ah, okay. I'll start making covers =) I still don't know why I have such an outstanding ignorance, but... I'll take it. (I would be delighted to know more about me and my ignorance). After all, I post in here to know why I'm bad.
So... expect a new post in a few weeks?
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[quote=WakeOfPoseidon2]Ah, okay. I'll start making covers =)[/quote]
Since you've never made covers before, my immediate advice to you, as someone who makes covers 90% of the time, is start with NES-to-NES stuff. Get used to seeing a string of volume values and "translating it" into an instrument; the more you do this, the easier it will become when you don't [i]actually[/i] have access to the values in the native format (say, if you're covering a SNES tune), so you can just hear the target volume envelope and easily replicate it in a FT instrument. That way you can concentrate on copying the music itself, replicating styles and techniques that aren't foreign to the system you're writing for (no headache-inducing problems with how to reduce 8 sample tracks into the 5 default NES APU channels, or whatever).
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Ok, I'll start =) Any recomendations for covers to... well, cover? xD I was thinking of Snake Man's theme... but maybe I should try with something else.
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Well, you're the boss when it comes to that... Whatever you feel is within your reach. Anything from Silver Surfer is probably not a good idea to start with for anyone, but simple stuff like stuff from early games when they didn't use complicated envelopes might be a decent choice. Something like Balloon Fight, Mach Rider or Wrecking Crew, perhaps. But you don't have to limit yourself to this, obviously; those are mere examples.
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