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djgimp
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 2019/11/30 : 23:29:28
I've been a huge fan of this music for 25+ years now. Collecting records and DJing. But now after all this time, I have started producing with a great friend of mine. Been wanting to do this for a long time and it just seems like now, that time is right. We are sticking to the 1995 to 1998 style so far because that's what gives us so much joy. It was an amazing era for us, brings back so many memories and doesn't get the respect it deserves, in my opinion. There's a lot of haters around these days regarding this period in the genre but who cares about them. We weren't all born at the same time. I'm really happy with what we are creating so far, my friend is a becoming a genius and I have a lot of ideas but not much experience in production. The thing is, we're finding it tricky to finish off a track. We must have at least 30 tracks on the go! To get one finished would be amazing, but to get many done would be a dream come true. Do you have any positive advice for us?
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DJ_FunDaBounce
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Colombia
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Posted - 2019/12/01 : 01:27:56
I myself have a lot of unfinished bits in my project folders. What I've learned is that for aprox. every 5 or so "Sketches" (as I call them) I actually finish 1. If you feel you're stuck structure-wise, look for another track similiar to the one you're working on and copy the structure. You'll learn a lot by analizing/re-creating tracks this way.
I personally find myself making intros and outros to the bits/loops I've got going and that usually does the trick.
Aim high but be prepared to make a lot of unfinished stuff.
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LeVzi
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Posted - 2019/12/01 : 10:43:57
Yeah reference tracks, listen to other ones from that era, plenty to choose from, most tracks then were built around a big break, others when the vocals came in were build around that. The best era imo, the golden years of hardcore.
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9oh9
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United Kingdom
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Joined: Jun, 2017
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Posted - 2019/12/01 : 15:30:07
What I found worked for me was setting myself rules: as a new years resolution I chose 12 tracks that I wanted to finish, from god knows how many unfinished projects, and said:
1) I'm not starting anything new, until these 12 tracks are finished.
2) I'm going to work on these one at a time, until each one is done; no skipping between projects.
3) Brexit means brexit done means done, no leaving something and saying "oh I'll tidy it up later".
4) Accept that they don't have to be great works of art; even if I've gone off the idea of the track halfway through, I'm going to finish it.
I started off with the "easier" projects, where I pretty much had a finished track, and just had to add in transition effects/tidy up the mixing. Then I moved onto the more "unfinished" projects, perhaps ones where I was struggling with arrangement. In these cases, I found importing another track and ripping off the structure helped get things moving.
Following this process really helped me, it might work for you. Finishing tracks is a skill in and of itself, keep plugging away at it and it'll get easier, I promise!
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djgimp
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Posted - 2019/12/01 : 16:17:56
Thanks for all the advice guys, it's much appreciated. I'll take it all on board
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htid_4_life
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2019/12/02 : 23:41:55
i'm no expert but as a suggestion, look at the interviews from back then, with them talking about each other's tracks. Slipmatt made points about intense bouncy pianos and cartoon vocals and such talking about tracks from hixxy.
Vinylgroover said if you have an idea stick to it but if the music goes one direction, don't fight it. He also said less is more.
Brisk used to have some production style vids where he explained about his percussion in tracks and how you don't notice it but when he took it away you could tell something was missing.
Sy had a few vids on quosh back in the day too.
personally I loved the 95 - 98 era with some stuff from 99 before it went to shit when it went stale and then with the trance leads. I would love some new/old stuff.
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