What Are You Currently Working On? Options

[Gabriel Leopardi]

Hello guys! This thread is to invite everybody connected (those who usually participate of the forum and also the new ones or those who are a bit shy) to tell me what you are working on right and also to give you some help if it's needed.

We can use this thread, my personal board and also GMC Chat to work on the things that are locking you.

so the question is:

What are you currently working on?

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[Gabriel Leopardi]

I'm trying to compose I guess kinda. I love watching everyone who takes songs and remakes them with their own spin/sound to them. So I've been trying to do this myself with simpler songs and in the process it's helping my ears greatly if I must add. I seem to be playing better overall since I've started attempting little clips. (Amature ) But I've been making things quite a bit longer lately and taking the time to note down lyrics to chords and then hitting up the scale generator to see what scales I can use to play over it.

2 Months ago was this , Mad World took the modern version of Gary Julez.
https://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/mad-junk-test/s-DFjOV

1 Month ago , You're Beautiful - James Blunt
https://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/pretty/s-SxtUp

1 Month ago , Apologize - One Republic
https://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/apologize_b-d/s-DAcmj

Currently, I've been working on Let It Go - Frozen (Movie)
https://soundcloud.com/spasemoonkey/let-it-gotracking-test

And yes Gab, since you added drums to my one Creative Lesson, I started to try to do mine own also!

Great job man! You are right, this is a very good training for your ears and in the end, you are also training your composition and arranging abilities. It's also great to know that you are slowly starting to add drums and other instruments to your track.

I would work deeper over these ideas to get more complete mixes. I mean, I would try to make it sound as a real band, adding bass, drums, other instruments, work on arrange, mix and mastering.

Maybe a good motivation could be setting some goals like uploading videos to youtube with your versions, starting a bandcamp or something like that.

What do you think?

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[SpaseMoonkey]

Great job man! You are right, this is a very good training for your ears and in the end, you are also training your composition and arranging abilities. It's also great to know that you are slowly starting to add drums and other instruments to your track.

I would work deeper over these ideas to get more complete mixes. I mean, I would try to make it sound as a real band, adding bass, drums, other instruments, work on arrange, mix and mastering.

Maybe a good motivation could be setting some goals like uploading videos to youtube with your versions, starting a bandcamp or something like that.

What do you think?

My current one (Let It Go - Frozen) Is kind of a demo to learn the song. I have a ton of work involved right now (15+ hours). I made a cheat sheet giving me lyrics and chord changes, listed the key I'm using which is F Minor, and that I clocked the tempo in around 137 bpm. Also have a section which I'm working on now that I'm going to try and get some arpeggios and tapping added in that blend well with each other. Just trying to go outside of my normal skill this way it forces me to practice pieces. Plus it's musical so it doesn't have that typical practice feel.

After all that I will more than likely try and write the drums and scratch the original backtrack, from there I may add just a simple bass line. Then the guitar will be last. Which I will have to work on tones at that point also.

I know this is a huge step out of what I normally do. But every little bit of progress I make all I can do is sit there and smile. Because I am so proud of myself for making these kind of accomplishments.

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