music i make

Slime · 07-05-2012, 09:54 AM

another thread for me to post random music i make

i made this today:

i just got this orchestral vst (east west quantum leap gold). i have never composed anything orchestral before, and i know like no musical theory... so i dont know what im doing. but it seems fun to attempt making stuff with it, so i'll probably try making more.
biggest thing wrong with this was getting super-loud out of nowhere, not knowing where to go from there, so just ending it ASAP

Janus · 07-05-2012, 11:15 AM

Wow Chris, I didn't know you could compose. This stuff is very well put together, especially for a first attempt. I usually use ESQL Silver, but I own Platinum, just my PC can't handle it. This is very well done, the layers are great and it's very dynamic.

Holmstrom · 07-05-2012, 11:21 AM

amazing

Breed · 07-05-2012, 03:02 PM

you are a talented motherfucker, Lohr.

I'd like to hear this expanded into a full track!

Slime · 07-05-2012, 09:09 PM

thanks guys!

Pizza wanted me to make a theme for his game a few weeks ago, so after that i realized that i should get an orchestral pack. when i made this the only orchestra sounds i had were in an old-school synth pack (but it turned out well IMO and fits more with the sounds the game's composer used):

the main melody is a variation on a motif that the game's composer/artist asked me to include
btw there was an intro but we chopped it off because it should be epic right when the game loads

check out pizza's thread for the trailer and game info: http://3dmm.com/showthread.php?t=44403

Scatterbrain · 07-08-2012, 03:54 PM

love it! (the second one) reminds me of Perfect Dark when the beat kicks in, sorry if that seems like a lazy comparison to you but it really does. the bass and those pad chords with the bells doing the lead melody reminds me a lot of Grant Kirkhope's stuff, so yeah great job! really enjoyed it and look forward to hearing more

Slime · 07-09-2012, 05:37 AM

grant kirkhope is the BEST

Compcat · 07-09-2012, 10:22 AM

man, lohr, stop being so good at music. you make me feel like a retard for even bothering.

Slime · 07-12-2012, 07:06 AM

surfs up dudes (although not really surf)

Nixon · 07-12-2012, 09:59 AM

Sounds awesome man!

Bobby Swisha · 07-14-2012, 12:36 AM

chris can you make a song out of this little bit where he sings about bootymeat?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8C4RDSEBoU&t=10m38s

Breed · 07-14-2012, 01:59 AM

Lohr your quality of production seriously impresses the hell out of me. How did you become so freaking good? Why aren't you producing records? CHRISSSSS

Slime · 07-14-2012, 02:54 AM

haha, thanks! i don't know where to find work really. i need to put together a full demo of my stuff and get it online or something.

br i could make a song out of that but i'll have to be in the mood to

Breed · 07-14-2012, 03:05 AM

I think you should definitely have a portfolio up, somewhere, like bandcamp, or SoundCloud or ANYTHING, just at LEAST leave it up on the off chance somebody finds it and says "HIRE THAT MAN"

James Burgon · 07-14-2012, 01:16 PM

yeah why are you not doing commissioned work?
iPhone games etc. there's a market for it and you can do pretty much anything.
stop being so damn good.

Dr Ashworth · 07-14-2012, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janus

Wow Chris, I didn't know you could compose. This stuff is very well put together, especially for a first attempt. I usually use ESQL Silver, but I own Platinum, just my PC can't handle it. This is very well done, the layers are great and it's very dynamic.

Everything he did in the past was "composing" it just wasn't with orchestral instruments.

Anyway, sounds great, I love that vst and own Gold. I would say one thing I noticed were a lot of those movements in between critical notes. Or how else to put it... too many notes in the overall melody? I think if you simplified your arrangement a bit, it would be more memorable and awesome. But still, I dig your craft man and I like this route.

Dr Ashworth · 07-14-2012, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lohr

surfs up dudes (although not really surf)

awww yeaahhhh

Pizza The Hut · 07-14-2012, 08:34 PM

I wanna hire Lohr for my future games if they happen

Slime · 08-01-2012, 11:59 PM

yeah ashworth i agree about the too many notes

synth city beat

cool guy beat

dvno-ish strings yeah
wanted this to go somewhere but everything i added ruined the clean feel to me so whatever its just a beat

man soundcloud's compression sucks. maybe i'll start using bandcamp for the streaming

Compcat · 08-02-2012, 12:04 AM

Woah, I love synth city.

Slime · 02:02 AM

oh man listen how much better Bandcamp does it

http://lohr.bandcamp.com/track/synth-city

i'm never using soundcloud again. what shitty compression for a MUSIC-based site. even youtube does better.

now we just need to get a Bandcamp embed code here.

edit: ok side by side its probably not even really apparent other than volume. but i notice it, mainly in the stereo effects

Sol Soleil · 08-02-2012, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lohr

another thread for me to post random music i make

i made this today:

This is awesome!

07-05-2012, 09:54 AM	#1
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	music i make another thread for me to post random music i make i made this today: i just got this orchestral vst (east west quantum leap gold). i have never composed anything orchestral before, and i know like no musical theory... so i dont know what im doing. but it seems fun to attempt making stuff with it, so i'll probably try making more. biggest thing wrong with this was getting super-loud out of nowhere, not knowing where to go from there, so just ending it ASAP
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

07-05-2012, 11:15 AM	#2
Janus Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 335	Wow Chris, I didn't know you could compose. This stuff is very well put together, especially for a first attempt. I usually use ESQL Silver, but I own Platinum, just my PC can't handle it. This is very well done, the layers are great and it's very dynamic.
Janus Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 335

07-05-2012, 11:21 AM	#3
Holmstrom Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 112	amazing
Holmstrom Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 112

07-05-2012, 03:02 PM	#4
Breed Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,768	you are a talented motherfucker, Lohr. I'd like to hear this expanded into a full track!
Breed Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,768

07-05-2012, 09:09 PM	#5
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	thanks guys! Pizza wanted me to make a theme for his game a few weeks ago, so after that i realized that i should get an orchestral pack. when i made this the only orchestra sounds i had were in an old-school synth pack (but it turned out well IMO and fits more with the sounds the game's composer used): the main melody is a variation on a motif that the game's composer/artist asked me to include btw there was an intro but we chopped it off because it should be epic right when the game loads check out pizza's thread for the trailer and game info: http://3dmm.com/showthread.php?t=44403
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

07-08-2012, 03:54 PM	#6
Scatterbrain Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 8,564	love it! (the second one) reminds me of Perfect Dark when the beat kicks in, sorry if that seems like a lazy comparison to you but it really does. the bass and those pad chords with the bells doing the lead melody reminds me a lot of Grant Kirkhope's stuff, so yeah great job! really enjoyed it and look forward to hearing more

07-09-2012, 05:37 AM	#7
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	grant kirkhope is the BEST
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

07-09-2012, 10:22 AM	#8
Compcat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8,810	man, lohr, stop being so good at music. you make me feel like a retard for even bothering.
Compcat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8,810

07-12-2012, 07:06 AM	#9
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	surfs up dudes (although not really surf)
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

07-12-2012, 09:59 AM	#10
Nixon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,293	Sounds awesome man!
Nixon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,293

07-14-2012, 12:36 AM	#11
Bobby Swisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 46,012	chris can you make a song out of this little bit where he sings about bootymeat? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8C4RDSEBoU&t=10m38s

07-14-2012, 01:59 AM	#12
Breed Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,768	Lohr your quality of production seriously impresses the hell out of me. How did you become so freaking good? Why aren't you producing records? CHRISSSSS
Breed Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,768

07-14-2012, 02:54 AM	#13
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	haha, thanks! i don't know where to find work really. i need to put together a full demo of my stuff and get it online or something. br i could make a song out of that but i'll have to be in the mood to
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

07-14-2012, 03:05 AM	#14
Breed Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,768	I think you should definitely have a portfolio up, somewhere, like bandcamp, or SoundCloud or ANYTHING, just at LEAST leave it up on the off chance somebody finds it and says "HIRE THAT MAN"
Breed Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,768

07-14-2012, 01:16 PM	#15
James Burgon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 8,689	yeah why are you not doing commissioned work? iPhone games etc. there's a market for it and you can do pretty much anything. stop being so damn good.

07-14-2012, 08:34 PM	#18
Pizza The Hut Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,633	I wanna hire Lohr for my future games if they happen

08-01-2012, 11:59 PM	#19
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	yeah ashworth i agree about the too many notes synth city beat cool guy beat dvno-ish strings yeah wanted this to go somewhere but everything i added ruined the clean feel to me so whatever its just a beat man soundcloud's compression sucks. maybe i'll start using bandcamp for the streaming
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

08-02-2012, 12:04 AM	#20
Compcat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8,810	Woah, I love synth city.
Compcat Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 8,810

08-02-2012, 01:45 AM	#21
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	oh man listen how much better Bandcamp does it http://lohr.bandcamp.com/track/synth-city i'm never using soundcloud again. what shitty compression for a MUSIC-based site. even youtube does better. now we just need to get a Bandcamp embed code here. edit: ok side by side its probably not even really apparent other than volume. but i notice it, mainly in the stereo effects
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	Last edited by Slime : 08-02-2012 at 02:02 AM.