First time making Electronic Music

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Hi guys! So as the title says I'm new to making Electronic Music, I've already finished my first short electronic piece.
So hopefully you guys can give me advice and critique on this piece of mine. I'm not even sure if it even counts as
electronic music but maybe you guys can help me with that XD
Again, this is my first time so please forgive me that it sounds plain. I honestly had a hard time coming up with ideas
with the genre so again forgive me for that. Well, enough babbling!

Here it is! https://soundcloud.com/django95/electronic-piece
 
You should really post this on the KVR forums. It has potential apart from the piano bit at the end. There's a build there, keep it simple stupid (as my piano teacher always said)
Layer it gradually and subtlety, it's up to you but I tend to like progression. Try not to get tied down to the nitty gritty, move on to the next section.
Let us know how you go.
 
I think you did quite well. It's NOT a first attempt" by any means.
It's the kind of thing you could fit quite easily into almost any movie soundtrack alla Tangerine Dream.

Very nice, and I'd suggest you continue. Your "ear" has a subtle inner peace.
 
What I was wondering is what equipment you had at hand; I was thinking a Korg for the GM sounds.
If your making soundtracks for movies; I'd suggest final cut pro, pro tool's.
Ditch Microsoft and use a Macintosh.
My inner ear doesn't mean much. I know about the industry though. Go with the flow, make your own sounds on a format studio's can understand.
 
Wasted_talent said:
What I was wondering is what equipment you had at hand; I was thinking a Korg for the GM sounds.
If your making soundtracks for movies; I'd suggest final cut pro, pro tool's.
Ditch Microsoft and use a Macintosh.
My inner ear doesn't mean much. I know about the industry though. Go with the flow, make your own sounds on a format studio's can understand.
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I'm sorry if I sound like a dumb nut but what does GM stand for? Oh and my keyboard's KORG Microkey MIDI Keyboard. I made the instrumental on MixCraft, a cheapy DAW but does the job for most of the instrumentals I make. I'm trying to learn how to use FL Studios at the moment since I want to make more electronic instrumentals (so I can broaden my genre range for composing) but oh my buddha, I CANNOT get my head around it. I'm just so used to mixcraft :(
 
Keymaker said:
I think you did quite well. It's NOT a first attempt" by any means.
It's the kind of thing you could fit quite easily into almost any movie soundtrack alla Tangerine Dream.

Very nice, and I'd suggest you continue. Your "ear" has a subtle inner peace.
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Thanks for the praise, it means alot. I'll continue and make it sound better :L
 
Wasted_talent said:
You should really post this on the KVR forums. It has potential apart from the piano bit at the end. There's a build there, keep it simple stupid (as my piano teacher always said)
Layer it gradually and subtlety, it's up to you but I tend to like progression. Try not to get tied down to the nitty gritty, move on to the next section.
Let us know how you go.
Click to expand...

Thank yuou :) I will
 
Cool track man. Definitely sounds much better than a "first ever" so don't get down on yourself.

I was planning on typing you a gigantic thing with some tips and tricks and my thoughts on possible improvements, but I am dead tired you dont need to hear that, it was a cool track man. Most important thing for you right now: dont spend even a second worrying about your final mix. Focus on writing awesome music and getting on the DAW. It can be mixed and mastered at literally anytime, and while having someone do it free may not be the best idea (because everyone thinks they are a mastering engineer nowadays, just because they downloaded Izotope suite), there are definitely talented cats out there.
-Automation in most EDM genres is the way to go now. If you arent twisting knobs during the track, it becomes elevator music to the scene. A lot of modern producers seem to focus their creative energy into ONE aspect of the track, like the synth/noise at the drop, or whatnot. Plus its easy as shit to mix down.

Keep trusting your ear and don't over analyze and the most you screw around with knobs and automations for fun, and the more you pump out tracks like these you will get better and better and better trust me. The best advice I ever got back in the day was "just learn to respect and master your EQs, and minor compression. Making things fit in the mix. Thats pretty much it." And its true. If you start throwing 100x effects and compressors and exciters and what not, your mix will sound bad and your dynamic range will be trash.

If you want to talk further don't hesitate to PM me I can add some stuff I left out of my post. I don't get the chance to check on threads often.

Props tho! Peaace
 
cool tune! reminds me of music from the mirror's edge ost, would listen to more
 
are you sure that the beat that you want for that song? The time signature seems a little off although that could just be syncopation that you looking for.... it sounds nice otherwise
 
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