2024-MAR-01 Info: Check out Songwriting Competition 079 if you're into "Synthwave" music making.

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by Mellow Browne
Mon Mar 11, 2024 21:47 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC096 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 128
Views: 6524

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC096 February 2024 - Mix Round 2 until 12-MAR-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Thanks Jorgeelalto for feedback so far! So, here is my mix for round 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B5xWafiUqzbLjEjv0gLx8jNnIxLXs4fY/view?usp=sharing Changes I made: -Adjusted bass on kick .Small compressor adjustments on bass tracks -Adjustments on side chain effect and added more tracks -Horn...
by Mellow Browne
Mon Feb 26, 2024 19:19 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 57
Views: 2322

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Submissions until 24-FEB-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

What I learned this month: To play the drums is easier than I imagined but harder than I thought. The easy part of it is just repetition and practicing the right things in a manageable but still challenging context. The more efficient you become with your limbs the longer you can play which automati...
by Mellow Browne
Sat Feb 24, 2024 23:46 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 57
Views: 2322

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Submissions until 24-FEB-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Hello, sorry for the late entry! The theme of this month inspired me to compose a more soulful gospel style and I thought why not play the drums myself because I feel I made a "small step" the last few month in getting more consistent with the timing. I will use it as a backing track in th...
by Mellow Browne
Sat Feb 10, 2024 15:17 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC096 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 128
Views: 6524

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC096 February 2024 - Submissions until 21-FEB-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Hello, first of all, thanks to Jorgeelalto for this nice track. I had a lot of fun while mixing. Main focus was to get a well balanced mix with a nice bottom end and controlled high end, so the "most important" part for me was to tame the hats and extra tops with transient designer or dees...
by Mellow Browne
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:03 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC077 January 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 67
Views: 6715

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC077 January 2024 - Winners announced

Hey there,

congrats to @VCA-089 and @crispy. Thanks everyone for the feedback.

And thanks to @Mister Fox for this opportunity. As prize I would like to pick Musiclab RealLPC, please.

See you at the next SWC!
by Mellow Browne
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:10 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC077 January 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 67
Views: 6715

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC077 January 2024 - Voting until 01-FEB-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

This month I learned the importance of saturation/distortion for drum sounds and bass to make them cut through the mix and to have a certain punch. I think I will be more creative the next time for composing and writing music, there were some good examples this month of breaking the song structure „...
by Mellow Browne
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:52 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC077 January 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 67
Views: 6715

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC077 January 2024 - Submissions until 24-JAN-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Hello, First of all, thanks to everybody providing the samples, there was some really cool stuff to play with. This time I went back to my musical roots and made an R&B/ Neo Soul tune. I really wanted to add some vocals and I had some ideas for melodies but it was very hard to find the right lyr...
by Mellow Browne
Wed Jan 10, 2024 17:06 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 112
Views: 44922

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Winners announced

Congtratulations to colorado weeks and all other members. You did an amazing job. In my opinion, this was the toughest SWC I participated so far. Thank you Mister Fox for creating this site and also for expending the podium, didn't expect this. Thank you all for the very good feedback, I appreciate ...
by Mellow Browne
Tue Jan 02, 2024 15:13 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 112
Views: 44922

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Voting until 03-JAN-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Things I have learned during this month’s competition: This month I learned that if you are writing a Christmas song then nothing, absolutely nothing, rhymes with Christmas (actually RhymeZone suggests isthmus but best of luck getting that into a song!) Excuse my language: :oops: Ho ho ho, H*e, thi...