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

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by becsei_gyorgy
Tue Mar 26, 2024 17:50 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST
Replies: 45
Views: 1431

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Hi all, I had to do a lot of research on how to create an authentic retro/synthwave style song. I listened to songs, watched tutorial videos, tried to play with the software synthesizers available to me, which reproduce the sound of the era. This exploration and learning phase was perhaps the most i...
by becsei_gyorgy
Tue Mar 19, 2024 20:45 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Voting until 01-APR-2024 23:59 UTC+2/CEST
Replies: 45
Views: 1431

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC079 March 2024 - Submissions until 24-MAR-2024 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Hi I haven't listened to much synthwave so far, but now I've tried to join the nostalgia month. I experimented with the synthesizers until I finally managed to get almost every track to be played by a different synthesizer. It may not be very elegant, but that's how it was done. :) I stuck to the tr...
by becsei_gyorgy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 09:06 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 57
Views: 2320

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced

it's a game changer, because it sets a good basic mix you can start from. Thank you for your reply and for sharing your experience. I think I should give it a try because I don't think I can make perfect mixes yet. :) I think for me it will be particularly useful for songs with few synthesizers and...
by becsei_gyorgy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 09:05 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 57
Views: 2320

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced

Thank you for participating in this month's competition, thank you to the organiser @Mister Fox.
Congratulations to all the winners and I am glad that everyone did a good job.
by becsei_gyorgy
Tue Feb 27, 2024 19:38 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 57
Views: 2320

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

It was an interesting month for me. What did I learn? Mostly that I have to somehow finish a song by the deadline even if I don't like what I'm doing at all :) My songwriting process started with a chord progression, first an emotional version at 70 BPM, then it became a cheesy duet at 120 BPM. I ac...
by becsei_gyorgy
Thu Feb 22, 2024 19:04 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC078 February 2024 - Winners announced
Replies: 57
Views: 2320

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

Hi all, Here is my entry for February, apologies in advance for the slightly cheesy Eurovision style song and mostly lyrics :wink: The phrases "take a step, move forward" are at the heart of the song, only in a duet (SynthV Kevin and Solaria) and the theme is - of course - love. :hug: Simp...
by becsei_gyorgy
Wed Jan 10, 2024 16:08 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 112
Views: 44922

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Winners announced

Congratulations to @colorado weeks, all the podium-winners and everyone who participated in this year-end competition.

I do not wish to choose a prize, I will pass on.
by becsei_gyorgy
Tue Jan 02, 2024 18:18 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

Happy New Year! My december experiences: The "picture theme" always appeals to me, but it was a difficult start to December this time. Because the pictures we received were very mixed. The first image was immediately an image full of light, bright, symmetrical composition, giving a calm im...
by becsei_gyorgy
Sat Dec 30, 2023 22:31 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

so normally i don't do replies to these things, but i feel like this needs to be said: 3:43 the word 'say' (it's a #D) is very low for a woman to sing, and maybe you should have rewritten instead of letting some kind of algorithm pitch down? (Or is it actually you singing?) yeah that's my voice! i'...
by becsei_gyorgy
Sat Dec 23, 2023 17:41 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 112
Views: 44922

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC076 December 2023 - Submissions until 24-DEC-2023 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Hi all, Wonderful to see so many people making music for the last competition of the year. For me the beginning was difficult, I had so many good ideas for the picture. I tried several times and started to make short sketches, but one by one I discarded my ideas. In the end, I stuck with the traditi...