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Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Did a little funky instrumental. It's somewhat unlike my usual ambient music, could definitely use a little crit.

https://m.soundcloud.com/eric-zak/gutter-birds

# ¿ Apr 27, 2019 03:03

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 08:10

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Jonny Nox posted:

Well, my computer is officially choking on this song.

https://soundcloud.com/nik-fortuin-153625460/ambiance

I guess that's the best song my poor old PC can make.

I haven't finished anything worth sharing in awhile because I fell into a guitar-shaped hole.
Here's the mess from when I hit the bottom:

https://soundcloud.com/nik-fortuin-153625460/duwaa

I tried desperately to mix it into something that punches you in the face the way I wanted to, but I have a lot of learning to do yet.

I'm not sure one what grounds to evaluate the first one, except to say I think I liked the simplest parts best. The second one was really fun. The electric piano sounded especially nice in the mix. I think I can envision in my head that big sound that you're going for that you feel you didn't quite get. I'm not necessarily a pro at this myself, but just taking a guess at what you need to do, maybe it's a matter of building more dynamic range into it? Setting some of the instruments further back in the mix so the "loud" ones sound "louder" by comparison? Maybe then also smashing up the kick more with compressor and distortion/saturation, and bringing the whole thing up again with a nice big mastering job. Not sure but that's probably where I would start if it were my track.

But nevertheless it is fun to listen to in its current form.

Drink-Mix Man fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Apr 30, 2019

# ¿ Apr 30, 2019 00:50

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

MrSargent posted:

I realized I am terrible about uploading my beats to SoundCloud and am forcing myself to post stuff once a week even if it isn't "finished". Here is an original beat I wrote and I recorded a lot of the instrumentation live. I was pretty happy with how it turned out considering I mostly make sample-based stuff. Just picked up a Fender Squier JBass and have been trying to add some funky bass lines to my productions. I think this one didn't turn out half bad considering I have only been playing for a couple months.

https://soundcloud.com/bradwisebeats/endless-quest

Smoooth

# ¿ May 2, 2019 23:00

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Here's a recent little chill piece I was picking away at that's probably ready for feedback:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/noproblems

# ¿ Jun 3, 2019 17:58

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Some experimental abstract synthy weirdness I recently put together:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/big-ol-mess-collage-2

# ¿ Jun 29, 2019 00:19

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Mistayke posted:

I don't really "do" dancey/EDM poo poo, but my wife really wanted me do a dance album. So I am working on one.

https://soundcloud.com/tom-pellegrino-146151417/pacific-highway

This is the newest I completed this morning. That makes track 5.

I will get back to Tangerine Dream/Vangelis style music on the next one.

Edit: I changed this one up a little. If you checked it out before 7:30PM Eastern, please try it again. I felt it was missing something and I added some poo poo.

Not what I expected when you said "dance" but I like it. I was going to say I was getting some coastal highway imagery when I listened to it, then I saw the title, so good job. Can't help but see pixelated palm trees going by.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2019 06:18

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

I was mostly pleased with this little experiment in trip hop the other day:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/idea-7-7-19

Drink-Mix Man fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Jul 25, 2019

# ¿ Jul 12, 2019 22:04

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

im_sorry posted:

https://soundcloud.com/the_door_is_scary/driving-back-from-high-prairie

I like how this one turned out. It was inspired by a repair job that took way too long and didn't go well, and I still had to drive for over two hours to get back home.

I feel like this appropriately conveys the feeling of experiences like that.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2019 03:54

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Did some upgrades to this chillout sort of track I posted a while back which I think improved it quite a bit. I think I'll use it as part of an album:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/noproblems

# ¿ Jul 26, 2019 01:51

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

internet celebrity posted:

After spending way too much time agonizing about what name to release my stuff under (god drat it's hard to name yourself without sounding like a tryhard cheeseball) I decided to just use my name

I know this pain well

# ¿ Jul 26, 2019 03:53

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

MrSargent posted:

I have put about 16 beats together and am planning on releasing them as a "beat tape" once I finish the mixing/mastering. I wanted to share one of them for some feedback on the mix, but didn't know if this was the best place to share it. There doesn't seem to be a thread in ML for reviewing tracks that gets any traffic but let me know if you'd rather see this kinda thing elsewhere.

There are some things I think could be improved on this mix, but not sure if I am being objective since I have heard it so many times.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pHWQRw5XDAGGHhBn24zy5mL9WFMIHA6r

I think the overall mix sounds pretty good, especially the drums and bass. My critique would be about the piano and toms sounding a little too quantized for my tastes.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2019 18:05

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Here's a little electronic instrumental I was working on recently: https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/apparition-operation

# ¿ Dec 30, 2019 21:54

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Here's my first attempt at legit dance funk, feel free to critique:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/insect-parade-in-progress

# ¿ Jan 30, 2020 00:14

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

baby puzzle posted:

My issue is that the flute part went on for quite some time. I thought there wasn't going to be anything more until the big synths at the end. I almost didn't listen to the whole thing.

Haha, a bunch of feedback I got before I posted this said "make the flute more prominent." Maybe I went too far in that direction. It used to be more subtle in the mix and the pads used to be more prominent, maybe I'll keep trying to find the middle ground.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2020 21:00

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

A little quirky electronic instrumental I was working on:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/apparition-operation

# ¿ Feb 22, 2020 08:29

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

I did a little re-arrangement on this one taking into account some feedback from the thread. Feel free to let me know what you think, thanks for the help!

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/insect-parade-in-progress

I've also been catching up on the tracks posted the last couple pages and am genuinely enjoying all the great work. Congrats on all the album releases.

Drink-Mix Man fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Feb 26, 2020

# ¿ Feb 26, 2020 05:41

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

owlhawk911 posted:

this was stuck in my head today, just sayin

hell yeah

# ¿ Mar 7, 2020 09:24

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Brawnfire posted:

Okay this is a weird post and maybe not the thread for it, if not let me know who might appreciate it... I guess lol

Yes I'm a stoner but I took a recording of a drain for about ten minutes. For some reason I felt like one of you electronic wizards could do something with it, it's got some interesting textures.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YcBtlRHvgQw70NEuyuzlyIhGW15CQsuc

You are not wrong. I was just looking for something like this to use as a background element on an ambient album. Would you mind if I sampled it?

# ¿ Apr 1, 2020 22:07

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Anyone have any suggestions for where to start getting connected with visual artists to create motion graphics or animated/artsy music videos?

# ¿ Apr 29, 2020 00:16

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

I set out to make a slow jam last week but kept working it until it was a roller coaster soundtrack:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/loop-and-launch/

Crit welcome.

overnightmike posted:

I've made another track. The main riff just arrived fully formed in my brain. Love it when that happens.

https://soundcloud.com/overnightmike/minor-relatives

Good luck with DAW chat, I record into Audition and treat it like a tape machine. I was reminicing about my old Tascam 4 track that I sold off a decade or so ago and have discovered that I should not have sold it when I did because they are fetching huge prices nowadays.

Good stuff as usual. I like the jam toward the end especially.

Drink-Mix Man fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Aug 1, 2020

# ¿ Aug 1, 2020 01:39

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Here's a quirky little track that came out of an improvisation a week or two ago:

https://soundcloud.com/eric-zak/really-wanna-beer-right-now

# ¿ Oct 4, 2020 21:49

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

skyelevator posted:

Hi all, I released a new EP of six tracks, some breakbeat, some trip hop and some ambient on there

https://kalabi.bandcamp.com/album/hug-buddy-ep

Hey I'm really enjoying this

# ¿ Nov 29, 2020 02:45

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Trig Discipline posted:

I think I'm finally nearing the end of production on my robot opera Evergreen. Here's the track that started it all.

https://soundcloud.com/danwarren/sail-or-anchor-1

BTW if y'all are struggling with a mix you should check out Gullfoss. They've got a fully functional 2 week trial and it just solved so many mix problems for me all at once with this album that I am buying it the second I get the money together.

Good stuff as usual. Looking forward to the full release.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2020 02:51

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 08:10

Drink-Mix Man: Mar 4, 2003; You are an odd fellow, but I must say... you throw a swell shindig.

Posted this elsewhere as well, but I just put out my first tape release today on a little label. It's mostly tracks I've posted around NMD over the last couple years ago with a nice mastering job. Upbeat, melodic electronic instrumentals. Inspired by a variety of retro styles. Sorta soundtracky. Tape comes with optional bag of coffee!

https://hairsablazin.bandcamp.com/album/legal-coffee

# ¿ Apr 2, 2021 21:07

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