"Why can't I..." - A motivational guide for producers

[ljk32]

Each to their own .

[Digital Shifter]

Each to their own .

Everybody has his own style..

[NEKA]

Like myself, I haven't uploaded or finished a full track 100% for a year now. Few years ago I released a lot of tracks, but when I compare them to the ones I'm making now...well, they at least are full tracks. I happen to have this huge problem/pressure of how to get something right in my songs.

Like, I can imagine the sound design, FX, vocals, the sound of the kicks etc. perfectly and I can listen the track through in my head for like million times, but none of the sounds I am making doesn't sound right. I won't release a track until I know excatly how I'm gonna make it or how I will create a sound like this, one I am 90% sure of it, then I can release it.

But the learning process is SO slow, and, if you don't even have a single clue how would you make a "type X sound", and when the only advice you get from others are either "lol noob go learn" or "it's just simple thing A and B" how the heck is it gonna help you at all? I myself don't like the way that you would need to learn everything the hard way. Of course it's better, but it might kill inspiration, as the time you could use to create the track is used on creating the one little sound.

[Markove]

I've slowly discovered this myself. It's becoming less about "how do I sound like that" and more like "How can I get my own sound BETTER?".

[andyhuynh]

in hardstyle I feel like most producers just produce what the current 'norm' is in the hope that they will get twiter fans or something... it's really pathetic I think, people should make original music and styles for themselves and not make music for more "twitter fans" or some other bullshit

I agree, there really isn't much creativity, especially with kicks, people just aim for the exact same sound.

but then with kicks you're basically distorting and eqing with mid-rangey boosts, so obviously a lot of people are gonna end up with the same tone

[ljk32]

in hardstyle I feel like most producers just produce what the current 'norm' is in the hope that they will get twiter fans or something... it's really pathetic I think, people should make original music and styles for themselves and not make music for more "twitter fans" or some other bullshit

I agree, there really isn't much creativity, especially with kicks, people just aim for the exact same sound.

but then with kicks you're basically distorting and eqing with mid-rangey boosts, so obviously a lot of people are gonna end up with the same tone

There are more kicks than just mid-rangey, distorted kicks. When making a kick, you don't need to straight away eq and distort the mids, cause it will result in the same kick you hear in every track.

[SCH]

in hardstyle I feel like most producers just produce what the current 'norm' is in the hope that they will get twiter fans or something... it's really pathetic I think, people should make original music and styles for themselves and not make music for more "twitter fans" or some other bullshit

I agree, there really isn't much creativity, especially with kicks, people just aim for the exact same sound.

but then with kicks you're basically distorting and eqing with mid-rangey boosts, so obviously a lot of people are gonna end up with the same tone

Distorted kicks comes in many forms, one doesn't have to end up with the norm 'dong'-kick.. Just take a listen:

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[thesh3ll]

^what he said

[R3cl41m3r]

I took a long time for me to be skilled at electronic sound production, and it's going to take just as long to get skilled at making decent tracks. In fact, most of my time on FL, I just experiment. Like the others said, it's important to get your own style, instead of copying your idols too much, but it's alright to take inspiration as well (in fact, it's the reason you're here in the first place!).

[DirtyBrotherz]

In my opinion, "copy" a big artist when you start is not a bad thing. I mean, in this way you can learn new things, tips and tricks coming from a high level of producing. By copy, I'm not saying to have the same style and same stuff, but have a big influence.
It's more easier to have a "familiar" sounding composition to be know. Most of time, it's impossible to innovate as a noob because people don't accept it. But if you are a famous producers, then your innovation become mainstream and become part of the style

To summarize, at the beginning you take inspiration of the big artists and with the time, you will develop your own style and you will influence the other