Topic: The Music Thread

@LieutenantFatman That's interesting! Who are your favorite artists in the world of music then?

Not sure who they are exactly, but it was on a football program and it reminded of something that should be in Cyberpunk 2077.

@nessisonett Have you heard any Paul Desmond stuff? Solid 60s jazz saxophonist. I believe he played with Dave Brubeck.

Fascination ~eternal love mix~ by 2MB from DDR SuperNOVA

@Draco_V_Ecliptic

For new releases, Robert Parker is my favourite. Here's his latest album.

https://robertparkerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/club-707

For absolutely classics, Queen is probably top of my list. A lot of the best music is from the 80s.

@LieutenantFatman Not the 70s? More of a Duran Duran than a Led Zeppelin person then?

@Th3solution @nessisonett @Draco_V_Ecliptic @LieutenantFatman @Anti-Matter @JohnnyShoulder @Anti-Matter

Been listening to itsallstar who hosts a dreams music stream every Monday at 9pm. It's like the next John Peel show. For 3 hours he plays original tunes made in Dreams followed by a music jam and the quality is awesome. Better than the stuff on comparable radio shows. He showcased some of my songs the last 2 weeks and it's blown my mind to be honest.

My latest tune is at 57 minutes into the show, it's got scratching in it!

https://m.twitch.tv/videos/748321050

@themcnoisy
Eh, i prefer DDR and Eurobeat songs. 😅

@Anti-Matter it is like eurobeat.

@nessisonett What music have you been listening to recently?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I’ve been a bit busy with trying to study from home and setting all that up but I did enjoy Kiss My Super Bowl Ring by The Garden. It’s messy and all over the place, making it hard to love but I enjoyed the genre hopping madness of it all.

@nessisonett Oh yeah, is that out now? I remember hearing about that album a while back, before it was released, I'll definitely pick that up.

@themcnoisy
Awesome, well done matey! That is indeed a top quality jam. Are you planning to create any more?

@LieutenantFatman Yup, straight after that I mad a remix for the game pollen - arguably the best game on Dreams made by the community. The developers listened in as well which was awesome.

I'm currently part of the 'donk' jam. So you have to make a song with a donk in it. I've gone all out this time changing the time stamp from 4/4 to 3/4 when the donk comes in. A similar technique to Pink Floyd money which goes to a 7/8 from 4/4. I don't think a song on Dreams has done this yet. I don't like sticking donks on music so developed my own spin on it. Will try to make a YouTube video later.

@themcnoisy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58

@nessisonett not as good as that obviously.

@themcnoisy Awesome, Noisy! Strong. You’ve really accomplished quite a bit in Dreams. How much musical creation had you done before this? Do you have a lot of training and background prior?

@Th3solution I used to MC 20 years ago to various DJs in the North West. Got into music production via music on the PS1 and Dance Ejay on PC before that, They were really basic and pretty bad, but I played around with them and did things they weren't designed for. From there bought an MC 303 and had a hacked version of reason in my last year of uni. Made some ok tunes, my acid house tunes sounded great due to the homemade nature of the genre - but could never master the end sounds well enough to make anything commercial. Then didn't do much until I bought a laptop a few years back with a licensed copy of reason. I've got the basics down, understand automation and am confident I could crank out a commercial album if I had the time and motivation.

Also more importantly I really need someone who is good at polishing my stuff. When you make a tune you get that into it, you miss errors and things that sound slightly off.

Really nice to see Michael Kiwanuka winning the Mercury Prize, it was a great crop this year with Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and Stormzy all missing out. I’ve actually seen him live and he’s brilliant, brought a great energy to his set and mixed up his more well-known tracks into something completely new. As an album and a wider statement of intent, I’m glad Kiwanuka was recognised.