04-05-2020, 12:19 PM
I started making a song using GarageBand on Mac a few years back.
I was sort of surprised by how many sounds there were to choose from but there was basically unlimited possibility with what you could make.
I was playing the drums by pushing keys... it blew my fuckin' mind. And I was surprised that it wasn't easier than I thought it should have been, considering... it was actually pretty hard. Frustrating. I never really got it right, but there was a decent segment of the song that didn't have any fuckups. Lol!
I much prefer editing other people's songs. I'll hear a song that I like, but it's too fast... so I slow it down. This is what usually happens with retrowave. I'll throw an echo on it to make the drums and bass more "atmospheric" as I call it. I generally tend to make the songs more heavy.
Here's an example...
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How I prefer it:
I was sort of surprised by how many sounds there were to choose from but there was basically unlimited possibility with what you could make.
I was playing the drums by pushing keys... it blew my fuckin' mind. And I was surprised that it wasn't easier than I thought it should have been, considering... it was actually pretty hard. Frustrating. I never really got it right, but there was a decent segment of the song that didn't have any fuckups. Lol!
I much prefer editing other people's songs. I'll hear a song that I like, but it's too fast... so I slow it down. This is what usually happens with retrowave. I'll throw an echo on it to make the drums and bass more "atmospheric" as I call it. I generally tend to make the songs more heavy.
Here's an example...
Original:
How I prefer it:
