rd. Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) I write music occasionally, but I'm not very productive. I've completed only one track all year, and it was during a self-directed speed-composing challenge at that. (This is it, after a bit of polishing.) Nothing I've tried to make normally has gone past 24 bars.My goal: Write at least 30 seconds of music a day. Draft at least one complete track a week. Isolated snippets don't count. Because I have a lot of those already. Assorted examples: snippet #1, snippet #2, snippet #3, snippet #4, snippet #5. That's sort of the problem. My process is usually: 1) hear a musical idea, usually either eight or sixteen bars long; 2) arrange it in MIDI very quickly, usually within 5-15 minutes; 3) lose interest, because I've heard what I wanted to hear. I have some music training, but that doesn't even matter. My goal for now isn't to produce tracks that are particularly good (or suitable as Doom bgm) -- just tracks that are complete! Anyway, I'll update regularly. Please point your finger at me and call me a poopyhead if I fail at this. Edited July 26, 2020 by ‹rd› 0 Share this post Link to post
rd. Posted April 7, 2015 Update: This thread is working already! The possibility of being called a poopyhead by anonymous internet strangers is a strong motivator. Today went well. I completed the first draft of a new track in about an hour or so. http://www.mediafire.com/download/x9hlwaicm7yo1jx/c46.mid I might end up extending the second section (1:34 onward) for added contrast and transposing the whole track down a semitone or two. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jaxxoon R Posted April 8, 2015 So, basically a Realm 667 of sorts for original MIDI compsitions for use in Doom Wads? Neat, I like the idea. 0 Share this post Link to post
rd. Posted April 8, 2015 Jaxxoon R said:So, basically a Realm 667 of sorts for original MIDI compsitions for use in Doom Wads? Neat, I like the idea. I meant this thread would contain a bunch of my MIDIs soon. Although that is a good idea. Update: This thread is working so well. Draft of another track completed. http://www.mediafire.com/download/5noxlvcto4a5ki3/c48.mid 0 Share this post Link to post