Hip-Hop Instrumental

The sounds in this don't work together well, and are poorly leveled. Some of the "clap"s and "snare"s are way to loud and in your face. Other than that, there's absolutely no depth to the music, it lacks any real change or interesting twist throughout. It's hard to really get into something like this, because it's not musically there. Even if you were going for a bare bones "boom boom clap boom clap" rap instrumental, you still need a bit more depth and layering to come of as anything but a bit shallow musically.

The synth you have in the background is nice, if a bit simple, but you really need to bring it forward. It's way to quiet in the background. Layering multiple synths using different keys, samples, and timings it what makes for really cool synth. It's not a really a "Background" kind of thing, if you're making something like this the synth and pad noises should be in the foreground as much as possible, because they're basically filling in for everything that would be in a band that isn't the drums.

There's honestly not much to critique about what you have hear because there isn't much to it. It's not bad, it just sounds like a really simple beat that you would start with. You need to layer and build from here, and continue to change up the sounds throughout. Even if you only have a quick cycle of different beats or sounds, it sounds a lot better than the same chords and beat over and over again. Oh, and do something crazy with the timing! Make the beat interesting, not just simple time keeping.

But it's good to see musicians posting their work on Forgehub, so don't think of me as too overly critical. I'm just trying to provide some decent feedback.

 

Moved to GnA.

 

I've honestly never heard of that program, so I can't give you any tips on it, and when I do music I use all live recordings or synths and pads from my midi keyboard, so I can't direct you to a website for those either

I can tell you, however, a midi-keyboard or power organ would be amazingly useful in recording electronic music. Also; make sure you're buying sounds and samples and not stealing them or using copyrighted ones if you plan on marketing the songs you make with them.

 

With playing a piano in general? Or with using it for other samples?


If it's playing a synths and things on the piano, you're going to need to basically know how to play a piano, and I have to ask a few more questions, then I can help.

Do you have any experience with the piano?
Do you know what any of the keys are? (as in notes)
What do you know about which notes go in each keys?

 

Hey, have some ideas for you. Try some Cuban drumming and perhaps a wailing bass. I like the song for the most part - and I understand it's supposed to illuminate a hypnotic delineation - but the drums could be more spicy, and different.

Here's some Cuban drumming that may work well: Bucket & Random Object Drumming : Playing a Cuban Drum Beat on Buckets - YouTube

 

Oh, just implying that the drum pattern needed more ferocity - like Cuban drumming generally is. And no problem! ;]

I'm a fellow musician myself.