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Great stuff. That's the kind of stuff I'd love to be able to make. I just really haven't gotten a hang of things that well yet. How long have you been doing thi

by kyro 17y ago

Great stuff. That's the kind of stuff I'd love to be able to make. I just really haven't gotten a hang of things that well yet. How long have you been doing this for? Do you have any resources that helped you along the way, other than just trial and error?

trafficlight 17y ago
I started the first part of 2008. I don't have any musical training other than playing saxophone for a year in the 6th grade. It's all been trial and error for me. Youtube has actually been very helpful in learning FL Studio. There are a lot of great howto videos out there. I also try to imitate parts of songs I really like. A drum loop, a melody, or a particular effect. I also think one of the biggest factors is thesixtyone.com itself. The people on there are so helpful and encouraging you can't help but make better music.
- JMiao 17y ago
  thanks. i've noticed a greater number of artists using thesixtyone to test/iterate on demos...one is even financing his entire canadian tour from tips on t61 (bankai). i suspect basic track analytics on t61 would create a lot of value for artists -- this is why we're hiring. http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/jobs/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/jobs/
  - trafficlight 17y ago
    I'm glad to hear about the analytics. Funny you brought up the Bankai tour. I'm planning on driving to Vancouver myself to see it. A little background on the tour. Bankai is an electronic artist from Australia. He puts out some awesome music. A bunch of people from the t61 group Electro Freaks live in or around the Vancouver area and they decided to put together a series of shows featuring Bankai and other t61 artists. Bankai is crowdsourcing his trip to Canada. So far he has raised $1450. Check out his progress here: http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/ http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/
  - willdayble 17y ago
    Hi, I am Bankai. It's not that T61 tips are 'funding' it as such (it's actually simply mp3 sales/tips I've already made on there that I'm putting towards it), as much as T61 is the place where everyone involved with helping fund the tour has come from. To be specific, it's actually the core of the 'Electro Freaks' T61 group (http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ ) who are helping to fund the tour. Point being, T61 is excellent with it's artist --> fanbase direct connectivity and thus full to the brim with awesome. Thanks Jmiao :)
  - willdayble 17y ago
    oh, and fuck yes analytics. People have spoken about scraping T61 to try hack together our own, we want it that much. :)
  - nihilocrat 17y ago
    edit : I just logged in and noticed that I can upload a song a day on top of my limit, so some of my criticism is invalid. Thanks for the change, and for the advice! I posted some songs to thesixtyone (http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/) and wasn't happy with the experience. I'm guessing it's my own fault for sucking, but I do have to fault the site for having a "winner take all" attitude towards artists. You're in a bad situation if the public doesn't like the tracks you post when you post them. You're practically invisible if you don't get lots of votes immediately, appealing specifically to thesixtyone's community tastes. I don't mean to whine, but I don't see hardly any downtempo/triphop with lots of bumps and thus there's not much encouragement for someone producing such tracks to post on thesixtyone. To the victors, the spoils, but it's even more humiliating when you're unnoticed and forever stuck at Level 1. thesixtyone is definitely a listener's site (duh) because it doesn't encourage you to post partial songs you are working on and practically no one gives you technical criticism, merely things like "I like it when the song gets heavier in the middle". No one seems to be iterating on their tracks but instead submit only complete ones. Please excuse me if my anecdotal observations here don't match up with any metrics you've put together, maybe I have tunnel vision because I listen almost exclusively to the "dance" and "electronica" portions of the site. About the Level 1 ghetto, is it meant to encourage us to just start over again with completely new tracks or is that just a side effect? Even with these reservations, I think thesixtyone is a great music site with a great community.
    - trafficlight 17y ago
      First of all, I just gave your tracks a listen. I think they are fantastic. Second, t61 changed the song upload rules a few weeks ago. You can upload one new song a day regardless of your level. I think the best way to increase your listener and heart count is to be as engaged as possible. - Create a listener account. - Join a group. The Electro Freaks would appreciate what you are offering http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ - Add constructive comments on lots of songs.
      - willdayble 17y ago
        EF++
  - lux 17y ago
    Gotta say, thesixtyone.com is my new favourite site! And that's speaking both as a listener and an artist. I've bought 3 albums in the past week from t61 artists. I'm going to get everyone I can hooked on it! :)

by kyro 17y ago

trafficlight 17y ago

I started the first part of 2008. I don't have any musical training other than playing saxophone for a year in the 6th grade. It's all been trial and error for me. Youtube has actually been very helpful in learning FL Studio. There are a lot of great howto videos out there. I also try to imitate parts of songs I really like. A drum loop, a melody, or a particular effect. I also think one of the biggest factors is thesixtyone.com itself. The people on there are so helpful and encouraging you can't help but make better music.

JMiao 17y ago
thanks. i've noticed a greater number of artists using thesixtyone to test/iterate on demos...one is even financing his entire canadian tour from tips on t61 (bankai). i suspect basic track analytics on t61 would create a lot of value for artists -- this is why we're hiring. http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/jobs/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/jobs/
- trafficlight 17y ago
  I'm glad to hear about the analytics. Funny you brought up the Bankai tour. I'm planning on driving to Vancouver myself to see it. A little background on the tour. Bankai is an electronic artist from Australia. He puts out some awesome music. A bunch of people from the t61 group Electro Freaks live in or around the Vancouver area and they decided to put together a series of shows featuring Bankai and other t61 artists. Bankai is crowdsourcing his trip to Canada. So far he has raised $1450. Check out his progress here: http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/ http://www.bankai.fm/vancouver/
- willdayble 17y ago
  Hi, I am Bankai. It's not that T61 tips are 'funding' it as such (it's actually simply mp3 sales/tips I've already made on there that I'm putting towards it), as much as T61 is the place where everyone involved with helping fund the tour has come from. To be specific, it's actually the core of the 'Electro Freaks' T61 group (http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ ) who are helping to fund the tour. Point being, T61 is excellent with it's artist --> fanbase direct connectivity and thus full to the brim with awesome. Thanks Jmiao :)
- willdayble 17y ago
  oh, and fuck yes analytics. People have spoken about scraping T61 to try hack together our own, we want it that much. :)
- nihilocrat 17y ago
  edit : I just logged in and noticed that I can upload a song a day on top of my limit, so some of my criticism is invalid. Thanks for the change, and for the advice! I posted some songs to thesixtyone (http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/nihilocrat/) and wasn't happy with the experience. I'm guessing it's my own fault for sucking, but I do have to fault the site for having a "winner take all" attitude towards artists. You're in a bad situation if the public doesn't like the tracks you post when you post them. You're practically invisible if you don't get lots of votes immediately, appealing specifically to thesixtyone's community tastes. I don't mean to whine, but I don't see hardly any downtempo/triphop with lots of bumps and thus there's not much encouragement for someone producing such tracks to post on thesixtyone. To the victors, the spoils, but it's even more humiliating when you're unnoticed and forever stuck at Level 1. thesixtyone is definitely a listener's site (duh) because it doesn't encourage you to post partial songs you are working on and practically no one gives you technical criticism, merely things like "I like it when the song gets heavier in the middle". No one seems to be iterating on their tracks but instead submit only complete ones. Please excuse me if my anecdotal observations here don't match up with any metrics you've put together, maybe I have tunnel vision because I listen almost exclusively to the "dance" and "electronica" portions of the site. About the Level 1 ghetto, is it meant to encourage us to just start over again with completely new tracks or is that just a side effect? Even with these reservations, I think thesixtyone is a great music site with a great community.
  - trafficlight 17y ago
    First of all, I just gave your tracks a listen. I think they are fantastic. Second, t61 changed the song upload rules a few weeks ago. You can upload one new song a day regardless of your level. I think the best way to increase your listener and heart count is to be as engaged as possible. - Create a listener account. - Join a group. The Electro Freaks would appreciate what you are offering http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ http://www.thesixtyone.com/group/Electro+Freaks/ - Add constructive comments on lots of songs.
    - willdayble 17y ago
      EF++
- lux 17y ago
  Gotta say, thesixtyone.com is my new favourite site! And that's speaking both as a listener and an artist. I've bought 3 albums in the past week from t61 artists. I'm going to get everyone I can hooked on it! :)