Yeah, I was thinking in that direction...with limited resources.I don't produce but we need challenges like compose a beat w/a limited number of sounds, etc.
some good ideas there.Also...I got this idea of challenges(challenges are now popular aren't they? ) Sort of like battles but not competitive, For ex. Program drums, compose a bassline on a given drum track, Mix a beat...where everyone will do the same thing and it would be easier to compare your work and improve...
Exactly, my favourite thing here is the sample flippage and the battles with theme or sample, that way I can see what others have done with the same source material and compare it with mine...That's fun for me,some good ideas there.
the whole challenge thing has been discussed a few times, the hard part is programming the site to make it possible. I like the ideas of a mixing battle, not just because Im good at it and might be biased, but because like you say, it gives a good way of comparing like for like.
The nearest thing we have to the other ideas is when the theme for beat this is a sampleflip of a particular sample.
or you provide a zip file that contains some drums, a couple loops or a main sample, a couple samples like maybe a bass or a synth, and we have to make a beat using the kit you provide, sometimes limited only to the kit you provide so people have to really make the most of whats given, and sometimes not, because that can be quite difficult to do and not so easy for people to get into. could even throw a free vst in the pack that people have to use or somethingIt would be great to do something like this:
- I provided drum sounds. You make a drum loop at a certain BPM.
- I provide bass. You add the bass to your drum loop.
- I provide some instrument. You make a melody on top of your drums and bass.
- Etc.
- Post your beat.
- The world keeps on spinning.
Yes,I like that, I'm thinking more of a workshop like thing, not a competition...or you provide a zip file that contains some drums, a couple loops or a main sample, a couple samples like maybe a bass or a synth, and we have to make a beat using the kit you provide, sometimes limited only to the kit you provide so people have to really make the most of whats given, and sometimes not, because that can be quite difficult to do and not so easy for people to get into. could even throw a free vst in the pack that people have to use or something
you know what, i didnt even consider that it didnt have to be a competitionYes,I like that, I'm thinking more of a workshop like thing, not a competition...
yeah, thats the thing, sometimes you have to take things like that on faith unless they screen record the whole production process to prove otherwise, and that aint ever going to happen hahahahahaYeah exactly, a workshop. The only issue I have with samples being provided is that some people add too many effects that it's hard to tell if they used all the samples.
on the idea of workshops, we could have a sample chopping workshop, drum arrangement workshop, working within a particulat scale workshop, a mixing workshop, has potentialYeah so we'll do an ILL Workshop or something.
Who gets credited for the idea?Yeah so we'll do an ILL Workshop or something.
Uhhhh me of course!Who gets credited for the idea?
everybody wants that damned fame.hahahahahaWho gets credited for the idea?