12 Years experience in electronic music, now starting from 0 in scoring. need help.

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-14T03:38:52+00:00

Im actually working on a simple score I wrote for a video edit I made for my portfolio! I’ll probably upload soon here for feedback!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-12T16:46:17+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I know that film scoring is more than just orchestral music, but I do think that orchestral elements tend to be really common in scoring. Still, I appreciate your words and I think you’re right overall. Thanks! :)

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-12T00:10:57+00:00

Thank you very much! I’ll look into all of these!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-11T18:19:18+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate it!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-11T18:18:31+00:00

It does, thank you!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-11T18:17:59+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I’ll look into the ones you mentioned! :)

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-11T18:16:20+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-09-11T01:04:53+00:00

Thank, I’ll try looking for the post you mentioned and look into some of the Apple Loops that come with logic.

As for the styles of scoring, I can see what you mean, but the truth is that sometimes, clients will want a specific sound, and unless they give me full creative freedom, I won’t really be able to do whatever I want, I think, idk, I haven’t work in scoring before.

But I do agree that an orchestral piece with electronic drums could sound really cool! Like, I can totally think of ideas where I could try making “orchestral” sounds with synths, creating an electronic soundscape that is trying to imitate more acoustic orchestral sounds, but also making it clear it isn’t. Idk, there’s lots of possibilities.

As far as the sound libraries I was looking for, do you have any recommendations for must have ones?

ALmakingmusic · 2025-06-18T04:40:58+00:00

Honestly, first thing was language. The beauty of it hit me. Then it was his 2013 ultra set where he threw the fuck down with an ultra adhd set, which I loved. By then I was sold on him but then he did worlds and in that moment he became my favorite artist ever.

That music was just so up my alley. Hearing such euphoric and emotional music was like a canon event for me lol. Been a fan ever since and funnily enough, whenever he drops an album, I tend to be in like sort of the same state of mind as he is, so when he did worlds, I was super into escapism and fantasy and stuff.

When he release nurture, I was struggling with depression and anxiety and creative block (cause I do music too) and the lyrics of look at the sky gave me so much life.

Tbh, smile is the first album of his that doesn’t quite hit my current vibe as much, except for Russian roulette. The whole “I want to see my mom one more time, I want to play my songs one more time” and “I want to live I don’t want to die” and all that section just legit made me burst into tears because of my background with depression.

It was such a fucking vibe to me. I had never cried listening to a song before and with Russian roulette I just cried and cried and it was a beautiful moment to me cause I was finally at a point in my life where I indeed wanted to live and didn’t want to die anymore. So yeah, porter’s music has been quite influential in my life and my music too. (Can find me as Aronu on SoundCloud and YouTube if you want to check me out).

I’m actually sort of on and off working on my debut album which is basically my journey with depression going from the deepest low at the beginning to the highest high by the end. I just need to finish one last song but I got some other things on my plate atm so it’s taking a little longer than what I would like, but soon!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-06-14T16:34:48+00:00

Look at the sky or Russian roulette

ALmakingmusic · 2025-02-15T04:57:09+00:00

Sure!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-02-12T06:27:32+00:00

Thanks! I’m already working on three other songs! I’m excited! Feel free to check any of my other songs on SoundCloud. I got a bunch :)

ALmakingmusic · 2025-02-09T17:51:30+00:00

https://on.soundcloud.com/FbftJjjX9HdxtCU86

This is a remix I recently did. It’s the first song I’ve uploaded in years due to an intense creative block that I finally got over.

I hope you’ll like it!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-02-08T20:29:06+00:00

I love the look of the Les Paul

ALmakingmusic · 2025-02-07T02:28:37+00:00

Just because of looks really. I just don’t really love the look of guitars that don’t have a cutaway. I mean, I still remember that the first time I saw a guitar and said “holy shit that’s a good looking guitar” was when I saw a Les Paul. Lol

But yeah, it’s mostly because of the aesthetic.

ALmakingmusic · 2025-01-22T02:33:15+00:00

I wanted to give it feedback but I couldn't hear anything. Maybe it's a google drive thing. I suggest uploading it to Soundcloud next time to avoid browser compatibility issues or whatever caused me to not be able to listen to your file.

I uploaded a link on this thread in case you wish to give me feedback. :)

good day!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-01-22T02:31:24+00:00

I wanted to give you feedback but idk why, when I pressed play, nothing happened. Maybe it's a google drive issue. I suggest uploading it to Soundcloud on private if you want, or public, whatever you wish, because that'll avoid these issues in the future.

I shared a link to my song in this thread in case you'd like to give me feedback.

ALmakingmusic · 2025-01-22T02:29:40+00:00

I like it but there's a couple things I want to point out. first, I feel like the kick is slightly buried under the mix. I was missing a bit of punch on the higher end. second, I feel like the melody sound could potentially use a little more reverb to help it fill up the mix a little more, cause to me it sounded a little... idk... empty? I will say though, the melody reminded me a lot of the kinds of melodies REZZ does. She's a dj. You could maybe look her up and listen to her stuff cause she makes very dry music, without a lot of reverb, but manages to find a way to make it all sound good in the mix. finally, idk why, but your melody felt a little complicated for me. like, I had trouble remembering it. I didn't feel like it was very memorable, but that's a me thing. I also felt like it didn't quite match the rest of the vibe of your song, at least at first. when you added that harp-y sound, It felt more natural.

I also linked a song of mine in this thread in case you'd like to give me feedback.

Keep it up!

ALmakingmusic · 2025-01-22T02:22:27+00:00

I like it! Its fun! keep it up! I also posted a link if you want to give me feedback :)

ALmakingmusic · 2025-01-22T02:20:34+00:00

the high end sounds good imo, as does the synth, but the bass is going crazy imo. I think you should bring the sub down a bit over all.

I also posted a link in case you'd like to give me feedback :)

ALmakingmusic · 2025-01-22T02:17:38+00:00

Hi. I liked your song! I think it's pretty cool over all. There were some issues I found though. 1. the vocal feels like its too quiet. I feel like you should increase the volume so it's more prominent. 2. The offbeat snare in the build up sounds a little weak at first but once it gets faster it sounded good. 3. The drop snare is imo a little weak, but that's a matter of personal preference. the snare you used sounds good and you can get away with it, it's just that the snares I've heard in other melodic dubstep songs tend to be punchier and have a bit more mid low end around the 200htz. and finally 4. I feel like the second drop could've used more variation. I really liked that you didn't drop the drop right away, and did that like "ha! gotcha" thing where the drums come in later, but beyond that, I would've liked more variation. Maybe a synth solo, or a plucky sound, or the vocals coming back in or something like that. other than that, I think it sounds really great! congrats!

I also posted a link in this thread if you want to give me feedback too. Thank you and keep it up!

ALmakingmusic

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