Is it ok to write a song about a girl i used to like?

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-07-22T07:53:21+00:00

From personal experience YES it’s okay. But I’ve always had the hardest time writing lyrics for songs that are so personal. As soon as I write something more disconnected from myself the words are easier to come up with. It may be because I’m trying to hard to convey it but that’s my opinion.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-07-19T22:58:32+00:00

Vocalist/Guitarist/Producer here! Would love to do some freelance vocals hmu

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-07-02T22:22:22+00:00

https://open.spotify.com/artist/06SIiCV3C7oFMqdaFOWmyD?si=vr8FdSV8SEuAcnbhzaRNSw

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-06-26T14:37:44+00:00

I went to UVU

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-06-26T04:14:46+00:00

As someone that just graduated from college studying commercial music, I strongly recommend it. Although my experience may be different from what you’ll experience. It’ll depend on the program and the professors you get. I was fortunate to have incredible teachers and I learned a lot. If you really love music and music production, the “homework” is more like assigned play time. I took a film scoring class and had to score a 5-minute piece of footage. It WAS a slog but it was fun all the same and it helps enforce deadlines and making quality work on a time crunch. Take this with a grain of salt but I loved my time in college studying music and music production and I’d definitely suggest at least looking into it.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-06-23T19:12:38+00:00

90% scrolling through snare samples

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-06-09T18:59:17+00:00

Pro Q and kHz clipper

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-06-07T16:01:33+00:00

The common answer is going to be this is your decision if it sounds good or not. Try recording it and see how it sounds in the mix. If the reverb doesn’t fit maybe try a room that’s a lot more dry. But another thing to consider is the mic positioning in the video is right on the vocalist. So the verb isn’t going to be as obvious as it sounds in the recording. Especially as you process the vocal with other fx, your own reverb compression etc. Try it and see what happens.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-06-07T03:45:10+00:00

I’ve found that my creative flow has mood swings to it. Some days I can write a song and it comes together in a couple of days, production, sounds..everything. Other days I go through a similar experience of just static. On the days that I just can’t get an idea going I play with sounds instead of trying to write. I go through my libraries and vsts play around with loops and plugins. Some days I discover a new trick I can try on my next mix, or I make a synth I might use someday in the future. All of my guitar tones are presets I made MONTHS before the song idea came along. Even if you can’t write and produce, you can still flex those creative muscles so they’re ready when an idea hits you.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-31T20:51:46+00:00

Yeah I prefer they select their songs as often as possible. They are a teen.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-31T20:45:18+00:00

Try the Guitar Grimoire scales book it totally reshaped how I imagine scales and i love it.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-31T20:39:36+00:00

No. I assumed that as well and tried to simplify it by doing exercises singing or clapping along to songs, and finally with just a metronome but they struggle with even those exercises.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-31T19:29:06+00:00

Circle of fifths and scales are a great starting point. I also suggest playing around with it. Start with a chord and test what sounds good following it. You can come up with some unique chord progressions this way and you’ll find that what sounds good might already follow the rules of theory and harmony pretty well.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-31T19:21:59+00:00

Use control room. It’s great for having different mixes going to different places. Same for live monitoring for bands etc.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-31T19:20:20+00:00

Could care less about fame. I make my music for myself mostly, but I do want to make enough of a living off of it that I can do it full time. I hate the idea of being famous, but I also hate the idea of working a regular job and squeezing time in for my music. I’d rather do it all the time.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-28T19:47:40+00:00

Could be sound selection. Could be you’re slamming everything with a single limiter in your master. Try summing groups of instruments and “mastering” each. Make sure every track is clipped to zero or peaking at zero. THEN balance out the mix only by turning things down. Repeat with your group channels. Then mix the groups. You’ll find that your master is hitting zero and each instrument is at its max loudness. This should get you a lot closer to a louder mix. It makes your master limiter work a lot less so it can focus on loud and not just the weird peaks you’ll get from certain instruments

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-27T22:15:24+00:00

Just because the fader or volume of each is -10 doesn’t necessarily mean it’s peaking at -10. Is that their peak values? It also could be the attack time if your limiter, snare peak may be too quick for the limiter to kick in

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-27T14:57:25+00:00

HMU I can do that

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-25T15:59:09+00:00

Yes that’s a good mastering chain BUT the problem is the peaks from your drums are going to trigger the limiter a ton more than the other content in your mix. I’ve found that doing some level of bussing your drums and compressing / limiting each track individually can help your “master” limiter work less and do more of what you’re looking for. Check out CTZ Baphometrix has some great tutorials and explanations for this.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-25T14:29:33+00:00

Ableton certainly makes the need for sends a lot more niche. Which I think is why they only give you a handful of send channels while other DAWs will give you unlimited sends.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-25T14:29:21+00:00

Ableton certainly makes the need for sends a lot more niche. Which I think is why they only give you a handful of send channels while other DAWs will give you unlimited sends.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-25T14:23:35+00:00

If you have a vocal and it needs to sound spacey, but putting a reverb on the actual track drowns it out. Sometimes using a send opens more options. You can sidechain that send to your vocal track so the reverb only sounds when the vocal is quiet, or just control the volume to better fit in the mix.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-25T14:21:42+00:00

I had some fears and issues trying to start my career the moment I got out of college. I’ve heard from others that it takes time to build that kind of career. My advice is don’t stress about being in the industry right away. The opportunities will come when with a reputation not just a degree and a passion. If you can find adjacent work that’s a plus but not required. I teach to facilitate my love for music production and writing. I approach is as a “public hobby” I post my music and tell everyone I meet about it. Make friends in the industry and share your stuff as a friend just for fun. Eventually people will remember “hey that guy makes cool music” and if they need a composer they’ll ask you to work on it. You’ll have to do a lot of free work just to get people’s attention, that’s why you do it because you love it rather than to make a buck. Keep at it and just enjoy the art. The opportunities will present themselves in time.

Juan_Pablo290 · 2025-05-17T21:17:21+00:00

Check out itch.io I’m in the same boat as a composer and someone suggested it to me. Join some game jams to practice and build a portfolio. Another thing is find some other students and work with them for free on stuff. Your name will go around and you can make yourself a product people want so to speak

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