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Should I Quit Now or Do I Have Some Potential?

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IanAvery-Leaf
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Just made my first remix, it kinda sucks at the beginning but I'm proud of the end. I use audacity and I guess I'm looking for feedback because its very dun to make these but I dont want to wast my time making shit. What do you guys think?

http://www.thesixtyone.com/playdough/album/manage/#/playdough/song/Jay-Z+vs.+Clapton/51382/
May 10 2009 7:17PM
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KarmaInitiative
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i thought it was pretty good. Not super amazing, but to answer your question, i think youve got some potential
May 10 2009 7:21PM
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connoroh
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Ha, dude, no one does anything perfect the first time. The tracks aren't the same bpm right now, so the words are getting ahead of the beat most of the time.

keep practicing.

And don't use jay-z. I don't think anyone's been remixed more than him, and it's getting repetitive.
May 10 2009 7:21PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Is there a way in Audacity to know the BPM? Because I had to keep speeding it up and slowing it down for it to match up and it didnt ever sound good, I need to tell it exactly what the other track was , but I couldnt find that info
May 10 2009 7:26PM
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VT_scratch
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yeah but his acapellas are the easiest to find yanadamean
May 10 2009 7:26PM
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connoroh
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Audacity isn't great as far as remixing songs goes. It's really the bear bones of audio software. If you wanna get into this kinda stuff, download Ableton. It'll take some learning and time, but it's one of the better programs for remixing/mashups. Or if you have a mac, logic pro.

(i think ableton works on pc, don't actually knwo though.)
May 10 2009 7:31PM
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FMeissner
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Classical Gas is such a good song...ruined by Jay-Z attempting to rap.

Use lyrics that compliment the instrumental, not ruin it.
May 10 2009 8:03PM
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Pman13a
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i think you should use a program that can do BPM, cause i know audacity doesnt

most of the mix is off beat

that being said, ive never attempted this and thats prob better then i could do, keep on practicing
May 10 2009 8:40PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I know I need to change the BPM could anyone recomend a program that could do that? Audacity sucks
May 11 2009 10:49AM
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neutralzombie
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i hear fruityloops is good for this stuff, but i dont know very much about it. my ex was a dj and his friend and him talked about it once.

but if you like something, you have to try it out a few times before you get decent at it. everything takes practice especially music!
May 11 2009 11:04AM
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Shewlur...
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yeah, i'd say it's pretty good

one suggestion it just doesn't feel like it the beat in the background really flows with the song.
May 11 2009 12:40PM
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thisandthatfilms
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ehh iwould say biggies are
May 11 2009 8:20PM
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miroz
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I don't even have to listen to it to answer your question.

Who gives a shit if you don't have potential?  Being good at anything has nothing to do with potential.  If you like remixing and making beats, than who's going to stop you.  The fact that you like it means that you should keep practicing and spending time working at it - that will make you good.  Keep making mixes, post em up, get some feedback, and improve. 

Now I don't know if your question was serious or not, I just thought I'd reinforce that idea. 

May 12 2009 3:20PM
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currentwestman
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nice
May 12 2009 4:37PM
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Afeld
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I second the Jay-Z bit. He seems overly remixed, for example
http://jaydiohead.com/ (it is very good)

Keep up the good work

May 12 2009 7:16PM
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mmallender.
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also theres the grey album, which is jay-z and the beatles, id link it but i dont have a link sorry
May 13 2009 3:37AM
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InkShrink
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Yeah, just keep it up. You got potential.
May 13 2009 8:58AM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I made two more songs, this one is my latest and best:
http://www.thesixtyone.com/site_media/swf/song_player_embed.swf?song_id=51740" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="310" height="120">
and this one was one that I made right after the first one to practice BMP like you guys said:
http://www.thesixtyone.com/site_media/swf/song_player_embed.swf?song_id=51488" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="310" height="120">
Hope you guys like "Dreamy Piano", that one took a while!
May 14 2009 3:40PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I guess embeds doesnt work, here you go:

Dreamy Piano (the good song): http://www.thesixtyone.com/bearbot/#/playdough/song/Dreamy+Piano/51740/

Remember the Clarity (the BMP practice song): http://www.thesixtyone.com/bearbot/#/playdough/song/Remember+the+Clarity/51488/
May 14 2009 3:42PM
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connoroh
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In the practice one, the only thing wrong is that you are syncing up the instrumental and the acapella on the wrong beat. So for example, you might start a line on the 2 or 4 of the 1,2,3,4 when it needs to be on the 1 or 3. You can't just slap a beat and an acapella together without thinking about where they're fitting.
May 14 2009 3:57PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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It was just BPM practice, but I defenetly see what you mean
May 14 2009 4:20PM
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2+2=5
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everyone has potential you should stick with it anyways. when it comes to creativity, theres always that period of doubting yourself, its all about sticking with it till the end.
May 14 2009 4:31PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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Thanks for all the positive comments!
May 14 2009 7:24PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I made a new song (my inspiration is Jef-flee fo life, honey! by Hathbanger) Tell me what you think!
http://www.thesixtyone.com/eastcoast/#/playdough/song/Big+Country+Beat/52854/
May 24 2009 8:24PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I made another song, any critique would be great!

http://thesixtyone.com/playdough
May 25 2009 6:44PM
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