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A song makers natural instinct

LittleWing posted on 13 juil. 2023 #21
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TeeGee wrote:
I think I went through all phases of contributing on the Loops, from just adding a bit of rhythm, to adding solos, starting templates, finishing templates, completely re-mixing and modifying a track and finally organising a complete concept album including composing adding arranging mixing finishing arguing crying giving up restarting and any other possible thing in between :D And it was only possible because of the unique conditions here at Wikiloops.

At the end of the day, whatever you want to get from your music you can get it here on Wikiloops, other than money and fame.


There was that guy with high end software who was taking tracks with female vocalists, making disco beats behind them, adding auto tune and using the tracks at Dance clubs in the middle east. He found money and fame.
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Shamika posted on 13 juil. 2023 #22
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I've been delighted by the response to my questions here. Thank you all, and I take all the good points you've made. I enjoy finding the 'minds' behind the music.
Now, being a finisher I'm surprised that I don't like to be the last poster in a thread, not sure why that is Bwahaha!
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TeeGee posted on 13 juil. 2023 #23
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LittleWing wrote: There was that guy with high end software who was taking tracks with female vocalists, making disco beats behind them, adding auto tune and using the tracks at Dance clubs in the middle east. He found money and fame.


A Wikilooper??
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Tofzegrit posted on 13 juil. 2023 #24
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I’m more a finisher than a templator.

I used to compose for me or for a band but many years later I’m unable to play something alone with a guitar.
Others inspire me.

Here, I have learned many things for improvement as well.

How to play not invasive, how to accompany a singer, how to breathe, how to leave (or not) space…
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Bradford posted on 13 juil. 2023 #25
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I think that sometimes it’s also healthy to ignore all the mentally imposed ‘shoulds’ and let the dreaded mayhem flow out into your craft.
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LittleWing posted on 14 juil. 2023 #26
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Tofzegrit wrote:
I’m more a finisher than a templator.

I used to compose for me or for a band but many years later I’m unable to play something alone with a guitar.
Others inspire me.

Here, I have learned many things for improvement as well.

How to play not invasive, how to accompany a singer, how to breathe, how to leave (or not) space…


You are a GOAT , Chris.
Here in America the new popular slang term is You are a GOAT.

Greatest. Of. All. Time.
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TeeGee posted on 14 juil. 2023 #27
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LittleWing wrote:You are a GOAT , Chris.
Here in America the new popular slang term is You are a GOAT. Greatest. Of. All. Time.


The don't call him "ze grit" for nothing. He is a machine :W :W :W
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Dick posted on 14 juil. 2023 #28
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rootshell wrote:
the data and analytical side of me has me curious now. of all the templates (1st posts) on the loops, what's the percentage break down for the "instrument"? is the majority of starters guitar players? drummers?


That's not too hard to figure out... let's see...
out of 49k templates on wikiloops, here's the split:
Multi-instrument 47,87%
guitar 16,73%
drums 9,67%
acoustic guitar 7,80%
keys 6,07%
bass 2,92%
mixer 2,53%
vocals 1,30%

Taking into account that we are at roundabout 217k tracks total, any template receives on average of 3.42 remixes - would be nice to split that down to template-instruments now, too. I can tell you this much from past evaluations: drum templates clearly lead that list :)
I'd love to know if other music communities generate these 3.4 creative responses on average, I still feel that is an outstanding high average (I know that does not cure the hurt of not getting a single remix, it does happen).
Maybe I should revive publishing some wikiloops statistics for you, these are interesting in many ways (sadly, excluding the financial stats.... different story).

Bradford wrote:
I've spent years on 4 different online music sites since 2013. This is by far the most comfortable place to hang out and do my thing. Feeling safe to experiment and share is super important if not mandatory.


Thanks for stating that, it means something to me.


To at least touch the initial topic:
I've mostly found myself starting templates or bridging the early awkwardness with simplistic basslines - that often worked to trigger that "I got to solo" instinct in guitar players. To me, doing the "finish off" would make me feel uncomfortable, the "work in progress" label doesn't feel like such a responsibility to me.
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rootshell posted on 14 juil. 2023 #29
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Dick wrote:
out of 49k templates on wikiloops, here's the split:
Multi-instrument 47,87%
guitar 16,73%
drums 9,67%
acoustic guitar 7,80%
keys 6,07%
bass 2,92%
mixer 2,53%
vocals 1,30%


totally awesome Dick! <3:W
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