Hi guys & gals, anyone keen to riff over this for the Contrast challenge?
Made in Ableton, and I can provide track stems if you like.
daveo1977 Anyone keen to riff over this
@ScottyDogg One for your talents? Wayy beyond mine ?
V8 Haha jesus
I'm not well practised with blast beats but could try something - share the stems somewhere daveo1977 ? Also, can you share the drum midi file? Can hook you up with much better sounding drums
(the violin melodies are super cool btw)
warrenpridgeon I probably can't even play funk to save my life
Never know till you try! Though...I make little claim to being able to do it, I just try, try and try again ?
ScottyDogg the violin melodies are super cool btw)
Thought the same, so I poked ya - coz' I have no 7 stringer(s) to do it justice ?
ScottyDogg Sure thing. I'll upload the stems & midi info and share the link in this thread.
V8 lol well I don't have a 7 string - just a 6 string tuned down to drop B ?
daveo1977 Maybe just give me a shout what key it's in too please?
@ScottyDogg Here is the link to the stems, and midi files: https://app.box.com/s/tkvo6nh2w6onj7eonxa1wgw71llj0eth
Anyone with the link may access the Stems folder & download.
Blimey, had to get some help online re. the key... A/Bm (that's what the PC says anyway) ?
daveo1977 Lol dunno what's going on with the midi? Pulled it in and this:
Top is the blast.mid file, next is hiphop.mid and below those is the coresessiondry.wav file. The midi files amount to 16 seconds long
Also, bpm of the song?
@ScottyDogg Super stoked that you're keen on a colab! Shout if you need anymore info or other production bits, and thank you.
ScottyDogg I think I know what I did wrong. Fixed it and added the "Combo" midi file to the download folder. BPM set to 120.
daveo1977 Sweet got it all in properly now ?
Would you mind if I played with drums a little? Just adding in some cymbal hits instead of leaving in just hi hats
ScottyDogg By all means add your own flavour.
daveo1977 Sorry bud - been crazy busy - should be able to send you something in the next few days 🙂
daveo1977 bruh - can you hook me up with the midi files for your stringed instruments?
There’s a lot going on and I’m having a tough time figuring out what notes to use lol
Had a bit of time to play with this last night and I think I might have something. I started messing around with a riff I've been playing with for a while and found a bit of inspiration. So far I've got rough versions of the intro and verse more or less in place as well as outlines for a bridge and chorus. Now need to round the song out, complete the lyrics and can then start on tighter recordings and adding detail.
My best idea so far was to take a few old tunes I've done for challenges and re-mix them in a contrasting way.
Didn't say it was a great idea... 😑
ScottyDogg Yo dude! I added the midi files for the strings to the same folder you accessed last time. As always, add / subtract to your liking - especially keen to hear some of the strings replaced with tasty metal guitar 👍️
daveo1977 lol how can I share a draft so far with you without everybody having a listen to it prematurely?
I've generated new drum sounds with your midi, done guitars on the blast beat sections and think maybe just some light noodling in the quiet middle bit. Having difficulty with this one lol
Whoooaaa....only a week left!
I'm using the challenge this month to commit to "tape" a long gestated thing - it's hardly original but it is (loosely interpreted) a contrast!
