Christian Compositions and Creations

[ForgiveMeGod]

Hey guys, I know there are more creatives out there.

Here is a thread where we can post our music creations, whether acoustic or electronic, any instrument, hardware, software or voice.

 

[Lynx]

All I've done so far is soundtracks for songs other people made, so I could sing those songs at church.

Here's a light piano line I made for a little girl at our church to sing Laura Story's "Blessings."

https://app.box.com/s/j8ajc74h9ap60ti8i1bu

Here's a soundtrack I made for Carl Cartee's "Chasing After You." I wrote a different bridge for it though.

https://app.box.com/s/enap94g3rbqrbzpxf389
(Give it until the chorus.)

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

All I've done so far is soundtracks for songs other people made, so I could sing those songs at church.

Here's a light piano line I made for a little girl at our church to sing Laura Story's "Blessings."

https://app.box.com/s/j8ajc74h9ap60ti8i1bu

Here's a soundtrack I made for Carl Cartee's "Chasing After You." I wrote a different bridge for it though.

https://app.box.com/s/enap94g3rbqrbzpxf389
(Give it until the chorus.)

That piano playing is amazing and I can imagine listening to the soundtrack while blasting it through my motorcycle speakers, while riding in the desert, if I had a motorcycle.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

My uploaded albums so far:

An electronic only music album:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?...ymcCoBxCgjSQXDSLIzDGe_VxI&si=vTYKFmel4IwiKreE

A hip hip only music album:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?...Ha5152oFvwSne0GSRHvIwB45w&si=FvrtVYErlf2gdJF7

And one single:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?...gJd2E5cJjESJMHliTXuoTSDA0&si=6TEL0nYTDV1A-w1y

I have more songs that I composed or created that still need to be uploaded and will do so probably sometime this January, which will include rock, alternative, jazz, Chinese and various other genres.

I'd like to create a bigger rock/alternative album and jazz album this year.

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

New song today

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

First rock/alternative EP:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7KyBZwp3t6j4UMdW3By64A0JCiosQIK8&si=_FUvYfMIqmlZtiwj

First Chinese themed song:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lSnn__8srSMDuA3QvUjqIjAwt5_c6KtX4&si=7kO2-b6dDpHZUh7A

First Jazz 2 track single:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nCgQMd_h4HBAEZO2-9SVX4HbkyIX37e_A&si=mYqGSl_XaQbFgL-k

First Experimental electronic EP:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n6N7aXw4FyzIImxuElXoU5XpGd4e8efa4&si=Sd0yY7CW0b6zDhmm

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

Three songs that I made from scratch, using GarageBand:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kYg29GeRTfZvO1BoKcGYZDq0P5iT17qsA&si=YCWiHF3_DtmcEj8t

Enjoy!

 

[Melody1964]

That piano playing is amazing and I can imagine listening to the soundtrack while blasting it through my motorcycle speakers, while riding in the desert, if I had a motorcycle.

Thanks for sharing!

yes I agree, I use sound tracks mostly to sing with too. I play but love more to sing, and can just soar in the Spirit with my voice if I don’t have to worry about the Music. And a sound track never has changes.

I’ve been sick and haven’t done any new music in several years so I’m behind on all the newest songs.

 

[maxwel]

New song today

Pretty cool.
I rate you 1 eyeball.

My ratings don't go any higher.

.

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

Pretty cool.
I rate you 1 eyeball.

My ratings don't go any higher.

.

Thank you, Maxwel. I feel like I won a Grammy lol

 

[Lynx]

And a sound track never has changes.

Eh... Perhaps.

I have tried out chopping a soundtrack into parts, then assigning each part to a trigger key on a keyboard. It's very feasible with certain audio programs, like Ableton live. If you want to go back and do the bridge again, just hit the bridge key and the program will play the bridge section next.

 

[Presence76]

Over this summer I used AI mastering software to master an album I made (Bricklayer) as kind of a musical tract.
I want to find someone that can create a video to go with it so it can be used as an outreach tool (kind of a movie night) in churches.
It's on boombox.io and I don't want my ex to get a hold of it, so I'm sharing through email link and that gets my posts here deleted.

Anyways - I can post a recording I did of my friend who plays bass on the album. I decided to get Pro Tools and some cheap mics, etc. and recorded this song he wrote as a thank you for playing. He wrote it, plays all bass parts and sings. I recorded, eq'd, mixed and mastered it as well as played all guitar parts and sequenced the drums. He sang three different times at varying distances and volumes and didn't want to redo anything so it was a bear trying to get his vocals eq'd. So it's far from perfect but I'm proud of it as a first attempt. (Also it sounds better on my home equipment than on my work laptop, not sure if it's compression from Soundcloud or what).

https://soundcloud.com/todd-young-779310193%2Fskin-1221-todd-mix

 

[maxwel]

All I've done so far is soundtracks for songs other people made, so I could sing those songs at church.

Here's a light piano line I made for a little girl at our church to sing Laura Story's "Blessings."

https://app.box.com/s/j8ajc74h9ap60ti8i1bu

Here's a soundtrack I made for Carl Cartee's "Chasing After You." I wrote a different bridge for it though.

https://app.box.com/s/enap94g3rbqrbzpxf389
(Give it until the chorus.)

Very nice.
.

 

[Lynx]

Over this summer I used AI mastering software to master an album I made (Bricklayer) as kind of a musical tract.
I want to find someone that can create a video to go with it so it can be used as an outreach tool (kind of a movie night) in churches.
It's on boombox.io and I don't want my ex to get a hold of it, so I'm sharing through email link and that gets my posts here deleted.

Anyways - I can post a recording I did of my friend who plays bass on the album. I decided to get Pro Tools and some cheap mics, etc. and recorded this song he wrote as a thank you for playing. He wrote it, plays all bass parts and sings. I recorded, eq'd, mixed and mastered it as well as played all guitar parts and sequenced the drums. He sang three different times at varying distances and volumes and didn't want to redo anything so it was a bear trying to get his vocals eq'd. So it's far from perfect but I'm proud of it as a first attempt. (Also it sounds better on my home equipment than on my work laptop, not sure if it's compression from Soundcloud or what).

https://soundcloud.com/todd-young-779310193%2Fskin-1221-todd-mix

The mix does seem a little bit off.

Listen to it on multiple different kinds of speakers, from a boombox to earbuds. Different speakers emphasize different parts of the audio spectrum. Even studio monitors may give you a false impression. When it sounds good on all of them, you have the mix perfect.

Also... I might be wrong, but to my ears... It sounds like different channels have different kinds of reverb. Not just different amounts of reverb, but completely different kinds.

If you use the same reverb effects on each track, and only vary the amount used per channel - or if you put the reverb on a send track, and vary how much of each channel you send to the FX track - it will bring the sound together, make it sound more complete and whole.

Of course if you actually did use the same kinds of reverb over the whole track, ignore what I just said.

 

[Presence76]

The mix does seem a little bit off.

Listen to it on multiple different kinds of speakers, from a boombox to earbuds. Different speakers emphasize different parts of the audio spectrum. Even studio monitors may give you a false impression. When it sounds good on all of them, you have the mix perfect.

Also... I might be wrong, but to my ears... It sounds like different channels have different kinds of reverb. Not just different amounts of reverb, but completely different kinds.

If you use the same reverb effects on each track, and only vary the amount used per channel - or if you put the reverb on a send track, and vary how much of each channel you send to the FX track - it will bring the sound together, make it sound more complete and whole.

Of course if you actually did use the same kinds of reverb over the whole track, ignore what I just said.

Appreciare the input! So I do have Slate VSX Headphones which simulate rooms (well reviewed - but everyone has opinions) and it sounded good (to me) in most the rooms as well as my car.
I didn’t use the same reverbs over the whole track, I varied them to differentiate -as mentioned - I don’t know what I’m doing. You have a great ear to pick that out!
Anyways - I am going to upload something else into SoundCloud to see if it sounds as bad to my ears on my work laptop as my song. If not - back to the drawing board. If so - than I’ll try a different medium but I’m guessing based on your ability to discern different reverbs per channel, SoundCloud isn’t the issue…

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

Over this summer I used AI mastering software to master an album I made (Bricklayer) as kind of a musical tract.
I want to find someone that can create a video to go with it so it can be used as an outreach tool (kind of a movie night) in churches.
It's on boombox.io and I don't want my ex to get a hold of it, so I'm sharing through email link and that gets my posts here deleted.

Anyways - I can post a recording I did of my friend who plays bass on the album. I decided to get Pro Tools and some cheap mics, etc. and recorded this song he wrote as a thank you for playing. He wrote it, plays all bass parts and sings. I recorded, eq'd, mixed and mastered it as well as played all guitar parts and sequenced the drums. He sang three different times at varying distances and volumes and didn't want to redo anything so it was a bear trying to get his vocals eq'd. So it's far from perfect but I'm proud of it as a first attempt. (Also it sounds better on my home equipment than on my work laptop, not sure if it's compression from Soundcloud or what).

https://soundcloud.com/todd-young-779310193%2Fskin-1221-todd-mix

Like Lynx was saying, listen to this song on as many audio outputs as possible...or at least your studio speakers, your laptop speakers, your phone speakers and a pair of ear buds and or headphones. I also am a composition nazi, where I'll literally listen to the song maybe 30 or more times, over and over again until the song sounds perfect in my opinion., editing it over and over again.\, subtracting things and adding things. Then I know it is set for release.

 

[Lynx]

Appreciare the input! So I do have Slate VSX Headphones which simulate rooms (well reviewed - but everyone has opinions) and it sounded good (to me) in most the rooms as well as my car.
I didn’t use the same reverbs over the whole track, I varied them to differentiate -as mentioned - I don’t know what I’m doing. You have a great ear to pick that out!
Anyways - I am going to upload something else into SoundCloud to see if it sounds as bad to my ears on my work laptop as my song. If not - back to the drawing board. If so - than I’ll try a different medium but I’m guessing based on your ability to discern different reverbs per channel, SoundCloud isn’t the issue…

The reason for the same reverb rule is, different kinds of reverb give it a different room feel. Your brain reconstructs what kind of room the song was done in by the audio reflections the reverb puts on it.

So if different channels have different kinds of reverb, your brain thinks they were recorded in different rooms and all mashed together. So it just winds up sounding really weird.

 

[Presence76]

The reason for the same reverb rule is, different kinds of reverb give it a different room feel. Your brain reconstructs what kind of room the song was done in by the audio reflections the reverb puts on it.

So if different channels have different kinds of reverb, your brain thinks they were recorded in different rooms and all mashed together. So it just winds up sounding really weird.

Makes sense! I'm sure this will come as no surprise, but after I initially mixed it, I saw a "5 things you're doing wrong when mixing" and watched it. I was doing 4 of them - made sense to me when I did it, but obviously made a lot more sense when I learned the correct way.

Steep learning curve

 

[Lynx]

Makes sense! I'm sure this will come as no surprise, but after I initially mixed it, I saw a "5 things you're doing wrong when mixing" and watched it. I was doing 4 of them - made sense to me when I did it, but obviously made a lot more sense when I learned the correct way.

Steep learning curve

Eh... There is no right and wrong in music. There's just better and not so good.

Use those videos for good tips, but don't feel like you have to obey the rules they lay out.

Sometimes a reverb made specifically for pianos (PSP pianoverb) can sound good on the whole track. The only rule is, use what works.

So instead of a learning curve, you just have a curve of getting better and better as you try different things.

 

[Lynx]

Me, for example, I curled up in a little ball when you said Pro Tools. I prefer things like FL Studio, Reaper, Ardour...

But if you already got Pro Tools and learned how to use it, a program in the pocket is worth two in the bush. Er... I mean... A program you already bought and learned is worth two that you haven't downloaded and tried yet... Or something. Anyway, if it's working for you, rock on.