Just Create - Lobster Edition

[silvercat17]

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

 

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

 

What do you just want to talk about?

 

What have you been watching or reading?

 

Chores and other not-fun things count!

 

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky.

Comments

[guildrone]

I’ve come out the other side of yet some more cognitive dissonance I’ve been sitting on, and as such think I’ve properly (re)appraised my relationship with art as a whole and what bases I actually value it on. That being said, I still don’t think I’ll return to creative writing—but I’ve at least answered the question of why there’s been such a gap between my interests as a writer and as a reader for so long…

…And also the question of why making music sounds like a much more synergistic prospect in comparison; I’ve indeed been fiddling around in FL Studio since first I mentioned it, on that note, which has turned out both easier and harder than I thought it would. On one hand, the actual mechanics have been surprisingly digestible so far—especially between more simply working with some thorough soundfonts for now and this absolutely stellar introduction to sound design for when I’m ready to make my own—and my background in music theory through having learned a few instruments has certainly served my ear well…but on the other hand, I’m already brushing up against the limits of my (lack of) expertise; I’d like to start turning out some breakbeat stuff as per Hideki Naganuma et al., for instance, but I’m struggling to even pitch Sonic Rush’s various guitar samples in a way that doesn’t sound absolutely tedious to go through for an entire song. Time will tell whether I find all this more trouble than it’s worth, I guess.

[no_apologies]

You're interested in instrumentals?? Me too! Well, I've used different DAWs, but I made at least close to 100 tracks of various genres and moods.

Experimenting and trying out different things all the time is just half the fun about it. Become your own musically mad scientist. It takes some years of practice and experience until you get the swing of making some great beats, melodies, harmonies, and toss in some interesting FX.