Here's my question: If listening to music whilst drawing, what sort of music do you mainly listen to?
Whatever song fits my intended product's tone or mood, though often I ignore this and just play some Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, or Touhou metal arrange.
However, since I tend to compose as well, I usually don't listen to other music when drawing. I can add that in later.
Speaking of music, how about extending this thread to assist fellow musicians. composers, and remixers?
- In the drafting phase, I find it preferable to work in mono. Yes, it is surprisingly possible to pan in mono, but the idea here is to better assist with the mixing and balancing with other parts.
- It is advisable to, when starting from scratch, just lay down the initial notes first then change instrumentation, effects, whatever. At least then you don't forget what you wanted to write whilst tweaking!
- Speaking of fresh starts, writing songs is a bit easier when starting with the general chord progressions.
- As a Logic user, remember that EVB3 (the organ synth) only responds on MIDI channels 1-3. Why that is the case, I will never know.
My question to the music crew: what got you to start playing/composing/remixing? For me, it was violin experience combined with a growing discontent for playing just what was written on the musical score and a like for game music.