my first complete song!

dranandj · Post by **dranandj** » Wed May 25, 2016 7:57 pm

I've been sitting on a lot of incomplete songs done over many years mainly because I have had no time to collaborate with singers, lyricists etc. Finally fed up, I decided to take things in my own hands and complete a full song with whatever words and sounds that came to my mind. Here's the result...

https://soundcloud.com/isaithee/feeling-sexy

Complex arpeggiations with KARMA helped with some of the arrangements. I finally got it mastered online and am intending to make a music video and release it.

I am not a professional musician; I have a busy day job and hence it took me over one year to do this one song slowly on and off. Not a great song, but something for starters. Hope to get some feedback from fellow oasys and kronos users. Bonus if people like it.

Burydudexxx · Post by **Burydudexxx** » Thu May 26, 2016 7:26 pm

Not my cup of tea in terms of style / genre of music but top marks on completing a full song. I have amassed over 20 years worth of ditties (unfinished projects) that never make it to a "full song" - I keep meaning to but always end up with a new riff / idea / loop etc etc - one day

Bitflipper · Post by **Bitflipper** » Sat May 28, 2016 3:05 pm

Congratulations on finishing a song. I know how hard that can be, as I've also accumulated literally hundreds of half-baked productions over the years.

I am a new Kronos user, so I'm curious about the extent to which people use the instrument as a recording and composition tool. Was yours a conventional multitrack project in a conventional DAW, or did you use the Kronos sequencer for any of this?

dranandj · Post by **dranandj** » Sun May 29, 2016 8:13 am

Thanks both. I've never learnt to use the Kronos sequencer and have never used it as a compositional tool ever. To me, the Kronos sequencer feels so complicated, editing difficult and the screen size too small to work with.

But Kronos and OASYS are both a great inspirational tool for me. I normally play and experiment with various sounds and KARMA and then record them into Logicx and slowly build the song with sounds both from Kronos and other soft synths.