YO, TELL US YOUR (FAVORITE) STYLE!

[bartekko]

While I'm not exactly centered about any kind of music, right now i'm mostly into electro house-ish stuff with a dubstep break somewhere mid-song. Based on synthesizers and heavy effectization, sometimes with a bit of acoustic instruments.
BPM 120
Low-Pass filters abuse on sawtooth waves.
Has a friend considering techno (and overall electronic music) not being music.
Lead Synth is played almost non-stop, more than 90% of the clip's length
Glitching with gater and overall dblue_glitch abuse (however i found that one recently thanks to general mumble)
Keeping the melody simple may not be something i should whine about.
Catchiness over everything else, and that sometimes leads to that simplicity
I would be making Rammstein style metal, but I can't guitar.
Another thing is: Evrything MUST be aligned to a 1/16 note
of course 4 2 De ___

[Kryptage]

My Style is mainly in Trance, Dubstep and House. However, that is not really set though. I experiment with Electrohouse, and many other genres. I love glitchyness as well! I draw influence mostly from Progressive Metal/Rock, and Orchestral.

Most of the time my music carries a chiller tone, and I rarely write in Major keys. The BPM of my music ranges from 120-150, but that is tentative. The lengths of my music is rarely below 3:30, and I use a range of synth sounds that are used in multitudes of different electronic genres. I use odd signatures mainly in my non-electronic stuff, but I have none of that recorded or put out. Though I have used subtle ones in my electronic. I like mixing Piano during breaks in my music, and I'm experimenting with guitar as well as vocals.

I try to keep my melodies strong, although I don't exert to much effort in making it a radio melody. Rhythm is very important to me, and I like to have a groove, not necessarily funk groovy, but there is groove.

Bass progression for me normally moves in 3rds, 5ths, and 2nds. 3rds and 2nds, more than 5ths. Inversions are very common, and 7th chords are always something I've tried to work in.

I really like anything that sounds good. I'm not picky about any mixture of two things. I'm always up to experimenting, and I think any two things can go hand in hand if done with confidence.

[NightColt]

Catchiness over everything else, and that sometimes leads to that simplicity
I would be making Rammstein style metal, but I can't guitar.

I can guitar! And I love Rammstein! Hit me up if you ever wanna collab sometime.

[Makkon]

But really those are just guidelines, and an excuse to talk about myself, which seems to be really satisfying and pleasing and fun.

I think I wrote too much.

Beats, effects, and random pony crap. Got it!

[Darktrot]

I bounce between two.
Hardstyle And Brostep.
Depends on my situation really. Im more hardstyle untill i can make some brostep sounds

[MichaelA]

I have many styles, but I'll go over my main ones here.

[Eurotrance]: Example

*140-160 bpm
*Catchy melodies
*Tons of bass, on the kick and actual sawtooth bass
*PADS EVERYWHERE YAY
*Song usually bases around the main melody.


[Trance]: Example

*Anywhere from 120-170 BPM, though I like to stay at 154 more often then not.
*SO MUCH DRUMS. Heavy percussion usually, Drums, bass, and pads drive this genre.
*ROLLING BASSLINES. Don't know what they are? This is a rolling trance bassline. I love them so much <3
*So much ambience. Trance is supposed to be really trippy-ish. Ambience is key.
*PADS EVERYWHERE AGAIN OMG
*Usually there's a lot of random upbeat stabs/hits.
*The leads/melodies usually add on to the trippy-feeling. They aren't too powerful usually.

So yup.

[Flutterbro]

I don't really have a set style right now, but in the past I've made breakbeat, house, that last song was a piano thing I guess? Right now I'm making drum and bass, enjoying that so far.
Oh, also everything seems to be very dark.

[Facade]

ME?
hmmmmmm
everything
.... i guess you could say
iiiiiiiii loooovvveee everyyythiiinnggg!!!!

[Overkillius]

My style?

Well first of all, almost everything I do is usually centered around what I've learned about counterpoint and theory in general over the past one and a half years. When it all boils down to it, I do what sounds good, and usually the "rules" facilitate sounding good, if they get in the way... well they don't get in the way because I don't let them.

I either know what key I want to write something in because of where I have been banging around on a piano, or I compose in C Major or a minor and shift it around to see what key I like best. Regardless of where I start, I always shift the key signature around to see how it changes the feel of the song. I've noticed that different keys sound different somehow, even in equal temperament!

I actually spend a good amount of time right after I start a composition seeing how it feels in different tempi and key signatures. I end up with stuff like 154 BPM. obviously not always that high though.

the composition process is generally done by just plotting out notes or banging on a piano.

Some times I come up with a progression, sometimes I come up with a bass line and make a progression off of that, and sometimes I make a melody first and harmonize it!

I also spend time listening to parts doubled, like doubling flutes and violins! or bassoons and french horns, to get the sound that I want.

So much else goes into it... but I have no clue what...