Rainbow & Rooted: Four's Fall Down

[Lying Pink]

Nobody minds if I try jump in on this now, do they? I'm working on a Metal-ish kind of song atm for it, wasn't entirely sure how to sign up till now.

The more the merrier :>

Wat do?

Have you got any of the lyrics for either option down yet? Why not write a rough draft of a verse and chorus of each and see which one appeals to you more?

[itroitnyah]

Lyrically for my song im kind of conflicted, It was originally intended to be about RD failing to stay true to the virtue of Loyalty after some event for example lets say joining the shadowbolts, discords tricks, or some darkish future situation like fallout equestria. But now it's starting to seem more like Sonic Rainboom with Rarity falling to her death just outside of everyones reach till good ol RD saves the day. Wat do?

I don't think you can get much more cliche than that, all that is missing is the "yay" and "twenty percent cooler" samples. All jokes aside, in the little bit of the song writing course I took, I learned that when writing vocals, think about what you want the theme to be. For you, it's obviously Dash losing loyalty. Then, take three boxes, like so:

and split the theme up into three parts. Perhaps the first part will be Dash joining the shadow bolts, the second part Dash starting to lose loyalty with friends, the third Dash regretting her decision. Put the first idea into the first box, etc. Then just write four lines explaining the first idea:

On the day of wonder
My dreams set all a flutter
As I wore the dark suit so proudly
And shouted the shadowbolts so loudly

These lyrics are of course crap, but you get the idea. And then inbetween each box, where the arrow is, is where the chorus goes. And that's simply how to write vocals.

[Stakeout Punch]

I think this fits the criteria better than my last "song"
But to actually work on it and submit it or not...
https://soundcloud.com/evanhroberts/i-should-be-doing-homework

[Jokeblue]

I don't think you can get much more cliche than that, all that is missing is the "yay" and "twenty percent cooler" samples. All jokes aside, in the little bit of the song writing course I took, I learned that when writing vocals, think about what you want the theme to be. For you, it's obviously Dash losing loyalty. Then, take three boxes,
and split the theme up into three parts. Put the first idea into the first box, etc.
And then inbetween each box, where the arrow is, is where the chorus goes. And that's simply how to write vocals.

Right, right. I was kind of doing something similar but not so well organised and structured. I've kind of got it set up in a generic-ish song structure, like V1a, V1b, Chorus Soft, Chorus Heavy, Main riff, V2, chorus yaddayadda. The flowing theme thing was happening and following that, it was just a little hard keeping it together though cos I had nothing written down, just recorded.
I should probably write it all down haha.

And fun fact, I'd originally intended to use the louder sample (I know, the cliché of it is killing me) but I couldnt really get it to work. Stopped the flow of the song, and the intro needs some revision because of it. The theme and lyrics weren't directly about Dash, more inspired. I say a situation like the shadowbolts cos its more like Dash has abandoned her friends for personal gain or broken her loyalty with them in a future situation (more similar to Fallout: Equestria, really) and is reflecting over her choices and blahblabblab etc.

Have you got any of the lyrics for either option down yet? Why not write a rough draft of a verse and chorus of each and see which one appeals to you more.

I've written the first verse and most the chorus, and keep getting this Bullet for my Valentine kind of feel when writing the lyrics, and cos of that it kind of slowly worked itself into a tragic/alone feel with the speaker falling to their death (mentally or physically? no one knows). But because of that, it's also starting to feel like Rarity's P.O.V when falling due to her vanity in Sonic Rainboom, with a 'what if Dash can't save me' mentality thrown into her perspective.

I kinda work better when I have a theme to go by and im worried if I start writting too much on Rarity's P.O.V, it'll become a Rarity song and not really fit on R&R. But then the Dash failing/falling alone version feels like it would need more interpreting cos its coming more from me rather than an episode or fan-fic or anything.

[Mega Flare]

Ill just leave this here haha seriously tell me what you think
Chip and Bass (Chiptune + Drum and Bass)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STw5c7xpIRg

[AJ_]

So how is everyone doing

[Lying Pink]

So how is everyone doing

I'm proud of what I've got so far, but it'll be a struggle to get it in on time. I think I can do it though, with the help of caffeine. How's yours coming along?

[FLAOFEI]

Going pretty good, still paranoid that everypony will hate me if I submit... Cause I'm using a shit load of those "obvious pony samples"... And I try to tell my self its ok cause they are all glitched and stuff... Gonna post a preview soon I hope.

[v.lossity]

worst thing they could say is no. I highly doubt anyone would hate.

[Alycs]

Unless you put a "Where's the Balloon Party" sample in. I have a feeling that might set Circuitfry off.

But yeah, you really have nothing to lose, so go ahead.

[Decmaster IX]

So how is everyone doing

I'm doing great, thanks for asking!
I'm in that stage where I get over-critical, though, so I'm changing things that probably don't need to be focused on.
Oops. ( ,, * . * ,, )

[Ocular]

There's still 20 days left? I might actually participate after all.
Neurofunk it is.

[Jokeblue]

There's still 20 days left? I might actually participate after all.
Neurofunk it is.

Woohoo! have to say I've never really heard of Neurofunk before. Sounds pretty cool though haha. Whats it like?

So how is everyone doing

Getting closer to finishing yay. I'm actually surprised i've gotten this far without my computer exploding. Last time i tried recording a song i got pretty far into it only to have the compy crash, delete all the recordings and files, and then have protools die all together for months. Joy.

Need to revise Intro, do Bass, Vox, second half of the lyrics, Bridge/solo, mixing leveling and finetuning, and maybe slight rerecording of some parts. Right now im doing a bit of rerecording and making the chorus sound nicer.

You close to finishing?

[Jokeblue]

Goddamnit scratch everything I just said about going well. Protools just crashed and deleted half of my song, mostly what I've done today/yesterday, but still a god damn lot. So much editing and leveling and recording just gone. God damnit

[ExoBassTix]

So how is everyone doing

Good question.
In fact I find myself unable to answer this without taking a guess. Because at the moment I'm a little bit sick and tired of what my collab partner's been doing... That's part of the game I guess...

But still, technically we only need to do some last touches, I guess.
We didn't have to if my partner didn't buck everything up, and, after that, lost the file...

ANYWAYS, after we FINALLY finish this one single beat, and fixed those small details, we're ready for uploading our stuff.

[Mega Flare]

So how is everyone doing

Going pretty well have a solid 1st edit of the whole track have to go back and add a few touches plus master it pretty proud of it so far, hope ppl enjoy my style

[00ToD00]

My music would never be accepted on this
no lose in trying to do something fast and catchy for it though

[Nine Volt]

Alright, I think I'm settled on a song to use for this. Happy 9V is happy :3

[Camsy]

Happy 9V is happy :3

See your profile pic for more details.

[NecroTrygon]

I'm working on this for Rainbow n Rooted. its not fast its actually 110.
But i believe it represented rainbow dash's hype. I dont know.
Would mean alot if you guys checked it out and commented.

https://soundcloud.com/javedwidarso/rnr-submission-wip

[Navron]

I'm working on this for Rainbow n Rooted. its not fast its actually 110.

Fast is a subjective term. A song at 170 can sound slower than a song at 110.

[TheAnonymousColt]

So should I send my finished song to Circuit or something? I've already entered into the event, but where the hell do I send my song?!

[Lying Pink]

So should I send my finished song to Circuit or something? I've already entered into the event, but where the hell do I send my song?!

On the event listing/participant list, there's a submit entry button at the bottom of the page.

[TheAnonymousColt]

So should I send my finished song to Circuit or something? I've already entered into the event, but where the hell do I send my song?!

On the event listing/participant list, there's a submit entry button at the bottom of the page.

...TIL i'm blind...thanks!

[Jokeblue]

So where should I go for cover art? I've got a kind of design that i'd like to see done, but i'm lacking the art skills to make it. I've done a kind of template, but not sure who/where I should really ask to make it.