I'm looking for someone to work with me and to learn from so I can improve my music making skills and get experience. I have done collaborations in the past, but haven't been able to learn much from them. I want learn everything from scratch and work my way up.
I'm a musician who is still waiting on the starting line. I've been making music for a year and a half now, and I can't actually say I know much about it. Most of my life I wasn't exposed to much diversity as far as genres or famous artists, so I never really developed a favorite type of music until recently. I've tried my best to listen and study the music I like, but as all musicians know, it's hard to figure out how to correctly produce the sound in your head. Basically, I'm looking for a way to build a foundation for my music so I can get to a point where I'll be able to decide the direction I want to go.
Some people have said my objectives and standards are too precise. I want to work on a specific type of music with a specific goal in mind. I'm aware that if anyone wants to help me or work with me, I'll have to broaden my scope, but in order to find the right type of person, I think it would be best to narrow down my search.
Here's some of the things I'm looking for. Not all criteria have to be met, I'm just trying to get across what I need.
-Someone who knows a fair amount about composition and song structure.
-Someone who knows how to play a musical instrument. (Guitar, piano, trumpet, drums)
-Someone either older than me who knows about older bands, or someone with experience such as college courses or just generally growing up in a musical environment.
-Someone who can spend time chatting on skype or elsewhere. Meeting in person is probably totally out of the question, but it would be very awesome if I could practice making music in the same room.
Most importantly, I want to find someone who enjoys or at least appreciates the same type of music I do. It's hard to work with someone who is totally focused on one sort of music which you only barely like or know about. I don't want to be the person who seems stubborn or selfish when doing a collaboration.
Here's the type of music I want to work on:
-Disco
-Nu Disco
-Funk
-House
-Jazz (Probably some form of electronic since I don't have a full band to work with)
-Anything resembling Daft Punk and their different albums.
I want to basically follow in their footsteps and go back to older disco tracks and imitate or revive them. I'm not saying I want to rip off anyone and claim to be the next big thing, I just want to make music that has soul and makes you want to dance.
I'll make a quick point here that I'm not looking to make much pony stuff, even though I'm posting this on a brony musicians site, and don't want to disappoint anyone who might want to throw in remixes from the show or something. I'm totally down for doing that as a side project, but right now I'm just trying to get a fix on how I make my music before I direct it towards a fandom.
I use FL Studio 11 currently and still have a lot to learn as far as synth making and mixing. Mastering is a pain, but I'm not too worried about it at the moment.
Here's the link to my soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/electric-velocity
I don't have everything on there mostly because I ran out of minutes, but some of the songs represent the style I'm going for mostly. I'd say the songs that best get across what I want are, Music Takes Ahold of Me, Never Stop The Sound, Shining Through, and Get Down and Dance. They're far from perfect, but everyone has to have a start, right? I have a few other songs on there that I'm proud of, but are not at all what I'm asking for here. In the future I might focus more on electro house or more popular genres, but for now I want to learn what I can about the basics so that when I put what I know to the test, it doesn't require tons of tweaking to make it sound right.
If anyone sees this and decides they want to collaborate or just offer general advice, feel free to reply or send me a message. I may not post much on here, but I'm on fairly often. Thank you for reading this.