Not that anyone would think so.

Ever since I've been learning more and more about FL Studio 12 I've been wanting to make more advanced and better songs. Instead of starting easy I challenged myself too much but that's how I decided to learn.

Here is a preview of my next track. It's another dubstep style track. It's inspired off one of my favorite artists. This is only the pre-drop and half of the first drop. I may still add more modulation and instruments if it sounds right, so this may not be the final project:

~Alpha

Well, I've always had one but I made a new one specifically for uploading my music.

Ok so one of the main problems people were finding in my tracks is an issue I didn't know how to resolve:

"There's too much reverb on your kick drum."

"Woah man there's too much reverb on that kick."

"DUDE ARE YOU FRICKING DEAF THERE'S TOO MUCH REVERB ON THE KICK."

Apparently I am. Yesterday my earphones stopped working. Since they don't sell the kind I have anymore I had to buy headphones. I tell you, I should've gotten these long ago. These things have like the best sound quality, so good I got a headache trying to compose something. The kick drums I was using sounded way too loud, and thumped into my ears too much. Sure it didn't sound that bad when I wasn't using my headphones, but that's when I realized:

"There IS too much reverb."

But I didn't know what that meant. There were no filters in the mixer slot. But oh wait, when I went to the master on my kick drum it says "Kick (Insert 1)". So when you go to the mixer you can see Insert 1. That's when I learned you can tone down the db, so now my next track should have less headache-inducing drums.

So lately I have been trying to throw together short things to help improve. This is a beat I made with PoiZone, Nightlife, 3x Osc, Fruit Kick, basic kick, and basic snare: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4b132n166abj5c/kek.mp3?dl=0

Nightlife is a pretty good VST, likewise with the FL Slayer it fails to work when I shut my lid to continue working on it later.

Didn't want to post it to the audio portal for reasons.

Tried making pixel art in FL Studio because I was bored and here came the result of a stretched out Kirby.

It actually even makes a weird tune when played: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i149oun3jup7f88/Nyan_Kirby.mp3?dl=0

Listening to music helps motivate me when I'm doing something. But listening to music while you're making it doesn't work very well..

So I'm so obsessed with listening to dubstep I wanted to try and make my own. I'm confident about it so far. Below is only like 9/10 of the pre-drop. Hopefully I won't screw up lol.

So I thought it would be interesting to voice act in something, luckily there were positions open for this game: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/674778 that I'm in, 3 characters actually. My voice is pretty deep for a game like this I'm sure but the developer, ninjarazi still thought it was good so, yeah .w.

...The demo version at least. Thanks to http://omegazeroinfi.newgrounds.com/ , http://gragon73.newgrounds.com/ and http://egasyelir.newgrounds.com/ for telling me that you can export songs in the demo and work on stuff as long as you don't close the window.

Also thanks to the people who offered their advice and a certain two who wanted to just be trolls (you know who you are).

I literally have no idea why I'm writing this since no one reads this stuff.

So I played around with it today and I want to make a short loop just to compare. Hopefully my computer doesn't freeze like it always does.

Sorry for flooding the feed,

~Alpha

So I like only a few artists on NG (I'm picky lol) but I thought I'd list my 5 favorite of every artist I actively listen to. No reason, just bored.

Rukkus (NightKILLA, Realistik):

1. ~NK~ PlaneT Ten

This is legit probably the best I've ever heard from Rukkus. I was a bit leery to listen to it since his (I hope I'm assuming the wrong gender) newer songs are better but it's just mind-blowing. It's calm and the drop is so simple. I wanted to attempt remixing it (to try something different instead of making crappy beats with preset instruments in FL mobile) but I'd have to listen to it thousands of times to memorize the pattern and then I'd be sick of it. Normally I listen to songs I really like once every few days so I don't lose interest.

2. ~NK~ Problematic

Normally people who specialize in one genre of music (like Waterflame does Video Game Loops, Xtrullor does Dubstep, etc.) aren't really that good at any other genre. Rukkus has done a few Techno songs like ~NK~ Meltdown, which isn't that bad, but he's a lot better at dubstep. Well Problematic isn't dubstep, it's house. I'm not an active fan of house because depending on the artist it's annoying, Problematic however is really nice. The drop is obviously my favorite part, while it doesn't loop many times like Sine Wavs freaking looped 10 times, it captures.. idk. I just like it.

3. ~NK~ Poltergeist

Now I must say this was probably really great since it used a lot of instruments and it's generally advanced for 2012, it captures the feeling of terror, and the drops were just amazing. The synths were also really nice, and I can tell a lot of work was put into it.

4. Astronaut - 13 (Rukkus Remix)

When I first heard this song I wasn't real attached to it, the first few seconds were amazing, but I didn't like the drop. It kind of grew on me after a while, especially how awesome the growls were.

5. ~NK~ Evil

I find it difficult to explain the reasons why I like this song. It's odd how some songs I can say 'oh I like this and this and this and this' and other times I can be like 'I just like it'. Evil kind of captures a dark feeling, it feels like a rock concert especially with the cheering. However it is annoying I can't listen to it on full volume without it screeching into my ears.

Honorable mentions are Jawbreaker, Nine Circles, Underground, Sweet Dreams, and Figures.

F-777:

1. EnV-ious (Tribute to EnV)

Now when I had first heard of F-777 I checked out his Newgrounds page and some of songs are amazing, but when I found out he had a boatload more songs that weren't on here that were uploaded to YouTube it was a whole new world. I had decided to listen to some of his Megamixes and one of them was Raptor. The cover art was amazing and I decided to listen to the full thing. The whole album was just badass but the one that captured my attention the most was EnV-ious. This song is just amazing and I can hands down say it will always be my favorite of F-777 no matter what.

2. Zombie Shuffle

This was the first song I had listened to on his newer album The Dancing Dead and I was amazed. The fact that music this good exists is what keeps me alive. 1:13 is my favorite part even though it's not extended much. It really gives me energy, and while I'm not a fan of some parts of it, it stands out more to me.

3. Airborne Robots

Ludicrous Speed was a really good album. It had really fast-paced songs that were so epically composed. When I had started playing Geometry Dash Meltdown I had really liked listening to Airborne Robots, while I had never heard of it before GD Meltdown I listened to the full track. And what's the greatest about this track is how it progressively gets faster and faster. And it gives me vibes of Sonic Blaster (would be my favorite if I listed his NG exclusive songs).

4. Bring Me Back

While I can safely say me listing this as number 4 I only liked the synth part at the beginning, and I could've listed a lot more songs on this Top 5 but I thought I'd be a bit more into variety by listing my favorite song of different albums (instead of doing stupid stuff like listing my top 5 of the Raptor album because RaptorisjustsodamnamazingOMG).

5. Viking Arena

The build-up to the drop was probably my favorite part of the song, you know around 0:29. It really gave the greatest viking vibes of Viking Dance Machine.

Honorable mentions are too many too list.

Xtrullor:

1. Paracosm

I'm extremely addicted to the first 30 seconds of this song. I have no idea what instrument that is but it's spectacular. One of the main aspects about Xtrullor is he names his sings so uniquely that have definition. Paracosm means "A world created within one's mind". And that's how I feel about Xtrullor, he has his own realm of dubstep (now keep in mind I don't actively explore music outside of Newgrounds). It does feel like a whole new realm if you imagine it. Overall, this is my favorite of Xtrullor.

2. Ichor

While Ichor and Paracosm battle it out for my spot of #1 I didn't like the second drop of Ichor. I'm getting ahead of myself so let's back up. Ichor is orchestral dubstep, which seems to be a new trend for this artist. I've found many orchestral dubstep tracks by other artists and it's not really even dubstep. Most "dubstep" isn't even fitting the genre. Do yourself a favor and never listen to the dubstep radio on Google Play Music. There's either not a drop or too bland of one for me to notice. This song in particular starts out great, and it gets progressively better. Especially the part after the second drop. I didn't like the second drop, but it is one of Xtrullor's bests.

3. Terran Era

I kind of have the same words for this as I do with Ichor. The pre-drop is really nice and does have a bit of medieval feel to it. The drop was alright, but it's not the reason I listen to it.

4. Supernova

Supernova is a song that's really melodic. I thought the pre-drop was a song in itself, but no, it's got another 4 minutes of awesomeness. The first drop of this was really amazing, and it felt like an alien invasion. I like to create scenes in my mind and sometimes lyrics listening to these songs and it puts so many images into my head. I really hope Xtrullor remakes this someday. Considering how much he's evolved, I would probably die listening to it. Now while I probably would've put this at a higher number, it gets real hard to play Geometry Dash and play levels that use this song over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

5. Screamroom

Screamroom is one of the few distortion tracks Xtrullor made, and compared to his distortion tracks Screamroom is the best. It kind of sounds orchestral to me and like it's in prison. I don't really know what the hell a Screamroom is however. It sounds like something from the Jeff the Killer PC game (which I only watched 5 minutes of YouTube gameplay on it because I get frightened easily). Overall the drop was amazing and I loved the vocals.

Honorable mentions are Hate Everything and Cry.

Well, I just spent nearly 2 hours writing this up. And while I am sad I could only cover 3 artists in that long amount of time I do feel accomplished I stated some of my favorites. Maybe the few of you who look at this can post your favorites in the comments. I'm interested to hear. F-777, Xtrullor, and Rukkus aren't the only ones I listen to. So part to will feature some of my other favorites.

Until then,

~Alpha