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I had a hard time the other day and needed to blow off some steam. I was depressed, tired, with a void in my chest. Fortunately, night fell and with it came inspiration. I didn't sleep all night and I received the dawn composing this song that I have come to show you today.
The chords I used in the first 12 bars were the following:
Em + C + D5 + C°7
Then I made a small variation from bars 13 to 15:
E5 + C5 + D5 + C°7 and E5 + C5 + D5 + C5
Then the ones I used at the beginning are repeated until the small variation comes back in to shape the theme.
Instruments:
For the piano part I used the Truepianos 4front VST. Looking for a sound that I liked, I finally decided to use the Atlantis module and its ROCK preset, which I modified a little bit the pitch to get the desired sound.
But it was not enough. I had not yet expressed my feelings. I searched and searched for hours for another sound that would complement the piano.
Finally I found what I wanted: The Rusted Phono lead of the VST Heat Up 3. I added some Delay and I had what I wanted.
For the bass I didn't have to think much and I went to Trilogy's VST. I set the Modern Funk Full range A preset and pulled out a simple progression so it wouldn't overshadow the melody.
And for a moment I thought it was done. I liked the sample, but I was not convinced.
I tried other instruments, but most of them overshadowed the melody. I thought maybe a cello and a viola would help. And so it was.
I used the VST Sakura, which comes integrated with the FL Studio and I used the STR Viola FG and STR Cello FG presets.
For the drum and box I used the Drum Pack from the FL Studio library. A smooth and precise sound. I didn't want any noise.
Then it was time to mix it up.
Honestly, it is tedious to explain the whole mastering process. This time I held on to FL Studio's Parametric EQ 2 and used it on every instrument. I removed sounds that were dirtying the mix and divided bass from treble to get a cleaner sound.
Here I leave the screenshots I took from my computer so you can see the process:
After three days of making arrangements here and there in my free time, this was the result:
I hope you like it. Thanks for listening.
The image used at the beginning of this publication and in the video uploaded to Youtube, was modified with Photoshop CS6 and belongs to Lukas Robertson, photographer of Unsplash.com.
All screenshots are from my computer.