I remember that conversation and I'm glad that you're putting stuff out there! nowaypablo did something similar a couple days ago too (in case anyone forgot). Anyway, I bring that up and thenewgreen's recent post (oh yeah and ghostoffuffle had a couple of things . . . before he got ghosted) because I know on hubski there have been discussions of process here and there, on and off for as long as I've been on the site and sometimes people lean toward "don't show anyone anything until it's ready, or they'll inevitably think back to that first draft" which I do think is sometimes true, but on hubski I'd disagree.
For one thing, I think that attitude of showing off polished pieces is very useful for dealing with people who will buy the finished thing or expect a certain level of polish, as an audience would. However, because there are so many people on hubski working on different things I think that showing off our work in progress can be useful to get ideas on process and to open things up to new perspectives (or I hope so anyway).
I'm used to hearing the electronic stuff from you and I think it's really interesting to get a look at how people approach music using different sound palettes. Is the process for writing something like this very different from your electronic stuff?
I LOVE hearing music while it's being fleshed out. I have many friends that are musicians that have put out music and have shared demos, etc over the years. I got to hear some really great songs in early on acoustic versions. -Listen to where that ended up? So cool to hear the evolution first hand.
By all means, artists of Hubski post your creations while in the process of creating.
I post my stuff that is half finished because I never finish anything and it's likely the only time/way it will be heard. I create to share. It's sort of one of the main reasons I love being a part of Hubski so much. Both to share and to consume art. I love that!
This is the difference between community and competition. I'm not competing with anyone, the only 'internet points' here directly reflect the user who shared my post or gave me the badge, there is no need to make every presentation valuable-- in the literal sense, that it can be valued. This all exists for enjoyment, awareness, understanding, and progress. Good stuff.
- I'm used to hearing the electronic stuff from you and I think it's really interesting to get a look at how people approach music using different sound palettes. Is the process for writing something like this very different from your electronic stuff?
A typical 3 minute long electronic song will take me between four and five hours before I'm remotely happy with it. And this is chiptune, which while it's weird and off the beaten track, isn't the most intensive thing to make.
This song, I came up with the chord progression for when I'm singing and then roughly what I wanted to do between verses and for the last minute of the song. Then I wrote lyrics based off a night from high school that I might expand on. All in all it was a half hour process. This recording was my third time playing through it. Wanted to record it before it got too late out and neighbors start going to sleep.