(04-11-2017, 02:01 PM)LucentTear Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2017, 05:20 PM)Lance Wang Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2017, 07:20 AM)LucentTear Wrote: [ -> ]The problem with the trap beat genre is that you can't really give too much constructive criticism because it's just naturally very horrendous composition wise.
Not a lot of people here appreciate it. Just a heads up.
The trap element, known for its distinct rapid use of hi-hats, heavy kick drums, and ominous tone derived from synth instruments, is ubiquitously incorporated in various music styles: EDM, rock, dubstep, rap, pop, etc. Are you calling every music genre with this trap-style beat "naturally horrendous"? While I agree that many songs in the new trap genre are typically deemed lyrically-lacking and meaningless, the beat alone is powerful. If only artists amalgamate both excellent wordplay and the alluring beat, trap would perhaps not be as frowned upon. Well, it's your opinion and I respect that.
Sorry, didn't mean to look not as constructive that I am supposed to be. Please note that anything I say after this point, is from my opinion as a person who's not very used to the hip-hop/rap genre. Thanks for accepting the opinion like a civilized person on the internet though, I may sound sarcastic but I really do appreciate that.
Music in general is basically a way that people can express art with auditory methodology, and I can understand that much that trap music is supposed to do this via percussion (in particular, hats and kicks.)
To further elaborate with my point of trap music being "naturally horrendous composition wise," it doesn't seem to appeal to most people who have compared it to other forms of music. I'm not saying it's truly terrible, being subjective to everyone's opinions, maybe some people find more beauty in this kind of genre than I do (you for example.)
The elements of trap just feel super linear to me as music, even if you mention that the beat alone is powerful, it kinda destroys the melodic and harmonization aspects of music which plenty of people favor.
Only reason I am actually hating on trap music though is because a majority of people at my school practically deject any other genre of musical sort, and don't expand their knowledge on other types of forms. They are aware that these musical forms exist, but they refuse to listen to them because they generalize people who listen to those sorts of things as some inferior figure. Although I wouldn't prefer to listen to the trap genre itself, I wouldn't mind coinciding with it if only if the people I associate trap music with aren't actual imbeciles.
10/10 words writing skills write there
(04-11-2017, 02:01 PM)LucentTear Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2017, 05:20 PM)Lance Wang Wrote: [ -> ] (04-06-2017, 07:20 AM)LucentTear Wrote: [ -> ]The problem with the trap beat genre is that you can't really give too much constructive criticism because it's just naturally very horrendous composition wise.
Not a lot of people here appreciate it. Just a heads up.
The trap element, known for its distinct rapid use of hi-hats, heavy kick drums, and ominous tone derived from synth instruments, is ubiquitously incorporated in various music styles: EDM, rock, dubstep, rap, pop, etc. Are you calling every music genre with this trap-style beat "naturally horrendous"? While I agree that many songs in the new trap genre are typically deemed lyrically-lacking and meaningless, the beat alone is powerful. If only artists amalgamate both excellent wordplay and the alluring beat, trap would perhaps not be as frowned upon. Well, it's your opinion and I respect that.
Sorry, didn't mean to look not as constructive that I am supposed to be. Please note that anything I say after this point, is from my opinion as a person who's not very used to the hip-hop/rap genre. Thanks for accepting the opinion like a civilized person on the internet though, I may sound sarcastic but I really do appreciate that.
Music in general is basically a way that people can express art with auditory methodology, and I can understand that much that trap music is supposed to do this via percussion (in particular, hats and kicks.)
To further elaborate with my point of trap music being "naturally horrendous composition wise," it doesn't seem to appeal to most people who have compared it to other forms of music. I'm not saying it's truly terrible, being subjective to everyone's opinions, maybe some people find more beauty in this kind of genre than I do (you for example.)
The elements of trap just feel super linear to me as music, even if you mention that the beat alone is powerful, it kinda destroys the melodic and harmonization aspects of music which plenty of people favor.
Only reason I am actually hating on trap music though is because a majority of people at my school practically deject any other genre of musical sort, and don't expand their knowledge on other types of forms. They are aware that these musical forms exist, but they refuse to listen to them because they generalize people who listen to those sorts of things as some inferior figure. Although I wouldn't prefer to listen to the trap genre itself, I wouldn't mind coinciding with it if only if the people I associate trap music with aren't actual imbeciles.
It's all cool. We all have our different tastes in music. I agree that trap is repetitive, and not as melodic as other genres. TBH, even making these tracks gets old fast. I'm thinking about learning other styles of beat-making, like hip-hop, that are less linear. Also, I have little musical improvisational experience as well
As an aspiring rapper, I've only entered this music-making realm.
LOL, many people at my school are avid trap listeners as well, but they would probably be open to other genres if given the chance to explore them. (Well, there would be an occasional genre fundamentalist, which in that case, cannot be reasoned with.) It's just that, from my and other classmates' experience, the trap music is fun to jam to, whether it's the silly dancing or noises associated with it. Some people enjoy that "jam-able" simplicity that trap offers, rather than the complexities of classical and contemporary genres.
Thanks for replying! I appreciate you taking the time to explain your perspective.
No offense man, you show great potential, but you gotta learn some music theory before you do this stuff.
The key guide down below the notescape should be your very best friend at this stage. Pick a setting and get composing within the guidelines.
I'm not quite familiar to trap beats, but just from listening to ''Retromania'', I find that some of the accompaniment are off-key.
I don't know if it works this way, but the music won't sound very pleasing if the accompaniment are all of different keys.
This is my version here:
I try to make all tracks of the same key here, so that you'll be able to find the difference between one with accompaniment of different keys and one with accompaniment of the same key.
Ignore what I said if I made a mistake on this comment because I lack knowledge on this genre.
