The "I will finish a track this weekend" thread

[beats me]

I don't mean to perfection because that doesn't exist for most of us in our head. I mean you'll finally accept that it's decent and share it instead of never getting back to it while waiting for something magical to happen. Surely you have a whole backlog of tracks that are almost there…well, bring one there.

Who's in?

[funky shit]

me

[ollyb303]

I'm in. Will post something by midnight Sunday uk time.

[beats me]

Righteous. Tonight I'm going to pick out the unfinished turd and then commit to spending the weekend making it less turd-like and finishing it up. And I don't care if that just means duplicating phrases and fading the end out.

[H20nly]

I like this... a little motivation goes a long way... coincidentally I found myself humming lyrics to one of my old unfinished tracks in the shower this morning... I was thinking on the way to work: All that track needs is the vocals re-recorded and the EQ fiddled with to be done... I should get on it.

Ok. I'm taking a stab too.

[beats me]

I've had several tracks where I felt they weren't finished simply because the track length or "journey" wasn't long enough. But after many months of listening to them wedged between finished tracks I decided maybe they are done, released them, and no complaints.

In fact I think I still have several tracks like that, that I will throw in as bonus tracks to this weekend's go time.

[funky shit]

Im going to finish a remix for Basonhavoc and then try and do that one for UKruss.

[shimmy]

I is.

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[gjm]

I just finished one in GarageBand, but I still won't post it because I did not make it in Live.

[H20nly]

I just finished one in GarageBand, but I still won't post it because I did not make it in Live.

how about a link or a PM with a link to some more of your tracks?... I've heard one that you posted. It was great.


@ beats whats your "ideal" length? (of a track - Im glaring at you Neb and LSZ) just curious. I like your drums.

[gjm]

...how about a link or a PM with a link to some more of your tracks?... I've heard one that you posted. It was great.

Done.

[beats me]

@ beats whats your "ideal" length? (of a track - Im glaring at you Neb and LSZ) just curious. I like your drums.

Usually I don’t think it's time to start wrapping it up until at least about 4:30 - 5:00 minutes and also my songs usually aren't DJ friendly - no 1:30 of drum intros and outros. But I've heard some songs by other artists that clock in around the 3 minute mark and there doesn't seem to be anything missing. For me I think it's a problem of the songs constantly building and I seem to have self indulgence issues with stopping the pile on of more stuff.

Live: The DAW of choice of the self indulgent.

And thanks for the drum compliment. That's usually the thing I get the least compliments and the most complaints about.

[cosmosuave]

Ok I'm in on this as I had set today aside to finish off this track... Now that I have said it I will post the unmasterd version tonight... Now I have a goal to stick to... Now as soon as this HD defrags I'll get the party started...

[Rave]

I think I finished a track today but on reflection I am not sure now

http://soundcloud.com/aronbas/back-to-basics