(UPDATED: May 3, 2023)
"Urban Dream" is a song I made a long time ago and have recently released a newer version of. As I got more inclined with FL Studio's Signature Edition, I developed the passion to make more music. Urban Dream was just "Dream" long ago. I first developed this song around 2014 in Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS). Back then, it was simply called "Dream." Because I sort of envisioned this song is more like a song with an urban feel, I decided to later name it "URBAN Dream."
I guess "Urban Dream" has become my signature work. While I don't consider it my theme song, it has kind of been like my song for my work. I somehow have seemed to have a knack for making a lot of songs in the C-Sharp key. As much as I try to diversify my content, some things you always seem to come back to, even if unintentionally.
I shared my original work of this song on YouTube years ago. Only recently, I began sharing my music work on Soundcloud. I offered my FL Studio work in 2022 followed by my 2023 rendition of the same song. The key to this was in utilizing different instruments. My 2023 rendition utilized more Sytrus channels. While the in-program FLEX instruments are of a great collection of free instruments, too many FLEX channels can slow down your real time playback of songs Sytrus, however, is much lighter on CPU load. Sytrus is more for those who mostly use a lot of electronic dance-style instruments. I'm okay with that since I mostly am big in the electronic scene.
I started to get confident about my work when I found a kick and snare combination I felt good about. I had to try to paint in a pattern that I thought would sound great. In my 2022 work with the song, I went with some agogo bells that I thought sound cool. However, I thought that would have given the song a tropical or jungle feel, so I ditched that style for this song. I made sure to put in wind chimes to sweeten the song and some smart bomb sounds to spice the song up. I had a piano effect in my private 2022 make of "Urban Dream," and one piano I found for Sytrus sounded more natural and fit the song better. So I used that Grand Piano effect at times for accents for the song.
When I uploaded my 2023 rendition of the song, I noticed one instrument sounded light and drowned out by the other sounds. So what I did was change the instrument to something that I didn't think would be drowned out by the other sounds. I still felt good about my work to where I released it to the world. Want to hear what I came up with? Check this out:
UPDATED: May 3, 2023) Hey! I made another revision to my song! Have a listen:
I hope you enjoy my work!
• Urban Dream (John's Creative Space)
Seeing my old post will make you look at how far I come in developing my old song.
If you enjoy my work, please Subscribe/Follow my blog(s) in any capacity if you love my work and want to support me any way you can. Share my blog post(s) with others if you enjoy my work. Thank you for reading! Take care and be well.
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"Urban Dream" is a song I made a long time ago and have recently released a newer version of. As I got more inclined with FL Studio's Signature Edition, I developed the passion to make more music. Urban Dream was just "Dream" long ago. I first developed this song around 2014 in Linux Multimedia Studio (LMMS). Back then, it was simply called "Dream." Because I sort of envisioned this song is more like a song with an urban feel, I decided to later name it "URBAN Dream."
LATEST UPDATE(S)/REVISION(S).
MAY 3 2023 - added second revisionI guess "Urban Dream" has become my signature work. While I don't consider it my theme song, it has kind of been like my song for my work. I somehow have seemed to have a knack for making a lot of songs in the C-Sharp key. As much as I try to diversify my content, some things you always seem to come back to, even if unintentionally.
I shared my original work of this song on YouTube years ago. Only recently, I began sharing my music work on Soundcloud. I offered my FL Studio work in 2022 followed by my 2023 rendition of the same song. The key to this was in utilizing different instruments. My 2023 rendition utilized more Sytrus channels. While the in-program FLEX instruments are of a great collection of free instruments, too many FLEX channels can slow down your real time playback of songs Sytrus, however, is much lighter on CPU load. Sytrus is more for those who mostly use a lot of electronic dance-style instruments. I'm okay with that since I mostly am big in the electronic scene.
I started to get confident about my work when I found a kick and snare combination I felt good about. I had to try to paint in a pattern that I thought would sound great. In my 2022 work with the song, I went with some agogo bells that I thought sound cool. However, I thought that would have given the song a tropical or jungle feel, so I ditched that style for this song. I made sure to put in wind chimes to sweeten the song and some smart bomb sounds to spice the song up. I had a piano effect in my private 2022 make of "Urban Dream," and one piano I found for Sytrus sounded more natural and fit the song better. So I used that Grand Piano effect at times for accents for the song.
When I uploaded my 2023 rendition of the song, I noticed one instrument sounded light and drowned out by the other sounds. So what I did was change the instrument to something that I didn't think would be drowned out by the other sounds. I still felt good about my work to where I released it to the world. Want to hear what I came up with? Check this out:
UPDATED: May 3, 2023) Hey! I made another revision to my song! Have a listen:
I hope you enjoy my work!
Cross-Promotion/Other Reading.
Apparently, I posted about my older version of "Urban Dream." You can hear my old version of this song in this blog post:• Urban Dream (John's Creative Space)
Seeing my old post will make you look at how far I come in developing my old song.
If you enjoy my work, please Subscribe/Follow my blog(s) in any capacity if you love my work and want to support me any way you can. Share my blog post(s) with others if you enjoy my work. Thank you for reading! Take care and be well.
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