Production Basics 13: Naming Conventions

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[@PegbordFegs]

finally something I'm not a complete failure at

[@BlackAera]

I come up with names first. Then I make a track that fits the idea. Works wonders.

[@houmamzwiya]

In addition to what you've said threre's: extended mix- dub mix - edit - radio edit - ID'ing - vocal mix - mash up - bootleg.

[@JaZpInDeR]

A Dude - Sandstorm

[@PranshuNigam11]

+Jazpinder fffffffffffffffffffffffff

[@chatubarecords]

Seamless, you should collab with virtual riot

[@originalbrodubde2342]

Finally someone says how it's done right! It's so annoying to see titles not including all artists or so.

[@achromatic1]

how do you decide who's name goes first in a collaboration?

[@ShinronofAkama]

LOL, that face of pure displeasure 3:11

[@mattnowak2229]

Production Basics 14: Naming Videos Correctly? :^)

[@omier]

Artist - Track (Official Video)? ;D

[@Colgatelicious]

5:20 yeah i've seen this a lot, great idea to make this video

[@wellsyyyyy]

Just FYI, almost all audio filetypes have metadata except raw files (wav, aiff) wma, ogg, aac, m4a, and flac all have metadata

[@ILDMM]

I couldnot watch full video tutorial due to my internet connection, but i always wonder what is "bootleg"?

[@letslearnaboutthesocio-eco5212]

its essentially remaking the song with your own sounds without any of the original stems or files, technically it could still be called a remix but people call them bootlegs.

[@ILDMM]

Zen Xu Thank You :)

[@tsvtsvtsv]

Lets learn about the socio-economic system Technically that's just a remake. A bootleg is a remix that is made only using your own sounds and the original track, as opposed to stems.

[@Architector_4]

Another random definition of bootleg that i know, is in times of pirate NES games - some random guy takes a Super Mario Bros cartridge, cracks it up and replaces Mario image with Sonic image and does the same thing with the title. And sells it as a new Sonic game. Diehard Sonic fan kid goes mad hyped on findi g out about that new game, buys it for quite a price, and then thinks that it's a real Sonic game and does not know that it's just another game. There's that also, not related to music, but screw it, it's a definition of a bootleg anyways :v

[@Slabeddi]

Typing is going well for ya

[@richmaloon1060]

What naming convention do you use, in mp3 or ogg metadata, if a song has a key change in it, for example A Major to B Major. Do you enter the first key (A Major) or the last key (B Major) or enter both (A Major/B Major). The exclusion of either key appears to be an inaccurate description.

[@VoltzHeadBounty]

What happened to the Tetsuo's Redemption tutorial? :(

[@lukahofficial3594]

What if you have multiple aliases. Like I assume you would have different Facebooks, Twitters, and KZbins, but can you have like one E-Mail that gets everything funneled into?

[@Architector_4]

02:30 "Let's call it a Track, to keep it in the same (line)... **expands window** DERP!" Sorry i just couldn't resist making that quote.

[@musubymusic6877]

So I have a question, how do you collaberate with someone? Like how can you work together with 2 pcs?

[@Bi0M3Tr1xx]

Musuby Music Let's say I would collab with you. I'd come up with an idea and start doing the track. Now I'm sitting here with no ideas or not wanting to do a feature like the bass stabs for example. So now, I am sending you my .flp and the samples for you to finish this stuff. Of course it's a lot more complicated but it's just an example

[@Architector_4]

Another obvious thing to do is to have a original name. I mean, take mine, for example, if you will go to Steam and write my nickname into people search box, you will find me there instantpy, because I'm the only one using that nickname. Second result would be my second account, with #8 in it instead of #4, and all others will be heck a load of "aRcHiTeCtOr" and all kinds of variants of that misspelled word where the "-or" part is actually invalid. A little grammar mistake and a number after the nickname, that is kind of simple like dan1995 but isn't anything like that.. Anyways, make a recognizeable nickname that would be original, because when somebody does a track with name like "sniper - traknaem", it would be hard for people to find you because nobody's going to list thru 100,000,999,999^69 search results and look for the one who actually made the track. Also it will be easier for friends to recognize you online, because i had 2 people with nickname "sniper" in my friends list once and had to figure out which one is which - thank god you can write own names to friends in Steam to don't forget who they are. Also, for the sake of not screwing people over - do NOT change a nickname a lot - even if you aren't a producer or anything, seeing a classmate with nickname "Jeff[king of haxers]" in friends list on one day then with "360noscoper YT.COM/MLG" on the other day, heck knows if it was him changing nickname fo that or if if's a completely different friend who went nuts aswell. Speaking of names like that, *NEVER* put links in your nickname! It's jusr cringe in _pure_ form.

[@Architector_4]

instantly*, and no, you can't edit messages on mobile. ._.

[@Architector_4]

just* -_-

[@MrBrettsin]

@seamless how about a song from scratch score just like hans Zimmer's scores.

[@Fanariii]

Production Baics (y)

[@JPCWhutwhut]

What about if you're doing a remake of a song? Like suppose you wanted to remake Sometime but you get a different singer and you totally just remake the track in a different genre without any samples from the original song?

[@SeamlessR]

That's referred to as a "cover". Like when a band plays another band's song.

[@11Stormtrooper]

What do you correctly name an Edit?

[@SeamlessR]

11Stormtrooper Same thing as a remix, only put "edit" where "remix" goes.

[@11Stormtrooper]

Thanks ^^

[@thunderclap113]

Chantaro (11Stormtrooper) Example: Arno Cost & Norman Doray - Rising Love (Thunderclap Edit)

[@R4MP4G3RXD]

What if someone has an x after and before the name like this: SeamlessR x NotSeamlessR - Track Name

[@SeamlessR]

I'd interpret that as a collaboration.

[@ATAKAYU]

I have a related question. Let's say you just finished an album. How would you go about adding the album covers to all the mp3 files? I know of the iTunes method but I doubt that's the best/fastest way.

[@aguythateatsnoodles]

There's a lot of software available specifically for that :)

[@SuperGorpedo]

mp3tag is a pretty solid program that can do just that

[@ATAKAYU]

JVG EDM Thanks a lot! I'll be sure to give that a look

[@NWProductionsHD]

Ralm Rizard foobar2000 is a great, powerful, media player for nerds with lots of features and a full fledged tag editing portion. I use it for all my stuff personally.

[@farley333]

I kind of doubt sanity of people not using these conventions already. Btw here's a situation: I've chosen kinda stupid nickname yeeeears ago and it was working until I discovered there is another producer under the same nickname. What is the best solution? Changing my nickname? Contacting him and threat him? :D It seems like we coexisted for few years not knowing about each other. Kinda sucks. :/

[@anthonymeade6097]

With the expantion of Bandcamp and its only .wav support is ID3 tagging still important with today media outlets?

[@SeamlessR]

Definitely. You want to have as much information as readily available as possible. Especially if you're sending demos off to labels, blogs, DJs, or anyone else who're likely to receive hundreds of tracks a day.

[@indiankatsmusic]

ça c'est intéressant !

[@MrBrettsin]

Seamless please do BIG ROOM HOUSE or progressive house from scratch tutorial. I ll be very thankful to you. If you so that.

[@Toper67rus]

Hell no kid

[@1august12]

1. Distort kickdrum 2. Convolve literally any pluck sound 3. Add a pryda snare 4. Get signed to spinnin'

[@ThatGuyWhoAteYourDog]

1august12 put a sausage fattener and 15 instances of reverb on the master channel as well.

[@ThatGuyWhoAteYourDog]

***** FIVE WHOLE NOTES?! WTF man I can't dance to that! Keep it at one.

[@SeamlessR]

There isn't really a reason to do that. Listen to your favorite big room or progressive track and just pay attention to what happens when. The genres are all about the minimal simplicity. So it's all relatively clear. It's almost as if the tracks themselves are tutorials.

[@noamab22]

My first track i made. is called: Time flies when you are producing. lol

[@SnarfieMusic]

6:53 hahahah yes

[@manuelmedina5821]

What happened to the Production Basics tomorrow? jk

[@IAmMinnian]

2:36 ant 0.5 speed. WHAT?

[@MattWhite45]

I'm gonna change my name to "a dude" :D

[@nunogabriel9099]

Matt White So am I xD

[@jamie___steele]

It says Baics, bro, fix it.

[@nunogabriel9099]

So SeamlessR I've seen all of your videos in production basics and still the maximus one. But I can't figure out what the hell I do wrong. I entered in the remix contest of the Hellberg's song named "The Girl" and again I can't quite shore know what I'm doin wrong. Actually you may think I'm those kind of guys that do that commenting like: "Oh, great tutorial, take a look at my stuff." but no, I just don't know what I'm doin wrong. Probably my comment will be lost with all of the others, but I'de be ok if you just read this. If you get interested in "wrong made" track I leave the link bellow. Thank you for the amazing tutorials you do. Nuno Freitas. Link: soundcloud.com/nuno-gabriel-8/the-girl-remix

[@stansteez]

Wow, so people actually still have to be schooled on this??? ^^