I've moved!
Well, its this blog. After several years of confusion (yes, years), I found word press to be neater, dynamic, secure & lot more.
So, I'm glad to announce new blog adress, RokZRooM.WordPress.com. Please make a note of it. :)
Oh, and btw, I'll try my best to keep both the hosts alive by my regular tiny contributions. :D
Though, I'm still unmoved any interferences that try to keep me from music. ;-)
~ Ronak R.
Title: Create Your Own Music!
By: Ronak R.
Date: August, 27, 2008.
I don’t recall a single person who has not been influenced by music in his life. And I don’t think it’s an outcome of my not so good memory at remembering names. Heh. We all like listening to some or the other kind of music. And for those who want to take music as a career, the only option that appears in front of them is singing. But, not everyone is equally good at that, you know. Not even me.
But do you know that those minor flaws don’t matter a lot when you know music is your life, your inspiration, your arsenal. You can make your own music, your own songs, without being much into music or having any music background. Have you ever sung or thought of a drone that you never listened before, the one that you instantaneously created out of a whim? You can make your own music and develop a nice hobby without having to spend a huge budget on the tools or learning the music. How?
There are plenty of software synthesizers that have emerged in the past few years. Some have produced ground-breaking results, and change the way people look at music. Some of the most acclaimed software production suites are Reason® from Propellerhead® & FL Studio® from Image-Line® to name a few. There are also suites designed especially for mixing / remixing, e.g. Virtual DJ® or Tractor®.
To start off with, I’d recommend you to download FLStudio demo version from FLStudio.com. It’s free and comes with all the functionalities, except the ability to save the projects in its ‘.flp’ format. Don’t panic, you can upgrade it later once you gain confidence on it. Reason offers much more functionalities, but getting a copy of it, even a demo, would be tiresome job. So, trust me, you better start with FL.
Most of these production suites follow a similar pattern when it comes to composing. The entire song structure is broken into parts and subparts, which can be arranged, sequenced and mastered separately. E.g. in FL, a song is played in play list, which is made up of different patterns, which contains portions of the songs. Each pattern will have a collection of samples / instruments / effects and the song structure. And finally, when everything is arranged together, the song plays smoothly like a harmony. I love FL for many reasons, like it is more user-friendly, it offers life-time updates, comes with tutorials and an extensive guide for using it, and ability to create your own synthesizers.
In case you’re looking for recording your own songs, or dubbing over a karaoke with your own voice, Audacity® is the best bet! It is free, open-source software. You can record & edit your vocals or instrumental recordings without any restrictions. All you’ll need is a PC and a cheap microphone to start off with. The ones I’ve been using for past few years were costing hardly above 300. No need to spend too much in the beginning, right?
Okay, so, now all you need to start of this new hobby is a PC, a mic (in case you want to record), and a tiny bunch of amazing software as per your requirements. That’s it?
Ummmmm, well, yea, you’ll also need to spend some time in a weekend to do all this, I guess. ;)
Best of luck.
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Whats in MuziCast Episode 7?
We now have Nithya Dayal in MuziCast team, as show manager. :)
A Guitars Special Episode
– Hindi acoustic sad song by Shashank Gokhale & Hemant Badya
– English acoustic song by Geniusoid
– Song by EVERGREEN as POW
Hope you enjoy the show. :)
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~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
Whats in MuziCast Episode 6?
A change in show pattern, interview intertwined.. ;)
– Music by Don Modica aka Theone The Dark Over Lord
– Music by RokZRooM feat. FFGreen, Javelin_Fangz & others.
– DJ Deepak and Meghana Kulkarni for POW
Hope you enjoy the show. :)
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So...
Whats in MuziCast Episode 5?
– Some ROCK stuff by Sudeip Ghosh
– DJ Deepak and Sanour Mohammad with some amazing FUSION
– Nitin Dubey with a totally bolly-number!
Hope you enjoy the show. :)
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
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Whats in MuziCast Episode 4?
More of amazing Independent Music by
– Prem J Hans
– Christopher Hseih
– Taal Band (as POW )
Hope you enjoy the show. :)
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
Hey, all, thanks for the continued support to MuziCast.
I'm really excited to see the MuziCast spreading so fast everywhere.
Well, talking about MuziCast Episode 3.. here's what the treat this time is!
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Whats in MuziCast Episode 3?
More of amazing Independent Music by
– DJ Deepak aka Deepak Nayak
– Sanour Mohammad aka Sunny
– Nitin Dubey
Hope you enjoy the show. :)
Hi,
After a successful launch of MuziCast, and receiving a wonderful response for the first episode, I'm highly excited to announce the launch of MuziCast Episode 2.
Listen it right below or Download using FeedBurner Subscription.
MuziCast Episode 2 includes...
- Some discussion about Independent Music & its scope.
- Music by Ronak R., Sudeip Ghosh and Shashank Gokhale.
Please listen, and share, for the love of music.
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
Hello,
Great news.. MuziCast is Live now! :)
You might wonder what MuziCast is. Well, its an effort that will highlight some of the coolest underground music. At MuziCast, our efforts would be to highlight independent musicians and their music through a weekly podcast, released on every Sunday ideally.
To know more about MuziCast or be part of it, read this or join MuziCast group on Muziboo.com
CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST NOW!
MuziCast
and the show goes on...
Check this music, really thoughtful...
Artist : Prem J. Hans
Link: http://www.muziboo.com/member/premjhans
Cheers!
Great news!
Listen to the music in its purest form.
Every sunday, please your ears with some fresh music from Independent Artists across the world.
The show must go on, and here, it goes on and on...
More Details can be found on MuziCast.googlepages.com or MuziCast Group on Muziboo.com
MuziCast - and the show goes on...
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
I’ve been bit busy doing some recent works, and I’m glad to see how its coming out. One such track I did, for which I have put together some lyrics, needs some vocalist.
About the song:
Title: The Last Night
Genre: Sort of House/Electronic/Techno/Dark Beats
Album: Ecstacy
Length: 3 min 43 secs or more.
You might be the one if…
– you can sing English songs, with British / International accent.
– your voice is crystal clear.
– you can sing on low notes / down octaves / low pitch/ mandra saptak or madhya saptak.
– you can sing and record as per directed.
What you’ll get?
– Fair credit whenever / wherever song is used.
– Able to use it for your promotion.
– Other things / terms we agree upon, if you wish.
IF you think you’ll be able to do this, reply here or mail me at rokzroom [at] yahoo [dot] com [include subject line as “The Last Night Singer” or you’ll be filtered out] with details regarding any experience you’ve / any issues or clarifications needed.
You’ll get an mp3 to refer to once we star working on.
Hope to find the voice I’m looking for.
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
Here's another one.
Title: Anesthetic
Genre: IDM /Experimental
Length: 3:34
Licence: Creative Commons - Share Music
Details:
Made this on March 03, 2008, in about 4 - 5 hours. I was messing around my usual tools, and recorded some samples spontaneously, and some recorded vocals after an hour or so. I think I'll rework this, and I like the way it came out. Hope you too enjoy it.
Listen / Download Here
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
This music free to share under a Creative
Commons Music Sharing License.
Recently there was a small discussion on SectionZ Electronic Musician’s community with our fellow musicians whether one prefers DIY over samples. Stepping ahead of the views expressed in a healthy discussion, I thought of another way, which is not new at all for most of musicians.
We do use samples, and the way they sound so familiar when overused in our production, it makes the entire stuff more like the same-great-ordinary-music. That’s what my stuff unfortunately sounds according to many friends out there. Let me tell you, the most interesting stuff I came across was messing with same samples or the synths to develop a new sound. Another ‘kewl’ sample! That’s what I tried doing back few months, when there was a competition on CCMixter.org that I participated in. Don’t ask for results, but I’d say, the outcomes were some quite interesting samples. You may download these samples from the link below. Let me share the way I did some of them, if I can recall it well.
The samples used are FL Studio default snares. I simply filled some of the FX slots. Then panned some notes across timeline. Cut them in smaller pieces to make them sound slick and sharp. And I loved what turned out. Sounds simple, and so was that. I am not a maestro, but would like to tell you however that if you try to play around, something interesting might come up. In attempt to do so, you may consider applying some filters, change the cut-off or resonance settings, add a bit reverb or delay, or even mess with the envelope of the wave. Then, export the sample, and start it over on new sample. This will give you an enhanced sample to create something better ahead. You might come across the results that are unpredictably amazing. Cool, huh? Just try it. And if you come across something awesome, share it on CCMixter and let me know about it.
Download These Samples Here Free [Chopped Darkness]
Licenced Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence
~ Ronak R.
Hello friends..
Just wanted to share with you that the RokZRooM Blog will now deliver more of music. You may discover some really great stuff here from now on. Since my post-grad is over, I'll be able to dedicate more time to music, and will provide you periodic updates & interesting stuffs that I come across.
One more thing, there are other interesting things I'd like to discuss on my personal blog, i.e. Ronak R. Please check & subscribe if you find it worth.
Thats all. Lets keep in touch.
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
Here's another track, D3MYST1F13D (i.e. demystified).
Title: D3MYST1F13D
Length:
Genre: Electronica
Mood: Dark
Licence: CC-Share Music
Link: SectionZMusic
Details:
Some dark, pianotic, slow not so hiphop-ish stuff that I came out with when I was so D3MYST1F13D.
Hope you like it. Expect update based on your reviews soon, coz its not complete yet. Leave your reviews here.
Thanks for listening. :)
New track released.
Title: Absconder
Album: Ecstacy
Artists: Ronak R.
Length: 4:06
Hello friends. I've just uploaded new track titled "Absconder".
Its a dark soundtrack with the touch of hiphop. You'll enjoy listening to it for sure.
Or, why don't you just download and listen at leisure?
Link: www.myspace.com/ronakr
www.last.fm/music/Ronak+R.
Download here (for a limited time)!
~ Ronak R. / RokZRooM
