A Gamblers Fate

Made for Redlines Monthly Composing Challenge #10 Finale The challenge was that each participant got 15 coins to spend on instruments to use. 

I used Electric Bass for 4 coins 

Electric Drum Kit for 5 coins 

And 3 Synths worth 2 coins each for a total of 6 coins So I used all 15 allotted coins. 

I felt like I was plateauing with my music recently and I wanted to change that. I spent a lot of time studying both how to make better music as well as how to use FL studio more effectively with mixing and such. 

Things like making the kick and bass not overlap to make sure you get the full value of both and using automation on things other than just volume were foreign concepts to me until recently and I tried to put as much of what I learned into this song. 

one of the main things I wanted to accomplish with this song was to really work on my basslines and percussion work. Previously, my bassline would just be long notes matching the chords and the percussion would be lifeless and slow. That's why I really wanted to nail them here so I started with the bassline and percussion and worked up from there.

I tried to keep the song short as I also wanted to improve at making songs that are satisfying without needed to overstay their welcome but without feeling too short. 

As for the animation, since the theme had to do with coins I had the idea for some economic type visual. When I had my brother listen to it, he said it reminded him of the noises in a casino so that is where the visuals came from. my previous works had some limited animation but I wanted this one to feel more ambitious so I used 3 whole unique scenes as opposed to just the 1 from my previous songs. I also timed the coin to bounce on the beat which I am quite proud of. 

The scale of this song is the A flat Minor Scale 

Plugins used were: 

Boo Bass - Electric Bass - 4 coins

MiniSynth - 1 Synth - 2 Coins 

Kepler - 2 Synths - 4 Coins 

FL Drum pack - Electric Drum Kit - 5 Coins 

TOTAL COINS USED - 15