More DnB battles?

You probably misunderstood.
There is an Elektronauts Soundcloud.
I am in charged to upload next hiphop battle on it.

I will have to delete previous battles entries, which is painful!

@LyingDalai may ask to Elektron, maybe it was done, not possible …

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Where can I enroll for this?

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Oh. I see. Haha.

Yeah, it’s a bit of investment, but worth it.

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Aye. Yooooo.

We might be back!!!

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I would love to participate but I have commitment issues so I’m leaving this post and will lurk around.

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Fuck it. I’m calling it. We back.

@Leonsarmiento I think to help with everyone, all you got to do is submit a track and you are enrolled. By deadline, of course.

And for @mlin, there isn’t anything you need to do to commit. Just submit a track by deadline.

Let me wait to talk with @KingDuppy to see what the first one should be, and I’ll pour all my energy to hype the shit out of this.

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Ideally this would be a series of battles, so if you miss one, you can join the next. No sweat.

Sometimes I’m way too busy to submit anything to a Battle, even one I’m really into, but I still get a lot out of thinking about the challenge, then listening to the tracks and reading about how folks built them out, seeing the feedback, etc…

Two things I will say about ALL these battles, which is the main reason I want to see more of them:

It’s a great excuse to finish a track.
I’m terrible at finishing stuff. The Battle deadline means that whatever state it’s in, that’s just how the song is. It’s freeing. Something like half my finished tracks recently have been 'nauts battles or b-sides that I made while working on a 'natus battle.

It’s a great way to improve your song composition
This is also a perennial Big Topic on here—“how do I decide what’s the intro/what’s the chorus/how many verses there should be/does this breakdown go here”… all that.

For some reason, taking part in these battles helps clarify all this. Maybe it’s the deadline or the tight creative parameters, but other than just doing straight-up covers, my battle songs are always much tighter than the stuff I make on my own.

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Oh stop selling both of you, I’ve already bought it :)))

Jokes aside though, it’s also about the skill ceiling for me. I’m fairly certain I can crank out a nice little groovy loop, but anything beyond is wonky ass shit territory. But I’m eager to try. This forum is the nicest place on Earth… so where, if not here? :wink:

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Yeah, and I’m not part of the battle. I can also be a lifeline of anyone needs help. I can give tracks a listen and give advice.

That being said. Here is another point. It’s only a battle in name only. There won’t be an official ranking.

But people are encouraged to give a top three. It’s a good way to give flowers, and to get feedback.

They just won’t be tallied.

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Actually, that’s a rule. If you submit a track, you have to give a top three.

But no official count.

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I am one who loved the dub hiphop battle.

I would so be up for a dub themed dnb musical excursion.

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@KingDuppy and I are keeping it pretty wide open with a fun theme… id love to here some dub made out of this… Hes pulling samples now from a crate dig he did…

Im stoked… maybe the next one can be solely dub based once we get this ball a’rollin

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what happened to the new battle thread i cant find it?

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Yeah, the one with the Bi weekly SP challenge is also not to be found. :confused:

The SP one wasn’t inclusive enough due to having to use an SP to participate.

Sorry about that…

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I’ll repost the DnB Battle tonight and link here once I get home from work.
Keep your eyes peeled!

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I’d like to partake!

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So you had to pick one of the most masochistically demanding genre in all of electronic music, technique-wise?

As much as I love DNB, I’ve never been anywhere decent when it comes to making it due to all the comlexities involved. Will be following yall with interest however!

I’m in the same boat but that’s exactly why I want to join. Good excuse to stick to one track and try to make it work.

Im interested to know why you think it is more demanding than other genres?

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