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Here’s a quick one I did to get better charting rapped vocals.

 

NEW:

 

Ayla Nereo, The Polish Ambassador, & Mr. Lif – Kumite (feat. Chali 2na)

 

 

DATABASE: http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/kumite-feat-chali-2na-r27239

 

Melody switches around between the keys and guitar, while the vocal line gets passed around between the three different singers, going from singing to rapping to rap-singing(?). I dunno, I just like this song. Ayla’s a total hippie, so maybe this is hippie-hop? Harmony part splits the song into two parts, one for the male singers and one for the female singer.

[kyrosa]

A few new songs, plus an update to an older one.

UPDATED:

NICO Touches the Walls – Mashi Mashi

Updated to include the bass part, and moved the acoustic rhythm guitar part to keys.

NEW:

The Frames – Fake

DATABASE: http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/fake-r27165

 

Fun little song, if a little bit simple to play. Has a few little guitar solos sprinkled around and a fun vocal part.

 

 

Daniel Olsén – Mine

 

 

DATABASE: http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/mine-r27166

 

A song from the video game Sayonara Wild Hearts, played during one of the boss fights. The guitar part is very minimal and short, but the rest of the instruments are a lot of fun to play. Includes full 3-part vocal harmonies.

 

 

Left at London – Revolution Lover

 

 

DATABASE: http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/revolution-lover-r27167

 

A catchy song based around a simple guitar and piano riff. I charted this to get some practice doing 3-part vocal harmonies on a simpler song, but I still think it’s a fun one to play/sing. Has karaoke stems courtesy of Left at London herself releasing the stems over twitter.

 

 

Gallows – Misery

 

 

DATABASE: http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/misery-r27168

 

Just a banger, this one. Also fun if you want an excuse to scream profanity really loud and make your neighbors worry about your safety. Includes a double-bass drum part at the breakdown.

 

TW: Suicide and implied animal abuse/violence in this one. Avoid it if that sort of thing bothers you.

 

 

SPYAIR – Rage of Dust

 

 

DATABASE: http://customscreators.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/rage-of-dust-r27169

 

Another song from Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. Lots of fun and variety on all instruments, including a short bass solo. The only double-bass pedal sections happen at the end, but I included a second chart for completeness sake.

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Sorry, I was mistaken about backing track being off. My bad there, you’re fine.

 

As for the rest, it’s definitely your call on how you want to do it. Obviously the problem with trying to chart anything done with a drum machine is that you’re going to have to lose some elements to be able to play it with only two hands. My personal feeling is that if you de-emphasized the claps, you could focus more on giving the drummer an interesting alternating left hand/right hand pattern to play using the two cymbals.

 

For example, starting around measure 47, you’ve got a section that’s the kick, clap, and blue cymbal, right? I hear a lot of times where the cymbal should be playing 16th notes, but you’ve got 8th notes charted. Maybe try adding a few of those 16ths back in, then figuring out a pattern that works two-handed, adding in the claps to spice it up when you can?

 

Again, this is just my personal feelings, and I’m pretty new at all this, too. Plus, I’m awful at drums, so it’s entirely possible that any suggestions I make might just make the song less fun. Trust your gut, you wrote the song after all, so you know how it should ‘feel’ more any anyone.

[kyrosa]

When I was playtesting Fashionista, a lot of the notes felt off, so I pulled it up in Reaper and I’m pretty sure your backing track is misaligned by about an eight of a beat. I’d go and make sure your downbeat is actually falling in line with the grid. It was making the fast hammered guitar part impossible for me to play.

 

On your drum part, I noticed you have the clap charted to to red gem, which is usually reserved for snares. If it were me, I might change the claps to a vocal percussion section and have the drum part just be the kick + hat triplets. That way you can really focus on making an interesting rhythm part based around alternating yellow and blue cymbal gems. Just my opinion, though.

On that note, it seems like the drum part is only about half-finished? I feel like there’s meant to be the hat triplets going throughout the song, but they cut out about a third of the way through.

 

Besides that, the chart seems just fine to me. The guitar, bass, and key parts all stand out from each other and are very consistent. Plus, it’s just a fun little bouncy song that works better than I thought it would in Rock Band. Definitely good for a first attempt. Keep up the good work!

[kyrosa]

My wife will be happy to hear about the Hozier song. Looking forward to it, and thanks!

I’ve added where I’m at with that one to my Drive; give it a try if you like. Hope both of you enjoy it! Thanks for words of the support!

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