Producing A Modern Sounding Pop Song

[TheMaestro]

Nobody puts in more work into his music than I do.

You've been here for 12 years, and Buddah knows how many years you've tried to learn music, and you still haven't applied ANYTHING that shows this "work" in your music.

It's like you're looking for that one recipe that will make it a breeze for you to just churn out pop, trance, rock, or whatever your genre obsession you have at the moment.

Then you turn to KVR to ask for advice and you expect people here to guide you through absolutely everything. And when people give you advice, tips, tricks, and tutorials, but it still doesn't make you a Dua Lipa producer or Tiesto, you get arrogant and dismissive and you wonder why everyone around you are always a-holes.

You don't need musical advice or more VST's. You need a mirror.

[wagtunes]

Nobody puts in more work into his music than I do.

You've been here for 12 years, and Buddah knows how many years you've tried to learn music, and you still haven't applied ANYTHING that shows this "work" in your music.

It's like you're looking for that one recipe that will make it a breeze for you to just churn out pop, trance, rock, or whatever your genre obsession you have at the moment.

Then you turn to KVR to ask for advice and you expect people here to guide you through absolutely everything. And when people give you advice, tips, tricks, and tutorials, but it still doesn't make you a Dua Lipa producer or Tiesto, you get arrogant and dismissive and you wonder why everyone around you are always a-holes.

You don't need musical advice or more VST's. You need a mirror.

And you need to STFU already. I'm sick of you constantly on my case. You must be in love with me. That's the only explanation I can come up with. Well sorry, I'm taken.

[TechHaus]

Nobody puts in more work into his music than I do.

You've been here for 12 years, and Buddah knows how many years you've tried to learn music, and you still haven't applied ANYTHING that shows this "work" in your music.

It's like you're looking for that one recipe that will make it a breeze for you to just churn out pop, trance, rock, or whatever your genre obsession you have at the moment.

Then you turn to KVR to ask for advice and you expect people here to guide you through absolutely everything. And when people give you advice, tips, tricks, and tutorials, but it still doesn't make you a Dua Lipa producer or Tiesto, you get arrogant and dismissive and you wonder why everyone around you are always a-holes.

You don't need musical advice or more VST's. You need a mirror.

And you need to STFU already. I'm sick of you constantly on my case. You must be in love with me. That's the only explanation I can come up with. Well sorry, I'm taken.

Ask ai for more explanations if that's the only one you can come up with on your own.

[wagtunes]

Nobody puts in more work into his music than I do.

You've been here for 12 years, and Buddah knows how many years you've tried to learn music, and you still haven't applied ANYTHING that shows this "work" in your music.

It's like you're looking for that one recipe that will make it a breeze for you to just churn out pop, trance, rock, or whatever your genre obsession you have at the moment.

Then you turn to KVR to ask for advice and you expect people here to guide you through absolutely everything. And when people give you advice, tips, tricks, and tutorials, but it still doesn't make you a Dua Lipa producer or Tiesto, you get arrogant and dismissive and you wonder why everyone around you are always a-holes.

You don't need musical advice or more VST's. You need a mirror.

And you need to STFU already. I'm sick of you constantly on my case. You must be in love with me. That's the only explanation I can come up with. Well sorry, I'm taken.

Ask ai for more explanations if that's the only one you can come up with on your own.

The guy hates my guts. Yet, every time I make a comment (doesn't matter what thread) he's there to get on my case. It's relentless. Nobody else follows me all over this forum. He's clearly obsessed with me. Conversely, he makes a comment somewhere else, I don't go anywhere near him. Hell, none of the poots he makes that have nothing to do with me, I don't even know what they are nor do I care. But here he is. I make a comment, and it's not even directed towards him, and he has to get on my case over it.

So how about YOU explain it to me.

[wagtunes]

So people keep telling me that I've shown no improvement in my music over the 12 years I've been here.

This is from 2016. I didn't even know what a compressor or limiter was back then. I can only imagine what the span on this one looks like. I can't even count how many things are wrong with it and there's only like a half a dozen tracks.

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... all-vocals

This is from this year. One of 12 singles released through Music For World Peace Records.

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim ... the-taking

Anybody who doesn't hear the difference.

I've come a long way regardless of what anyone thinks.

As for the lead vocal tips that I supposedly dismissed, I just finished this today. I used 3 of the tips on this track. Note the contrast between the verse and chorus vocals.

https://soundcloud.com/steven-wagenheim/tickle

Regardless of what anyone thinks of me or my music, in the past 5 years I've had 4 albums and 12 singles released earning royalties. No way in hell that would have happened 10 years ago.

I know I've made progress regardless of what anyone here says.

That's all that matters.