Thread: Hardcore Breaks?

My first attempt at Hardcore Breaks... Have a listen

http://soundcloud.com/leonized/hcb-track

Nice one mate, I like it! good to hear some scratching too So what you gonna call yourself? Gotta have a name now if your making tunes

Originally Posted by Bar

Nice one mate, I like it! good to hear some scratching too So what you gonna call yourself? Gotta have a name now if your making tunes

Cheers matey

I contemplated using a few vocals but i know i would of got carried away

What do i call myself? I could just be called Leon...

Lot better than I could do

Originally Posted by Hordak

Lot better than I could do

Cheers matey

I'm not a massive fan of Hardcore Breaks, but I love the way you guys keep pushing the sound forward with passion. The likes of RG, Pete, Simon Harris and many, many more deserve the upmost respect for pushing the sound that they love.

As said, I can't really comment but keep on trucking Leon

Originally Posted by Curly

I'm not a massive fan of Hardcore Breaks, but I love the way you guys keep pushing the sound forward with passion. The likes of RG, Pete, Simon Harris and many, many more deserve the upmost respect for pushing the sound that they love.

As said, I can't really comment but keep on trucking Leon

Cheers Neil mate, i've got huge amounts of respect for everyone who's involved in pushing the scene forward but my love is & always will be Oldskool i just thought i would try something different & it turned out ok

nice work leon. Needs a bit of tidying but its all there

oh & FAO Moonhead: if leon had stuck a chopped amen on this then for all intents & purposes it could be an oldskool tune. Methinks u, like many others are put off because its been labelled as h/c breaks. If Leon had topped up & said this was something he did bitd, you'd have no reason to doubt him. ATEOTD tis all Hardcore.

Just an observation......

Originally Posted by dodders

nice work leon. Needs a bit of tidying but its all there

oh & FAO Moonhead: if leon had stuck a chopped amen on this then for all intents & purposes it could be an oldskool tune. Methinks u, like many others are put off because its been labelled as h/c breaks. If Leon had topped up & said this was something he did bitd, you'd have no reason to doubt him. ATEOTD tis all Hardcore.

Just an observation......

Cheers Doddz matey... Any advice on where it needs tidying?

I'm no professional so let me know & i'll get to it

Originally Posted by Leonized

Cheers Doddz matey... Any advice on where it needs tidying?

I'm no professional so let me know & i'll get to it

Mate for reasons i ain't going into, i'm not the man to ask.

The tidying is just my opinion - if you're happy with it then thats all that matters

Originally Posted by dodders

Mate for reasons i ain't going into, i'm not the man to ask.

The tidying is just my opinion - if you're happy with it then thats all that matters

Luckily i value your opinion (yes, i am the one)

I was happy with it, but now have doubts you little tinker

Originally Posted by Leonized

Luckily i value your opinion (yes, i am the one)

I was happy with it, but now have doubts you little tinker

Dude there's nowt wrong with the tune, but as all tunes hot off the tracker it could do with a mixdown: levels, fx etc - IF thats what u wanna do with it. If ur happy then tell me to do one

Originally Posted by dodders

Dude there's nowt wrong with the tune, but as all tunes hot off the tracker it could do with a mixdown: levels, fx etc - IF thats what u wanna do with it. If ur happy then tell me to do one

I've always wondered what mixdown meant... I thought it had something to do with mixing

I've got it saved so i can go back & have a muck around with it at some point

Thanks for the advice though geeza, much appreciated

Loving that Leon

Tbh I'm quite surprised as I didn't know you were that talented. Nice darkness about it, and I love that break

Missing something, I don't what it is but it's like it lacks character, if you get me?

Good points with dodders, made me look at hcb a little differently

Originally Posted by swipezster

Loving that Leon

Tbh I'm quite surprised as I didn't know you were that talented. Nice darkness about it, and I love that break

Missing something, I don't what it is but it's like it lacks character, if you get me?

Good points with dodders, made me look at hcb a little differently

Thanks... I think

I've always loved making tunes but it's only recently i've found the software that i can use & lets my creative side out

I could of added vocals (there is one at the beginning) but then i would have gone mad with it (like my Bobby's Beat track), so i kept it simple & this is what happened

Let me know what's missing & i'll see if i can add it for you matey

Originally Posted by Leonized

Let me know what's missing & i'll see if i can add it for you matey

I don't mean any offence to Stu ere, but add something coz U wanna add it. Take all the advice in the world but always remember its your baby

No, for Christ's sake don't listen to my advice Leon

I am UBER-critical of tunes (ask RG ), but it's because what I want to hear, not anyone else. Leon, you've got the wrong end of the stick pal, I am liking that tune me old farrrrrrrrmer boy

If you're happy with it that's fine. I'm always asking RG to tweak this and that and he's like, "nope, I'm keeping it like that, I like it".... although he does end up doing an alternate version for me

Dodders mate, I remember vaguely discussing hcb when I met you in the real-life-world , but did I tell you it wasn't my kipper tie?

Originally Posted by swipezster

Dodders mate, I remember vaguely discussing hcb when I met you in the real-life-world , but did I tell you it wasn't my kipper tie?

You did mention - tho i've caught u doing the odd set here & there over the road, so its not like Trish & his fear of all things shotgun

Indeedy-doody

Didn't want to post this, but whenever I hear or see the word "hardcore breaks" your silver foxed boat appears in my brain

Originally Posted by swipezster

No, for Christ's sake don't listen to my advice Leon

I am UBER-critical of tunes (ask RG ), but it's because what I want to hear, not anyone else. Leon, you've got the wrong end of the stick pal, I am liking that tune me old farrrrrrrrmer boy

If you're happy with it that's fine. I'm always asking RG to tweak this and that and he's like, "nope, I'm keeping it like that, I like it".... although he does end up doing an alternate version for me

Dodders mate, I remember vaguely discussing hcb when I met you in the real-life-world , but did I tell you it wasn't my kipper tie?

I know what you mean Stu mate, i'm particular with my tunes too... So it's nice to finally be able to make them myself

But like i said, any advice or criticism is welcomed... When i'd finished this track & listened back to it i wasn't too keen on it, but after listening to it a few dozen times it's growing on me... I banged it out in about an hour & didn't make any changes to it, so this is it in its raw state... There's probably a few bits & bobs i want to change with it but knowing me i'll start rearranging it, adding more etc & it'll just be a mess

If you think of owt Stu, don't be shy... I won't be offended (except if you say you didn't realise i was talented)

I like it, its all dark and swirly (if thats a word!)

If that was all in an hour and a half then thats very impressive, I think I spend more time listening over and over again to my stuff to make sure it sounds ok rather than actually making it.

Originally Posted by harrrrrrry

I like it, its all dark and swirly (if thats a word!)

If that was all in an hour and a half then thats very impressive, I think I spend more time listening over and over again to my stuff to make sure it sounds ok rather than actually making it.

Cheers

I just put a load of samples that i liked into a folder & went through them adding bits i liked... I didn't have anything specific in mind when making it, they just sounded good together

Originally Posted by dodders

nice work leon. Needs a bit of tidying but its all there

oh & FAO Moonhead: if leon had stuck a chopped amen on this then for all intents & purposes it could be an oldskool tune. Methinks u, like many others are put off because its been labelled as h/c breaks. If Leon had topped up & said this was something he did bitd, you'd have no reason to doubt him. ATEOTD tis all Hardcore.

Just an observation......

I completely agree with Dodders on this - it's all hardcore at the end of the day - but when the label hardcore breaks is used it's like i don't like that it's not oldskool mentality but it's made with the same samples that were used to make oldskool tunes bitd. The only difference is that hcb is made recently and for some reason the label put's people off.

The amount of times i have heard someone playing a set and then they drop a hcb tune thinking it's oldskool is astounding and then that very person will say i don't like hcb - i just laugh!

I had a listen to your tune Leon - obviously some work needs to be done on levels and eq etc but i really like it - one thing i would change is that at 26 seconds when the next drumloop is added it doesn't run smoothly but apart from that it's really good Leon - well done

I think it's shit but then I haven't listened to it....

Originally Posted by msprim

I completely agree with Dodders on this - it's all hardcore at the end of the day - but when the label hardcore breaks is used it's like i don't like that it's not oldskool mentality but it's made with the same samples that were used to make oldskool tunes bitd. The only difference is that hcb is made recently and for some reason the label put's people off.

The amount of times i have heard someone playing a set and then they drop a hcb tune thinking it's oldskool is astounding and then that very person will say i don't like hcb - i just laugh!

I had a listen to your tune Leon - obviously some work needs to be done on levels and eq etc but i really like it - one thing i would change is that at 26 seconds when the next drumloop is added it doesn't run smoothly but apart from that it's really good Leon - well done

Cheers Ms P

I did lower the levels abit before i rendered it to wav, but i made it on my laptop & the speakers aren't the best... I'll pop it through my amp & have a proper listen

I'll investigate that 26 seconds, i missed it... Nice one for the heads up