Opinions of OS/other

[Eric]

Importing MIDI that you make on an offline DAW is fine.

Importing MIDI that you downloaded from another source, and it not being your creation, is NOT fine.

I never and will never like online sequencer EDM, or general EDM in that regard.

I feel like time signature mixing is under appreciated. People may just think it's hard to change pace, which I understand greatly. I for one don't want to mix in 3/3 or 18/16 anytime soon.

Repeating a theme and giving it new sounds every loop is not original music.

Giving a theme enough time to loop the overall theme is my ideal way to make something.

-Decide which BPM is ideal for the tone of what you're thinking.
-Make the beginning of a song an arpeggio with good bass and mid range notes and chords that make sense.
-Make sure the beginning of a song doesn't overstay it's welcome.
-use a proper buildup theme to suspend the next loop, have it longer than the beginning but don't make the entire song loop the beginning only twice (example: beginning - 3 minutes of random buildup tone - loop beginning with more tension as the ending) A song should at least loop the beginning once in awhile, or loop one of the buildup parts to make it more interesting. I'll dive into this into more detail another time.

Swapping to an offline DAW should never be a permanent solution unless you are legitimately being paid to make music/are a musician by career choice. You either choose music as a hobby or dive into it as a career, and this is a tough decision to make. You can challenge and limit yourself to the tools of OS to make something and motivate yourself by hearing other creations from other users.