Kostya Music Thread Thing

Kostya · October 2, 2011 04:54 PM

Hi,
I've been way into music pretty much my entire life. About 8 months ago I decided to take it a bit more seriously. I decided I haven't been here in a while and I remembered the good community. So I guess I'll dump my music or whatever, whenever.
My style is dubsteppy/electro housey.

I basically upload everything to soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/kostya1

yep

Kostya · October 2, 2011 05:40 PM

Thanks man! I'm sort of ashamed of my really old tracks but who wouldn't be, haha. I try to release stuff at the very least once a month.

rtil · October 2, 2011 09:16 PM

these are pretty great, sounds like stuff i'd hear on the radio. in fact, you should look into sending some of your tracks to C895 electrobox, it's a really popular nighttime program on a dance station here that streams online, they have a lot of listeners and play music very similar to what you make. they're very open to playing new and unheard stuff as well.

Kostya · October 2, 2011 09:27 PM

Quote from: rtil on October 2, 2011 09:16 PM
these are pretty great, sounds like stuff i'd hear on the radio. in fact, you should look into sending some of your tracks to C895 electrobox, it's a really popular nighttime program on a dance station here that streams online, they have a lot of listeners and play music very similar to what you make. they're very open to playing new and unheard stuff as well.

wow! That's the biggest compliment I've gotten. I'll definitely google them and send some stuff their way. Anything to get stuff circulating ;D

Blordow · October 3, 2011 06:41 AM

i really like your tunes! i just signed up to soundcloud, seems like a good place to get good feedback on your music.

Kostya · October 3, 2011 03:59 PM

Quote from: Blordow on October 3, 2011 06:41 AM
i really like your tunes! i just signed up to soundcloud, seems like a good place to get good feedback on your music.

thanks! soundcloud's pretty good, but people get overlooked a lot. one decent spot for feedback would be http://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction. lots of helpful people there.

Kostya · October 3, 2011 11:50 PM

Just finished a dubstep-ish tune today, http://soundcloud.com/kostya1/underestimated Enjoy

dilly · October 4, 2011 06:39 AM

jokes aside, your stuff sounds very neat :]

Kostya · October 8, 2011 04:44 PM

I get really excited and love to "doodle" when I get a new piece of software.

http://soundcloud.com/kostya1/fm8-sandbox/s-bJi2A

Kostya · October 11, 2011 08:31 PM

Just finished a Calvin Harris remix. Really happy with this one http://soundcloud.com/kostya1/calvin-harris-bounce-kostya

Kostya · October 15, 2011 04:24 PM

Attempting to recreate the synth from Da Funk http://soundcloud.com/kostya1/da-funk/s-qIfAV

cipher · October 15, 2011 06:41 PM

Quote from: Kostya on October 15, 2011 04:24 PM
Attempting to recreate the synth from Da Funk http://soundcloud.com/kostya1/da-funk/s-qIfAV

You're close, but I feel like something is a bit off.

Then again I haven't heard the original in forever

Kostya · October 15, 2011 07:04 PM

Yeah, it's difficult to recreate the cutoffs and I need to add more mids to it.

Kostya · October 17, 2011 01:00 PM

Ahoy! My EP came out today

http://www.beatport.com/release/the-overloaded-ep/815969

cipher · October 17, 2011 04:25 PM

Neat.

I may or may not check it out

Kostya · October 17, 2011 04:30 PM

Quote from: cipher on October 17, 2011 04:25 PM
Neat.

I may or may not check it out

The fact that you thought about it is good enough for me

Kostya · October 17, 2011 06:05 PM

Quote from: W.A.S.I.M. on October 17, 2011 05:45 PM
lol @ I may or may not check it out

ive peeped your ep, the first track definatly setted it off, i like the transformation of it.

overloaded and onward are bangers.

you got some solid material. im interested in your other work so ill check out some of ya other EPs/ALBUMS on that site

also props on that album cover

stay up

Thanks man! This is my first release and only EP so far. But I'm going to be working on a full length album soon.

rtil · October 17, 2011 07:13 PM

i gotta be honest, $2.50/track is a ripoff

ZennyPLUS · October 18, 2011 04:58 AM

Quote from: rtil on October 17, 2011 07:13 PM
i gotta be honest, $2.50/track is a ripoff

I somewhat agree with rtil. But who sets the prices? Is it you or the record company?

1.50 per track or $7 for the album seems a more reasonable price. Don't get me wrong, I really like your music, hell I'd buy it but the price is a little too steep. If I may make a suggestion, have you tried using BandCamp? I've bought music from there and it doesn't require the buyer to make an account why purchasing music from an artist, just a credit card.

http://music.flashygoodness.com/album/one-curious-nightfall-ost Just using this page as an example. I'd think you'd garner more sales if you used this to sell your music too. It allows the viewer to input the amount they wish to pay, and you can set your own or have a suggested price.

Example:

Let's say rtil went to your bandcamp page and likes your music. He sees that you suggest each track at $2.50, but he's not sure he wants to pay that much. Bandcamp can give you the option to allow him to pay what he feels, so rtil pays you 1.50 for each track. Same deal works with the album. I see that you suggest the price of your album at $5, but instead, I paid $8 because I like your music so much.

Hope that helps.

EDIT: At least that's how I believe this site works, I'm no musician so my experience with it is purely from a customer standpoint.
EDIT 2: http://bandcamp.com/faq

Kostya · October 18, 2011 02:28 PM

Quote from: ZennyPLUS on October 18, 2011 04:58 AM
Quote from: rtil on October 17, 2011 07:13 PM
i gotta be honest, $2.50/track is a ripoff

I somewhat agree with rtil. But who sets the prices? Is it you or the record company?

1.50 per track or $7 for the album seems a more reasonable price. Don't get me wrong, I really like your music, hell I'd buy it but the price is a little too steep. If I may make a suggestion, have you tried using BandCamp? I've bought music from there and it doesn't require the buyer to make an account why purchasing music from an artist, just a credit card.

http://music.flashygoodness.com/album/one-curious-nightfall-ost Just using this page as an example. I'd think you'd garner more sales if you used this to sell your music too. It allows the viewer to input the amount they wish to pay, and you can set your own or have a suggested price.

Example:

Let's say rtil went to your bandcamp page and likes your music. He sees that you suggest each track at $2.50, but he's not sure he wants to pay that much. Bandcamp can give you the option to allow him to pay what he feels, so rtil pays you 1.50 for each track. Same deal works with the album. I see that you suggest the price of your album at $5, but instead, I paid $8 because I like your music so much.

Hope that helps.

EDIT: At least that's how I believe this site works, I'm no musician so my experience with it is purely from a customer standpoint.
EDIT 2: http://bandcamp.com/faq

Yeah, I don't set the prices. I think I only get 80 cents per song. Beatport and the distributor get cuts then it gets split between me and the label. I think I may release some future stuff on bandcamp. But I think another reason why it's set at 2.50 is because beatport has many options when getting the music (wav file, aiff file, or mp3). Though I guess bandcamp one ups that with flac. BUT the main thing about beatport is if you get somewhere in the charts, it's pretty much guaranteed gigs.

But yes, future music while I progress will most likely be through bandcamp first. I'm assuming you get payment directly when it happens on bandcamp and not a quartly thing like going through my distributor.

I may even start by adding some recent tunes on bandcamp for a better price

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