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Adrian.Silas

@adriansilas

Music producer, physiotherapist, blogger. Lesotho-born South African originally from Uganda

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Feb 8, 2018, 11:16 PM UTC

Spacey #beatbattle entry R2

How's it going? Here is my entry for the #beatbattle R2. This what I envision would play in a space elevator. This beat starts off with a very basic drum that's been filtered. I added some old keyboa…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Feb 6, 2018, 8:36 AM UTC

Have you earned it? Do you deserve it?

I get emailed quite a bit by artists asking for strategies to grow their fan base. These artists feel like their music deserves way more eyes than the ones they are getting. They tell me that growing…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Feb 5, 2018, 7:08 AM UTC

Are people listening to your music?

What do you do when your music doesn't do well? Sometimes it's difficult as musicians when we put music out there for people to enjoy, but we can barely get people to lend an ear to what we've made.…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Feb 1, 2018, 8:49 AM UTC

How well do you play with others?

As musicians, we live very introspective lives. We usually have a place we go to create in peace. This place is often our sanctuary when we need alone time. This process of creation makes us somewhat…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Jan 28, 2018, 7:12 AM UTC

Solve your problem

I don't encourage moaning about your problems, but today I'll make an exception. I want you to look at your creative career and I want you to moan about everything that you don't like about your indu…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Jan 26, 2018, 11:44 AM UTC

Give yourself a chance

Diversify your artistic portfolio by doing as much as you can. It's shocking how many people consult me and tell me they have this one song and they believe in it so much. They believe in it so much…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Jan 26, 2018, 10:51 AM UTC

Friends by Silas (BeatBattle entry)

Here's my entry for the #beatbattle competition. I took a portion of the guitar in the I'll be there for you theme song and looped it. I'm really not sure what key I changed it to. I added a whole bu…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Jan 25, 2018, 1:47 PM UTC

King's loop

I employed the help of a friend for this one on the guitar. I asked him for something happy yet mellow and this is what I got. If you listen on, you'll hear a whistle that goes throughout the chorus.…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Jan 25, 2018, 1:40 PM UTC

Dwelling by Silas

How's it going? This is an instrumental that I created with a story-teller rapper/singer in mind. It starts out quite simply with an 808 and some light synths. This develops as the verse moves along…

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Adrian.Silas
@adriansilas Jan 25, 2018, 1:34 PM UTC

Cascade by Silas

Here is an instrumental that I worked on last week. I used Icarus and gladiator for the majority of the melodies. I used FL studio to create this one. Hope you enjoy it. SB ► Listen on DSound ► Liste…

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