Naming your tracks

[JBE]

It looks like Martyn has a system for naming his remixes. Must be some sort of sample, instrument or style reference cause I see he uses the same remix names multiple times. I don't mind that at all. And it's not to pretentious sounding either. Some people go a bit too far with their remix names.

[faultier]

Rudi Zygadlo- Resealable Friendship (Slugabed's Special Friends' Deepest Holes Remix)

[wub]

You mean like Cher- Believe (Skrillex's Filthy Battyclart Refix)? That sort of thing?

Yeah, needs to happen more.

See, I read this and thought "haha, like anyone is dumb enough to make a dubstep remix of Cher...."


Then I googled;

[killahbeez]

^ that sounded literally exactly how I expected it to sound.

[DZA]

I give all my remixes a little name, i think it gives them your own little stamp

Slk - Hype Hype (Slevarance Not On A Hype Ting Remix)
Mr Mitch - Skittles (Slevarance Taste The Randow Remix)
Elements - We Sleep At Dawn (Slevarance Bananas In Pyjamas Remix)
L.A Boxers - Bounce (Slevarance Dont Bounce Roll With Clack Clack Remix)
Trpwr - Holland(Slevarance Off Into Outer Space Remix)
Dj Eastwood - U Aint Ready (Slevarance Ohhhhhhhhhhh Yes I Am! Remix)

[jaydot]

Rusko's Granny Smasher remix wins this thread.

[djbmc]

thought OP was being sarcastic, brought a smile to my face.

[legend4ry]

[deadly_habit]

freshly ground - i'd like (deadly habit's give credit where credit is due assholes remix)

[+3]

This has always been done in House music, for yeeeeears. Kind of necessary when you get the song and 6 remixes of it on one 12"... Don't think it serves a purpose in dubstep which its why it hasn't caught on but I too have always liked named remixes lol

[breakbait]

martyn talks about this in this video at red bull http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/vide ... eat_depths *from about 52 minutes

[antipode]

http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Master-Battl ... B004FZP0RY

If anyone ever played an old giant robot fighting game in the 90s called one must fall, this will make sense.

[therapist]

Oh, this wasn't a joke? Generally it looks fucking lame.

[zerbaman]

How do you go about this?
I start stuff, finish it, then can't name the bastards -_-
What are your methods for overcoming things like this?

[3za]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=193710

[jrisreal]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=193710

Yeah this threads pretty recent.

[ketamine]

Personally right now, I can’t decide what “style” of naming I even want to do.
There are 3, I’ll give examples (all fictitious):

1 - (Song content) “Just got real” if it had vocal samples somebody saying “Shit just got real” throughout. Sometimes songs name themselves, but if I find this the boring way.
Common in Brostep/Wobble.

2 - (Single word). “Slug” “Moth” “Undo” I like this type. It’s simple and gives a clear mental image to the listener and *if* you pick good ones, like Burial does, they stick in people’s mind and are easily remembered. Common in crackle/ambient/future garage/etc...

3 - (Sentence). “If Hands Could Talk” “The Day She Died” I love this kind, and I feel its the most creative and intriguing. I find generally only really obscure, really creative musicians & bands tend to do this. They usually have weird, experimental tunes with no single genre definition.

I’d love to do #3, but always end up with #2, but the word is never a good one. LOL

[kaiori breathe]

I wank off into a coffee mug and name my tunes after whatever it looks like... 'The Floods' was not a tune I enjoyed naming...

[ketamine]

^ As well as you can write Kaiori (and we all know you can write) I doubt you have any trouble with interesting tune names. I’m interested in your true naming process… jokes aside.

My fav DSF tune namer is Gnome Gnome…
http://soundcloud.com/gnome-gnome

Their very quirky...

[zerbaman]

Fairs apology for the repost. Been an honorary secret ninja for a while