Hello Rita - You've become our voice and our connection to the sides of ourselves that we wish we could express. As long as youre around to make songs with us, we know things will be as OK as they can be.
Losing Cameron hurts worse bcuz we were already living in a world without Yungin, who we lost in 2023. This group is what holds us all together, and at times it feels like the only thing that keeps us from spinning off into oblivion. We're not going anywhere. And now it's even more important to finish this album, for Cam.
And for some reason, someone said there wasn't anywhere In this beat to write bars to. What? Did u hear us, my guy?
Wow Frans, this is really awesome!!
You can sing even higher than me, man.
Its really fun to see how youre using your voice more and more.
That beat is also absolutely amazing, just like the subject of the lyrics.
This is a winner you can be really proud of,
Wow Frans dit is echt super!!
Je kan nog hoger zingen dan mij joh.
Het is echt leuk om te zien hoe je steeds meer je stem gaat gebruiken
Die beat is ook echt waanzinnig net zoals het onderwerp van de lyrics.
This is a winner you can be really proud of,
Dank je Rita. Dat hoger zingen lukt maar af en toe, een paar zinnen gezongen en opeens krijg ik geen toon meer stabiel ;) Mocht je ooit een van mijn beats willen gebruiken, laat het me weten, ik bezorg je de stems en desnoods pas ik ze voor je aan. De lyrics rolden er echt gewoon uit, komen dus vanbinnen :)
I think the beat is amazing.
If you made that entirely by yourself, hats off to you.
And is that your voice?
Because that sounds great too.
That fast rap is also very good.
I like it.
Thanks Rita, glad you like it. For me, Robin's work sometimes sparks ideas...
Dank je Rita, wie weet zal het nog vaker gebeuren, maar de volgende is helemaal van mijzelf ;)
Hi.
At first I thought... okay, this is a bit too much for me. But after the intro, I could handle it, lol. When it comes to this kind of music, I'm more of an Iron Maiden person.
But I listened to your track all the way through, and it has amazing sounds, and you really have to be able to put this together. I can't.
My compliments.
Hi Rita! Thank you so much for giving it a chance and listening all the way through, especially since its a bit outside your usual style! That means the world to me.
Up the Irons! Iron Maiden are absolute legends, so I totally respect where you're coming from. Nu Metal can definitely be a bit of a shock to the system at first, lol, but Im so glad the sounds and the production kept you hooked after the intro.
Your compliments really made my day. Thank you for your open mind and your awesome feedback! Cheers!
You go fast this days lol.
Great combination with Manuelas vocal.
I like the beat also .
The panning and delay sounds cool in it .
Background vocal is perfect but some how i would turn the vocal volume a little bit down.
Maar ook op deze manier is het heel mooi nummer.
Hi Anthony.
Im 100% agree with you about Manuela's voice.
She has such a beautiful, pure voice that hits all pitches with long sustained notes.
In my opinion, her voice suits every beat and genre.
The beat you created is beautiful and calm, and it brings out her voice well.
You have successfully achieved what you wanted.
Hello Rita
Thank you so much for listening and commenting on the track. I am really glad you liked it. Yes I wanted to bring Manuela's voice out while keeping the originality of her harmonies. It was this calm way I believed it would do so as I told you, I am very content that you do believe it was successful.
Best regards, Anthony
Hi Frans.
A great summerhit.
I think you need to become a DJ.
Zie je jezelf al staan achter de draaischijven met je petje op ,hands up in the air en al die jongeren doen mee .Nou zon nummer vind ik dit dus.
Well done
Thanks Rita, glad you like it.
Ja hoor, net orgel Joke ;) Maar nee, dat draaien is niet mijn ding, was het wel lang geleden, heb tijdens mijn leger tijd nog een tijdje in een disco op de Lueneburger heide gedraaid :) Tegenwoordig zou me dat niet meer lukken ;)
And about Pnnywze..that boy
He came here later as a newcomer.
Much younger than us but with the perseverance to want to learn and always very respectful towards us. In that way, he quickly became a sweet, enthusiastic member of our LM family.
You are all truly wonderful. It's a pleasure to talk to you; you're all polite and respectful, which I believe is fundamental in any society: respect for others.
You were wondering what my reason was for leaving LM.
Suddenly, a lot of new members joined who weren't really serious.
They often made rude comments or put others down. A few years ago, I had a bully on LM who said terrible things. He went so far as to bully me on YouTube and SoundCloud as well. He even created a YouTube channel under my son's name. Fortunately, YouTube and LM took it seriously and banned him. Manuela also suffered a lot from bullies, and Paul has been through quite a bit too, if I'm not mistaken. Unfortunately, LM never became what it was again, like from 2020 to about 2024.
I had a migraine just yesterday and I know what a hell that is.
Fortunately, I only have it a few times a year.
I can't bear to think about what you're going through.
Do you get good medication for it?
And what animals do you take care of? Are they pets, or do you also have animals like on a farm? In any case, I'm glad you've joined. Just take your time when it comes to making music.
The fact that you're here to listen and write messages is already nice.
Now I understand. I imagined you were referring to something that had happened here, but I didn't think it would be to this extent (you've left me speechless). It must be awful to feel harassed, especially when you don't know who it is. And isn't that something you can report? Even more so with your child involved?
I also suspected something had happened to Manuela, seeing her initial comments about being absent for a while.
It's a real shame that a place like this exists, with a good atmosphere, and then someone comes along and disrupts the harmony.
I'm sorry you also suffer from migraines; they're terrible. Let me tell you a little about my case: When I was 18, I had a very serious car accident (I was hospitalized for 3 months). That frontal fracture caused me to start having migraines over the years (at first, just a few, about one a month). Over time, they became more frequent. By 40, it was unbearablemore than one migraine a week. At 42, I was hospitalized to monitor the frequency and intensity of the pain. They forced me to stop working because it was happening three days a week. All of this led to my separation from my wife and a deep depression due to financial hardship. But thank God, I managed to pull through. I found ways to earn a living with IT, electronics, and other things. And I began dedicating my life to animals. Every now and then, a cat would appear on my property and give birth to kittens. I would bring the ones that were sick, weak, or had some kind of defect into my house to protect them. Before I knew it, I had more than 20. I had to spay all the cats in the neighborhood because the situation was getting out of control. In the last 15 years, I only have the last few animals left in my house; currently, there are nine. They are very old and don't have much time left. But many have passed through my hands during this time.
It has been difficult to juggle caring for the animals with my migraines, even more so since they considered me a lost cause because there was no treatment that worked to prevent them. They decided to treat me in the pain unit, but instead of preventing the migraines, they gave me strong medication so I wouldn't suffer so much. They started treating me with Actiq 200 (Fentanyl). Today, I've decided to stop all that medication (it was killing me) and I only take anti-inflammatories and cannabis honey.
Right now, I have good weeks when I only get the migraines once or twice a week. And other weeks, three or four times a week. And you know... in the dark in a room, unable to hear anything. And I have to sleep during the day and at night.
Sorry for rambling on, but I start writing and I can't stop, that's what happens when you live alone, hahaha.
I read your discussion with Paul and I have something to say too.
I'm not such an extensive writer and have to translate most of it. But now I'll make myself heard too lol.
When I joined LM, I had purchased FL Studio but had never done anything with music before.
I had to learn everything from the ground up and figure out how the DAW worked. And every time I figured something out, I forgot where to find it in the DAW. I didn't want to use loops, so I really had to learn how to make a beat.
Thanks to the help and support of the LM family, I kept going.
Just a comment that I had a knack for it made me continue. If I was working on a beat and couldn't figure it out, I would throw it online for advice and then continue with it. In the beginning, I was terrible. My kicks were often off-beat and my music jumped from one thing to another lol.
But I kept persevering, and so did the LM family with me, until I could make a worthy beat, even though I never really became as good as others here.
And the same thing started with my singing.
First, a few words with a lot of embarrassment.
And thanks to the compliments and encouragement from the FL family, that expanded more and more until I got more guts to sing.
I have also built a personal bond with some people here on LM.
Manuela is my LM daughter and Paul is almost me, only a bit tougher.
Robin, Cyberflares was one of the first people I got to know. We have seen each other grow, even though Manuela is already an experienced singer.
Sometimes I wanted to leave LM because a lot has changed these years. But whoever thinks they are leaving eventually comes back.
There are many temporary people or people who just do their thing here. But you also have people who quickly become a member of the group, just like you. I hope you will get just as much out of it as I did. After 6 years on LM, I still don't know the musical terms they often use here, so you will never hear me complain about that. Sometimes I don't know how to describe what I mean in English, and the translator apparently doesn't always understand me either. My words are often simple and not too long, but I do mean them.
I'm like you, I have to use Google Translate for everything. I translate from Spanish to English and then translate the result back to Spanish to see if the translation says what I want, haha.
I love that we share more about our lives; I think it helps us understand each other's music better. For example, with your comments, I understood the reason behind those dramatic lyrics, I understood the story behind each song. And that's made me enjoy listening to you more and more, because I feel the emotion you convey, the story you tell. And even though what's behind your lyrics saddens me, I enjoy listening to them because you connect with me so much.
I have the same problem with musical terminology, so I can only say if I like something a lot, a whole lot, but little else. I get lost in so many technical terms; at most, I can say if something sounds more or less defined, clear, and little more.
I seem to recall you mentioning to me before that you started creating your rhythms around 2020, but that it was still difficult, but that with time and passion you'll succeed.
As I told Paul, I'd never been in a chat room or anything like that before, but I'm glad I joined. From the beginning, I've felt welcome; you've all been incredibly kind to me, and it makes me angry that I can't dedicate as much time to this as I'd like.
When you say that many things have changed during this time and that sometimes you've wanted to leave, I'm not sure if you're referring to changes here or in your life.
For example, in the last few days I've noticed a bit of tension in some of the comments, which I'd never seen before (I haven't been here long). The last one was on a Liner Fade song, which I didn't understand because, along with Manuela, they're my biggest influences in LM. I think both groups are professionals worthy of a major record label, but there was a small disagreement, and since I also have to translate everything before posting... by the time I went to write it, the song had already been deleted, haha.
I hope to enjoy this community for a long time, but unfortunately, my migraines are getting worse every day, and my work with the animals is getting more demanding. Despite everything, I'll keep trying to find time to at least listen to the work you all post, even if I can't upload anything myself.
Thanks for telling me more about yourself.
Greetings from your admirer, Juan Carlos.
Not at all, many of the songs I've heard you sing, I've imagined them with a rhythm like mine, and I think your voice would give my music a special touch. The thing is, I'm the one who still needs to learn how to combine music with a voice. When I do it with the acapella of Odarka or Mansasworld, I try my best, but since I've never spoken to them and I've seen many versions of that same acapella by other people, the final result doesn't cause me any anxiety. But with you guys it's different; it's like I already know you, and the responsibility of living up to your standards, for now, prevents me from using your voices.
on Run Run Run by TheFrenZ
I hope we will make another one together one day but for now im offline with my voice. Groetjes ,Rita
Groetjes en beterschap :)
on Every choice becomes a story by TheFrenZ
I didd enjoy working together with you even though you did most of the work.
My thanks and compliments for that.
on Get Back Up - The Monzder Squadd Ft Rita by TheMonzderSquadd
May Cameron R.I.P
Life isnt fair.
He will live on in his music.
It's impressive that you were still able to finish this track.
Very well done, and thank you for giving me such a beautiful spot on the beat.
Losing Cameron hurts worse bcuz we were already living in a world without Yungin, who we lost in 2023. This group is what holds us all together, and at times it feels like the only thing that keeps us from spinning off into oblivion. We're not going anywhere. And now it's even more important to finish this album, for Cam.
And for some reason, someone said there wasn't anywhere In this beat to write bars to. What? Did u hear us, my guy?
on Dantes Breeze by mudhoen
the tune/melody grabs me, including the sort of cat meowing.
on This Feeling by PaulCreaney11
It sounds nice.
I listen to the original, which sounds really good anyway, and you finish it off with some extras
on Chanel And Dior by DanMed
It was worth the 25 hours thats for sure.
Nice bounce and even if you keep using the same Vox, it doesn't get annoying to hear.
on We The People by TheFrenZ
You can sing even higher than me, man.
Its really fun to see how youre using your voice more and more.
That beat is also absolutely amazing, just like the subject of the lyrics.
This is a winner you can be really proud of,
on We The People by TheFrenZ
Je kan nog hoger zingen dan mij joh.
Het is echt leuk om te zien hoe je steeds meer je stem gaat gebruiken
Die beat is ook echt waanzinnig net zoals het onderwerp van de lyrics.
This is a winner you can be really proud of,
on Before i Go - by Mansasworld by juankar
on Stardom Dimension 3 - Sayam Raj Sagar by sayamrajsagar
If you made that entirely by yourself, hats off to you.
And is that your voice?
Because that sounds great too.
That fast rap is also very good.
I like it.
on Must I Network with You by Kayos2
I think it fits quite well with a children's film.
My big compliments.
on vrchat by luvroxu
This is a nice happy track.
I like it.
on Cyberflares - Unison ft TheFrenZ by TheFrenZ
Moet je vaker zo doen of door Robin laten doen.
Dank je Rita, wie weet zal het nog vaker gebeuren, maar de volgende is helemaal van mijzelf ;)
on A starting point for someone maybe by JAI26
I can relate; a quarter of my FL21 is filled with beats I can't do anything with.
I wonder if a new version of this track will be online soon.
on Phantom - Ft Charvox by Flat2Forge
At first I thought... okay, this is a bit too much for me. But after the intro, I could handle it, lol. When it comes to this kind of music, I'm more of an Iron Maiden person.
But I listened to your track all the way through, and it has amazing sounds, and you really have to be able to put this together. I can't.
My compliments.
Up the Irons! Iron Maiden are absolute legends, so I totally respect where you're coming from. Nu Metal can definitely be a bit of a shock to the system at first, lol, but Im so glad the sounds and the production kept you hooked after the intro.
Your compliments really made my day. Thank you for your open mind and your awesome feedback! Cheers!
on I Am Riding High feat Manuela Boekels by TheFrenZ
on Above The Clouds by Snelkku
You didd good work on this new genre .
I think its a perfect beat for a rapper.
on I Am Riding High feat Manuela Boekels by TheFrenZ
Great combination with Manuelas vocal.
I like the beat also .
The panning and delay sounds cool in it .
Background vocal is perfect but some how i would turn the vocal volume a little bit down.
Maar ook op deze manier is het heel mooi nummer.
on I am Rising High feat Manuela Boekels by AnthonyAttard
Im 100% agree with you about Manuela's voice.
She has such a beautiful, pure voice that hits all pitches with long sustained notes.
In my opinion, her voice suits every beat and genre.
The beat you created is beautiful and calm, and it brings out her voice well.
You have successfully achieved what you wanted.
Thank you so much for listening and commenting on the track. I am really glad you liked it. Yes I wanted to bring Manuela's voice out while keeping the originality of her harmonies. It was this calm way I believed it would do so as I told you, I am very content that you do believe it was successful.
Best regards, Anthony
on What Now Mister by glennwhite6504
I never listen to Jazz at home but this chill track is a pleasure to listen to.
Nice job mister.
on Take a break by TheFrenZ
A great summerhit.
I think you need to become a DJ.
Zie je jezelf al staan achter de draaischijven met je petje op ,hands up in the air en al die jongeren doen mee .Nou zon nummer vind ik dit dus.
Well done
Ja hoor, net orgel Joke ;) Maar nee, dat draaien is niet mijn ding, was het wel lang geleden, heb tijdens mijn leger tijd nog een tijdje in een disco op de Lueneburger heide gedraaid :) Tegenwoordig zou me dat niet meer lukken ;)
on Before i Go - by Mansasworld by juankar
He came here later as a newcomer.
Much younger than us but with the perseverance to want to learn and always very respectful towards us. In that way, he quickly became a sweet, enthusiastic member of our LM family.
Best regards, Rita.
Good night.
Juan Carlos
on Before i Go - by Mansasworld by juankar
Thanks for your kind reply.
You were wondering what my reason was for leaving LM.
Suddenly, a lot of new members joined who weren't really serious.
They often made rude comments or put others down. A few years ago, I had a bully on LM who said terrible things. He went so far as to bully me on YouTube and SoundCloud as well. He even created a YouTube channel under my son's name. Fortunately, YouTube and LM took it seriously and banned him. Manuela also suffered a lot from bullies, and Paul has been through quite a bit too, if I'm not mistaken. Unfortunately, LM never became what it was again, like from 2020 to about 2024.
I had a migraine just yesterday and I know what a hell that is.
Fortunately, I only have it a few times a year.
I can't bear to think about what you're going through.
Do you get good medication for it?
And what animals do you take care of? Are they pets, or do you also have animals like on a farm? In any case, I'm glad you've joined. Just take your time when it comes to making music.
The fact that you're here to listen and write messages is already nice.
Have a very nice evening.
Greetings from Rita
Now I understand. I imagined you were referring to something that had happened here, but I didn't think it would be to this extent (you've left me speechless). It must be awful to feel harassed, especially when you don't know who it is. And isn't that something you can report? Even more so with your child involved?
I also suspected something had happened to Manuela, seeing her initial comments about being absent for a while.
It's a real shame that a place like this exists, with a good atmosphere, and then someone comes along and disrupts the harmony.
I'm sorry you also suffer from migraines; they're terrible. Let me tell you a little about my case: When I was 18, I had a very serious car accident (I was hospitalized for 3 months). That frontal fracture caused me to start having migraines over the years (at first, just a few, about one a month). Over time, they became more frequent. By 40, it was unbearablemore than one migraine a week. At 42, I was hospitalized to monitor the frequency and intensity of the pain. They forced me to stop working because it was happening three days a week. All of this led to my separation from my wife and a deep depression due to financial hardship. But thank God, I managed to pull through. I found ways to earn a living with IT, electronics, and other things. And I began dedicating my life to animals. Every now and then, a cat would appear on my property and give birth to kittens. I would bring the ones that were sick, weak, or had some kind of defect into my house to protect them. Before I knew it, I had more than 20. I had to spay all the cats in the neighborhood because the situation was getting out of control. In the last 15 years, I only have the last few animals left in my house; currently, there are nine. They are very old and don't have much time left. But many have passed through my hands during this time.
It has been difficult to juggle caring for the animals with my migraines, even more so since they considered me a lost cause because there was no treatment that worked to prevent them. They decided to treat me in the pain unit, but instead of preventing the migraines, they gave me strong medication so I wouldn't suffer so much. They started treating me with Actiq 200 (Fentanyl). Today, I've decided to stop all that medication (it was killing me) and I only take anti-inflammatories and cannabis honey.
Right now, I have good weeks when I only get the migraines once or twice a week. And other weeks, three or four times a week. And you know... in the dark in a room, unable to hear anything. And I have to sleep during the day and at night.
Sorry for rambling on, but I start writing and I can't stop, that's what happens when you live alone, hahaha.
on Before i Go - by Mansasworld by juankar
I'm not such an extensive writer and have to translate most of it. But now I'll make myself heard too lol.
When I joined LM, I had purchased FL Studio but had never done anything with music before.
I had to learn everything from the ground up and figure out how the DAW worked. And every time I figured something out, I forgot where to find it in the DAW. I didn't want to use loops, so I really had to learn how to make a beat.
Thanks to the help and support of the LM family, I kept going.
Just a comment that I had a knack for it made me continue. If I was working on a beat and couldn't figure it out, I would throw it online for advice and then continue with it. In the beginning, I was terrible. My kicks were often off-beat and my music jumped from one thing to another lol.
But I kept persevering, and so did the LM family with me, until I could make a worthy beat, even though I never really became as good as others here.
And the same thing started with my singing.
First, a few words with a lot of embarrassment.
And thanks to the compliments and encouragement from the FL family, that expanded more and more until I got more guts to sing.
I have also built a personal bond with some people here on LM.
Manuela is my LM daughter and Paul is almost me, only a bit tougher.
Robin, Cyberflares was one of the first people I got to know. We have seen each other grow, even though Manuela is already an experienced singer.
Sometimes I wanted to leave LM because a lot has changed these years. But whoever thinks they are leaving eventually comes back.
There are many temporary people or people who just do their thing here. But you also have people who quickly become a member of the group, just like you. I hope you will get just as much out of it as I did. After 6 years on LM, I still don't know the musical terms they often use here, so you will never hear me complain about that. Sometimes I don't know how to describe what I mean in English, and the translator apparently doesn't always understand me either. My words are often simple and not too long, but I do mean them.
I love that we share more about our lives; I think it helps us understand each other's music better. For example, with your comments, I understood the reason behind those dramatic lyrics, I understood the story behind each song. And that's made me enjoy listening to you more and more, because I feel the emotion you convey, the story you tell. And even though what's behind your lyrics saddens me, I enjoy listening to them because you connect with me so much.
I have the same problem with musical terminology, so I can only say if I like something a lot, a whole lot, but little else. I get lost in so many technical terms; at most, I can say if something sounds more or less defined, clear, and little more.
I seem to recall you mentioning to me before that you started creating your rhythms around 2020, but that it was still difficult, but that with time and passion you'll succeed.
As I told Paul, I'd never been in a chat room or anything like that before, but I'm glad I joined. From the beginning, I've felt welcome; you've all been incredibly kind to me, and it makes me angry that I can't dedicate as much time to this as I'd like.
When you say that many things have changed during this time and that sometimes you've wanted to leave, I'm not sure if you're referring to changes here or in your life.
For example, in the last few days I've noticed a bit of tension in some of the comments, which I'd never seen before (I haven't been here long). The last one was on a Liner Fade song, which I didn't understand because, along with Manuela, they're my biggest influences in LM. I think both groups are professionals worthy of a major record label, but there was a small disagreement, and since I also have to translate everything before posting... by the time I went to write it, the song had already been deleted, haha.
I hope to enjoy this community for a long time, but unfortunately, my migraines are getting worse every day, and my work with the animals is getting more demanding. Despite everything, I'll keep trying to find time to at least listen to the work you all post, even if I can't upload anything myself.
Thanks for telling me more about yourself.
Greetings from your admirer, Juan Carlos.
on Before i Go - by Mansasworld by juankar
Not at all, many of the songs I've heard you sing, I've imagined them with a rhythm like mine, and I think your voice would give my music a special touch. The thing is, I'm the one who still needs to learn how to combine music with a voice. When I do it with the acapella of Odarka or Mansasworld, I try my best, but since I've never spoken to them and I've seen many versions of that same acapella by other people, the final result doesn't cause me any anxiety. But with you guys it's different; it's like I already know you, and the responsibility of living up to your standards, for now, prevents me from using your voices.