New to eurobeat, badly wanting to compose! :'(

[kurisuto]

Hi all! So, I discovered eurobeat one year and a half ago or so, through samfree's "Luka Luka Night Fever" -- absolutely loved it. But I actually learned it was eurobeat, and started to listen to eurobeat very recently. I'm a composer, mostly rock and traditional heavy metal stuff (I'm a guitarist btw), but recently I've started to make some more synth-based songs, and now I badly want to make eurobeat... and really could use some help!

I have some musical ideas, but first, I've still a long way to go before composing a decent eurobeat song in terms of structure etc., I'm a very bad producer/mixing engineer, and I just can't seem to find the sounds I need. I think these 3 points can be easily summed up with these two bits of songs I've composed. And yes, they're just about 5 and 10 seconds long, looped endlessly.

http://sd-2.archive-host.com/membres/pl ... 2_-_1a.mp3

http://sd-2.archive-host.com/membres/pl ... t_-_1a.mp3

I wasn't lying; they're really only a few seconds long and looped endlessly.

I'd love to hear your suggestions: I particularly need some good brass synths. I was talking about Luka Luka earlier; that's really the kind of synth leads I'd like to get, very percussive and energetic. I'm more specifically looking for software. If you don't know this song, here's a popular cover (i.e sung by a "real" singer as opposed to Vocaloid) by Nana Mitani:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUjs5ff5Fbc

Also, "eurobeat drums". Really, I'm new to this whole thing, and I don't know what type of drum samples I should use.

And lastly, tips on mixing, SFX, etc.? Maybe you know good sites for that?

[DarkSky]

You could try to create something using the Synthetic Brass bank in ReFX Nexus. For the drums I can help you out, and ehm many Eurobeat producers used to use Roland JD800 synths for their tracks, try to find them yourself

Eurobeat-Prime user ''NitroFlash'' might be able to help you out with creating Eurobeat tracks yourself, and you can buy a sample pack from L. Newfield on this forum. He used to be a Eurobeat producer and if you're nice to him he might can give you a few how-to-start tips

Good luck

[kurisuto]

Thanks! I've heard lots of good things about Nexus, I'm seriously considering buying it. And thanks for the other tips!