Useful Phrases For Descriptions

Adrien started a very useful thread giving some fantastic advice on how to construct your track descriptions here: http://audiojungle.net/forums/thread/easy-quality-descriptions-for-everyone/34073

As a reviewer I often notice that some authors struggle with constructing keywords into a sentence, so I was wondering if it might be useful to start a list of some of the phrases that are useful and often used in constructiong a professional looking description. Whilst I wouldn’t want all descriptions to sound formulaic, I’m hoping this could be helpful to those authors who struggle with the English language.

Here are a few common lines that I use, please add to this:

This track is written in a …... style

The mood of this track is….....

Guitars and percussion are combined in this track in a ….... style

This track would be ideal as ….....

This track could be useful as….....

This might sound really obvious stuff, but please join in, I think this could be useful! Thanks,

Andy.

It sounds obviously but nevertheless it’s useful, thanks Andy

Very useful topic for those who use the Google translator )))))))

Thanks for the suggestions, Andy!

English is my first language but for some reason I get serious writer’s block when trying to put together song descriptions, so anything helps.

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jhunger said
Thanks for the suggestions, Andy! English is my first language but for some reason I get serious writer’s block when trying to put together song descriptions, so anything helps.

Hahahahah well if you have that kind of problem.. just think about me.. I learned English watching TV LoL hehhehehe

This topic is very helpful, indeed!

Thanks!

great idea this would be good for the newbies

+1

I think it is fair to say that some people may still be struggling with this, so firstly I’d like to remind everyone of Adrien’s thread which describes how to construct a description around the keywords which are relevent to your file: http://audiojungle.net/forums/thread/easy-quality-descriptions-for-everyone/34073

In addition, for anyone who is struggling to connect these words up and form them into a sentence or two, my personal advice would be:

Try to write at least a couple of sentences which describe:

1. The mood of the track, for example: “This track has a happy and positive feel” or “This track has a dark and ominous feel”

2. The style of the track, for example: “The track is written in a new age style” or “This track is in a rock style”

3. The instruments used in the track, for example: “This track uses guitars, bass and synth” or “Synths and electronic drums are used in this track”

4. How you think the track could be used, for example: “This track could be useful for film and TV, as the background music on a website, or for corporate video” or “This track would be great for use in games”

The important thing then is to include all this information and make it into a couple of sentences which describe your track.

Perhaps it may help you if you make yourself a template and then adapt it to each song, your template could look like this:

“This track has a (insert a word which describes mood) feel, it is written in a (insert a word which describes the musical style/genre) style, it uses (insert names of instruments) and could be useful in (insert words which describe what the music would be useful for) ”

So if for instance, if you have a synth based New Age track, using the above template you could describe it like so:

“This track has a happy and positive feel, it is written in a new age style, it uses synths and electronic drums and could be useful in films, TV, or websites.”

I hope you find this useful, good luck!

Andy.

Yes Andy, it is very useful! It simplifies in many cases the writing of a song description in general. Often it happened to me that I have uploaded a track and didn’t really know what to write about it or just didn’t know how to start. I used your guide several times, now it goes quickly Thanks again for summing up your ideas and suggestions!

Cheers,

Ulf

QuadraphonixAssociation said
Yes Andy, it is very useful! It simplifies in many cases the writing of a song description in general. Often it happened to me that I have uploaded a track and didn’t really know what to write about it or just didn’t know how to start. I used your guide several times, now it goes quickly Thanks again for summing up your ideas and suggestions!

Cheers,

Ulf

No problem Ulf, thanks.