Musicians' thread.

Well let me show you people the song I have just finished learning.

[video=youtube;Nc5DEQgGhJY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc5DEQgGhJY[/video]

The tabs for it were so useless so I had to sit and watch this vid over and over to get the notes right(which I did)
 
For anyone interested in house music, I produce deep house. All created purely with FL Studio 9 with no external plugins/vsts. Soundcloud link is in my signature..
 
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At the moment I've got a free account. Maybe once I've reached my limit i'll upgrade to the premium account.
 
@copacetic - Which software are you using in composing your tracks?

I really regret not wanting to play an instrument as a kid. At the time I didn't think it was "cool", so I only started playing guitar around when I was 17. Eventually when I got hooked, my fingers bled after playing, not because I played a lot, but because the little guitar I borrowed from someone had a really-reaaaaaaally bad action. String must have been about 1cm away from the fretboard! :-) Ah, my innocent, idiotic days of youth...

This thread has made me wonder, what makes someone decide to learn to play instrument? For me, and I think for a lot of people, it was their taste in music. Nirvana to be exact.
 
Beylie said:
@copacetic - Which software are you using in composing your tracks?

I really regret not wanting to play an instrument as a kid. At the time I didn't think it was "cool", so I only started playing guitar around when I was 17. Eventually when I got hooked, my fingers bled after playing, not because I played a lot, but because the little guitar I borrowed from someone had a really-reaaaaaaally bad action. String must have been about 1cm away from the fretboard! :-) Ah, my innocent, idiotic days of youth...

This thread has made me wonder, what makes someone decide to learn to play instrument? For me, and I think for a lot of people, it was their taste in music. Nirvana to be exact.
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Same here also had a terrible acoustic guitar that my Mother had laying around. Started by learning parts of Master of Puppets on it. I started playing because I loved the idea of being a rock start and creating your own music. When I first heard Unforgiven on Barney's show late one night I was hooked.
 
Ahh... Barney. Apparently he's on Jakaranda now? Blasting the old people's ears to peaces? Remember uncle Paul and his bedtime stories? Damn, giving away my age.
 
that is the reason I listened to his show. maybe we should email Barney and ask if we can still get those stories somewhere.
 
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Beylie said:
@copacetic - Which software are you using in composing your tracks?

I really regret not wanting to play an instrument as a kid. At the time I didn't think it was "cool", so I only started playing guitar around when I was 17. Eventually when I got hooked, my fingers bled after playing, not because I played a lot, but because the little guitar I borrowed from someone had a really-reaaaaaaally bad action. String must have been about 1cm away from the fretboard! :-) Ah, my innocent, idiotic days of youth...

This thread has made me wonder, what makes someone decide to learn to play instrument? For me, and I think for a lot of people, it was their taste in music. Nirvana to be exact.
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Software - I studied sound engineering for a short while at some stage and there we used Cubase and Reason. I am not really working on much at the moment, but if I do I have come to quite like a program called Reaper: http://reaper.fm/. On the synth side of things, I am still quite partial to Reason and speaking of Propellerhead I would very much like to purchase Record as well, simpler but easy to use: http://www.propellerheads.se/.

I taught myself how to play guitar because as far as I know, deep down everyone wants to be a rockstar. Idolized Nirvana too, in fact one of the first songs I ever learnt was of course 'Come as you are'.
 
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@copacetic: Thanks for the mention. The more hits the merrier. :D I hope you think my thread has a little more substance than the Music thread. ;)
 
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... in fact one of the first songs I ever learnt was of course 'Come as you are'.
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Very first song I learnt too! :)

Seems most professional people use Cubase. Apparently NTrack Studio isn't bad either. I started off with Cakewalk in the beginning though, was a very steep learning curve.

The questions begs to be asked. Does DJ's count as musicians? My brother is one and the stuff he's made really does not qualify as mixing. There is just way too much creativity in his works. Adding beats, removing certain frequencies etc.
 
I'm a little drummer boy, short and stout...

Played for a few years, moved into a complex and had to ditch my set...
tried on a bajillion occassions to get myself a td4, each time something happens that bleeds me dry.

Really hoping to get into it again in the new year, really miss losing an hour or so thrashing it out with some sticks and a pretend audience.

and yeah, thats about it
 
Beylie said:
Very first song I learnt too! :)

Seems most professional people use Cubase. Apparently NTrack Studio isn't bad either. I started off with Cakewalk in the beginning though, was a very steep learning curve.

The questions begs to be asked. Does DJ's count as musicians? My brother is one and the stuff he's made really does not qualify as mixing. There is just way too much creativity in his works. Adding beats, removing certain frequencies etc.
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I suspect the question of DJ's being musicians is a contentious issue and my gut feeling would be to say yes, although it is of course a question of degree. Modern technology has opened up a world of musical potential for the average person but has also made it easy for genuinely average people to exhibit the appearance of competency.

It's much harder to be a highly skilled DJ than a mediocre musician, I'd rate but then by the same token I'd imagine it's more difficult being a virtuoso composer than it is to be an excellent DJ.

I could be wrong though, don't really know much about DJing or composing! :p

I have grown to not like Cubase too much, but at the end of the day your DAW is simply a means to an end.
 
tau1z said:
I'm a little drummer boy, short and stout...

Played for a few years, moved into a complex and had to ditch my set...
tried on a bajillion occassions to get myself a td4, each time something happens that bleeds me dry.

Really hoping to get into it again in the new year, really miss losing an hour or so thrashing it out with some sticks and a pretend audience.

and yeah, thats about it
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I would LOVE to play drums, did lessons for a while but felt like I had 15 limbs to control and my teacher was a racist arse so I stopped.
 
Muso here. Had 2 bands over the last 10 years and played lead guitar in various others. I'm more of a song writer than singer, written about 100 + songs but yet to put any up on Youtube, been thinking about it.

Music is my life and has saved my life. I lost my mother to drugs when I was 9 and started through a bad patch in my late teens trying to deal with it. I was about to end it all when I was lying in bed one night and the song The Cure - Burn came on the radio in my headphones. As weird as it sounds, I found my Crow and brought me back from the dead. The lyrics and music of that single song did what 2 years of Psychologists couldn't achieve. Right then I decided I wanted to play guitar and get more into this powerfull thing called music! :)

I'm busy learning Vangelis - Memories Of Blue on the piano.

I'll put something I wrote up on Youtube this December.
 
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I would LOVE to play drums, did lessons for a while but felt like I had 15 limbs to control and my teacher was a racist arse so I stopped.
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Yeah, a crap teacher can ruin an instrument for you...
I actually wanted to play guitar, i tried for ages...but just sucked...
picked up some drum sticks, sat at a kit and it just gelled....
I reckon anyone can learn to be an average "rock" drummer, in fact, i would prob say its easier to be an average drummer than an average guitarist...
Being an excellent drummer is something else completely.

I quite like the mix now between acoustic and electric kits, things like the mandala pads and normal triggers make playing just that much more creative..
 
Cool, muso thread :D

Been working with electronic forms of music since the mid 90s off and on, started with oldschool trackers, got a small setup at home with some studio reference monitors, M-Audio Axiom 61, some guitars etc;

Post some stuff up when I get a chance. I'm between websites atm.
 
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