Is it 28 years too late to start music production?

FaX-01 · Post by **FaX-01** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:32 pm

anovacap wrote:Turning 38 this year. 12 years ago I had a recording studio that got robbed, setting me way back. Now everything is so much cheaper and better. It is a great time to start.

SNAP -38 is a fine vintage

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That said I've been at this shit since I was 22 and still haven't made a dime

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God damn I love it though.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:38 pm

I'm 34 and I want to be a producer so I can get laid. (My wife no longer has sex with me, so you can imagine the frustration.) Therefore, I have only one hope: to become a fat, ugly trance god who can get taken advantage of teeny boppers.

To that end, I've decided to use the tutilage of the following master of the dance moves:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/chat/ ... 051991.stm

Apparently he knows how to move the way the kids like. I'm hoping that with his help and with a few "hits" that sound exactly like Ian Van Dahl, 4 Strings, and Aqua, I should be well on my way toward an underaged sex scandal.

I'll let y'all know when I actually make a good record and get started on my life of international producer extraordinaire.

Until then, I'll try to remind myself that I'm only as old as I think I am, and my music keeps me young at heart.

Varant · Post by **Varant** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:56 pm

Next Feb. I will be 40 years old. Just started making music with my computer and Ableton.

I don't know if making MED MODs on my Amiga counts. But I used to do that. Back in the early 90s.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:58 pm

Varant wrote:Next Feb. I will be 40 years old. Just started making music with my computer and Ableton.

I don't know if making MED MODs on my Amiga counts. But I used to do that. Back in the early 90s.

That doesn't count, grandpa, you're just old.

You and I need to sit on our porch with shotguns and laptops, and in between Live sets, we need to shoot at people driving by.

deckme(N)tal · Post by **deckme(N)tal** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:55 am

ah....and don't forget your Johnny Walker friend on your side...

heeeeeehawwwwwwwwww

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:13 am

Just do it!

You're only as old as the woman you feel...

frisbeedisk · Post by **frisbeedisk** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:17 am

kennerb wrote:
Goldfrapp are a couple of up and coming folks who are in their middle years.

Goldfrapp have been doing it for years, But yes i must say, i saw them down the post office drawing thier pension!! la la la la lalala laaaa

Only joking Miss Goldfrapp we love you really!!!

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:54 am

38 and should know better.

I sometimes feel I'm having my "cool teens" in my 30's. Which is handy as I sure as shit was never a "cool teen". Music has been my living for 17 years.

I am very, very lucky and grateful to be doing this. Music keeps you young.

muthafunka · Post by **muthafunka** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:33 am

slatepipe wrote:hi
i always seem to be asking myself 'christ, am i too old to be making noises with toys and crap guitars?' my missus tends to level me out by saying 'no you prick, you arent'. she's 42 as well.

You're never too old. Wild oldies are so much ...wilder than young 'uns. No blaming it on your youth. That's just how you are and they deal with it or feck off. Iggy. Picasso. Quentin Crisp.
Last time I was in Stoke Newington was in the back of a police van after a gig with my band Brothel Charge. Ahh the 80's...and now I'm 40. Would I do it again now? Absolutely.

mw · Post by mw » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:11 am

age is just a number

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:34 pm

28 over here. I write my own music but I am not sure if I would call myself a producer.

If the bug catches you at any age, you can never have enough experience to work in this medium.

I am sort of glad I got into this later in life. Not only could I have burnt myself out, but I never would have been able to afford all the gear I needed. Instead I waited until Live was made. Now I'm just filling in some of the blanks.

I think it might be easier for me than anyone without any musical knowledge, but sometimes I feeling like my efforts to use Live like an instrument are a distraction.

The real thing you need is discipline and passion. Age benefits these IMO.

gaspode · Post by **gaspode** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:42 pm

I started at 24, and it hasn't been bad at all. You'll find with most anything that you pick up as a hobby/for fun can be more entertaining than learning/applying it at school. You get all the freedom in the world to learn what interests you and not what you are told to learn.

As with many fields of study, there are plenty of places to go, and to truly master something you'll need to spend 20 years. If anything I would suggest you should think of starting at 28 as more of an advantage. Hopefully at this point in your life you don't have out of control hormones... you've got stability in your life... perhaps you've learned some patience, focus and good study habits.

Don't let all the 'kids' with their mad skillz turn you off. You can pick pretty much any discipline in music production and within a few weeks you'll likely know things that most musicians do not.

alin55 · Post by **alin55** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:03 pm

Oh boy - this thread made me laugh. I was 51 a few weeks ago and I've been making computer based music for a whole 6 months........!!!!

I've always been interested in it but only got a rudimentary entry level set up lately.

Took a huge leap in the dark by buying a BCF2000 controller last weekend and boy is it giving me a sore head.............haven't actually managed to get it to control anything yet.........................but I'll get there!!!!!

colin_h · Post by **colin_h** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:07 pm

if you're too old, then i am...
so no.
32 and aging like fine wine, baby...

dab · Post by **dab** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:23 pm

Well I'm 48 years of age and have been at this electronica music stuff for the last couple of years. I love it. I never think of age as being a factor in making or listening to music. To me its a universal thing with no boundaries.

dab