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detroit 'burbs r70 along timeago turnables occupid about 5 years 2 master always had a computer stacks and racks vintage synth colecton sitting in cases more then not these days "make some sound come out of it" man how did i loose that shoe box full of "fast forward" mixtapes from on the air by t 1000 workd with kenny larkin a pizza hut lol
ahh i love livin in AK usa

interesting to see that quite a few here have taken the "jack of all trades, master of none" approach to musical instruments. Certainly works for me Being production/composition types, i guess it kind of figures that a lot of us are into sound as an overall thing, rather than getting fanatical about any particular instrument. I can only speak for myself, but in my case, that's what i'd put it down to (not to mention impatience )

jack of all trades is fitting. guitar lessons from 13-17 y/o, but stopped when i realized the disturbing trend of my teacher trying to teach me endless "Boston" tunes. i used to make a living (if that's what you wanna call it) playing guitar in a band. migrated to bass and drums. i've got piano fingers but no piano skills and have never tried to dj.
i guess this has become a hobby but since i bought Live, i spend more time composing than working so....

I'm an auto-didact as well. Grew up poor during 3 divorce's by the time i was 12. Made me feel like i was good for nothing and worthless. Systematicly it all went downhill till i got locked up for a couple of months. While all this happened i always wanted to express myself in another way then doing stupid things. Music was always important to me because some music could really express feelings, colours, mood, beauty and so on......

So i got into computers. Starting of with an amiga.
Over the years i just kept learning and thats what i still do today. It still amazes me what seven notes can tell a person. These days all i do is work, learn and record.
I'm in this for the ride and my goal is to be able to do it each day. thats all.
Music......
Basicly all you need.

Growing up colored in the south in the late 70's and early 80's

lots of blues, funk, southern gospel, R&B and some of the first Hip-Hop via my dads direct drive turntable - does that count as far as musical background / training

Dad is a record collector (old 45's, stax, motown, atco, chess etc.).
Played clarinet in the school band until high school.
I listened to a lot of hip hop.
Bought a drum machine, CD decks & Vestax mixer when I was 16.
Vocals for a thrash metal band (rap metal prototype) & roadie for my friend's punk band for a couple of years, and that was when I got interested in electric guitar & bass, actually half into FX mods & guitar mods.
Now in seach for quality music from any genre.

To me Live is the only software that I can successfully merge my experience into one.
Just doodling around for 5 minutes makes me a happy boy

To me Live is the only software that I can successfully merge my experience into one

same for me.
I'm a drummer who learned piano, and a "sound lover".