im dont know if I'm making great music but its definitely getting better
i have found the hardware i wanted and the sounds I want to make (tb303 and acid)
and Im working that..
Im currently working on an EP based on the rhythmic patterns in speech as a starting point for my 303 patterns and am finding a solid conceptual level has improved my pattern writing on the 303 and I'm making some of the best sounding acid yet..
i think I have a much more to learn about drum programming and musical structures but in time this will come..
i always find when having no ideas or a writing block to do more mundane tasks, like making drum rack of my favorite samples, revisiting old projects and seeing what could be improved, or just listening to music I like..
Are you really making Great music?
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muthafunka
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Reading a book right now for a course I'm beginning soon, "The Path of Least Resistance" by Robert Fritz, a trained professional composer and musician. It's all about being creative as opposed to 'creativity', which is some magic we believe some have and some don't or that is somehow locked away. He talks about the importance of deciding what you want to create in some reasonably explicit form, (which can of course be revised along the way) before you begin. Something else he mentions, which sounds relevant here, is absolutely not deciding on your process to reach that goal until the goal has been set. Picking up your virtual/tools and thinking about what to create will produce 'more of the same', be it a similar and ultimately unsatisfying end result, or the same old 'gave up halfway through'. The goal is to avoid letting the process dictate the outcome. Let the outcome you want dictate the process.
Another v. important aspect is that creating is work, it takes persistence and practice. The great composers didn't sit and have some magic veil of inspiration fall upon them, they had talent, yes, but a significant part of that talent came from persistence and training.
The book though isn't simply about music and creating, but to show that this creative approach can be applied to just about any aspect of your life, something that many creators themselves fail to realise or apply.
I haven't quite finished it yet but what I've read so far has really fairly shaken me up in a very good way and as long as you can get over the occasional burst of ALL-CAPS-MY-COMPANY-NAME™ I'd def. recommend it.
Also got me thinking about G.A.S., hardware and virtual, and how easy it is to think that XYZ will help me make better music, esp. with the Live 8 announcement.
One of the great things with Live too (see, there was a kind of point) is that it allows you so many diifferent ways to work towards your initial idea, you can pretty much design the tools and path on a custom basis depending on your end goal.
OK, brain-gush over, as you were.
Another v. important aspect is that creating is work, it takes persistence and practice. The great composers didn't sit and have some magic veil of inspiration fall upon them, they had talent, yes, but a significant part of that talent came from persistence and training.
The book though isn't simply about music and creating, but to show that this creative approach can be applied to just about any aspect of your life, something that many creators themselves fail to realise or apply.
I haven't quite finished it yet but what I've read so far has really fairly shaken me up in a very good way and as long as you can get over the occasional burst of ALL-CAPS-MY-COMPANY-NAME™ I'd def. recommend it.
Also got me thinking about G.A.S., hardware and virtual, and how easy it is to think that XYZ will help me make better music, esp. with the Live 8 announcement.
One of the great things with Live too (see, there was a kind of point) is that it allows you so many diifferent ways to work towards your initial idea, you can pretty much design the tools and path on a custom basis depending on your end goal.
OK, brain-gush over, as you were.
My most recent track, All Our Guitars Are Now, is made with just one acoustic guitar, even the drums are acoustic guitar samples.
All done in Live with only a couple of 3rd party plugs on the master.
I DI'd the guitar and used a very cheap dynamic mic for the recording of the guitar/drum samples.
You can check it here:
www.nomsi.co.uk and also you can DL the whole thing as a Live set so you can reverse engineer the drum rack if you like.
All done in Live with only a couple of 3rd party plugs on the master.
I DI'd the guitar and used a very cheap dynamic mic for the recording of the guitar/drum samples.
You can check it here:
www.nomsi.co.uk and also you can DL the whole thing as a Live set so you can reverse engineer the drum rack if you like.
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logic_user99
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Haven't had a chance to read the whole thread, but will! In response to O/P's question...
No, I ain't making great music! I've put it down to a couple of reasons:
1) I don't 'have enough time' - I usually get a couple of hours a week in which to sit down in my studio and dabble. The rest of the time, I have to sit with my Mac on my knee and fanny about whilst talking to my fiance (ah, the hobby/family sacrifice!)
2) I'm not trying hard enough - when I actually do get time, I don't set out to finish a track. It's always just a series of loops that sound nice.
Buckle down in 2009!
No, I ain't making great music! I've put it down to a couple of reasons:
1) I don't 'have enough time' - I usually get a couple of hours a week in which to sit down in my studio and dabble. The rest of the time, I have to sit with my Mac on my knee and fanny about whilst talking to my fiance (ah, the hobby/family sacrifice!)
2) I'm not trying hard enough - when I actually do get time, I don't set out to finish a track. It's always just a series of loops that sound nice.
Buckle down in 2009!
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