Poll
Question:
Option 1: Yes, I write or perform music however it has not been recorded.
votes: 91
Option 2: Yes, I write or perform music and it has been recorded.
votes: 82
Option 3: No, I do not write music.
votes: 225
Obviously if you're here, you care about the quality of audio and music you are listening to - therefore you have a passion for it.
I was just interested in finding out who here actually writes or performs their own music? It'd be interesting to find out if we have any musicians or vocalists among us.
Ruairi
hm...actually I lied....
I remember now. I actually have been recorded.....playing some drums and a gongon in a piano concert.
Anyway, I play the piano and I can/have been writting arrangements for orchestra.
I don't much anymore though and I'm not really good at it but can set up something.
I've been known to mess around with Modplug now and then... I can upload a few tracks if anyone's interested (they include: weird clown music, Peter Gunn theme attempt, some other whack stuff I made in 10 minutes... ).
I am one of those who make music. :-)
I've been writing music and using my computer as a multitrack recorder since 1995. It's really what's been keeping me sane all these years. Some need zolof I need music.
MINz
www.mp3.com/minz (http://www.mp3.com/minz)
http://minz.iuma.com (http://minz.iuma.com)
I'm into rock & metal, I play the electric guitar and I record music I make with the help of a sound editor & drum software
I used to go to this boarding school (i belive it's called - danish:efterskole) some years ago, and I started playing drums and guitars there. It really caught my interest. I still practice guitar, but my current situation have prevented my from doing any serious drumming/guitar playing. I will be doing some playing in the future though, once I get the oppertunity, because I love music and love playing it too.
I'd like to be a 1337 jazz drummer .
http://www.mp3.com/kute/ (http://www.mp3.com/kute/)
Although I'm not sure if the "music" label will fit. Also be warned that this is about three years old, and that audiophiles will shun the recording method and quality (and probably the music ) I'm moving back to Norway in a month though, so I'll definitely hook up with the other half of the band again to make some new tracks...
Drummer; started taking lessons when i was 6. Professionally recorded about 7 or 8 times (in a band setup, not solo).
P.S. Playing drums in a Big Band since 7 years now.
I do.
I play the piano and the drums. However, my main musical activity is writing, not performing.
/ Uosdwis
I started doing music with ProTracker on my Amiga500 about 7-8 years ago (good old times =)
Today I'm using Buzz and other various soft-synths (I've actually used Coagula to create some weird stuff)
Most of my music can be found here (beware it's all 128 kbps cbr)
http://stage.vitaminic.com/matteprew (http://stage.vitaminic.com/matteprew)
http://www.mp3.com/mattepro (http://www.mp3.com/mattepro)
I play the classical piano and tuba. And I had written very few songs.
Yes, I play guitar, drums and recently started playing around with Propellerheads Reason. Mostly scandinavian metal. I played guitar in a band before we got split up, few recordings worth. I've written quite a few songs, metal and others.
BTW, there's quite nothing like standing in front of double 4x12" speaker cabinets while playing something gruesomely heavy. My liver & other organs just love it .
im play and record guitar too.
sample: http://psychlob.gmxhome.de (http://psychlob.gmxhome.de)
only one song because no time to switch for an other host with more webspace. maybe anyday my site will be complete
stay tuned!
Dezibel
Drums mostly here. I was surprised to see many drummers above (that is a good thing!) I also play a lot of guitar and still deal with my starting instrument, piano.
Recording started with SB Pro, Casio SK-1 and MODEdit, mostly bad songs and crappy quality. Nowadays I record a lot of songs and they're all good. :-) I'm active with other musicians but still privately write lyrics and record each instrument myself. On that note, I'm looking at another solo project with composing and recording video game scores.
No real drums here. I play mainly saxophone, although I get asked by a lot of local bands to help get a certian effect digitally... or write rhythms... I've even made a few nifty ones that were used. =) To be as modest as possible though, I really tear it up on the sax.
-Jeffrey
To be as modest as possible though, I really tear it up on the sax.
...you probably pale in comparison to my kazoo genius!
drums/guitar/bass here ...
mostly jazz/blues/rock/punk...
although i have been known to whip out the occasional nsync cover... "ooohh baby, baby!"
later
mike
Brutal death metal singer here.
Check out:
CANCRENA (http://www.cancrena.da.ru/)
and
Maleficarum (http://utenti.lycos.it/maleficarum/)
I make music
Have a look at our lovely mixerboard!
<--
check out vember (http://vember.net)
I used to play bass, keyboards, and a little bit of singing in an amateur pop group a few years ago. We recorded several of our songs with a cheap 4-track cassette recorder, but they sounded quite well, I think. I passed them to cd a couple of years ago.
I think I started playing music when I was 8 with a one channel Casio keyboard, which was awful, doing weird bizarre harmonies and stuff along with other music. When I was 11, I started learning drums, but couldnt afford the lessons after grade 1. From then on I did most playing without tuition.
My main bulk of music was done with Fast Tracker 2 (XM/MOD files), doing mainly dance + hardcore tracks.. now I use Fruity Loops but I've been told by a professional musician that it takes an incredible amount of effort to post produce tracker music, so soon when I get a nice MIDI keyboard I'll move onto CuBase or Logic.
Ruairi
rc55: consider CakeWalk too. The newest is called Sonar I think.
Ah yes, Cakewalk. I used that once for a terrible white label I produced using Paul van Dyk and Beastie Boys.
That was a long time ago!
R
Logic RoxXor5!!!!
Started out with Fast Tracker for Atari 1040STE =)
Tried playing some with Steinberg audio tools then also.
Today, me and some friends make music through:
Carvin mx2488,
yamaha: an1x, a3000, rm1x, fs1r,
roland: juno-6, jv-1010,
novation: nova,
m-audio: delta 1010,
line6: pod v2
emagic: unitor8,
tc: m-one
alesis: 3630 (suxX0r5),
akg: k240m,
kef: coda7 (next ina da line to be replaceed)
+ Silly amount of cables....
Looking for some phat active speakers now
BM15A looking at me d(O_o)b
Ofcourse.. we use Logic
I thought logic was mainly midi?
that's what I used it for anyway.
You should check out Logic Audio Platinum =)
Please anyone else - don't hesitate to let me/us know what you're up to music wise or what you're doing.
Ruairi
hm...that's what I have....
I used it for midi......tried to set up the audio part but I think my soundcard can't handle it......I have never succesfully set up that kind of program on my computer....my soundcard can't handle it......
I don't write music.
All I've done is creating some compils for my own use, some mixed with Samplitude 2496.
What do you mean by "recorded"
Can a demo tape be considered as "recorded" ?
Yes, a demo tape can be considered as recorded.
Basically its the threshold between knowing the path, and walking it.
Hehe!
Ruairi
/EDIT Don't worry, for some reason i got Exceter and Essex mixed up!!
Just wondering, are you also GroovyCarrot from OcUK?? just can't imagine many people with your name living in Exceter. Where does your name originate from, it's very unique, never heard it before!
Cheers
Kristian
Hehe - no I'm not Groovy Carrot. Not by a long way! I'm still waiting for OcUK to authorise my forum account with them. I've seen the buy/sell forums - they are interesting, seeing as I've got far too much old kit lying around, and am desperate to have a silent but blazing fast PC.
My name is pronounced "Rory", but spelt in Irish because I was born there. My mother thought it'd be all cool and unique when really its a pain because everyone forgets how to spell it, let alone pronounce it. At school it was always "Claire?", "Here Sir!", "Mark?", "Here Sir", "erm...rrRrru ... RRrooaaa", "It's Rory sir and yes I'm here...!". Even worse my surname is Fullam which is traditionally spelt Fulham so even more so there is a margin for error. So hence now I am rc55.
Christ, I'm boring arent I? Well, its just 9am and I've fallen into work. Arrrhghrrgh...
Ruairi
P.S. Lets get back on topic! =)
Good idea for a poll
I create my own music, all on PC as I don't really have much talent with real world instruments
I use as many programs as I can (cool edit multitracking, fruityloops, tuareg) so that I don't fall into the niche of making the type of sound each program gears you towards making!
I've got nearly 25 tracks pretty much finished now, which would be a mash up of Boards of Canada & Squarepusher. I'm gonna send a demo cd to the Warp label and cross my fingers
If anyone wants my first album, it's £5
Yes, a demo tape can be considered as recorded.
Basically its the threshold between knowing the path, and walking it.
Even if they are 20 years old and done with two analog cassette decks?
Then you might want to visit my homepage, though...
I sing tenor in a local university choir. I'm too old to be a university student, but this particular choir is open to members of the community like myself. We sing a cappella sacred and liturgical music (it's a Catholic university, although I'm not Catholic). We are currently working on the following pieces, among others:
Laudate Dominum - Mozart.
Ave Maria - Rachmaninoff.
My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord (Magnificat) - John Rutter.
I started playing the guitar and drums at the age of 4, and by the age of 10 keyboards, violin, and singing lessons. I started giving guitar lessons when I turned 18 at a local guitar shop and drum shop.
Now at age 31 I have 27 years of music experience and have recorded (un-professionally) 7 albums, 5 were with various local Death Metal, and Black Metal bands in my area, and 2 were solo efforts - one Death Metal recording, and one Black Metal recording. I have to consider myself more of a studio artist - hence the controlled atmosphere, although playing live from time to time is alright.
Yes, i create music and it has been "recorded" .
I've been releasing music under the alias 833-45 on Notype.com (http://www.notype.com) for several years now. I also run an online mp3 label called Nishi (http://www.notype.com/nishi/). I've been on a handful of compilations and have a full length CD schedualed for release in a few months.
I started playing the guitar and drums at the age of 4, and by the age of 10 keyboards, violin, and singing lessons. I started giving guitar lessons when I turned 18 at a local guitar shop and drum shop.
Now at age 31 I have 27 years of music experience and have recorded (un-professionally) 7 albums, 5 were with various local Death Metal, and Black Metal bands in my area, and 2 were solo efforts - one Death Metal recording, and one Black Metal recording. I have to consider myself more of a studio artist - hence the controlled atmosphere, although playing live from time to time is alright.
Hey Zeri.
Nice to see you here.
Hey Zeri.
Nice to see you here.
Thank yaz!
Finished musical school long time ago. Sometimes play sax, piano's my favorite. Have some piano tunes, mostly cyclic. Hope that quantity leads to quality.
Nowadays trying to get some XP, using Psycle tracker. Missing without any keyboard...
i play piano in this ensemble
http://www.chantal.de (http://www.chantal.de)
you'll also find soundclips there, eg: http://www.chantal.de/de/html/discographie...ack_09_high.mp3 (http://www.chantal.de/de/html/discographie_audio/series_08/series_08_track_09_high.mp3)
i just came back on sunday from a concert we were playing in liverpool.
I also used the "wide" interpretation of recorded. My music is recorded mostly on an old Teac 2340 in my house. I have a couple songs that I've sent to friends or family, but thats about it.
My band:
guitar: Me on an older Peavey Predator.
Bass: Amiga 500, (occasionally me also, on a cheap no-name bass.)
Drums: Boss DR-550 drum machine, kept in sync by the Amiga.
My Teac limits me to 4 tracks, which is probably a good thing!
Its all just for fun. In fact, I was thinking of calling my first album:
All Three Chords
Dex
I play guitar in a few bands now. I play in two Big Bands and one Wedding/Pub Rock/Everything Band. The Big Bands play a variety of styles, from Ellignton classics to modern stuff by people like James Morrisson and Maynard Ferguson. I have recorded a cd with one of the Big Bands, and am going to record another starting July 20.
I have played guitar for 4 years.
I guess I'm okay at this point, I sometimes get some weird musical ideas
and sometimes I record some of them in my computer.
Check 'em out
http://markanini.web1000.com/ (http://markanini.web1000.com/)
Give me an old comb and a piece of wax paper and I can really go to town. Plus my sife says I'm the best darn whistler she's ever heard.
Struth through, I do write a fair number of pieces that become songs, whether they started that way or not. In "real life" I am a writer - among other things - so given my own eclectic musical taste it would be more surprising if I failed to turn some of those efforts into songs!
- M.
well... i play around with music, i wouldn't say i write it or make it though... i can't say that until i come up with something i'm happy with.
you guys should hear "digga digga" which a friend and i came up with in fruityloops... it's so so so so wrong.
we looped it, burnt it to a CD (all 80 mins used up) and left it playing on repeat at a local hi-fi department store. checked back a few weeks later and the disc was still there!
Yes, I write or perform music however it has not been recorded.
I write some music using Impulse Tracker 2.14.
Most of it some kind of trance music.
Well... That's all...
PS. If you want my newest release you can download from here:
http://muzzy.f8.fm.interia.pl/DarkPort.zip (http://muzzy.f8.fm.interia.pl/DarkPort.zip)
(I recommend using Flashget or something 'cause this server likes to disconnect! )
Been writing/creating music since the days of the Amiga (4chn mod's), ScreamTracker, Fasttracker, Impulsetracker, and so on. I'm now using Cubase, Reason 2.5, Sound Forge, Audition and various other sound applications to create music (oh, almost forgot my trustworthy old Korg!)
I create music using mainly Buzz. I love this program . It's a new generation freeware tracker which uses realtime sound synthesis (virtual instruments). buzzmachines.com (http://buzzmachines.com/)
www.seanny.net (http://www.seanny.net)
some old, crappy idm.
I've been composing music for a long time, but I still have never gotten into PC software and actually produced anything yet.
Mainly because the programs I've tried (Logic and Cubase) have not given me the flexibility I'm used to.
I used to use tracker software, which lets you just type in the notes in real time, which lets you take the music directly from your head and get it into the software without any need for planning. I haven't found any "professional" software that lets you do that so far.
Still tracking from time to time...
Latest music:
http://muzzy.f8.fm.interia.pl/DarkPort.zip (http://muzzy.f8.fm.interia.pl/DarkPort.zip)
I have written a little music here and there, all on the computer, nothing serious besides a few MIDIs I have no idea what happened too.
I am a musician (It's a hobby, not a profession, but I do stage perf.)
I usually compose on YAMAHA synth. and record on PC (Not MIDI, LAME! believe me!)
I can play Piano, Harmonica, Guitar, Flute.
And I am even planning to upload my Instrumentals on my website, so any lover of Inst. music will gonna love it.
(Mid U! All will be of --preset extreme so better have good BandW )
I can play the C scale on a mandolin.
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From time to time I make a Trance/Techno track. I'm using Sony Acid Pro which I think is simple yet powerful.
My latest tracks:
Space Choir (http://www.fileden.com/files/29702/Space%20Choir.mp3) (here (http://www.fileden.com/files/29702/Space%20Choir%20%28HQ%29.mp3) is a higher bitrate version)
Trance Zone (http://www.volny.cz/jmartis/DJ%20Hepci%20-%20Trance%20Zone%202006.mp3)
I used to use tracker software, which lets you just type in the notes in real time, which lets you take the music directly from your head and get it into the software without any need for planning. I haven't found any "professional" software that lets you do that so far.
ehm, what about MadTracker (http://www.madtracker.org)?
J.M.
[edit -spelling]
I'm mainly using Reason and I am starting to learn Audition 2.0 (for messing around with samples) and Cubase (for VSTs). I don't have much time these days so it gets maybe a few days a month of my attention.
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Played bass on three bands: one cover band when I was in high school, a "cumbia" band for weddings and parties and a punk outfit in my early days in college.
I am not that good, but I love to sing (and my friends say that my voice is not entirely unpleasant )
Now I write amateur reviews of music albums in my native language (spanish)
Interested people can check them out here (http://www.estadogeneral.com)
Yes. Every day.
Former professional guitarist - 12 years on the road as a sideman in rock, blues, country, R&B, bluegrass and folk ensembles. At the risk of seeming a braggart, I am an expert lead guitarist in several pop styles. I have been on many recordings and produced recordings for others. I also do a lot of singing, lead and harmony.
I do not compose much myself, and prefer the role of interpreter. This is helpful as a sideman.
I have actually never used any computer based music creation tools - I am not interested in electronic music per se. I do use notation and recording tools (TablEdit, Goldwave, etc.) but do most home recording on a stand alone HD recorder because it is easy and portable.
I also play some other instruments, though none as well as the guitar:
Mandolin
Steel guitar (lap steel, Hawaiian)
Violin
Banjo
While obtaining my degree in Electrical Engineering I played in local nightclubs for a living, 6 nights per week. Good not-so-clean fun. I stopped relying upon music for my primary source of income in 1994, but still do some shows around town. I have children that otherwise keep me occupied; they are both becoming proficient on piano, bless their hearts!
yes.
fulltime bassplayer for more than 20 years now, mainly blues, r&b, rock and jazz. music is my life...
I've been at music for almost 30 years, I started playing rythmn guitar then went onto lead, from there onto bass and now onto synths/keyboards...Written a lot of material,made recordings onto CD's played live with several bands ect...Now I just work with NI Instruments and Cubase doing PC music producing and processing...Got tired of the none-paying gigs so this is what I do now...Maybe in the future with the right band's attitude I'll join as a keyboard/synth player
Brutal death metal singer here.
Update: CANCRENA is gone...
Now i'm the TSUNAMIED (ecodisaster grind) lead/vocalist
... and I'm a (hobby) drummer too !
Finally i'm an (emerging) a/v music producer
i make experimental electronic music, mainly drones and ambient.
I do this as Orphax and you can check my music (for free) at www.orphax.com (http://www.orphax.com)
I also play in a band named Zonderland, there is am also behind the laptop. This is more post-rock like, though with a big psychedelic influence. Our website is www.zonderland.tk (http://www.zonderland.tk) (if it still exists) but there is not much info there and no music the listen to either, though there is one track on last.fm
I'm an absolute beginner on the keys, know some computer music programms but don't do anything with that yet. Well, I recorded stuff, but it was at a local studio and not my own stuff. I plan to do some stuff, computer/keyboard based for a beginning but I need to get a usable soundcard first.
Well, I need some more good ideas and keyboard skills first anyway.
Hmm, I can't see the poll choices (Firefox 2.0.0.3).
I used to track back in the days with an Amiga 500.
I stopped after a while.
I started making music again in the Windows 95 days (Cubase VST) with my shiny new Terratec Maestro 32/96, combining MIDI with synthesized samples.
Then I stopped again. Maybe I'll pick it up again.
I do record sometimes but mostly I write music. And I agree with you, most musicains are probably audiophiles and vice versa.
PS can anyone else not see the poll questions?
I have recorded in the past but only with a horrible computer microphone.
Once i get my new drum kit, i'll be buying mics and stuff after, when i have a bit more money
EDIT: I cant see the polls either
Yes i make music or well, noise as Doki Doki.
Been doing this for some years now and you can find my releases on the net as free downloads.
Well, this thread is a little old but I don't care. I write music but not lyrics, I also record music. I have made one techno album but I used a keyboard and bass guitar for some actual recording (not just studio sound byte samples). I have since made two instrumental industrial albums as well. I made the techno album back during my freshman year in high school (this was in 1999), I made my first industrial album in 2002 and my second one in 2004. I continue to make beats and musical hooks about once or twice a month but that is it. I haven't made a full album. I hammer out a song every once in a while. It is strange that my first album was a techno one as I don't listen to techno and don't care for it. My industrial albums have more of a Nine Inch Nails sound from "The Downward Spiral." Unfortunately, only a handful of people have heard my music as I only have one copy of each album on CD and lossless backups on my computer. I haven't distributed my music or anything like that.
I've been playing guitar since I was 10. I'm 20 now. I can play a few chords and scales on the piano. I usually write chord progressions, record them in Cubase LE, and then record a solo as a second audio track. I use a lexicon omega as my interface, which is way more inputs than I need, but oh well. May come in handy one day.
I guess i'll help in digging up this thread. I'm on my second year of A level music, so writing music of some form is compulsory! My deadlines are now just over a week away, so i may be boned. I thnk i have a long weekend coming up.
Outside of sixth form i play bass and a bit of piano - with the piano especially coming in handy for writing. I've never really tried recording anything of my own, with everything being written/submitted as scores in Sibelius. Music tech would've been the course for all that side of things.