Musician's Thread

danknugz said:

not really anymore, it was one of those things my parents kind of forced me to do. i still have a music hobby but i rarely mention it because its kind of embarrassing and looked down on by real musicians, and even i dont have a lot of respect for it (techno) although i dont make dance music it is still kind of something im not really proud of

Not embarrassing if it sounds good - lots of good electronic music out there, created by "real" musicians.

I like amalgamating all sounds - I love self-sampling, synthesizers, messing with effects pedals on vocals and instruments,  etc. - becoming an audio engineer opened me up to the possibilities of using the studio in a way that stretches my understanding of music. When I am writing/recording my own stuff I use sampled drums / write midi-drum patterns to layer over top.

When I record with my band it is live off the floor with no metronome to capture a more dynamic tempo and then I build those songs up using a variety of guitars, electronics, etc.

My next goal is to combine parts of the two to see how far I can stretch a song out - it is my goal to write and record a side long song.

If you have classical piano training (solid foundation of melodic and rhythmic theory) - you could easily (and probably already do) use that in your electronic music - and I have found that my knowledge of an instrument has led me to be able to play other instruments fairly well in a studio setting. I mean I wouldn't get on stage and play keyboards or anything but I get the sounds I need out of them.