• Fargo
El Huesudo II wrote:

...I'd love to be able to play a few instruments.

So get started!  I know it can feel daunting and like you won't ever be a prodigy now because you didn't start when you were 4, but who cares?  There is plenty of good music that doesn't require the most musicianship.  You don't have to be a concert pianist to play a chord.  And you don't have to be Buddy Rich to keep a beat.  Keep doing what you do with what you have, and learn things you're interested in.

  • nunuvyabiznis, TX
roastbeef wrote:

I'm a bassoonist. If I could go back in time and pick a cooler instrument, I probably wouldn't.

I've always wanted to learn bassoon, but in school they said my hands weren't big enough, so I did Trombone instead. I love the warm, rich, low, bassy sounds one can get from a basson, though.

They should call it the badassoon. XD

  • Godzilladelph

yeah i could always use some more. I'd love to max out my stats before the final boss

  • buffalo, NY
Aeros wrote:

should probably just pull a danimal cannon and dissect some project files

it helps once you know what you're looking at

  • Savannah, Georgia
danimal cannon wrote:
Aeros wrote:

should probably just pull a danimal cannon and dissect some project files

it helps once you know what you're looking at

i usually do (and if i don't, well, that's the point of looking at it in the first place), i just can't find anything good to work with. what was that site which has a directory full of LSDSNGs and instrument params?

  • Tacoma, WA

Piano for 12 years, drums/percussion for 5 years, guitar for 3 years, classical(mostly orchestral) composition for 4 years, and a whole bunch of musical theory stuff on my own time... I've only started to do chiptune stuff for a year now, so I am having a hard time getting the exact sound I want, but I will get there someday...

Last edited by Vellain (February 10, 2012 11:00 pm)

  • Novi Mi
danimal cannon wrote:

No formal training, but I,ve been playing since I was 12.

Taught myself theory and play with a lot of trained players.  Took a theory class in college and already knew everything.

For the longest time i had trouble making my own music due to formal training, because they teach you everything thats inside the musical box, but they dont teach you how to think outside of it.

the passed 3 years or so ive been coming out of that shell, but i feel like i was crippled for the longest time by the "i shouldnt do it that way" mentality