1,297 Reply by chunter

(48 replies, posted in Collaborations)

sent

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1,298 Reply by chunter

(48 replies, posted in Collaborations)

I will either be completely or nearly finished tonight, I just need to add expressives and mix down.

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1,299 Reply by chunter

(48 replies, posted in Collaborations)

I have at least one track in the works now.

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1,300 Reply by chunter

(49 replies, posted in General Discussion)

4mat wrote:

If it turns out well you can always release under your proper name.

Or carry on using alternate names interchangably.
Often done when Techno folks wanted to switch styles, like Model 500/Infiniti/.../Juan Atkins etc...

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1,301 Reply by chunter

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I know a few ways, many were already mentioned.

There is an article (can't find link) that suggests developing a standard form to your music (in conventional song that's verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge but need only be exposition-development-ending in instrumentals,) that you can resort to when you're stuck; though I've done this it leaves me feeling that all my music does the same thing.

Hitori Tori (search in YouTube for some godlike performances) suggests taking several of your unfinished clips and using them as fragments in a larger work.

The ugliest of my personal writer's blocks lasted four years and did not end until I had decided that traditionally professional music was not for me, and then I started talking to people just like the ones reading this forum, and remembered why I thought I wanted to make music for a living in the first place.

You can get through any creative block if you can remember why you wanted to compose music in the first place. I got around mine when I remembered what made making music fun.

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1,302 Reply by chunter

(70 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

in b4 thread closed

http://justfuckinggoogleit.com

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1,303 Reply by chunter

(25 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Someone please sticky this thread if it hasn't been yet.

Also, don't forget http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory

The analog to this in other instruments is "What do I need to play electric guitar?" to which the answer is, "Any old guitar, an amplifier, maybe a pick, and about 10 years of practice and lessons," depending on how much experience you have in other kinds of music.

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1,304 Reply by chunter

(70 replies, posted in Releases)

This music sounds dated and yet fresh at the same time, and makes me recall a discussion about people being too afraid to push boundaries and risk "not sounding like chip."

This is the direction that chip music should go, at least the proverbial "pop" stuff.

This stuff's good to a point that I'm a bit scared that I've heard this in modarchive or something.

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1,305 Reply by chunter

(24 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Has anyone composed CHURCH.IT yet?

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1,306 Reply by chunter

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There is nothing wrong with trying something calculated, but I only resort to that sort of thing if a deadline is approaching. Going "by ear" is not always as perfect as it seems- the old (Miles Davis I think?) saying about picking a note and not playing it is because if you only ever play what pleases you, if you look back on 10 to 20 works done that way you will realize that you keep on writing the same stuff over and over.

As in storytelling, a song usually has a sense of tension, climax, and release. If you understand nothing else (harmonic tension, etc) make sure your climax doesn't happen in the same way in the same place in every song.

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1,307 Reply by chunter

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I'll be in after I finish w/ this month's SDCompo. I won't pass up a chance to be on a compo with Alex Mauer in it.

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1,308 Reply by chunter

(34 replies, posted in General Discussion)

4mat wrote:

With top stars
like Beck and other stars like Beck using them once...

Isn't that what happened when David Bowie played a Stylophone on one track?

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1,309 Reply by chunter

(16 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Is there a YMCK movie?

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1,310 Reply by chunter

(50 replies, posted in Sega)

Why hasn't anyone said "Magical Sound Shower" yet? Will edit with video inserted later, though that shouldn't be necessary.

Also, any music in the Monsterland series. Will link later if necessary.

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1,311 Reply by chunter

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e.s.c. wrote:

im saddened/worried that you said most venues you deal with run mono, i find it incredibly uncool when a venue isnt at least set up for proper stereo
sad

I think if you want stereo in a rock venue you must ask for it. Playing keys with my friend's rock band the soundman usually only ever gave me one DI sad

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1,312 Reply by chunter

(43 replies, posted in General Discussion)

The "play Mario" guys are dealt with as the "Freebird" guys are at rock shows- they are hecklers.

A heckler is an individual that removes himself (herself) from the audience by trying to make himself (herself) more important than the performer through some kind of interrupting action. The most important thing to consider when dealing with a heckler is to ensure that the performance remains the focus of the show, and that any response you make does not empower the heckler.

This is not alienating the audience, as they are a single being that consists of many spectators, unless the heckler becomes more interesting than the performer.

As a performer, it is your task to ensure that the audience, whether it is 2, 20, 200, or 2000 makes no difference, are united and entertained by your presence, whether you are completely silent, reading poetry, plugging in faulty cables, pressing Start on your song mode piece, singing, dancing, or doing absolutely nothing. How you accomplish this is as different as every person, is different at every show, and can be learned but not taught.

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