Does anyone else here actually record music?

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-30-2010, 02:06 AM

If anyone's willing to show their stuff around, we could start a WIP topic or something.

I've been writing music on and off for a long time now, and I enjoy talking about it very much. It's all subjective, though, and I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with the attitudes as sites like OC - it's a lot like Deviant Art. You can't show anything you've done without having the style criticized heavily, and people in general are much more negative with their feedback, which is rarely constructive at all.

So I think we can at least have a decent time of showing our stuff to our friends, if anyone else wants to participate. You don't have to be the ballsiest guy in the world to show your creativity to others, but it helps when it's in a positive environment.

If you guys just have a youtube video of something you've done, I'm cool with those, too. Thoughts/comments?

Kargath · 06-30-2010, 05:48 AM

If you've got something of yours a cappella it would be nice to hear.

I've never heard you sing without a filter.

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-30-2010, 09:16 AM

DSB was without any effects, but that was in a particular style as a joke. I couldn't afford any decent equipment like a mixer when I was younger, so I just used distortion as a kind of "if you can't beat em" technique. I'll do some stuff that doesn't have heavy chorus or distortion on the next track I record vox for, since I got pretty sick of the whole all-chorus-and-distortion-all-the-time thing I was doing. I'm better with technical crap like limiting and compression now, anyway.

Actualy, the stuff in Without Faces is pretty raw, actually. No distortion until the end, just a bit of reverb and a backup layer panned slightly wider until the chorus effect picks up on backup vox at the line "I am the one" with the beat.

***CaptHayfever*** · 06-30-2010, 02:53 PM

I do some demos from time to time. Here's a song I wrote for Linear Algebra:

Click to view video.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Bomby · 06-30-2010, 03:14 PM

I've recorded much music throughout my life. I have quite the archive of hip hop made with various groups I made beats for stored on various computers. I've actually just now gotten back into it after a two-year break, providing some beats for a good friend of mine who's an upstart rapper, but pretty damn good for someone who's just starting.

I'm actually planning on recording some demos of some Britpop-inspired music I've been writing for the past year or so, though I only really like the song I wrote Monday night that much. My recording equipment in my apartment is inferior to what I was recording with at my parent's house, but you might see me pop in sharing a few songs over the next few weeks.

Vapor · 06-30-2010, 08:05 PM

Yeah, I do some. I have an old copy of Propellerhead Reason, a flute and many other acoustical instruments (Out-of-tune piano, didgeridoo, keybs). I've done a few completed songs and many, many unfinished projects are lying around on the computer in my living room. It's in a general tranceybient style, occasionally with odd time and rhythms, and all instrumental. Maybe I'll share some here later.

Panfan · 06-30-2010, 08:40 PM

I just wrote my first song, it involves vuvuzelas and a vocal sample from Lost.

**Valigarmander** · 06-30-2010, 09:08 PM

I've done a little bit, though I don't really have the tools to make anything really good (which is something I'd like to do).

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-02-2010, 12:24 PM

^^ That sounds beautiful. I would recommend finding a Casio keyboard with those House-style voice tables so you can spam the "COME ON" and "GET UP" samples and the record scratch sound. That's how you know ****'s professional.

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Originally Posted by CaptHayfever

I do some demos from time to time. Here's a song I wrote for Linear Algebra:

Click to view video.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

I'm thinking maybe you had too many syllables in some of those lines, but I'm amused nonetheless. Very much They Might Be Giants. (goku is on the sun and it's a mass of incandescent gas)

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Originally Posted by V. P. Banks

Yeah, I do some. I have an old copy of Propellerhead Reason, a flute and many other acoustical instruments (Out-of-tune piano, didgeridoo, keybs). I've done a few completed songs and many, many unfinished projects are lying around on the computer in my living room. It's in a general tranceybient style, occasionally with odd time and rhythms, and all instrumental. Maybe I'll share some here later.

Reason's all right, but I'd recommend getting/checking out Ableton, if you can. Reason's designed to work for people who're familiar with rackmounts, but I'm not. I've been getting by with Orion Platinum for a while, which is mostly just a VST interface with some very simple-to-learn tools for mapping out melodies and controlling synth events (like manipulating cutoff/res live on a synth via mouse cursor, etc). It crashes a crapload, though, and I haven't checked to see if it's compatible with anything beyond XP atm. It's much more user-friendly, overall, and follows windows application logic rather than its own crazy **** like Fruity Loops or something.

**Galefore** · 08-03-2010, 03:12 PM

My band recently did some demos that we're relatively proud of (some of which will probably end up online in all of their unprofessional glory), and we're doing an in-studio professionally produced record this October. I also write solo stuff, which I usually have other people play while I sing and do my best to "arrange" because I can't play a guitar yet and my piano skills are shabby at best. Since I am in the throes of writing two separate albums right now, I shall let you guys hear some WIP stuff as soon as I have it.

Jere · 08-03-2010, 05:15 PM

I did some songs on accordeon 2 years ago and recorded them, wery amatureish but you can listen to them and don't feel to bad atleast.

Have them lying around somewhere can throw em up by saturday since im going to work tomorow

Vgfian · 08-03-2010, 06:19 PM

I play keyboard alot, but mine is so old that it doesn't even have a headphone port, so I can't record it without crappy comp mic.

I also began fooling around with madtracker a while back, and some of the stuff actually turned out pretty nice, I just can't upload them because of interweb speed, plus I don't have the money to pay to madtracker to completely call them my own. Most of the good stuff I made was a type of synth based classical. Along with a little acid-like stuff (that was OK).

I haven't bee using the program in a while tho.

I also wrote a tune for guitar by ear... Just haven't recorded it yet...

I also plan to start recording some beatboxxing once I stop procrastinating on practice. I'm also thinking about getting into harmonica.

Dizzy · 08-03-2010, 07:54 PM

Do covers count?

I can write original music, I just never saved any of it because I didn't think it was good.

Panfan · 08-03-2010, 08:53 PM

@AI: I've definitely been considering a keyboard.

Though I've been debating if I should get a keyboard or bass. Keyboard would be better in solo stuff, but bass would be better for band stuff.

Probably not getting either til next summer anyway

06-30-2010, 02:06 AM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Does anyone else here actually record music? If anyone's willing to show their stuff around, we could start a WIP topic or something. I've been writing music on and off for a long time now, and I enjoy talking about it very much. It's all subjective, though, and I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with the attitudes as sites like OC - it's a lot like Deviant Art. You can't show anything you've done without having the style criticized heavily, and people in general are much more negative with their feedback, which is rarely constructive at all. So I think we can at least have a decent time of showing our stuff to our friends, if anyone else wants to participate. You don't have to be the ballsiest guy in the world to show your creativity to others, but it helps when it's in a positive environment. If you guys just have a youtube video of something you've done, I'm cool with those, too. Thoughts/comments?

06-30-2010, 09:16 AM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	DSB was without any effects, but that was in a particular style as a joke. I couldn't afford any decent equipment like a mixer when I was younger, so I just used distortion as a kind of "if you can't beat em" technique. I'll do some stuff that doesn't have heavy chorus or distortion on the next track I record vox for, since I got pretty sick of the whole all-chorus-and-distortion-all-the-time thing I was doing. I'm better with technical crap like limiting and compression now, anyway. Actualy, the stuff in Without Faces is pretty raw, actually. No distortion until the end, just a bit of reverb and a backup layer panned slightly wider until the chorus effect picks up on backup vox at the line "I am the one" with the beat. Last edited by Cosmonautical; 06-30-2010 at 09:40 AM.

08-03-2010, 03:12 PM	#10
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	My band recently did some demos that we're relatively proud of (some of which will probably end up online in all of their unprofessional glory), and we're doing an in-studio professionally produced record this October. I also write solo stuff, which I usually have other people play while I sing and do my best to "arrange" because I can't play a guitar yet and my piano skills are shabby at best. Since I am in the throes of writing two separate albums right now, I shall let you guys hear some WIP stuff as soon as I have it. Last edited by Galefore; 08-03-2010 at 03:17 PM.

06-30-2010, 05:48 AM	#2
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	If you've got something of yours a cappella it would be nice to hear. I've never heard you sing without a filter.

06-30-2010, 03:14 PM	#5
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I've recorded much music throughout my life. I have quite the archive of hip hop made with various groups I made beats for stored on various computers. I've actually just now gotten back into it after a two-year break, providing some beats for a good friend of mine who's an upstart rapper, but pretty damn good for someone who's just starting. I'm actually planning on recording some demos of some Britpop-inspired music I've been writing for the past year or so, though I only really like the song I wrote Monday night that much. My recording equipment in my apartment is inferior to what I was recording with at my parent's house, but you might see me pop in sharing a few songs over the next few weeks.

06-30-2010, 08:05 PM	#6
Vapor Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WHERE IT'S AT Gender: Posts: 5,211 Thanks: 314 Thanked 413 Times in 249 Posts	Yeah, I do some. I have an old copy of Propellerhead Reason, a flute and many other acoustical instruments (Out-of-tune piano, didgeridoo, keybs). I've done a few completed songs and many, many unfinished projects are lying around on the computer in my living room. It's in a general tranceybient style, occasionally with odd time and rhythms, and all instrumental. Maybe I'll share some here later.

06-30-2010, 08:40 PM	#7
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	I just wrote my first song, it involves vuvuzelas and a vocal sample from Lost.

06-30-2010, 09:08 PM	#8
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I've done a little bit, though I don't really have the tools to make anything really good (which is something I'd like to do).

08-03-2010, 05:15 PM	#11
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	I did some songs on accordeon 2 years ago and recorded them, wery amatureish but you can listen to them and don't feel to bad atleast. Have them lying around somewhere can throw em up by saturday since im going to work tomorow

08-03-2010, 06:19 PM	#12
Vgfian Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Listening to Seeking 7 Seven and giving out free hugs. :) Gender: Posts: 6,862 Thanks: 2,433 Thanked 398 Times in 311 Posts	I play keyboard alot, but mine is so old that it doesn't even have a headphone port, so I can't record it without crappy comp mic. I also began fooling around with madtracker a while back, and some of the stuff actually turned out pretty nice, I just can't upload them because of interweb speed, plus I don't have the money to pay to madtracker to completely call them my own. Most of the good stuff I made was a type of synth based classical. Along with a little acid-like stuff (that was OK). I haven't bee using the program in a while tho. I also wrote a tune for guitar by ear... Just haven't recorded it yet... I also plan to start recording some beatboxxing once I stop procrastinating on practice. I'm also thinking about getting into harmonica.

08-03-2010, 07:54 PM	#13
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Do covers count? I can write original music, I just never saved any of it because I didn't think it was good.

08-03-2010, 08:53 PM	#14
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	@AI: I've definitely been considering a keyboard. Though I've been debating if I should get a keyboard or bass. Keyboard would be better in solo stuff, but bass would be better for band stuff. Probably not getting either til next summer anyway