Do you make music?

[NIGHTFOX]

Oh man! That sucks. I hope you get better and i'll include you in my prayers. I haven't had a cold in a while, but usually in the winter i get a lot of colds and just feel like staying in bed. I hope you are able to drink some tea. I look forward to listening to more of your music as well.
So it seems that we both share the noise issue. When i was in my teens-early 20s (i'm 30 now), i used to be a bit crazy. i was also addicted to alcohol, so i used to have the music on loud and the woman upstairs would always knock on my door and tell me to turn it down. I regret it to this day. She would come downstairs and i would be drunk and talking to her. But thank god i've stopped that and have gained strength and learned to refuse my urges to drink. but that's a story for another time. heh

So i hope you get better soon and i'll pray for you. and i'll be right here to talk about music and whatever else when you are feeling better.
God Bless!

Moises


P.S. Do you read Future Music, Sound on Sound or Electronic Musician? I usually buy EMusician or Sound on Sound because they're the cheaper ones out of the rest. But there's this music radar (I think) out now that has so many tutorials in it. I love going to Barnes and Nobles because they usually have everything. Unlike the other magazines/news stores that have a lot of magazines. They usually just have sound on sound or electronic musican. I looked into getting a subscription but they are so much because they are from the U.K.

Hi Moises , I guess I got lucky this cold didn't last too long because today I'm starting to get my energy level back .
I went out and bought all the stuff needed to make some good healthy chicken soup , guess I'll make it anyway just in case it decides to return .
They say chicken soup is the best thing for any cold , my backup medicine.

Those Mags I have not seen before , I'll have to look into that . Just about everything I have learned in the past five years is from other people who are into electronica music and who are very good at creating that type of music .
I would say 80% of what I know now has been self taught , alot of failures to get where I am now and I'm still failing in some areas .
Like God teaches you have to fail before you can walk , the best of men who create anything good fail 100 times over .

Thanks for your prayers , chat later its time to make some dinner .

James

 

[Moises]

Hey James

I'm very happy to know you're already feeling better . Sometimes colds can come and go pretty quickly like that, and because it's not 30 degrees outside probably helps too.

That is very good to know all you've learned has been self taught. I think i started out that way, Then i started reading tutorials online. Then i bought a couple of producing books like; Cubase sx power, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook (Very helpful), Music theory for computer musician, and 2 of those little Paul White books (one is called "Basic Mixing Techniques) which are very helpful. Paul White is a very knowledged guy when it comes to anything related to this subject. He even has a page devoted to 1 subject in every month's Sound on Sound Mag.
But yes, we are going to fall/fail many times when it comes to producing. It's learning through errors. But it makes us all the better for it.

God Bless

-Moises

 

[NIGHTFOX]

Hey James

I'm very happy to know you're already feeling better . Sometimes colds can come and go pretty quickly like that, and because it's not 30 degrees outside probably helps too.

That is very good to know all you've learned has been self taught. I think i started out that way, Then i started reading tutorials online. Then i bought a couple of producing books like; Cubase sx power, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook (Very helpful), Music theory for computer musician, and 2 of those little Paul White books (one is called "Basic Mixing Techniques) which are very helpful. Paul White is a very knowledged guy when it comes to anything related to this subject. He even has a page devoted to 1 subject in every month's Sound on Sound Mag.
But yes, we are going to fall/fail many times when it comes to producing. It's learning through errors. But it makes us all the better for it.

God Bless

-Moises

Thanks for the getwell wishes , nothing worse then dragging your behind around the house all day long and doesn't do anything when your in the middle of a music project .
My newest song " Lazy Sue " is almost finished , I could call it finished now but I would like to work with it alittle bit longer and see where it takes me .
Yea I have some good music books I read up on too , your never too old to learn new tricks when your creating music .

Chat later , wife wants to watch a movie tonight .

James

 

[leftrightleftrightleft]

So I'd like to know if there's anyone out here who actually makes music, if yes I would appreciate if you'd say the genre, how it begun and if you want, a song.
As for me I make electronic psychedelic metal.
It all started out when my girlfriend left me....
I found it as a better way to express my feelings than crying.

I play in an acoustic duo that started in 2004. We both play guitar and sing. We've dabbled with full-band stuff (drums and bass) but never really were able to get the right group of people together.

I would probably place myself in the "alternative" category although I feel like that descriptor is so broad that it almost doesn't mean anything. I love lots of ambient, instrumental music like The Album Leaf, This Will Destroy You and Explosions in the Sky. I probably draw a lot of inspiration from bands such as Mumford and Sons, Manchester Orchestra and Switchfoot.

Songs can be found here in the music tab.

 

[NIGHTFOX]

Thanks for sharing your talent's and beliefs , we all live in the same world but not all of us have the same beliefs or share them in the same way .
Myself I do not attend weekly church but I do believe in God and what is taught in the bible and try to live in this world treating other people like Christ would want me to treat them .
For myself and I speak for myself I strongly believe in faith , without my faith given to me by God I would not be where I am now in my music and in my life .

God Bless everyone here and you !
James

 

[Moises]

James, I know exactly what you mean. Dragging yourself around when you actually want to be functioning and working on stuff. So i hope to hear "Lazy Sue" When you finished giving it the last touches. I'd love to hear it. You said that it's a chill out song?

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

I would probably place myself in the "alternative" category although I feel like that descriptor is so broad that it almost doesn't mean anything.

It really is. I remember when Nirvana and Pearl Jam were classifies as Alternative. This was back before we felt the need to have sub-genres for everything. Now there are so many classifications of music that it makes my head spin.

 

[NIGHTFOX]

James, I know exactly what you mean. Dragging yourself around when you actually want to be functioning and working on stuff. So i hope to hear "Lazy Sue" When you finished giving it the last touches. I'd love to hear it. You said that it's a chill out song?

Hi Moises , sorry for the slow slow reply this week . That cold turned into a chest cold so I have been in the not feeling too good mood , I did finished that song and started on a new song project with lyrics and me singing vocals .
Lazy Sue is very laid back easy listening where my newest song project is leaning more toward heavy rock I guess you might say .

Its not a christian song its more or less a song about the war against drugs and crime and what can happen if you get caught up in the hellish mess . The lyrics are dark but very straight forward and tell you like it is when dealing with the enemy of God on the streets at night .

Anyway I been busy working on that song project , creating the music , lyrics and working with my vocals for the song .
I'll have to see if I can post a link , not sure if I reach the fifthy post reply limit yet .

God Bless chat later my friend - James

 

[Moises]

Hey James
oh wow, that sounds like a real deep song. it could make a lot of people think about their lives and the lives they're leading. That's good, i think we need more music like that today. So i'm going on a trip tomorrow to my homeland (Brazil). So i'll be with family and stuff, and always doing something. So i don't think i'll be online down there that much. But i'll try to come in here and say hello on my down time or late at night when i'm at my family's apartment and just relaxing before bedtime.
I'm really excited about your new song dealing with the drug war. It's such a complex topic and people are really devoted to the way they think on the subject. Congrats

-Moises

 

[dukepayen]

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[mr maph]

i make music.
the lyrics could come first or the music.
main thing is that it is an expression and it is what makes me who i am.
i love music , simple.

 

[Togetherly]

I write and record post-grunge/alt rock. I run a record label too for this kind of music.

 

[Moises]

cool