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Davesax1965 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2826 |
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Ha, well, well. many ways to skin a cat, JD. ;-)
I shall retract my hasty comment. ;-)
Oh God, do I have to have a plan ? Well, I'll switch the synth on and see what comes out of it. If you've heard my stuff, I generally do Arabic / Middle eastern sounding stuff, generally weird scales, so I'll just put that on the website (eventually) and anyone who wants to contribute is more than welcome to send me something. So, no plan, really. I just like leaving things to evolve. As you say, it all starts with an idea...... ;-) |
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Davesax1965 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2826 |
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Just out of interest: I was going to do some Bob Calvert covers..... anyone here sing like Bob ?
(And actually have a recording setup, singing into phones doesn't count.... ;-) ) Edited by Davesax1965 - April 12 2022 at 02:19 |
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JD ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 07 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18384 |
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Thank you for supporting independently produced music
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moshkito ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 16419 |
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Hi, Why do you have to sing? Just do words, a sort of Robert Wyatt, and fly on the words alone as poetry. to be honest, I'm sick and tired of singers. You would think that most of them would learn something BEYOND the notes, and the only real answer is ... no chance! Make us cry and smile ... not because of the notes, but the quality of the words and how they are spoken or stated. It may have an amount of musicality to it, but sometimes, it is not necessary! Once we get off the idea of the "singer" and move on, I think any voice is just as good as the next.
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Davesax1965 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2826 |
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(facepalm)
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moshkito ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 16419 |
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Hi, Not necessary. You've proved a lot with your amount of work. And singing, or word'ing (as I call it) is not something that you have given enough of a chance or tried. Just recently, I redid that Ygdrasil Poetry Magazine's monthly that I put together in May 1999 and I had to redo my own 2 poems. I have not liked my voice in these things, although when I read things out it feels alright. So I played the piece of music (with permission from the writer and author!!!) and redid the poems I originally had, and decided to concentrate on the words, and apply them better to the flow of the music ... and it came out way better than I thought, and the voice, "lived" well with the words, and it probably helped that this time, I "ditched" the poem idea, and just went into it with "total emotion" ... which fit things way better than before. (.... https://www.academia.edu/73832614/Ygdrasil_JULY_2022_Audio_ISSUE_Edited_by_Pedro_Sena ... ) Sometimes, the "idea" of singing is the problem, because one thinks it needs this or that ... and if you throw that away, go to the bathroom and say the words to the mirror while shaving, you won't become Harry Secombe, and don't have to, but you will in due course find a way for the words to flow that sounds alright ... and is much better, and not weird, as you thinking of singing something! Try it ... some improvisation actually works, on voice, even though musicians are so married to their scales they can't even move without getting slapped in the face for looking at another ... scale. (PDQ Bach joke!)
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Davesax1965 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2826 |
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Mosh - "wanted, singer"
means "singer wanted".
If I wanted something other than a singer, I'd ask for it. :-) Thanks for the input, though. |
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Megistus ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 25 2023 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 111 |
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Hello Dave and all...
I'm a newb, but it didn't take long to realize that this forum is chock full of musicians and other creatives... goes with the territory for sure! Anyway... so found this part of the forum, and then this thread. Just wondering if anything came of this? Speaking of Reaper, NINJAM is an interesting way to jam, if anyone's familiar with it? It takes a bit of getting used to and it's not the same as being in a room, but definitely a way that creative ideas can be hatched.
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MortSahlFan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: March 01 2018 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 2717 |
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I use Audacity Audacity 3.2.1 (someone I know uses another program, and the alignment is screwed up) What I'd like to do is send a drum track with some "skin" (rhythm piano/guitar) and then have people add on to it.. Have a few different versions. I've done it, and the more you work together, the more better it becomes in every way. WeTransfer.com is a great free site I use where you can send files back and forth. |
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https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition
https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
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Megistus ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 25 2023 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 111 |
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Ideally, there shouldn't be any alignment problems between DAWs if things are done right. Exporting tracks in mp3 can be a problem since mp3s do not have accurate start/end times. flac or wav is best. Many DAWs do automatic time-stretching to project tempo, which can have weird results with files that aren't loops (and often hard to detect just by listening). As long as this behaviour is turned off when tracks are imported, there shouldn't be any problems. Much as I respect Audacity as a very capable program, and excellent considering it's free, I couldn't personally see myself doing any in-depth production with it. I do use it for certain things, but most people have their own preferences for DAW and tend to get used to what they're working with. Hence cross-platform import/export is a must really.
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4021 |
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I'm not sure I could contribute anything, I like writing lyrics, but I'm not great
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
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progaardvark ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover/Symphonic/RPI Teams Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Sea of Peas Status: Online Points: 48978 |
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I have a feeling that if I were to contribute to this, I would be summarily dismissed because my thoughts are kind of "out there." Unless this group is interested in making a wall-of-sound instrumental of noise about giant ducks that smell like libraries?
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The Dark Elf ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: February 01 2011 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 12783 |
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Just to interject, I would suggest, in a wholly formative and abstract manner, Peter Sinfield. He even came up with the name "King Crimson".
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4021 |
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I would offer that Instrumental thing I made, but it's already slated for a spotify release (as a demo) and I'm planning to use it for personal use. Any other way I can be useful, message me
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moshkito ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 16419 |
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The Poetess that wrote a lot of stuff for RENAISSANCE.
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4021 |
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A shame that nothing ever came out of this, it could be very interesting. People could use a site like Bandlab to create it as well. I really hoped this would happen
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Anybody using mixcraft? We could start with somebody making a single instrument track, about 3 minutes long. Let's say a drumloop. Then the first bassist who lands in this thread adds his bass line, then guitar, keys, vocals and so on. Let's limit it to no more than 8 tracks in total and see what we can produce.
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4021 |
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Then if this works out, we could make an album, now that would be really fun!
I'd happily write lyrics, but I am no vocalist. What software should we use? Bandlab or Mixcraft? They seem to be pretty similar, Bandlab you can have multiple people working on the same song at once, all contributors, it's pretty cool. That way you don't have to send audio files to people via email or PM here and such.
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
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Megistus ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 25 2023 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 111 |
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Funny - I just joined bandlab yesterday -- I was actually trying to sneak a backdoor into the old legacy cakewalk forums, but that didn't pan out.... so obviously this was the real reason, little did I know!
My main instrument is guitar, but can do a bit of everything... well, I mean: bass, drums, synths, programming, production... can even sing reasonably although it depends on the material :) Who's gonna start us off? I could assemble a pretty nice drum track around 3 mins... are we staying 'prog' or what? Who's on-board any what instruments do you play?
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4021 |
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I'll happily start us off, PM me if you'd like in, I can send people the link
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