Last couple of years, I've gone for randomness in the process. That's the goal, at least. When I hunker down into a routine, a creative rut becomes inevitable. Wasted years not producing anything of value because I got stuck in routine.
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- Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:46 am
- Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
- Topic: What's your workflow?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20386
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:44 am
- Forum: Backstage
- Topic: What TV series/movies are you watching?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 71008
Re: What TV series/movies are you watching?
Dune 2. It held up to the hype. Denis Villeneuve never misses
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:42 am
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
- Replies: 135
- Views: 282637
Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
This cool modern electronic version of a Herbie Hancock classic
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:30 am
- Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
- Topic: What's your workflow?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 20386
Re: What's your workflow?
Typically, starting a song section for myself goes chords > complimentary melodic/harmonic layers > bass > drums > FX > transition to next section
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:17 am
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: I can't stand the performance aspect of music
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3816
Re: I can't stand the performance aspect of music
If you hate tracking/recording, nothing is stopping you from going all digital/mouse & keyboard to write. Lots of producers do it.
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:09 am
- Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
- Topic: What makes Jazz, jazz
- Replies: 91
- Views: 36091
Re: What makes Jazz, jazz
2-5-1 cadences, 7/9/11/13 extensions (sometimes flat/sharp), augmented/diminished chords, improvisation
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: Bitwig Controversy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3441
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:19 pm
- Forum: Backstage
- Topic: Happy Desktop Screenshots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4682
- Fri May 20, 2022 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: Can lofi music grow?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2492
Re: Can lofi music grow?
I think it's cyclical. It peaked in 2016-2020 and is fading back into obscurity now, but it'll be back, somehow. It's a sound that's been around for 30+ years and has had many peaks and valleys. Overall, though, I think this last surge of lo-fi was the biggest one to date, so maybe the next resurgen...
- Fri May 20, 2022 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: What place does music hold in your life?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8150
Re: What place does music hold in your life?
Started off as a recreational obsession, similar to a videogame. Managed to find some success from it over a few years, but the money/industry distorted my outlook. Went from creating just for fun to creating for the sake of a commercially viable product. That was way harder and less fun than just b...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 2:05 am
- Forum: Your Studio & Gear
- Topic: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
- Replies: 121
- Views: 448622
Re: Please share your gnu/linux music production setup
Tower Hardware: Ryzen 7 64gb RAM 2tb SSD GTX 970 Music Hardware: Maschine Mikro MkII Controller Alesis V49 Keyboard Audio Technica ATH-M50x headphones King Trumpet 2x Yamaha HS-8 Monitors 2x Shure SM57 microphone 2x Shitty guitars Software: EndeavourOS i3 Window Manager Bitwig Studio & Renoise U...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:34 am
- Forum: The Producer's Area
- Topic: How to bring music out
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16489
Re: How to bring music out
Soundcloud and Bandcamp for uploading yourself, free of charge. Or, you can give $20 to Distrokid or Tunecore and they'll distribute your song to many, many outlets like Spotify, Deezer, iTunes, Amazon, etc. You can use the website BMI to register your music for copyright, free of charge... But it's...
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:31 am
- Forum: New? We're glad you're here!
- Topic: Hi there from Australia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9334
Re: Hi there from Australia
Hi there from midwest USA
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:09 am
- Forum: Backstage
- Topic: which song is coming out of your speakers right now, the sequel
- Replies: 62
- Views: 50708
Re: which song is coming out of your speakers right now, the sequel
Steely Dan - Aja (Full Album)
My favorite classic rock album
My favorite classic rock album
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:40 am
- Forum: New? We're glad you're here!
- Topic: hello
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5731
Re: hello
Welcome. Linux will 100% benefit you on that hardware. Have fun going down the rabbit hole!