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Did I inspire Jean Michel Jarre? :O

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by Gps » Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:41 pm
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What makes Jazz, jazz

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How do YOU decide when a song's finished?

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by Impostor » Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:41 am
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What's your workflow?

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by PieterPenninckx » Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:48 pm
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My 1st self-made midi

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by D-Tuned » Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:48 am

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Booigie Woogie

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by Gps » Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:16 pm

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Geeting into REAL music theory...

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not 4 to the floor Disco ?

Last post by Gps « Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:52 pm
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by Gps » Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:02 pm

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Do you find it hard to work on more than one recording at a time?

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by lykwydchykyn » Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:50 am

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FAWM 2022 website now open!

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by tseaver » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:32 am

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I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls -tutorial

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by Gps » Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:26 pm

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Help! Stuck on 3rd of 4 triads

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by D-Tuned » Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:41 am
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Diatonic calling the conscious lexicon, over.

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by D-Tuned » Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:46 pm

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RFC: Chords, guitar diagrams, and digital file-names.

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by D-Tuned » Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:54 pm
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transposing chords

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by D-Tuned » Thu Nov 04, 2021 12:46 am
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Triads/Inversions open/closed voiced?

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by D-Tuned » Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:29 pm

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chord showcasing swiss-knife songs?

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by fretski » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:08 pm
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(guitar) are EADGBE and DGCFAD different tunings?

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by D-Tuned » Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:25 pm

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Chord types and names

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by D-Tuned » Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:10 am

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Transcribing/Rhythm course or software

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by finotti » Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:31 pm

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Drum track workflow

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by hdr » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:27 pm

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Can someone pls explain to me what is an arpeggio?

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by oldcastle » Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:58 pm

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Confused by treble/base key sigs

Last post by D-Tuned « Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:41 am
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by D-Tuned » Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:21 am

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All that Ambient...

Last post by milo « Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:09 am
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by OccinticLady » Sun May 30, 2021 5:40 pm

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Software to teach me keys & music theory?

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by Death » Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:01 am

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key of G# major?

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by D-Tuned » Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:43 am

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what is % in a jam track chord progression?

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by D-Tuned » Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:30 am

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# or b chord/note labeling RULES?

Last post by merlyn « Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:16 pm
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by D-Tuned » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:08 pm

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mpv, the ffmpeg showcqt filter and some data: quick JACK audio to waterfall spectrgraph w/ note/octave overlay

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the Dominant-7 chord in major/minor keys

Last post by merlyn « Tue Dec 01, 2020 1:13 pm
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by fretski » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:17 am

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DoReMiFa Solfege

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by fretski » Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:44 am
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Dropstep (guitar) cheatsheet mystery, for Yodas

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by fretski » Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:15 pm

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How do you write/sequence drums?

Last post by Philotomy « Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:17 pm
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by Tenaba » Wed Jul 08, 2020 6:56 pm

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Strumming (no I can't play guitar)

Last post by Gps « Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:32 pm
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by Gps » Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:19 pm
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Rythm Ideas

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by Mad » Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:28 pm

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How do you add dynamic transitions and effects?

Last post by Nachei « Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:09 am
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by cabsi » Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:29 am

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Are you addicted to a genre of music?

Last post by Dominique « Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:56 am
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by AnthonyCFox » Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:57 am
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Please help! What is the time signature of this drum sample

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by msphinct » Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:52 pm

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Why learn music theory?

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by AnthonyCFox » Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:41 pm
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Four to the Floor ? house / disco groove

Last post by Gps « Thu May 07, 2020 8:14 pm
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by Gps » Thu May 07, 2020 12:31 pm

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How long do you need to finish a song?

Last post by jonetsu « Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:01 am
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by lilith » Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:13 pm
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Let's talk notation, hacker style!

Last post by S1gmoid « Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:46 am
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by S1gmoid » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:40 pm
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The Everything Songwriting Book: Can Lyrics Be Skipped?

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by GraysonPeddie » Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:09 pm

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Scales, Physics and the Circle of Fifths

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by merlyn » Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:09 am

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Where do your ideas come from?

Last post by thumbknuckle « Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:01 am
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by Rainmak3r » Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:07 am

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Why Do You Write Your Own Music?

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by nickture » Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:58 pm
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Collaboration online

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by Digital Larry » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:19 pm

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Why "notes", duples?

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by Metrophage » Fri May 27, 2016 11:28 pm

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Um, help?"

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by robluck » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:17 pm

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Decline of the instrumental intro in pop music

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by Michael Willis » Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:26 pm
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