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offline fixer from concepción (Chile) on 2002-05-19 07:20 [#00225398]
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share your experiences


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-19 08:33 [#00225409]
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my friend had an Archimedes computer with a tracker and i
made a 90 minute tape of my "music"...then i got MIDI
orchestrator pro, cracked it, and made more music...then i
got ReBirth 1 demo, cracked it, and made more music...then i
got ReBirth v 2.01, cracked it, made new MODS, and made more
music...then i got Cool Edit 2000, cracked it, and made more
music...then i left the country

then i came back, got ReBirth 2.01 & Cool Edit 2000 again,
cracked them, and made some music...then i got Cool Edit Pro
1.2a & Unity DS-1, cracked Cool Edot Pro 1.2a, and made more
music...then i got Fruityloops 3.4, cracked it, and made
more music


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-05-19 08:45 [#00225411]
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all you need to get started is one of these


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-05-19 09:58 [#00225425]
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Phreaking tools wayout?

Doing it old school...

My g/f of about 1.5 years broke up with me for one of my
good friends. It destroyed what I knew of as my circle of
friends, and so music became 1/2 cathartic exercise and 1/2
replacement for sex and companionship. Never went back to
relationships after that...
Altho my ex-gf has been and still remains the only tangable
form of inspiration that I have. Once in love [insert cliche
here].


 

offline Nexus 6 from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-19 10:19 [#00225440]
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fruity loops 3.4
cool edit pro
digitonix sometimes
and my casio sa-20 hahahaha
and my guitars
and some other stuff


 

offline Cfern from Sacto (United States) on 2002-05-19 10:26 [#00225446]
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i just spent 3 grand on a new mac. This shit takes years
son. like hours and years of constant dedication before
anything you do is worth a piss. Its like you buy a guitar
it takes years of practice ya know. that being said Acid
is good program to start on


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-19 12:00 [#00225481]
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- Learn about scales
- Learn about chords
- Learn about rhythm
- Learn about musical form
- Learn about John Cage who tells you to forget all that
you've learned. :)



 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-19 12:15 [#00225490]
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Yeah acid is the shit for beginners, especially, but
probably only for beats in electronic music and hip hop


 

offline map from mülligen (Switzerland) on 2002-05-19 12:24 [#00225495]
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just do your way, gp freestyle, don't look out what the
others do, what the others use. your creativity will be out
as soon as you think the fact that it will hear somebody
else... "just do it for you"


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-05-19 12:53 [#00225505]
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Dude, out of all the arts, theory is one of the most
important parts in music. Be it timing, chords, what have
you. Experimentalism is only a bit of what is open to
musicians, and reguardless of why the music is made, it is
always beautifull for one reason or another.

Its a very rigid and structured form of freedom and absolute
expression.


 

offline fixer from concepción (Chile) on 2002-05-19 22:24 [#00226019]
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ok but im a beginner, i want to learn but don´t know how,
or where to start



 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-05-19 22:26 [#00226021]
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years of music lessons in non-electronoc instruments, more
diverse taste in music than anyone i've ever met, curious
interest in sound manipulation


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-05-19 23:16 [#00226039]
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pick up a $10 music theory book


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-19 23:44 [#00226051]
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fixer:
download fruity loops from a file sharing program, like
Kazaa or Morpheus or Soulseek, then get a registration crack
and then fiddle around. Then experiment with anything...

there is no set pattern for making music... u cud just get a
digital delay pedal, a bass guitar, a guitar, a bass amp, a
guitar amp, a tape recorder and use them to make weird
music. I did it once, hahah, it sounds funny! 30mins of
madness!


 

offline john is fast from sacramento (United States) on 2002-05-20 03:24 [#00226160]
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soulseek is the place to go, do a search on the web to find
program names you want to try, then download them on
soulseek. ive got almost every professional program out
there by now.


 


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