JetsIn06
08-14-2008, 08:21 PM
I'm gonna try something different.
I've searched, but I don't know if anyone has done a dynasty like this before.
I've been feeling pretty empty creatively. I've always been a pretty creative guy, and when I was in high school I was your typical "guy in 100 bands." They were horrible, terrible bands, but I loved playing guitar and I loved writing music.
When high school ended, my love of music remained but the creation of it slowed, and eventually stopped about two years ago.
So, to try and dust off the creative cob webs, I started to write. Unfortunately I didn't get very far with it. I can't draw or paint, so I figured that I should try and get back into music.
I didn't really know what was going to come out...in high school I liked Blink-182 and pop-punk bands. My music tasted have changed completely, to a much more electronic rock sound. So, knowing that one of the premier electronic music creation programs was Propellerhead's "Reason 4," I took the plunge and got it.
My first look at it put a total "WTF" look on my face. Pressing TAB and seeing this, well, it was fucking intimidating to say the least.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug06/images/reason4matrix_s.jpg
But with no books, no how-to's, and no tutorials, I played around with it for days, learning how to use the ReDrum to program beats, and even learning how to use my computer keyboard to play notes.
About three days after realizing that I would love using this program, I purchased a 25-key MIDI Keyboard, the M-Audio KeyRig25 to use with Reason 4.
See, Reason is not typical music recording software. You actually can't even plug in an instrument and strum away, or record from a microphone. It's simply a MIDI composition program.
If you're interested, here is some more info on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(software) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_%28software%29)
I've searched, but I don't know if anyone has done a dynasty like this before.
I've been feeling pretty empty creatively. I've always been a pretty creative guy, and when I was in high school I was your typical "guy in 100 bands." They were horrible, terrible bands, but I loved playing guitar and I loved writing music.
When high school ended, my love of music remained but the creation of it slowed, and eventually stopped about two years ago.
So, to try and dust off the creative cob webs, I started to write. Unfortunately I didn't get very far with it. I can't draw or paint, so I figured that I should try and get back into music.
I didn't really know what was going to come out...in high school I liked Blink-182 and pop-punk bands. My music tasted have changed completely, to a much more electronic rock sound. So, knowing that one of the premier electronic music creation programs was Propellerhead's "Reason 4," I took the plunge and got it.
My first look at it put a total "WTF" look on my face. Pressing TAB and seeing this, well, it was fucking intimidating to say the least.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug06/images/reason4matrix_s.jpg
But with no books, no how-to's, and no tutorials, I played around with it for days, learning how to use the ReDrum to program beats, and even learning how to use my computer keyboard to play notes.
About three days after realizing that I would love using this program, I purchased a 25-key MIDI Keyboard, the M-Audio KeyRig25 to use with Reason 4.
See, Reason is not typical music recording software. You actually can't even plug in an instrument and strum away, or record from a microphone. It's simply a MIDI composition program.
If you're interested, here is some more info on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(software) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_%28software%29)