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I've been there when people have jammed and I've always wanted to join in, but I FREEZE UP. I get sooo scared. Its impossible. The other day I was hanging with these dudes from Berklee and they wanted me to join them. I was like NO WAY - I'm ok I'll just watch. But later one of the guys...

I posted about a month ago with questions about barre chords. Everybody was soo helpful and encorageing, I wanted to post again - I've made good progress, a kind of leap, suddenly I feel a greater control, my hands are going where I want them to go much more than before - I can make shapes...

Should I keep working on this idea? Would you accept something like this? Too much chorus & prechorus and too little verse? how about the ideas? and how about the words that I have chosen? is this any good, or have I embarresed myself? can you stand the packet of sand thing? is it too...

I had a realization about why myself and perhaps others have trouble with not liking what they write. I'm a late beginner - I'm finally sitting down to really do music after years of dreaming of it. My problem is that I know what sucks when I hear or read it. All those people who started...

why is everything I write so stupid? Why does my dance stuff sound tinky and cute? Why does my guitar stuff sound pretty and etherial.... I wanna be a lot uglier The thing I hate the most is that when I say to my self (Self!) - ok, i'm gonna spend at least 2 hours a day dedicated to...

I'm basically a singer, and I've been learning guitar for a little over a year, with some periods of more dedication than others. I get so frustrated over how incompetent my hands feel. Like, why is it that *no matter how* I position my first finger, there are always some strings that go...

I'm trying to & it sounds like shit. I'm wondering if anybody here is using reason, how they're using it? what kind of results they are getting... Layla

I posted in this forum coz Reason is a synthesizer - I wonder if there's another forum that would be better. I'm just wondering if there's anybody out there using reason, and what kind of results they are getting? I've been working with it, & studying the sample songs - the sample songs are...

What do people here do when they get stuck for writing melodies? I always get the problem that I get a good chorus or verse, and then try as I might, every attempt at a good other part falls flat. I could really use some suggestions! Layla

Hi, I used to post here regularly. I'm writing again. I'm working on a new song, it will have a sort of traditional pre-country folk sound. I got a great catchy chorus, but I'm *nowhere* on the melody for the verse. In the meantime, to get more unblocked, I'm writing verse. I wrote a...

Hi there, I'm just starting out recording with my little 'studio'. I have a Shure SM57 and a Tascam US-122. My recording levels are soooo sucky. If I have my lips on the mic and talk real loud, I will see the wave shape in my audio editing program (Audacity) but I'm only at about 1/3 of the...

Hi All, I've been writing some sonnets to work on my 'poetry chops' - I'm in school - studying music, and the one thing I haven't been doing much of is, ironically, *writing* music... I think it will be pretty obvious that this is about a boy I keep running into here... (He's in 2 of my...

after 10 years I'm using a mac again. Just got a G4 coz my new school has made it a requirement. I'll also be getting a neat bundle (Including digital performer, plus some additinal hardware) BUT - I don't have that stuff yet, and last nite I wanted to rip just a fragment of a song from a CD...

I'm under the impression that "load" and "impedance" are synonymous. Can anyone explain this statement: (context - speaker hookup, parallel connections) The load placed on the amplifyer is increased with each additional speaker. As the load is increased (impedance lowered), the amplifier...

Hello Everone I have recently resolved to write (at least) one song a week. Would anybody like to join me in this? I propose it as a way to get some focus and encouragement. The only 'rules' are that the effort must be serious and the song must be complete. No blank spaces for...

I've been busy - taxes, packing everything for storage, got really sick... In fact, I even virtually stopped practicing for almost two weeks - I certainly did no writing So, now I have to finish one song and then score that and one other (completed) song for a jazz band so that I can...

Hi Everyone, I have an Idea for a song - Ive got the verses as they tell the story, I've got the images, I have a vague idea for the chorus, but I don't have the scansion or the music yet. Has anybody dealt with the same thing? Does anybody have suggestions as to how I might get closer...

has anyone here heard of this book? Anyone used the material from it? I'm thinking about getting it, but I'd like to get some idea of what's in it.

(from the new york times) Computer Hits When a news release arrived announcing that a company in Barcelona, Spain, had developed an artificial intelligence application that could analyze a song and determine its potential to become a hit, it seemed to be a practical joke poking fun at the...

I could use some encouragement ... I am finally working toward my dream - to be a performing songwriter. So, in some ways I'm high as a kite, coz its something I told myself was impossible for me for (ahem) years. Here's my problem - I have one great song - one pretty good song, two not so...