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If you have little musical experience in writing, the only way to learn is to do it. I know it sounds tough, but if you can't write instrumental parts on your own the only way is to collaborate, as Joro said. If you're not worried about copyright issues, definitely search here for a willing...

Looking forward to hearing it! I'd take a bet that there aren't too many classical composers on this site. What's your planned instrumentation? Are you gonna MIDI up an orchestra or do it for a smaller ensemble and record it? And it also might help to do some more research, maybe looking...

Pretty much. Like any other genre, classical-style music is as structured or as free form as you want it to be. :) -Derrick

The best way is to learn HTML yourself...that costs no money (well, maybe the cost of a couple good books). It takes a bit of time, but if you're at all computer savvy then it's not THAT hard. Plus, doing your own code gives you much greater control over your final product. When you're making...

Yup, this question is waaay too general...try doing some research before asking people to write a novel for you. Right now a response to your question boils down to two things: what type of gear do you have? What are you willing to spend to upgrade that gear? If the answers are "nothing" and...

Hi trax, I'm a newb like you, so let me offer you some advice. Quit thinking about how much money you can make and start thinking about how much recording you can accomplish with the gear you have. Right now you have enough to record a nice amateur demo IF you use the gear wisely, upgrade a...

As Sarah said, "sonata form" usually only refers to the form of the first movement of a multi-movement piece. A sonata will usually have only one actual sonata movement in it, which can make things quite confusing for music fans. :) Formally, a sonata follows a very strict form (Exposition...

I'm no expert as I've only been recording a short while myself, but I've been writing harmonies for a long time. I usually start with the third, the fifth, the sixth or the fourth of the primary melody and build other melodies around it...kind of like what powderfinger says. A harmony is...

Hi mbuster, I listened to "Insecticide" from the link in the MP3 Clinic and was very impressed. Just thought it was funny how people told you to mix the vocals lower in that forum... Your voice is very good, especially for a first-timer. You've got that gravelly, powerful hard rock singer's...

Ricky Martin has virtually no accent when he speaks/sings in English, but that doesn't make his music any more listenable in my opinion. ;) -Derrick

Nope. :) At any rate, your English is far better than my Norwegian. -Derrick

Hey Pete, Everything's direct in this song so far, and swabbed with boatloads of reverb to make it sound somewhat more natural. I don't yet have a mic, so it's the only way. Once I get my hands on one though, I plan to experiment with miking and see what sounds better with my pitiful budget...

I think being a percussionist might give you an advantage on guitar in that you're probably already skilled at doing one thing with one hand whilst doing an entirely different thing with the other. This will help guitar fingerings immensely. I started guitar off a diet of 8 years of trumpet...

Country singer from New York...hmmmm, I don't think there's ever been one! But I don't think a New York accent would go well with country music. Maybe that's just 'cause I'm a white collared, city slickin' Yankee.

B.SABBATH - Thanks for takin' a listen! I'm noticing the "sourness" the more and more I listen, too. I think I'm using the wrong distortion pedal for the sound I'm looking for...I have a Boss DS-1 and a DOD Grunge (shoulda saved up $30 more for a Boss MetalZone), I'll try the DS-1 next time I...

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Interesting discussion...I guess a singer's accent also depends a lot on the style of music he or she is singing. I'm assuming that "Traveling Riverside Blues" might not have sounded as good had Robert Plant sung with his normal accent. At the same time, I couldn't really imagine "Supper's...

I'd say it's like any other skill; you get better at it the more you do it. And it gets more fun, too, once things like theory and structure of a song start to come naturally. I'm no master composer by any means, but I'd say I'm at a point where I'm pretty comfortable just thinking up a random...

Wow, I can't believe how helpful you guys have been. Well actually I can, I fully expected you to be, which is why I came here...anyway, this is the next incarnation of the rough cut of "Something Like Sadness." Jake - I totally hear what you're saying about "punch," but I'm not quite sure yet...

Ah well, nothing we can really do about that, unless we ourselves take over the labels. I'd say it's kind of a chicken vs. egg question (what makes execs decide which music to promote?), but in the end we lose either way because we're not part of the audience of "mainstream" music. I've never...