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I think Bob has a valid point - that a musician who must depend on gigs to pay the bills has a different point of view than someone who has a day job and only records as a hobby, or even someone who plays weekends. I do believe a gig is a gig - however, I tend to draw a line between a full time...

I am a "semi-pro" who depends on a day job for my primary income - so the 60 hours a week commited to working/commuting and the 35-40 hours a week committed to sleeping leaves 168 hours per week. Of that amount I probably spend about 30-40 of those hours involved in some type of musically...

I haven't checked this site in a while - so this response may be too late to be helpful ...... but ....... I beleive a beginning player could record a "solid" track - if the player pays attention to the basics: start with a reasonably well tuned kit, hit each drum/cymbal consistantly, play what...

Back in the late 60's (which right there gives you a clue) I painted a bunch of packing peanuts in florescent paint (which filled about 1/4 of my kick) and had a black light on the floor in front of the kick. - Actually we painted cymbal stands, mic stands, guitars, guitar straps - whatever we...

My lyrics are almost always inspired by the music. Once I have a chord progression, a general rhythem and a rough song form - I then start to scat a melody, eventual some words develop into lines and verses - and that is when the craft of songwriting must take over. I prefer to write about...

Thanks for the response? I agree that if I like the guitar then the decision is mine. I would never buy something (or not buy) based solely of someone else's opinion ....... but since I can't find much on the internet, I thought it was worth reaching out to the large community at this site. CMG...

Does anyone own a CMG (Chris Mitchell Guitars) ax? I want to trade a few low cost guitars (Squire Strat, Ibenez GR200, etc.) on one higher quality guitar. I want an Les Paul (don't have one in my harem - I'm mostly a Fender guy) - but I don't want to by crazy money for a Gibson. A small local...

I've owned and used a TD10 kit for about 10 years (I bought them when they 1st came out - however long ago that was). The cymbal sounds in the TD10 (candidly in any sound module) are and always will be the weakest sounds - simply because it is too difficult to sample the various harmonics and...

I'm interested in seeing how many people who visit and/or contribute to this board have had songs published - and as a seperate question - how many people have had songs placed on an artist recording (other than their own recordings) or in a movie, TV show, or other media???? Would you care to...

I feel somewhat foolish - answering the original post with a serious answer (after getting a laugh from several of the other replies). My idea of the ideal drummer - certainly the lofty goal I would hope to aim for myself (and certainly fall short): Buddy Rich - For pure technical skill, speed...

That's just wrong!!!!!! But it made me laugh!

I started with the drum kit - however, I did not pick it, it picked me. My dad was a big band, swing drummer so there was always a kit in the house and I just started banging on it. I suspect drums will always be my first love - and certainly the instrument I play most effectively (I've played...

Thanks for the reponses. I tried out a couple of Motif boards and listened to some on line demos - and they do seem to cover horns (in particular sax) better than anything else I'm seeing. I have an older Kurzweil mondule (1200 Pro) which has a really authentic tenor sax with after touch to add...

Beyond using a sampler, what performance keyboards have the "best" stock horn sounds? In particular to cover horn sections for Tower Of Power or Earth, Wind & Fire, etc.) I know a lot of horn patches can cover brass sounds well - but trying to cover sax (alone or in a horn "section") is a much...

As I thought about this question I could not easily identify any specific thing(s) that inspire me. I have an instrument in my hands almost continuously if I am not sleeping or at my day job - so the majority of my writing starts with harmony/melody which in turn leads me to "scat" until some...

I've tried the Boss simulator, a Behringer simulator and the Zoom A2. I've had the most satisfactory results from the Zoom (but I really had to work with it to get the right tweaks for various guitars). It can help reduce the quack - and you can get a lot of tone variations - which may or may...

I write to get published - and since the country genre is one of the few genres that still depends a lot on outside writers, I write in the genre often (and have been placed a few times). I work with two publishers who are successful in placing songs in the country genre - and neither or them...

The music industry in general and the recording industry specifically are going through significant changes whcih have reduced the number of lables, which in turn limits the amount of work offered to recording studios. It is almost impossible to get a job as an engineer - unless you pay serious...

I too try to clen out my ears at least once a year. It does improve my hearing - and over the years I've been able to sculp really cool candles for the studio!!!!

I have not used those specific kits - but I do own a Roland TD10 - I must anticipate the functionality is similar. Each pad (kick, snare, toms, cymbals) triggers a specific sound with is assigned a specific MIDI note. If at a later point you want to use the MIDI performance to trigger different...