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faheyfan
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Hi there.
I'm twenty years old, and I just started seriously applying myself to music a couple of months ago. I have a Takamine electric/acoustic guitar, a cheap keyboard, and I'll probably be getting a bass in couple of weeks. My goal is to become proficient enough with all three instruments that I can play my favorite songs and write my own material.
Right now, I'm focusing on doing covers of various songs. I strum the chords on my guitar, and use my keyboard for the melody/accompaniment/drums.
I want to be able to record myself so I can track my progress, play around with my arrangements, and feel like I'm actually making real music. Once I get good enough I'd like to be able to upload my songs to the web to get feedback from people.
I'm a poor college student, and I don't have the money for an expensive home studio. If I spend more than 100 bucks or so I'll have to give up other important things, like eating meat or buying a jacket that doesn't have a hole in it. If I get a cheap ($50) microphone that plugs into my laptop and some open source audio mixing software, will that be enough for my purposes? Can anybody recommend specific software and products I should look for?
Thanks.
I'm twenty years old, and I just started seriously applying myself to music a couple of months ago. I have a Takamine electric/acoustic guitar, a cheap keyboard, and I'll probably be getting a bass in couple of weeks. My goal is to become proficient enough with all three instruments that I can play my favorite songs and write my own material.
Right now, I'm focusing on doing covers of various songs. I strum the chords on my guitar, and use my keyboard for the melody/accompaniment/drums.
I want to be able to record myself so I can track my progress, play around with my arrangements, and feel like I'm actually making real music. Once I get good enough I'd like to be able to upload my songs to the web to get feedback from people.
I'm a poor college student, and I don't have the money for an expensive home studio. If I spend more than 100 bucks or so I'll have to give up other important things, like eating meat or buying a jacket that doesn't have a hole in it. If I get a cheap ($50) microphone that plugs into my laptop and some open source audio mixing software, will that be enough for my purposes? Can anybody recommend specific software and products I should look for?
Thanks.