Gospel/R&B

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I'M BLESSED.......
I play very little keyboard, but I have an inclination to put together musical products (Songs, screenplays, Raps, etc...) I even have invested in a Zoom 1266 along with other recording components.
My Question is: Is there any software I can purchase to fill the void of me not being an aspiring musician. I want to do R&B/Gospel ballads (R Kelly, Dave hollister, type music) Both Gospel and R&B. I need to lay the ground work with some type of software to compose nice beats/effects etc...Then maybe I can fill in the blanks with my keyboard. I'm just tired of hunting down musicians to try to relay what I am hearing in my head, and get them to make it real. It just isn't the same, know what i mean?
Thanks.........
 
whoa

there is a lot of stuff out there nominal fees, and some for free.

everyone here pretty much have there favorite setups and beliefs when it comes to recording. i'm still learning. i have a lot of posts because i have a lot of damn questions. the questions will never stop for me. to get back to the subject, fruity loops is one of the many computer sequencers out there. you can use fruity loops to lay down your drum kits. cakewalk, cool edit pro are two of the many well known software based, multitracking, recorders. sound forge is a good wave editor. there are demo's of all that i have mentioned. you can experiment with these but you may not be able to save you work. it will take some time to learn the software so read any tutorial, manual, helpfile that is offered by the website, or inside the software itself.

fruity loops sampler-http://www.fruityloops.com/English/frames.html

cool edit multitrack recorder--http://www.syntrillium.com/products/whichone.html

soundforge wave editor---http://www.soundforge.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp

you will have to navigate to the free demos.

good luck
 
What kinda keyboards are you using?

You can cop SONIC FOUNDRY ACID 4.0 and a bunch of loops and sample disks. With this you can pieice together something that should be satisfactory.
 
What kinda keyboard?

ACID does come with some loops... You can even buy more from em... Also you can use any wave file you can find... Mix and match em and chop em up... Also create you own from your keyboard or whatever.

You can do stuf like If you like live drums then find some live drum loops... Chop it up and flip it. Need a sax find a sax loop... Chop it up and flip it.
 
definitely...

...learn to master the use of the diminished 7th chord. That's the chord that gives gospel (and gospelrnb) that "churchy" feel. There's only four to learn, but it's priceless in that genre. Listen to R.Kelly's "seems like you're ready". The turnaround chord is a dim7th (C, Db, Gb, Bbb - w/bass note:Bbb). Add them shits to your repertoire and your chord changes will take off! Other than that, someone posted a great link to a shareware site. Download one of the better ones (soundforge, sonar, etc.) and take your time to get the sound you want. This place has tons of info to help you along the way. I just suggest working ------- your craft, because the quality of the recording is only half the battle.

peace.
-L

ps- get some MIDI sequencing options too! That really simplifies things once you get the hang of it.
 
I have composer friends who swear by Band-in-a-Box from PGMusic. Set it up to drive your Alesis, and you'll get good scratch-pad sounding accompaniments. Not enough for a finished recording (IMO), but great for selling a concept.

I have it, but don't use it - don't keep my Alesis 8.1 in the studio, disconnected my SBLive, my Delta66 doesn't have sounds, and Band-in-a-Box doesn't talk to my VSTis. Strike 4, for me.

They have style disks, too, so you can pick up a few for the styles you'll use most often, get some nice varieties...

Good luck.

Jay
 
Thanks for the info Leonard, "Seems like you're ready" is that mellow style that I've grown to lay back and really vibe to. I've been told that many of the "Traditional" chords are coming back into play, with a slight twist......

Hey dafduc,
Any suggestions on locations to find the various style disks at a decent price? I would love to experiment different variations just to see what I can come up with...

Thanks guys>>>>>>>
 
You have anymore New/Old tricks up your sleeve LEONARD........I keep an open ear to any musical suggestions one may have, especially one that is so basic but does so much......

Good Look!
 
Trumpspade said:

Hey dafduc,
Any suggestions on locations to find the various style disks at a decent price? I would love to experiment different variations just to see what I can come up with...
Thanks guys>>>>>>>
Click to expand...
http://www.pgmusic.com/
http://www.jazzhooves.com/

I haven't used them AT ALL, but pg music sells them individually for $20 or $30 a disk (CDN? US? Not sure - they're a Canadian company), much cheaper in bundles. My cousin (jazz guitarist) swears by BIAB.

I'm not sure the style disks jazzhooves sells are compatible with BIAB - I've been meaning to check 'em out (they offered to purt one of my songs up), haven't made itr there yet.

Good luck,

Daf
 
If you could find a copy of acid hip-hop it should be really cheap (under$20). Plus it comes with a CD of loops.
 
Ay, Im liking this topic; anyone else got something to add to this info? Mainly the main chords used in R&B, as explained by Jamaar.
 
Still no replies.. LMAO! Well, if anyone else can add tips on using 7ths' and other R&B techniques drop em.
 
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